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Rumiko Takahashi

Writer, Additional CreditsBorn October 10, 1957 (67 years)
Rumiko Takahashi (高橋 留美子, Takahashi Rumiko, born October 10, 1957) is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with Urusei Yatsura in 1978, Takahashi is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages, with over 200 million copies in circulation. 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.

Known For

  • InuYasha
  • Ranma ½
  • InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
  • InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
  • Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island
  • Ranma ½ (2024)
  • Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
  • Maison Ikkoku
  • Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer
  • Ranma ½: The Movie 2, Nihao My Concubine
  • Urusei Yatsura (2022)
  • Urusei Yatsura: Only You
  • Those Obnoxious Aliens
  • Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
  • Ranma ½: The Movie, Big Trouble in Nekonron, China
  • Urusei Yatsura 4: Lum the Forever
  • Urusei Yatsura 5: The Final Chapter
  • Urusei Yatsura 6: Always My Darling

Filmography

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