Tohoku Women's Junior College (Kamigaraga-cho, Hirosaki City, TEL 0172-32-6151) adopted the illustration of Chihiro Ishizuka, a manga artist living in Hirosaki, on the cover of the campus guide for 2018 students on May 26. ..

Ishizuka is still serialized and is the original author of the manga “Flying Witch” (Kodansha) set in Hirosaki. The movie was animated in April last year, and the posters used anime illustrations of the Hirosaki Sakura Festival and Neputa Festival locally.

Takanori Koyama, Director of Academic Affairs at the same university, said, “The atmosphere of the main character of “Flying Witch” seemed to be a good type for students of our university. At this university, we produced human resources who will remain local and do their best. , I have sympathized with the stance of Mr. Ishizuka, who works locally as a manga artist, because he has a base of educational activities to revitalize the area called Tsugaru.”

Ishizuka agrees with the request, saying, "It is an honor to be local." According to Mr. Koyama, he wanted the illustration of his daily student life, and sent together the photos and past university guides that he had collected by calling on the students' SNS on campus.

Mr. Koyama, who saw the finished illustration, said, ``There are similar to the students in the photo given, there are cats like those in "Flying Witch", "playfulness" in every corner of the illustration. It was studded with," he said with satisfaction. “I had an image that was 180 degrees different from the previous university guide, but there were many people who thought that a lively cover that is eye-catching would be good, and I got a very positive touch regardless of age or sex. "

The guide can be requested from the homepage.