Yumi tamura the legendary mangaka who wrote “7 seeds” a survival adventure and psychological manga (it got adapted into an anime on netflix) and “Basara” a shoujo fantasy which is her most highly acclaimed work. (cr this it’s so good)
Urushibara Yuki she wrote “Mushishi” an amazing seinen slice of life series which is on both top manga and anime list in mal and anilist. She also wrote “Suiiki” which is a work that i also really love her artstyle is very distinct too.
Yuki Suetsugu though having several works, her best and popular work so far is “Chihayafuru” which is a manga centered in the traditional japanese sport karuta which i think more people should read/watch.
Takako Shimura she is well known for primarily making LGBTQ+ centered series. her best and well known works are “Wandering Son” and “Aoi Hana” she currently has an ongoing series called “Even though we are adults” and she also illustrated the BL novel cover for “2gether”
Ai Yazawa, (icon tbh) the creator of the popular josei manga series “NANA”. known for her amazing art and fashion design as well as her well written characters. her other acclaimed works are “Paradise Kiss” “Gokinjo Monogatari” and “Tenshi nanka janai”
Akiko Higashimura the mangaka of “Princess Jellyfish” a josei powerhouse as i label her. She’s done several works fitting the josei genre such as “Kakukaku Shikajika” and “Tokyo Tarareba Musume.
Moyoco Anno the most popular work she’s done is “Sugar Sugar Rune” but she’s very diverse and her other works tackle maturer and controversial topics. her other works being, “In the clothes named fat” and “Memoirs of Amourous Gentlemen” and much more.
CLAMP a female mangaka artist group who made several popular series such as “Cardcaptor Sakura”, “Tsubasa Chronicles”, “XXXHOLiC”, “Chobits” “Kobato” and more. They were also the behind the character designs of Code Geass
Chica Umino the mangaka behind honey and clover a josei which was a huge hit during the 2000’s and her latest and probably most highly acclaimed work rn is 3-gatsu no lion which is my fave (thus my @ lol) she also did character design for eden of the east
