Fumiyo Kouno

Fumiyo Kouno is a mangaka whose Town of Everything Calm, country of the Cherry Blossoms won the Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival and the New Life Award at the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes. She is the original creator of In This Corner of the World and In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World, and has also contributed original character designs to other anime projects.