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53-502: Takeuchi is married to Yoshihiro Togashi , the author of YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter . Takeuchi was born in Kofu , Yamanashi , Japan to Kenji and Ikuko Takeuchi. She has a younger brother, Shingo. She gave the names of her relatives to the characters she created for Sailor Moon , and mentions this in interviews and in several comic strips she produced, in place of author notes. Takeuchi attended Kofu Ichi High School, where she wore

106-496: A Shogakukan Manga Award in 1994, and received a hit anime adaptation. In 1995, he created Level E ( レベルE ) , a science fiction -comedy manga. Comprising three volumes, it was first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1995 and ran until 1997. Level E was adapted into an anime television series in 2011. Togashi's next major manga series, Hunter × Hunter , began serialization in 1998. The story revolves around

159-436: A Shogakukan Manga Award in 1994, and received a hit anime adaptation. In 1995, he created Level E ( レベルE ) , a science fiction -comedy manga. Comprising three volumes, it was first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1995 and ran until 1997. Level E was adapted into an anime television series in 2011. Togashi's next major manga series, Hunter × Hunter , began serialization in 1998. The story revolves around

212-455: A sailor uniform and joined the astronomy and manga clubs. These experiences influenced her work for Sailor Moon , in addition to her other pieces, such as Love Call and Rain Kiss . Her formative high school experiences influenced her trajectory to become a manga artist. Takeuchi's father encouraged her to pursue other career paths, in case she wouldn't find success as a professional artist, which

265-691: A hit with the supernatural fighting comedy YuYu Hakusho , one of the "obvious imitators" of the Dragon Ball formula of "start out as a comedy and then, once the readers like the characters, have them kick the crap out of each other". Then, rather than continue the series for as long as possible to maximize his profit, Togashi ended the series abruptly. He then created the "0% fighting and 100% humor" science-fiction horror manga Level E . Togashi's style of artwork began with screentone but gradually developed into minimalism . Both Rika Takahashi of EX.org and Claude J. Pelletier of Protoculture Addicts found

318-639: A hit with the supernatural fighting comedy YuYu Hakusho , one of the "obvious imitators" of the Dragon Ball formula of "start out as a comedy and then, once the readers like the characters, have them kick the crap out of each other". Then, rather than continue the series for as long as possible to maximize his profit, Togashi ended the series abruptly. He then created the "0% fighting and 100% humor" science-fiction horror manga Level E . Togashi's style of artwork began with screentone but gradually developed into minimalism . Both Rika Takahashi of EX.org and Claude J. Pelletier of Protoculture Addicts found

371-624: A manga on outer space and girl fighters. Her editor, Fumio Osano, asked her to put the fighters in sailor suits. This concept would later become a one-shot called Codename: Sailor V , which would later begin serialization in RunRun . When Toei Animation planned to adapt her manga into an anime series, she reworked Sailor V and added four other superheroines. In December 1991, Nakayoshi began serializing Sailor Moon , which became an instant hit. The success encouraged Takeuchi to work on both Sailor Moon and Sailor V from 1991 to 1997. However, RunRun

424-431: A meeting arranged between them by voice actress Megumi Ogata . She collaborated with Togashi as an assistant (doing screentone ) and as a manager on volume 1 of Hunter × Hunter . However, the work and the demands proved more than she had expected, and as a result, Takeuchi left Shueisha. Around this time, Takeuchi conceived the idea for a one-shot called Toki☆Meka , which eventually turned into Toki☆Meca . Togashi had

477-415: A name for himself with his next series, YuYu Hakusho ( 幽☆遊☆白書 , lit. Poltergeist Report) . Based on his interests in the occult and horror films , the plot features the character Yusuke Urameshi , who is killed and brought back to life as an "Underworld Detective". The manga, which lasted 175 chapters over 19 tankōbon from 1990 to 1994, went on to sell over 78 million copies worldwide, earned Togashi

530-415: A name for himself with his next series, YuYu Hakusho ( 幽☆遊☆白書 , lit. Poltergeist Report) . Based on his interests in the occult and horror films , the plot features the character Yusuke Urameshi , who is killed and brought back to life as an "Underworld Detective". The manga, which lasted 175 chapters over 19 tankōbon from 1990 to 1994, went on to sell over 78 million copies worldwide, earned Togashi

