Shojo manga pioneer Masako Watanabe, creator of 'The Glass Castle,' dies at 97
Watanabe pioneered the shojo manga genre in the 1960s and became the first woman manga artist to receive the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays in 2006; in South Korea, her work was known through pirated editions
Drawing romance for generations of girls . . . a 97-year career that helped establish 'Japanese shojo manga' Masako Watanabe, a pioneer of Japan's 'shojo manga' genre and the artist behind 'The Glass Castle,' died at age 97 on the 3rd.