Editing Naoko Takeuchi (section)

==Career==

===1986–1997: Early work and success===
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 (comics)|one-shot]] pieces until writing ''Maria'', which 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 (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 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'' was canceled with the November 1997 issue, and the planned ''Sailor V'' anime adaptation was canceled along with it.<ref>{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Shinsoban Volume 3 |chapter= Liner Notes |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date= October 23, 2003 |isbn= 4-06-334783-4 }} :"Run-Run, the magazine she was serialized in, went belly-up. The OVA they planned to put out never came out. She met a harsh fate. It's enough to make one sick.
[Minako]: Where did Run-Run go? When is my video coming out?"</ref> During that six-year period, she produced 60 chapters, which were collected in 18 volumes. The success of the manga led to [[Sailor Moon (TV series)|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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sensei.takeuchi-naoko.com/interviews/kiaasamiya.html | title=Kia Asamiya Interview }}</ref>

At 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.<ref name="kurozuki1">{{cite web
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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 the credits for such anime as ''[[Level E]]'' and ''[[Hunter × Hunter (1999 TV series)|Hunter × Hunter]]''. Its name also appears on the musical credits for ''Shin Kaguya Shima Densetsu'' and other projects.

===1998–2009===
Following the loss of seven pages of Takeuchi's ''PQ Angels'' manuscript, Osano departed Kodansha and the plans for the ''Materials Collection'' were canceled.<ref name="kurozuki1"/> Takeuchi departed Kodansha for [[Shueisha]].<ref name="kurozuki1"/>

On August 13, 1998, Takeuchi made her first appearance in the United States at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] for three days.<ref name="SmileInterview">{{cite journal|title=Naoko Takeuchi at the San Diego Comic-Con!|date=December 1998|journal=Smile|publisher=Mixx Entertainment|pages=30–31}}</ref> 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 a meeting arranged between them by voice actress [[Megumi Ogata]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.kurozuki.com/takeuchi/punch/trans/round02.html| title = Princess Takeuchi Naoko's Return-to-Society Punch!! - Round 2| access-date = 2007-07-27| archive-date = 2008-05-09| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080509083923/http://www.kurozuki.com/takeuchi/punch/trans/round02.html| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.kurozuki.com/takeuchi/punch/trans/round04.html| title = Princess Takeuchi Naoko's Return-to-Society Punch!! - Round 2| access-date = 2007-07-27| archive-date = 2022-07-25| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220725183908/http://www.kurozuki.com/takeuchi/punch/trans/round04.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> 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''.<ref name=toki*meca>{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Toki Meca Volume 1 |chapter= Author Notes |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date= August 23, 2005 |isbn= 4-06-372061-6 }}</ref> Togashi had 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-24/sailor-moon-takeuchi-hunter-x-hunter-togashi-have-2nd-baby |title=Sailor Moon's Takeuchi, Hunter X Hunter's Togashi Have 2nd Baby (Updated) - News |work=Anime News Network |date=2009-12-24 |access-date=2014-06-25}}</ref>

After Kodansha's rights to ''Sailor Moon'' expired, Takeuchi returned to 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 (live-action series)|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'', a [[tokusatsu]] television series based on ''Sailor Moon'', as she had an interest in learning more about the anime industry.<ref>Kappa Magazine #62, translated by Mina Kaye. Kia Asamiya interviewed Naoko Takeuchi. Naoko Takeuchi expressed an interest in coloring for Asamiya.</ref>  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 the manga's serialization, Osano returned as her editor.<ref name=toki*meca /> Takeuchi also worked more closely with managing PNP and gave talks to college students.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/gensaku/himitu060103.html |title = ひみつのお部屋 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060212212128/http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/gensaku/himitu060103.html |archive-date=12 February 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 the website, updating it about once a month with new flash animations or profiles.<ref name="mangastyle">
{{cite web |url= http://mangastyle.net/ |title= Manga Style |date= July 7, 2007 |access-date= 2006-10-01 |last= Bacon |first= Michelle }}</ref>

===2010–2019===
In 2012, it was announced that a new ''Sailor Moon'' anime adaptation was in development.<ref name="Kodansha2011English">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2011-03-18/kodansha-usa-announces-the-return-of-sailor-moon|title=Kodansha USA Announces the Return of Sailor Moon|date=2011-03-18|publisher=[[Press release]]|access-date=2011-03-18}}</ref> With it, Takeuchi started a ''[[Tankōbon#Kanzenban|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 was announced by Osano on his Twitter feed.

The new [[reboot (fiction)|reboot]] anime, ''[[Sailor Moon Crystal|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.<ref>The first 26 episodes were dubbed "Seasons I & II" during the Japanese television broadcast of the updated Blu-ray versions in April 2015.</ref> Takeuchi wrote the ending theme song, {{nihongo|"Moonbow"|月虹|Gekkō}}, under her [[Pseudonym|penname]], {{nihongo|"Sumire Shirobara"|白薔薇sumire|Shirobara Sumire}}.<ref name="Takeuchi Shirobara"/> The series eventually gained its 13-episode third season, ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season III'', covering the ''Infinity'' arc of the manga (known as ''Death Busters'' in Japan), and aired weekly on Japanese television from April to June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-06/sailor-moon-crystal-3rd-season-premiere-date-theme-songs-revealed/.99470|title=Sailor Moon Crystal 3rd Season's Premiere Date, Theme Songs Revealed|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=2016-03-06|website=Anime News Network|access-date=2016-03-06}}</ref>

===2020–present===
In 2020, the two volumes of official {{nihongo|"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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sailormoon-official.com/comics/post_912.php|title=『美少女戦士セーラームーン オールカラー完全版』1巻2巻|date=2020-06-27|website=Sailor Moon Official|language=ja|access-date=2020-06-27}}</ref>

In 2021, Takeuchi chief supervised the production of the two-part anime film, ''[[Sailor Moon Eternal|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-18/1st-sailor-moon-eternal-film-delayed-to-january-8-with-2nd-film-scheduled-for-february-11/.160770|title=1st Sailor Moon Eternal Film Delayed to January 8 with 2nd Film Scheduled for February 8|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=2020-06-18|website=Anime News Network|access-date=2020-06-18}}</ref> Takeuchi also provided the lyrics for the theme song, {{nihongo|"[[Moon Color Chainon]]"|月色Chainon|Tsukiiro Chainon}}, under the name of "Sumire Shirobara".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/10/04/momoiro-clover-z-performs-sailor-moon-eternal-films-theme-song-with-the-five-main-vas|title=Momoiro Clover Z Performs Sailor Moon Eternal Film's Theme Song with the Five Main VAs|last=Komatsu|first=Mikakazu|date=2020-10-04|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=2020-10-04}}</ref>

In 2022, Takeuchi chief supervised the production of the sequel to ''Sailor Moon Eternal'', titled ''[[Sailor Moon Cosmos|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 the 9th, and the second film on the 30th.<ref name="Season 5 Films">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-28/sailor-moon-manga-final-arc-gets-2-sailor-moon-cosmos-films-in-early-summer-2023/.185105|title=Sailor Moon Manga's Final Arc Gets 2 Sailor Moon Cosmos Films in Early Summer 2023|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=April 28, 2022|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 28, 2022}}</ref>