583-550: A poll posted by the marketing research firm Oricon . In 2017, Togashi wrote the two-chapter manga Akuten Wars ( 悪天ウォーズ ) . It was illustrated by Hachi Mizuno and published in the September and November issues of Grand Jump Premium . Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi , the creator of Sailor Moon . The two were introduced at a party hosted by Kazushi Hagiwara in August 1997. The following year, Takeuchi assisted Togashi for

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636-449: A poll posted by the marketing research firm Oricon . In 2017, Togashi wrote the two-chapter manga Akuten Wars ( 悪天ウォーズ ) . It was illustrated by Hachi Mizuno and published in the September and November issues of Grand Jump Premium . Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi , the creator of Sailor Moon . The two were introduced at a party hosted by Kazushi Hagiwara in August 1997. The following year, Takeuchi assisted Togashi for

689-662: A short time by adding screentone to his manga Hunter × Hunter . Togashi and Takeuchi were married on January 6, 1999. In attendance for the ceremony were several fellow manga artists and voice actors from both the Sailor Moon and Yu Yu Hakusho anime series. The couple have two children and have collaborated on a children's book titled Oobo— Nu— Tochiibo— Nu— ( おおぼーぬーとちぃぼーぬー ) , which Takeuchi wrote and Togashi illustrated. Togashi enjoys board-game -style video games and bowling with his family. He also likes watching horror movies, and considers Don't Look Up and Dawn of

742-609: A short time by adding screentone to his manga Hunter × Hunter . Togashi and Takeuchi were married on January 6, 1999. In attendance for the ceremony were several fellow manga artists and voice actors from both the Sailor Moon and Yu Yu Hakusho anime series. The couple have two children and have collaborated on a children's book titled Oobo— Nu— Tochiibo— Nu— ( おおぼーぬーとちぃぼーぬー ) , which Takeuchi wrote and Togashi illustrated. Togashi enjoys board-game -style video games and bowling with his family. He also likes watching horror movies, and considers Don't Look Up and Dawn of

795-556: A similar idea at the same time as her, but never fully brought it to fruition. He helped somewhat with Toki☆Meka at this point in developing the idea by drawing some concept sketches, which Takeuchi showed in Toki☆Meca volume 1. Togashi and Takeuchi married in 1999. From this marriage, the couple have two children: a son, born in January 2001, and a daughter, born in 2009. After Kodansha's rights to Sailor Moon expired, Takeuchi returned to

848-485: A younger brother named Hideaki Togashi, who is also a manga artist. The Togashi Paper Store run by his mother is still open in Shinjō, Yamagata . On May 24, 2022, Togashi created a Twitter account that was later verified by Shueisha. He gained over one million followers in one day, and two million in 72 hours. He is the most-followed manga artist on the platform, with over three million followers. Currently he mainly posts

901-438: A younger brother named Hideaki Togashi, who is also a manga artist. The Togashi Paper Store run by his mother is still open in Shinjō, Yamagata . On May 24, 2022, Togashi created a Twitter account that was later verified by Shueisha. He gained over one million followers in one day, and two million in 72 hours. He is the most-followed manga artist on the platform, with over three million followers. Currently he mainly posts

954-472: Is a Japanese manga artist . He began drawing manga at an early age, before being recognized for his talent by the publishing company Shueisha while attending college. Togashi has authored several different manga series in different genres over the past three decades. He is best known for writing and illustrating the YuYu Hakusho (1990–1994) and Hunter × Hunter (1998–present) series, which are some of

1007-638: Is why she attended university to study chemistry. Takeuchi graduated from the Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy , where she received a degree in chemistry and became a licensed pharmacist . Her senior thesis was called "Heightened Effects of Thrombolytic Actions Due to Ultrasound". After graduating from the Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy , at the age of 19, Takeuchi entered the manga industry by submitting her work Love Call to Kodansha ; Takeuchi received Nakayoshi's New Artist award for Love Call . She worked steadily on one-shot pieces until writing Maria , which

1060-506: The Infinity arc of the manga (known as Death Busters in Japan), and aired weekly on Japanese television from April to June 2016. In 2020, the two volumes of official "All Colored Eternal Edition" ( オールカラー完全版 , Ōrukarā Kanzenban ) of the Sailor Moon manga was released on June 29, with Takeuchi providing new illustrations for both covers. In 2021, Takeuchi chief supervised the production of

1113-400: The best-selling manga series of all time. Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi , the author of Sailor Moon . Born in Shinjō, Yamagata to a family that owned a paper shop, Togashi began drawing manga casually in his first to second year of elementary school. In high school, Togashi joined the fine-arts club; he later enrolled at Yamagata University where he studied education in

