Mann Izawa
Mitsuru Izawa, better known as Mann Izawa, is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. In 1991, he won the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Newcomer Award for his writing on the medical drama series Gekai Arimori Saeko (外科医有森冴子). His gay-themed drama series Dōsōkai (同窓会), which aired on prime-time television in 1993, is considered a pioneering work for its depiction of gay relationships.
Mann Izawa
- Born
- 1945 · Ōita Prefecture.
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- comics artist · screenwriter · writer
- Languages
- Japanese
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Mitsuru Izawa, better known as Mann Izawa, is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. In 1991, he won the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Newcomer Award for his writing on the medical drama series Gekai Arimori Saeko (外科医有森冴子). His gay-themed drama series Dōsōkai (同窓会), which aired on prime-time television in 1993, is considered a pioneering work for its depiction of gay relationships.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Mann Izawa. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q3844762 · wikipedia · Mann Izawa
In this article
Biography
Izawa also wrote several manga series that were illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi in the 1980s, including Georgie!, which was adapted into an anime series; Twinkle Star 2; and Boku no Brassiere Island. In the late 1990s, he was involved in a legal dispute with Igarashi over merchandising rights to Georgie!
The recorded working language is Japanese.
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Comics and comic art
9,920 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- ManiattemasuSeries
- ManixSeries
- ManjulArtist
- Manjula PadmanabhanArtist
- Manoel Victor FilhoArtist
- Manoj GuptaArtist
- Måns GahrtonArtist
- Manuel Bartual ParedesArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Mann Izawa?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.