Author "Mangaka" of a famous Japanese anime, D.Gray Man.

1. Katsura
Hoshino
Katie Chan

2. Personal Information
Katsura Hoshino (星野 桂)
• Born on 21 April 1980
• Shiga prefecture, Japan
• Japanese manga artist and
author
• O Blood type
• 173cm tall
• younger raternal twin sister
• the second of three children

3. • has a cat named Koro who
is handicapped
• Her favourite manga artist
is Takeshi Obata known for
his art work “Death Note"
and “Bakuman" alongside
with the writer Tsugumi
Ohba
• Was once a assistant of
Takeshi Obata
• has three different editors
to date
• Katsura Hoshino has a
tattoo on her right arm.
• Hoshino's assistants are:
Miyazaki, Okei, Oi-chan
and Gunma.

4. Biography
• In 1998, Hoshino moved toTokyo,
Japan. She fulfilled her dream of
bringing her mother to Tokyo in
2006.
• First drew manga at the age of 21
with her sister.
• First meeting with Weekly Shonen
Jump
• She didn’t sleep for three days
straight believing she wasn’t able to
attend the meeting.
• Until the day of the meeting, she was
wearing her pyjama.
• The editor for some reason didn’t
mind she was somewhat late, and
liked her manga and decided to be
her editor

5. Reception
• Highly praised for her art of the series by
numerous artists
• Another reviewer described it as "some
of the best artwork in the business".
• The character designs of Katsura
Hoshino's, D.Gray-man received many
positive comments ranging from
"especially lovely" to "the most visually
striking element" of her art and it is said
that both male and female readers will
enjoy the designs.
• Evenly that she gets those great
comments, she has also been highly
criticized for her lack of skill in drawing
action scenes.
• One reviewer believe that she will not or
evenly cannot draw psychical combat
scenes.

6. Works
• The D.Gray-man manga series has been
adapted into various forms, including
an anime series and two novel
adaptations.
• Three volumes placed in the top fifty of
Japan's bestselling manga of 2008 and the
series is one of Weekly Shōnen Jump's
bestselling manga series.
• It has gained attention in North America;
both the manga and anime adaptions are
licensed for English language releases.
• The manga series has been well received
in France; it was awarded the prize for
Best Manga Series 2006 at the Anime and
Manga 2007 French Grand Prix organized
by Animeland. It also won Webotaku's
prize for Manga of the Year 2006.

7. • In Japan, D.Gray-man has been put on
hiatus many times; once due to Hoshino
falling seriously ill with Norovirus and
another because of an injury to her neck.
• However the series continued shortly after
in both cases.November 2008, Weekly
Shōnen Jump announced that Hoshino was
again putting the series on hold due to an
injured wrist.
• Publication resumed in March 2009.The
series once again went on hiatus on May
11.
• The series resumed in the seasonal
magazine Akamaru Jump on August 17,
2009. Following the release in Akamaru
Jump, D.Gray-Man resumed its
serialization on November 4, 2009 in the
monthly-release Japanese manga
magazine, Jump Square.

8. • the story of a boy named
Allen Walker, a member
of an organization
of Exorcists who makes
use of an ancient
substance called
Innocence to combat
the Millennium Earl and
his demonic army of
akuma.

9. Thank You