Naoko Takeuchi is best known as the author of Sailor Moon, one of the most popular manga series of all time.
23 Facts About Naoko Takeuchi
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Naoko Takeuchi has won several awards, including the 1993 Kodansha Manga Award for Sailor Moon.
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Naoko Takeuchi was born in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan, to parents Kenji and Ikuko Naoko Takeuchi.
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Naoko Takeuchi 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.
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Naoko Takeuchi wore a seifuku and joined the astronomy and manga clubs.
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Naoko Takeuchi's father encouraged her to pursue other career paths, in case she wouldn't find success as a professional artist, which is why she attended university to study chemistry.
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Naoko Takeuchi graduated from the Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy, where she received a degree in chemistry and became a licensed pharmacist.
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Naoko Takeuchi worked steadily on one-shot pieces until writing Maria, which was published in Nakayoshi from early to mid-1990.
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Naoko Takeuchi had interview with Silent Mobius creator, Kia Asamiya.
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At the series' end, Naoko Takeuchi worked on PQ Angels for Nakayoshi.
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Naoko Takeuchi said that Toei Animation had the manuscript, therefore it would have been possible to create an anime adaptation of the series.
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Naoko Takeuchi established PNP to manage her properties, mainly Sailor Moon.
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Naoko Takeuchi began serializing Love Witch, but it was cancelled.
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In 2003, Naoko 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 the anime industry.
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Naoko Takeuchi showed up at the official conference with a fist up, meaning "good luck", in Act Zero.
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Naoko Takeuchi worked more closely with managing PNP and gave talks to college students.
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Naoko Takeuchi wrote the ending theme song, "Moonbow", under her penname, "Sumire Shirobara".
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In 2020, the two volumes of official "All Colored Eternal Edition" of the Sailor Moon manga was released on June 29, with Naoko Takeuchi providing new illustrations for both covers.
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In 2021, Naoko Takeuchi chief supervised the production of the two-part anime film, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie, which adapted the Dream arc of the manga, and acted as a "fourth season" for the Sailor Moon Crystal series.
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Naoko Takeuchi provided the lyrics for the theme song, "Moon Color Chainon", under the name of "Sumire Shirobara".
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Naoko Takeuchi wrote the lyrics for a number of songs featured in the Sailor Moon anime and live-action series.
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Naoko Takeuchi has won several awards, including the 2nd Nakayoshi Comic Prize for Newcomers for Yume ja Nai no Ne in 1985.
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Naoko Takeuchi won for "Love Call", which won Nakayoshi's New Artist award which debuted in the Nakayoshi Deluxe September 1986 issue.