Editing Naoko Takeuchi (section)

===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.