Rumiko Takahashi
Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with Urusei Yatsura in 1978, she is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are known worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages, with over 230 million copies in circulation; making Takahashi one of the best-selling authors of all time. She has won the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, once in 1980 for Urusei Yatsura and again in 2001 for Inuyasha, and the Seiun Award twice, once in 1987 for Urusei Yatsura and again in 1989 for Mermaid Saga. She also received the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 2019, becoming the second woman and second Japanese to win the prize. In 2020, the Japanese government awarded Takahashi the Medal with Purple Ribbon for her contributions to the arts.
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Ranma ½
writer
2011
Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet, It's a Rumic World: Urusei Yatsura
writer
2008
Ranma ½: Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep
writer
2008
Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen
writer
2008
Maison Ikkoku
writer
2007
Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island
writer
2004
Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
writer
2003
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
writer
2002
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
writer
2001
Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix
writer
1994
Mermaid's Scar
writer
1993
Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine
writer
1992
Prelude Maison Ikkoku: When the Cherry Blossoms Return in the Spring
writer
1992
Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China
writer
1991
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
writer
1991
Mermaid Forest
writer
1991
Urusei Yatsura: Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles
writer
1991
Maison Ikkoku: Shipwrecked on Ikkoku Island
writer
1991
Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart
writer
1989
Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese
writer
1989
Urusei Yatsura: Nagisa's Fiancé
writer
1988
One Pound Gospel
writer
1988
Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet
writer
1988
Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter
writer
1988
Maison Ikkoku: Through the Passing of the Seasons
writer
1988
Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter
writer
1988
Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker
writer
1987
Laughing Target
writer
1987
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
writer
1986
The SuperGal
writer
1986
Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever
writer
1986
Fire Tripper
writer
1985
Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party
writer
1985
Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love
writer
1985
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
writer
1984
Urusei Yatsura: Only You
writer
1983
Urusei Yatsura: Haru da, Tobidase!
writer
1982
