Takako Shimura

Takako Shimura (志村貴子, Shimura Takako, born October 23, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist. She is primarily known for her manga works which feature LGBT (especially lesbian and transgender) topics.

Her best known and selling series are Aoi Hana and Wandering Son. Aoi Hana was adapted as an anime television series broadcast in 2009. Wandering Son has been licensed in English by Fantagraphics Books and an anime adaptation aired in 2011. In 2014, she collaborated with the original character concepts for the anime Aldnoah.Zero. In 2016, she provided the character designs for the anime Battery.

• Shikii no Jūnin (敷居の住人) (1997–2002, 7 volumes)
• Seikatsu Ijishō (生活維持省) (2003, one-shot)
• Boku wa, Onna no Ko (ぼくはおんなのこ) (2003, 1 volume)
  • Boku wa Onna no Ko (ぼくはおんなのこ) (1997, debut story)
  • Rakuen ni Ikō (楽園に行こう)
  • Shōnen no Musume (少年の娘)
  • Akemi no Theme: Teruo-hen (アケミのテーマ テルオ編)
  • Akemi no Theme: Yoshio-hen (アケミのテーマ ヨシオ編)
  • Akemi no Theme: Haruo-hen (アケミのテーマ ハルオ編)
  • Hana (花)
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• Happy-Go-Lucky Days (どうにかなる日々, Dōnika Naru Hibi) (2002–2004, 2 volumes)
• Love Buzz (ラヴ・バズ) (2002–2005, 3 volumes)
• Wandering Son (放浪息子, Hōrō Musuko) (2002–2013, 15 volumes)
• Sweet Blue Flowers (青い花, Aoi Hana) (2004–2013, 8 volumes)
• Kawaii Akuma (かわいい悪魔) (1 volume)
• Toaru Hi (とあるひ) (2004–2005, 2 chapters)
• Route 225 (ルート225) (adaptation of the Chiya Fujino novel, 2007–2008, 1 volume)
• Fushō no Musuko (不肖の息子) (2009, one-shot)
• Awajima Hyakkei (淡島百景) (2011–present, 1 volume as of April 14, 2015)
• Musume no Iede (娘の家出) (2012–present, 2 volumes as of February 19, 2015)
• Okite Saisho ni Suru Koto wa (起きて最初にすることは, First Thing I Do When I Wake Up) (2013, 1 volume as of May 23, 2015)
• Wagamama Chie-chan (わがままちえちゃん) (2014–2015, 1 volume as of March 25, 2015)
• Original character concepts for Aldnoah.Zero (2014)
• Koi Iji (こいいじ) (2014–present, 1 volume as of March 13, 2015)
• Sayonara, Otoko no Ko (さよなら、おとこのこ) (2016–present)