Minene Sakurano

is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist born on November 29 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Her representative work is Mamotte Shugogetten, which was adapted into an anime television series and an OVA series. After a dispute in 2001, Sakurano stopped publishing Shugogetten in Enix's Shōnen Gangan and moved the publication to Comic Blade, published by Mag Garden under the title Mamotte Shugogetten! Retrouvailles.

Works All works are listed chronologically.

Manga Mamotte Shugogetten! (11 volumes, 1996–2000, Shōnen Gangan) Shōuindō no Emily: Sakurano Minene Short Story Collection (1 volume, 1997, Gangan Comics) Jōshū Tōzoku Aratamegata Hinagiku Kenzan! (3 volumes, 1999–2001, Gangan Wing) Healing Planet (1 volume, 2000–2001, Shōnen Gangan) Mamotte Shugogetten! Retrouvailles (6 volumes, 2002–2005, Comic Blade) Madoromyāna no Komoriuta (2004, Comic Blade Masamune) Yggdrasil Liveline (2004–2005, Comic Blade Masamune) Hinagiku Kenzan: Ippon Ōkamachi-hen (1 volume, 2006–2007, Comic Blade Masamune) Fairial Garden (2007–2010, Comic Blade) Hoshi no Dai Circus (2011-ongoing, Comic Blade)

Art books (1999-04-18, Enix, ) Days of Moonlight (2003, Mag Garden, (limited edition), (standard edition)

Anthologies These are anthologies in which Sakurano's works appeared: , (Super Comic Gekijō Vol.1: Tōshinden 2, Enix) , (Super Comic Gekijō Vol.2: Fire Emblem, Enix)