Rumiko Takahashi
Pioneering manga artist behind Urusei Yatsura, Inuyasha, and Ranma ½.
She has won the Shogakukan Manga Award twice and the Seiun Award twice.[1] As of August 2024, the total circulation of all compiled volumes of Rumiko Takahashi's manga had exceeded 230 million copies globally, according to Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions.[2]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 10 October 1957
- Birthplace
- Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- Manga artist
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Notable works
- Urusei Yatsura
- Maison Ikkoku
- Mermaid Saga
- Ranma ½
- Inuyasha
- Rin-ne
- Mao
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Her professional career began in 1978 with the one-shot "Those Selfish Aliens"[3] She started her first serialized story, Urusei Yatsura, later that same year.[3] Together with Yōko Kondō, who later became a manga artist herself, Takahashi helped establish a manga club during her high school years.[4] While attending university, Takahashi became a student at Gekiga Sonjuku, a manga school that Kazuo Koike had established.[5]
The year 1980 saw Takahashi launch her second significant series, Maison Ikkoku, within the pages of Big Comic Spirits magazine.[6] Both Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku were brought to a close by Takahashi in 1987.[7] Takahashi's third major series, Ranma ½, was initiated in 1987.[8]
What the cited sources add
The Anime News Network review notes that for many people, Ranma ½ was their introduction to manga.[9] The same review describes Takahashi's art as dynamic, using choice moves to convey fights without cluttering pages.[9] The Comics Journal account states that Mermaid Saga is not Takahashi's defining work but is special nonetheless.[10] That account also describes Takahashi's greatest strength as a cartoonist as the vividness and beauty of her women characters.[10]
The Harvey Awards' Hall of Fame welcomed Takahashi as an inductee in 2021.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "Rumiko Takahashi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Shogakukan; Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of Japan; "Manga queen wins top French comics prize", The Straits Times, 26 January 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Rumiko Takahashi's Manga Top 230 Million Copies in Circulation Worldwide", Anime News Network, October 12, 2024. facts only, no text reused. animenewsnetwork.com
- Wikipedia, "Rumiko Takahashi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Takahashi, Rumiko. Ranma ½ Vol. 1 (May 1993). Viz Communications: San Francisco, CA. . "Rumiko Takahashi". p. 302. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rumiko Takahashi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ikeda, "Nīgata-shi mangakka kondō yōko-san 60", Yomiuri Shimbun, 2018-01-25; "Profile: Rumiko Takahashi -The Princess of Manga", Furinkan.com; "Rumiko Takahashi Interview." Viz Media, 2 March 2000. Interview #2. Retrieved on 2009-10-02 from https://archive.today/20000302153014/http://www.viz.com/produc (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rumiko Takahashi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Profile: Rumiko Takahashi -The Princess of Manga", Furinkan.com; Chazan, "Mermaid Saga: Collector's Edition Vol. 1", The Comics Journal, December 15, 2020; Flowers. February 2013 issue (December 28, 2012), p. 330–334 (English translation ). (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rumiko Takahashi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mizumoto, "「ニューウェイブ」という時代", Sora Tobu Kikai (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rumiko Takahashi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Tomobiki-cho, The Urusei Yatsura Web Site", www.furinkan.com; "Life at Maison Ikkoku", www.furinkan.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Rumiko Takahashi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Ranma ½ [2-in-1 Edition] GN 1 – Review", Anime News Network, March 19, 2014 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Ranma ½ [2-in-1 Edition] GN 1 – Review", Anime News Network, March 19, 2014. facts only, no text reused. animenewsnetwork.com
- Chazan, "Mermaid Saga: Collector's Edition Vol. 1", The Comics Journal, December 15, 2020. facts only, no text reused. tcj.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Rumiko Takahashi (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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