Moyoco Anno

I think Moyoco Anno has one of the sharpest eyes for women's inner lives in all of manga, and what gets me is the sheer range packed into one brain. The same person who gave us the boy-crazy chaos of Happy Mania and the burnout-prone career grind of Hataraki Man also drew the candy-bright magic of Sugar Sugar Rune, and that span is just absurd. A Tokyo kid out of Suginami, born in '71, she writes vanity and ambition and self-doubt without flinching, then somehow leaves you feeling like tomorrow's worth showing up for. Picking a title like "Wearing the clothes called fat" tells you everything about her nerve. She nabbed the Kodansha Manga Award in 2005, writes essays and commentary too, and honestly I just find her unbelievably cool.

Moyoco Anno is a Japanese manga artist, author, journalist, and film director born on March 26, 1971, in Suginami, Tokyo. She is widely known for her distinct voice in manga, having created acclaimed series including Happy Mania, Hataraki Man, Sugar Sugar Rune, and Insufficient Direction (Kichiku Neechan no Riru). In 2005 she received the Kodansha Manga Award. Beyond manga, she is active as a writer and journalist.

Name (English)

Moyoco Anno

Name (Japanese)

安野モヨコ

Reading

あんの もよこ

Born

March 26, 1971 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Boar (亥)

Origin

Suginami, Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Manga Artist / Journalist / Author / Film Director

Awards & achievements

• 2005 — Kodansha Manga Award

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://annomoyoco.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/moyoco_anno/
• Xhttps://x.com/anno_moyoco
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E9%87%8E%E3%83%A2%E3%83%A8%E3%82%B3

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Manga Artist
• Journalist
• Author

Last updated

2026-06-02

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