The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross: Arina Tanemura Illustrations
Arina Tanemura began her manga career in 1996 at the early age of 18, when her short stories debuted in Ribon magazine. Tanemura gained notoriety with the 1997 publication ofI-O-N, a high school romance with a supernatural twist. From 1998 to 2000, she worked on the popular seriesKamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, about a young girl who is the reincarnation of Joan of Arc, followed byTime Stranger Kyokoin 2000-2001 andFull Moon o Sagashitein 2002. Despite Tanemura's intentions to draw in a style that makes her stories difficult to animate, bothKamikaze Kaitou JeanneandFull Moon o Sagashitehave been adapted into TV series.