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1166-604: The fine-arts club; he later enrolled at Yamagata University where he studied education in the hope of becoming a teacher. During college he submitted some of his manga work to Weekly Young Jump , published by Shueisha . In 1986, at age 20, he authored a manga titled Buttobi Straight ( ぶっとびストレート , Buttobi Sutorēto ) for which he received the Tezuka Award , the most prestigious award for new comic artists in Japan. Another manga by Togashi titled Jura no Mizuki ( ジュラのミヅキ )

1219-453: The 9th, and the second film on the 30th. Takeuchi wrote the lyrics for a number of songs featured in the Sailor Moon anime and live-action series. Though mainly character-based image songs , they include a few theme songs . These include: Takeuchi has won several awards, including the 2nd Nakayoshi Comic Prize for Newcomers for Yume ja Nai no Ne in 1985. She also won for "Love Call", which won Nakayoshi's New Artist award which debuted in

1272-482: The Dead his favorites. Togashi cites visual effects designer H. R. Giger as a major influence. Togashi suffered from an immense amount of stress while working on YuYu Hakusho , which caused him inconsistent sleep patterns and chest pain. On March 29, 2011, Togashi and his fellow manga artists posted messages on the official Shōnen Jump website in support of the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami . He has

1325-435: The Dead his favorites. Togashi cites visual effects designer H. R. Giger as a major influence. Togashi suffered from an immense amount of stress while working on YuYu Hakusho , which caused him inconsistent sleep patterns and chest pain. On March 29, 2011, Togashi and his fellow manga artists posted messages on the official Shōnen Jump website in support of the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami . He has

1378-572: The Nakayoshi Deluxe September 1986 issue. In 1993 she won the 17th Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for Sailor Moon . Yoshihiro Togashi Yoshihiro Togashi ( Japanese : 冨樫 義博 , Hepburn : Togashi Yoshihiro , born April 27, 1966) is a Japanese manga artist . He began drawing manga at an early age, before being recognized for his talent by the publishing company Shueisha while attending college. Togashi has authored several different manga series in different genres over

1431-473: The United States at San Diego Comic-Con for three days. That same year, she published the first Sailor Moon artbook since her departure from Kodansha, Sailor Moon Infinity Collection Art Book with limited releases. While working on her short comic strip Princess Naoko Takeuchi Back-to-Work Punch!! , Takeuchi met Yoshihiro Togashi at a Weekly Shōnen Jump meeting hosted by Kazushi Hagiwara , and had

1484-503: The Wolf!!) , a collection of comedy manga short-stories. Weekly Shōnen Jump published some of the stories prior to a tankōbon release in 1989. Between 1989 and 1990, Togashi authored Ten de Shōwaru Cupid ( てんで性悪キューピッド , lit. An Ill-tempered Cupid in Heaven) , a four-volume romance manga involving the relationship between a normal, human boy and a beautiful, devil girl. In 1990, Togashi made

1537-407: The Wolf!!) , a collection of comedy manga short-stories. Weekly Shōnen Jump published some of the stories prior to a tankōbon release in 1989. Between 1989 and 1990, Togashi authored Ten de Shōwaru Cupid ( てんで性悪キューピッド , lit. An Ill-tempered Cupid in Heaven) , a four-volume romance manga involving the relationship between a normal, human boy and a beautiful, devil girl. In 1990, Togashi made

1590-481: The anime industry. This culminated in the creation of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon . The series displays a plot that is heavily reliant on the manga and also explores many themes that the manga was unable to explore. She showed up at the official conference with a fist up, meaning "good luck", in Act Zero. After the production of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon ended in 2004, Takeuchi continued to work on Toki☆Meca . During

1643-733: The art style in Hunter × Hunter much simpler than YuYu Hakusho and Level E . Thompson noted that artwork during Hunter × Hunter ' s magazine run is often "sketchy" and missing backgrounds, but Togashi goes back and fixes it for its collected tankōbon release. He also wrote that Togashi has a love of gore and noted that some panels in Hunter × Hunter are apparently censored for gore, being covered with screentone. Since 2006, Togashi has taken numerous lengthy hiatuses while serializing Hunter × Hunter . Some were due to illness and lower back pain, while reasons for others were never disclosed. In 2012, Thompson speculated that Togashi's slow output

