Rumiko Takahashi
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1983–1986
- Schools and movements
- Animation and Puppet FilmContemporary Asian Cinema
Biography
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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Awards and honours
International
- Inkpot Award 1994
- Will Eisner Hall of Fame 2018
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 2023
National / local
- Shogakukan Manga Award 1981
- Seiun Award for Best Comic 1987
- Seiun Award for Best Comic 1989
- Shogakukan Manga Award 2002
- Medal with Purple Ribbon 2020
Directors worked with
3 films on this site
- Urusei Yatsura: Only You 1983 · Mamoru Oshii · IMDb 6.6 · Writer
- Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer 1984 · Mamoru Oshii · IMDb 7.4 · Writer
- Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy 1986 · Shinichiro Sawai · IMDb 6.7 · Writer