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Naoko Takeuchi
I have always admired Naoko Taekuchi and I
kept meaning to write this little summary, but I never got around to it. But as you can
see, I finally did it! Thanks so much to Castle In The Sky and MangaML-Naoko Taekuchi
for help with the information and pictures!
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Naoko Takeuchi is the creator of the popular and loved
anime Sailor Moon. She was born March 15 1967 in Kofu City and later graduated from
Kyoritsu University with a degree in chemistry in 1986. She has created several other
award winning mangas for the monthly magazine Nakayoshi aimed at pre-teen and teenage
girls. Her manga series was created in 1986 and it was called "Love Call". This
was her first attempt at a manga series, and when it won nakayoshi's new artist award, she
was encouraged to keep writng. |
In 1991, she dreamt up a
story about female heroine named Code Name wa Sailor V for Nakayoshi's sister publication
Run-Run magazine. It was an sucess and she was inspired to create a even more elaborate
and detailed manga which she named Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon. Sailor V from the original
manga now played
second fiddle to the new main character, Sailor Moon.
It debuted in Nakayoshi in February of 1992 and was a instant
hit with girls everywhere. The rest is history. Sailor Moon went on to become one of the
most popular animes ever created. It was released as a animated TV series, which ran for
200 episodes in 5 seasons. The show was translated into a number of languages, including
spanish, french, and english. There were 18 volumes of Sailor Moon manga books and three
feature films, as well as a few more television specials. It was even transformed into a
live stage musical, commonly known as "Sera-Myu". It resembles a broadway
musical and each season, a different story is done. Sera-Myu is currently still running.
The Sailor Moon television show and manga ended in February of 1997. Reportedly, around
the time of the show's ending, naoko Takeuchi and Sailor Moon's publisher, Kodansha were
having major disagreements about the handling of the series which may have been a main
cause of the show's ending.
| In January of 1996, she married Yoshihiro Togashi, the
creator of the popular manga series Yu Yu Hakusho. Ms. Takeuchi is not only a wonderful
artist, but a kind soul as well. After the Kobe earthquake, she helped to raise funds for
the victims by drawing caricatures of people and using them as models for small parts in
her comic books. |
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In an interview conducted in 1992, Naoko Takeuchi stated
rather shyly that she loved men who looked good in tuxedos and therefore, her favorite
Sailor Moon character was Tuxedo Mask. She also said that she modeled Sailor Moon after
herself a bit and Serena/Usagi was the character most like her and Haruka/Sailor Uranus is
the character most different from her. It may also be possible that she thought
Michiru/Sailor Neptune was least like her because Michiru was so perfect and Naoko
Takeuchi is so modest.
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