Editing Naoko Takeuchi (section)

===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>