Keiko Takemiya is a Japanese manga artist and the former president of Kyoto Seika University.
12 Facts About Keiko Takemiya
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Keiko Takemiya is included in the Year 24 Group, a term coined by academics and critics to refer to a group of female authors in the early 1970s who helped transform manga from being created primarily by male authors to being created by female authors.
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Keiko Takemiya cites her influences as being manga, the works of Shotaro Ishinomori, films, and documentaries.
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In 1972, after publishing, Keiko Takemiya traveled to Europe to learn more about life there as research for.
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Keiko Takemiya received the 9th Seiun Award for best science fiction manga for Toward the Terra in 1978, and the 25th Shogakukan Manga Award in the and category for both and Toward the Terra in 1980.
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Keiko Takemiya is regarded as "one of the first successful crossover women artists" to create both and manga.
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In 1983, Keiko Takemiya served as a special designer on the theatrical anime film Crusher Joe: The Movie, alongside other notable manga artists.
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Since 2000, Keiko Takemiya has taught at Kyoto Seika University's Faculty of Manga.
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Keiko Takemiya served as Dean of the Faculty of Manga from April 2008 until March 2013.
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Keiko Takemiya was president of the university from April 2014 to March 2018.
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In January 2016, Keiko Takemiya published her first autobiography, Shonen no Na wa Gilbert.
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Keiko Takemiya's work is featured in the catalogue for The Citi Exhibition: Manga, including an interview where she discusses the Genga project.