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1696-685: The art style in Hunter × Hunter much simpler than YuYu Hakusho and Level E . Thompson noted that artwork during Hunter × Hunter ' s magazine run is often "sketchy" and missing backgrounds, but Togashi goes back and fixes it for its collected tankōbon release. He also wrote that Togashi has a love of gore and noted that some panels in Hunter × Hunter are apparently censored for gore, being covered with screentone. Since 2006, Togashi has taken numerous lengthy hiatuses while serializing Hunter × Hunter . Some were due to illness and lower back pain, while reasons for others were never disclosed. In 2012, Thompson speculated that Togashi's slow output

1749-551: The credits for such anime as Level E and Hunter × Hunter . Its name also appears on the musical credits for Shin Kaguya Shima Densetsu and other projects. Following the loss of seven pages of Takeuchi's PQ Angels manuscript, Osano departed Kodansha and the plans for the Materials Collection were canceled. Takeuchi departed Kodansha for Shueisha . On August 13, 1998, Takeuchi made her first appearance in

1802-407: The hope of becoming a teacher. During college he submitted some of his manga work to Weekly Young Jump , published by Shueisha . In 1986, at age 20, he authored a manga titled Buttobi Straight ( ぶっとびストレート , Buttobi Sutorēto ) for which he received the Tezuka Award , the most prestigious award for new comic artists in Japan. Another manga by Togashi titled Jura no Mizuki ( ジュラのミヅキ )

1855-400: The manga's serialization, Osano returned as her editor. Takeuchi also worked more closely with managing PNP and gave talks to college students. At the same time, she wrote a children's book titled Oboo-nu- to Chiboo-nu- as a birthday present to her son. (Togashi provided illustrations for the book; Takeuchi made mention of this in the back of the first volume of Toki☆Meca .) She still works on

1908-570: The name of "Sumire Shirobara". In 2022, Takeuchi chief supervised the production of the sequel to Sailor Moon Eternal , titled Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie . The two-part film covered the Stars arc of the manga (known as Shadow Galactica in Japan), and acted as a "fifth and final season" for the Sailor Moon Crystal series. Both films were released in June 2023, with the first film on

1961-473: The past three decades. He is best known for writing and illustrating the YuYu Hakusho (1990–1994) and Hunter × Hunter (1998–present) series, which are some of the best-selling manga series of all time. Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi , the author of Sailor Moon . Born in Shinjō, Yamagata to a family that owned a paper shop, Togashi began drawing manga casually in his first to second year of elementary school. In high school, Togashi joined

2014-476: The progresses of his works on Twitter. For years, he has been suffering from chronic back issues, leading to several hiatuses spanning multiple years. Due to these issues, he is only able to draw sporadically and only while laying down. Manga critic Jason Thompson stated that "Togashi is no ordinary mangaka; he does things his own way", furthering that his first one-shots were a mix of school comedy and "splatter-film horror references". At age 24, Togashi created

2067-476: The progresses of his works on Twitter. For years, he has been suffering from chronic back issues, leading to several hiatuses spanning multiple years. Due to these issues, he is only able to draw sporadically and only while laying down. Manga critic Jason Thompson stated that "Togashi is no ordinary mangaka; he does things his own way", furthering that his first one-shots were a mix of school comedy and "splatter-film horror references". At age 24, Togashi created

2120-426: The protagonist Gon Freecss , a young boy searching for his father, a legendary, elite member of society called a "Hunter". This manga also performed very well commercially, with the first 20 volumes selling nearly 55 million copies in Japan as of August 2011. It has 84 million copies in circulation as of July 4, 2022. In 2008, Togashi tied with One Piece author Eiichiro Oda as the fifth favorite manga artist from

2173-426: The protagonist Gon Freecss , a young boy searching for his father, a legendary, elite member of society called a "Hunter". This manga also performed very well commercially, with the first 20 volumes selling nearly 55 million copies in Japan as of August 2011. It has 84 million copies in circulation as of July 4, 2022. In 2008, Togashi tied with One Piece author Eiichiro Oda as the fifth favorite manga artist from

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2226-494: The publisher in 1999 to develop and publish the Materials Collection . She also began serializing Love Witch , but it was cancelled. Takeuchi started to work on the reprints of Sailor Moon and Sailor V , and published Toki☆Meca in Nakayoshi . In 2003, Takeuchi became heavily involved in producing Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon , a tokusatsu television series based on Sailor Moon , as she had an interest in learning more about

2279-533: The series' end, Takeuchi worked on PQ Angels for Nakayoshi . This gained a fair amount of popularity, but was canceled due to Kodansha losing seven pages of her manuscript. Takeuchi said that Toei Animation had the manuscript, therefore it would have been possible to create an anime adaptation of the series. Takeuchi's own studio is called "Princess Naoko Planning" (PNP). Takeuchi established PNP to manage her properties, mainly Sailor Moon . The studio later encompassed Yoshihiro Togashi 's work as well and appeared in

