Keiko Takemiya

Keiko Takemiya (竹宮惠子, Takemiya Keiko^?, born February 13, 1950 in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. She is included in the Year 24 Group. She resides in Kamukura, Kanagawa Prefecture.^[1]

Among her most noted works are the manga Terra e... and Kaze to Ki no Uta, which are noted for being pioneering shōjo series of the 1970s and 1980s. She received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen/shōjo manga for both Kaze to Ki no Uta and Terra e...^[2] and the prestigious Seiun Award for science fiction manga in 1978 for Terra e....^[3] Many of her series have been adapted into anime, including Terra e... in 1980 and 2007, Natsu e no Tobira in 1981, and Kaze to Ki no Uta in 1987.^[4] In 1983, she served as special designer to the Sunrise theatrical film Crusher Joe: The Movie, alongside other noted manga artists Yumiko Igarashi, Fujihiko Hosono, Rumiko Takahashi, Hideo Azuma, Hisaichi Ishii, Katsuhiro Otomo, Miki Tori, Shinji Wada and Akira Toriyama.^[5]

Since 2000, Takemiya has taught at Kyoto Seika University's Faculty of Manga and is its current dean.^[6]^[7]^[8] In 2009, she was a member of the selection committee for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.^[9]

[edit] Selected bibliography

Ringo no Tsumi (りんごの罪, Ringo no tsumi^?, 1968)
In the Sunroom (サンルームにて^?, 1970) (containing the first published male-male kiss in shoujo manga) ^[10]
Natsu e no Tobira (夏への扉, Natsu e no tobira^?, 1975)
Kaze to Ki no Uta (風と木の詩, Kaze to ki no uta^?, 1976–1984)
To Terra... (地球へ…, Terra e...^?, 1977–1980) (published in English by Vertical)
Andromeda Stories (アンドロメダ・ストーリーズ, Andromeda stories^?, 1980-1982) (published in English by Vertical, Story by Sci Fi author Ryu Mitsuse)
Tenma no Ketsuzoku (天馬の血族, Tenma no ketsuzoku^?, 1992–2000)