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Aoi Hiiragi (柊 あおい, Hiiragi Aoi, born November 22, 1962) is a Japanese manga artist who grew up in Mibu. She is best known for her Whisper of the Heart manga, and the film based on it.




Life and work


Hiiragi was born in Fukuoka (which became Kamifukuoka in 1972 and then Fujimino in 2005), Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and grew up in Mibu, Tochigi.
She made her manga debut with Cobalt Blue no Hitoshizuku in the manga magazine Ribon Original in 1984. She created a number of other manga over the next two decades, including Hoshi no Hitomi no Silhouette and Gin'iro no Harmony.
She currently resides in Hakodate, Hokkaidō.




= Whisper of the Heart

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Hiiragi's most widely known work is Whisper of the Heart, a manga which was later made into an anime film by Studio Ghibli. A number of its characters made its way into other stories and into popular culture. The protagonist of the film was the inspiration for Lofi Girl, whose first iteration was based closely on a still from the film. Two cats in the film, the Baron and Muta, have appeared in five different Studio Ghibli productions.
Studio Ghibli commissioned another story from Hiiragi involving the cats as more central characters, which became Baron, Neko no Danshaku, also released as The Cat Returns. While this is a sequel of sorts, it is not a continuation of the story found in Whisper.




Bibliography






= Manga

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Series

Hoshi no Hitomi no Silhouette (Ribon, 1985–1989)
Hoshi no Hitomi no Silhouette Bangaihen
Oinari-san Dai Panic (Ribon, 1988)
Engage (Ribon Original, 1991)
Engage II
Hoshikuzu Serenade (2018)
Whisper of the Heart (Ribon, 1989)
Mimi wo Sumaseba: Shiawase na Jikan (Ribon Original, 1995; released the year of the film)
Gin'iro no Harmony (Ribon, 1990–1992)
Step (Ribon, 1993)
Peppermint Graffiti (Ribon Original, 1994)
Yuki no Sakura no Ki no Shita de... (Bouquet, 1997)
Smile! (Margaret, 1998)
Yume no Machi: Neko no Danshaku (Margaret, 2002)
Kono Machi de Kimi ni (Margaret, 2002)
"Okaa-san" no Jikan



One-shots

Campus Sketch
Cobalt Blue no Hitoshizuku (her debut work)
Harukaze no Melody
Hajimemashite
Joshikō no Okite
Kikyou no Saku Goro
Kisetsu no Shiori
Kono Machi de Anata ni ( & Issho ni & Kimi ni )
Mahō no Toketa Princess
Naimono Nedari (1 &2)
Otome Gokoro·Yume Gokoro
Shōjo Shōkei
Spring!
Yuki no Sakura no Ki no Shita de...
Yume no Kaori no Tea Time




= Films

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Whisper of the Heart (1995)
The Cat Returns (2002)




= Books

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Baron: The Cat Returns (2002), a children's book
Sora no Eki [The Cat Returns] (2002), a picture book




= Albums

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Hoshi no Hitomi no Silhouette Image album (Warner/Pioneer, 1987)




References






External links


Aoi Hiiragi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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