Anastasia Moreno

Anastasia Moreno is a former Marine Corps member and was the writer of Marine Corps Yumi.

Background
Anastasia Moreno, nicknamed Ana, was a US Marine of Japanese and Filipino American descent. She served for the United States Forces Japan as part of the United States Marine Corps in Japan from 1999 to 2004. After finishing active duty, she went on to become a civilian translator for the US federal government]], as well as a manga translator for Seven Seas Entertainment, translating licensed titles such as Strawberry Panic!, Girls und Panzer, and Girl Friends.

She started writing Marine Corps Yumi in part because of the lack of female Marine representation in the media. She drew from her own experiences as a Marine, as well as her understanding of Japanese people and culture thanks to her Japanese ancestry from her mother's side. She collaborated with Takeshi Nogami, who is known for his work on Strike Witches and the aforementioned Girls und Panzer, among other titles.

After a long affliction with cancer, Moreno died on July 12, 2015. The series was continued by Nogami as he was given the whole plot by Moreno before her death and the English translation will be continued by Dan Kanemitsu.

On June 20, 2017, Takeshi announced that he had finished all the stories of Marine Corps Yumi for a total of seven volumes containing 193 chapters. As of December 2017, 77 chapters have been officially translated to English and are available at the archived official website.