2332-566: The two-part anime film, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie , which adapted the Dream arc of the manga (known as Dead Moon in Japan), and acted as a "fourth season" for the Sailor Moon Crystal series. Both films were released in 2021 in Japanese theaters, with the first film on January 8, and the second film on February 11. Takeuchi also provided the lyrics for the theme song, " Moon Color Chainon " ( 月色Chainon , Tsukiiro Chainon ) , under

2385-468: The website, updating it about once a month with new flash animations or profiles. In 2012, it was announced that a new Sailor Moon anime adaptation was in development. With it, Takeuchi started a Kanzenban version of the manga, which was announced by Osano, and will include fixed past mistakes and new covers for the manga. Color pages are also included for the title pages. There was also an artbook announced, and she has been working on merchandise, which

2438-447: Was "because he's a perfectionist who enjoys his work and wants to do things himself", noting that his assistants could potentially be called upon further. In his 2017 book Sensei Hakusho , which recounts his work as Togashi's assistant from 1990 to 1997, Kunio Ajino stated that Togashi was unusually generous to his staff. In July 2022, Togashi revealed that he was unable to sit in a chair for two years due to his back and hip problems, but

2491-447: Was "because he's a perfectionist who enjoys his work and wants to do things himself", noting that his assistants could potentially be called upon further. In his 2017 book Sensei Hakusho , which recounts his work as Togashi's assistant from 1990 to 1997, Kunio Ajino stated that Togashi was unusually generous to his staff. In July 2022, Togashi revealed that he was unable to sit in a chair for two years due to his back and hip problems, but

2544-507: Was able to resume drawing by doing so while lying down. Manga artists Nobuhiro Watsuki and Pink Hanamori have cited Togashi and YuYu Hakusho as an influence. He is one of the favorite artists of Naruto author Masashi Kishimoto . Jujutsu Kaisen author Gege Akutami named Togashi as an influence and was inspired by YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter . Yoshihiro Togashi Yoshihiro Togashi ( Japanese : 冨樫 義博 , Hepburn : Togashi Yoshihiro , born April 27, 1966)

2597-467: Was an honorable mention in Shueisha's first annual Hop Step Award Selection magazine, published in 1988. After having given up his goal of becoming a teacher, Togashi was contacted by an editor of Weekly Shōnen Jump during his senior year of college, who asked him to move to Tokyo . Togashi's earliest published works for Shueisha include Ōkami Nante Kowakunai!! ( 狼なんて怖くない!! , lit. I'm Not Afraid of

2650-416: Was an honorable mention in Shueisha's first annual Hop Step Award Selection magazine, published in 1988. After having given up his goal of becoming a teacher, Togashi was contacted by an editor of Weekly Shōnen Jump during his senior year of college, who asked him to move to Tokyo . Togashi's earliest published works for Shueisha include Ōkami Nante Kowakunai!! ( 狼なんて怖くない!! , lit. I'm Not Afraid of

2703-660: Was announced by Osano on his Twitter feed. The new reboot anime, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal , debuted in July 2014. It streamed on Niconico bi-weekly, and ended in July 2015, spanning a total of 26 episodes, which cover the Dark Kingdom and Black Moon arc of the manga. Takeuchi wrote the ending theme song, "Moonbow" ( 月虹 , Gekkō ) , under her penname , "Sumire Shirobara" ( 白薔薇sumire , Shirobara Sumire ) . The series eventually gained its 13-episode third season, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season III , covering

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2756-469: Was canceled with the November 1997 issue, and the planned Sailor V anime adaptation was canceled along with it. During that six-year period, she produced 60 chapters, which were collected in 18 volumes. The success of the manga led to a 200-episode anime adaptation , three animated films, numerous video games, and wide-ranging merchandising. She had an interview with Silent Möbius creator, Kia Asamiya. At

2809-484: Was published in Nakayoshi from early to mid-1990. This work, Takeuchi's first serial comic, was loosely based on Jean Webster 's 1912 novel Daddy-Long-Legs and on her friend Marie Koizumi , who helped write it. After completing Maria , Takeuchi worked on the ice-skating series The Cherry Project , which was serialized in Nakayoshi from late 1990 to 1991. While working on The Cherry Project , Takeuchi wanted to do

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