CELEBRITY BLOG by Kazuka Minami
(Translated by Crayon)
Hi everyone! Kazuka Minami here! Nice to meet you! I was excited when 801-chan contacted me with this opportunity! I just wanted to say thank you! …aaaand, thank you everyone for reading my manga. I want to be sure to answer all of the questions (801-chan gave me 3 pages!) and hope you get to know me better at the end of this blog!
First of all… All I can think of is- YaoiCon 2009! You have no idea how excited I am! And I can’t wait! I’ve never been to America before and I am soooo looking forward to it! I just want to get there and take it all in! Did I tell you? I love love love American movies – mainly horror, suspense and fantasy movies. My favorite actors are: Bruce Willis, Keifer Sutherland, Wentworth Miller, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki! (I’m thinking – how can I possibly meet them during my stay…) If any of you have a connection, please let me know!!!
I’m actually an Anime Otaku! My current obsession is Code Geass! Last time I cried, got little teary-eyed was when my favorite character died during the episode of Code Geass >_< Yes, I’m an emotional person! Speaking of anime – anime inspired me to become a manga artist. Back in the day, I used to attend dojin-events and the publisher saw my work and recruited me. I am very grateful of my career and I cherish every moment of it. I have to say my most memorable work is 仔羊捕獲ケーカク! (Kohitsuji Hokaku Keikaku! – “Capturing the Lambs”) because it was a made into PS2 game. I felt very honored that they picked my work. For my R&R, I like to take a loooong bath and then sleep as much as I can! Oh, and of course, being otaku! But I don’t think I’ll be doing much of that since two of my new series of work starts this fall. But I hope I can still fine the time to relax somehow… and also somehow find the time to go on my dream vacation, to Egypt!
Truly – thank you for support! I want to deliver entertaining and interesting Yaoi/BL manga to your library collection! So I’m going to get back to work and draw, draw, draw!
Love, Kazuka
October 21st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Minami-sensei! What an honor to have you on the 801 Media blog. I’ll be going to Yaoi Con next week and I can’t wait to meet you even if from a distance. I’ll have my copy of “My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor” with me.
I had heard that the manga “Kohitsuji Hokaku Keikaku!” had been made into a game. It made me giggle ’cause from what I understand there’s not a lot of BL games out there and then yours got picked for a PS3 game! I don’t think I’d be able to play it in America but it’d be fun to play it for a bit before I dissolved into a mass of giggles.
Thank you, sensei! I’m looking forward to meeting you next week!