targetting the opposite sex

[Yamato-san]

so, I'm just curious to know: what shounen manga have been done by a female author? And vice versa with a male author doing shoujo manga. The only examples I'm aware of are Hiromu Arakawa (female; Fullmetal Alchemist) and Mayumi Azuma (female; Erementar Gerad).

 

[ForeverFlame]

Katsura Hoshino, D.Gray-man.

Akira Amano, Reborn!.

CLAMP did Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle and Angelic Layer, as well as xxxHolic and Chobits (both seinen).

Almost every manga in GFantasy is done by a female mangaka, though the shonen in GFantasy is different in the fact that it's aimed at fangirls instead of fanboys. The GFantasy series I'm following are Black Butler, Yana Toboso, Pandora Hearts, Jun Mochizuki, and Nabari no Ou, Yuhki Kamatani.

 

[ParaChomp]

The author and artist of Girls Bravo, Mario Kaneda is a woman. Also, I question her first name, it's sounds Italian and manly.

The creator of Sekirei, Sakurako Gokurakuin, is a woman. She has even gotten a yaoi published titled Tokyo Renaikitan. Can someone explain to me this?

Women writing and drawing works where women are portrayed as objects? That's not right!

 

[Yamato-san]

Women writing and drawing works where women are portrayed as objects? That's not right!

The Tale of Genji. 'Nuff said.

Anyway, I remembered hearing about Mario (which BTW is a proper Japanese name, though even there it's STILL usually masculine), and I can't believe I forgot to mention CLAMP in my first post (then again, like those GFantasy series you mentioned, Tsubasa Chronicle seems full of ho-yay). Interesting finds thus far, but I still have yet to hear an example of a male doing shoujo manga. There is such a thing, right?

 

[swampsperts]

Well, Rumiko Takahashi, while her series are meant for everyone to enjoy, is a female who wrote several shonen titles, such as Ranma 1/2 and InuYasha.

I don't think I've ever heard of a man writing a shojou before though :/

 

[ParaChomp]

I don't think I've ever heard of a man writing a shojou before though :/

I find Ken Akamatsu has a feminine style. If it weren't for the amount of fan service in his works, I would of thought he was a woman.

 

[ForeverFlame]

The author of Kekkaishi is also a woman, as is the author of Strawberry 100%. The person who wrote the story for Hikaru no Go was a woman, though Takeshi Obata did the art. The person who wrote Shiki was a woman, but it was adapted into a manga by a man.

Kiyohiko Azuma is male, and his style is extremely shojo-like. But Azumanga Daioh and Yotsuba&! are both aimed at adult males, which is a tad creepy.

 

[GaZsTiC]

InuYasha is a shonen written by Rumiko Takahashi -- a female.

Letter Bee, despite being very much like InuYasha and strong in shojo elements, is written by Hiroyuki Asada -- a male.

Blue Exorcist is a shonen written by Kazue Katou -- a female.

Yankee-kun And Megane-chan is a shonen written by Miki Yoshikawa -- a female

ənígmə is a shonen (relatively new to Jump so is not very well known), written by Kenji Sakaki -- a female.

Gate 7 - CLAMP's new series - is a shonen.