Posuka Demizu

is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator and designer. She is particularly known for having drawn The Promised Neverland manga series.

She debuted as a manga artist with the 2013 CoroCoro Comic series Oreca Monsters Adventure Retsuden. A collection of illustrations, The Art of Posuka Demizu Pone and Postcard Planet, were released in 2016 and 2021 by PIE International.

Biography Posuka Demizu was born on 17 January 1988, and lives in Tokyo, Japan. She has also published several works on the artists' website Pixiv.

Beginning in 2016, Demizu collaborated with author Kaiu Shirai on The Promised Neverland. The series began in Weekly Shōnen Jumps 35th issue on 1 August 2016, published by Shueisha, and ended in the magazine's 28th issue on 15 June 2020. As a result of this, Demizu joined the project. Shirai had seen Demizu’s art before and enjoyed it, but before starting the series they created a one-shot called Poppy's Wish. The outcome was better than Shirai originally imagined. On 3 September 2021, Kaiu Shirai x Posuka Demizu: Beyond The Promised Neverland was published in Japan, which included works in combination between the two artists.

A collaborative exhibition「MIROIRS – Manga meets CHANEL」 by Posuka Demizu, Kaiu Shirai and Chanel was held at Chanel Nexus Hall Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, from 28 April to 4 June 2021. The manga Miroirs, written and illustrated by the duo, was inspired by the Chanel brand and was published by Shueisha on 30 April 2021. In this exhibition, scenes from Miroirs are exhibited alongside precious works from Chanel.

In 2022, Posuka Demizu worked on the character design of the tactical hero summoning RPG mobile game, titled, unVEIL the world. The game will be released for iOS and Android and is produced by Shueisha Games and NetEase Games. In November 2022, it was announced that Posuka Demizu handled the character design and the concept art of the Dragons of Wonderhatch series on Disney+.

In May 2023, it was announced that Demizu would collaborate with Homura Kawamoto and Hikaru Muno to illustrate the manga adaptation of Takara Tomy's Beyblade X project. The manga started its serialization in Shogakukan's Monthly CoroCoro Comic manga magazine on 15 June 2023. In December 2023, It was announced that Demizu designed the monsters for Konami's digital card game, titled, Ore'n. The game will debut for iOS, Android, PC, and browsers in 2024.

Influences Posuka Demizu commented that she was influenced by many illustrators and manga artists including, Yasushi Nirasawa, Naohisa Inoue, Yutaka Ohno, Takayuki Sakai; and Makoto Hijioka with Kotone Yumiya for manga artists. She also stated that her next titles will have gotten the most influence from Kaiu Shirai.

She also mentioned Final Fantasy series and Oreca Battle as a source of influences for her art and own signature style.

Light novels Title Year Notes Refs Kirugumi 2013–2014 Illustration artist, published by Shogakukan. Almark 2022 Illustration artist, published by Media Factory.

Art books Title Year Notes Refs The Art of Posuka Demizu - Pone 2016 Published by PIE International. The Promised Neverland: Art Book World 2020 Published by Shueisha. The Art of Posuka Demizu - Postcard Planet 2021 Published by PIE International.

Other works Character designer and concept artist for Dragons of Wonderhatch. Cover illustration for the women's fashion magazine Spur. Participated in animation production of The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (design). Illustrator for the Pokémon, Wixoss, Duel Masters Trading Card Games. Illustrator for the music video of "Bansanka" by Tuki. Original character design for LONA.

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