Arina Tanemurabegan her manga career in 1996 at the early age of 18,when her short stories debuted inRibonmagazine. Tanemura gainednotoriety with the 1997 publication ofI-O-N, a high school romance witha supernatural twist. From 1998 to 2000, she worked on the popular seriesKamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, about a young girl who is the reincarnation ofJoan of Arc, followed byTime Stranger Kyokoin 2000-2001 andFullMoon o Sagashitein 2002. Despite Tanemura's intentions to draw in a stylethat makes her stories difficult to animate, bothKamikaze Kaitou JeanneandFull Moon o Sagashitehave been adapted into TV series.