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Japanese manga artist known for creating the series ''Fruits Basket'' From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Natsuki Takaya (Japanese: 高屋 奈月, Hepburn: Takaya Natsuki, born July 7, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the series Fruits Basket.
Natsuki Takaya | |
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高屋 奈月 | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | July 7, 1973
Occupation | Manga artist |
Years active | 1992–present |
Known for | Fruits Basket |
Awards | Kodansha Manga Award (2001) |
Born Nana Hatake, Takaya was raised in Tokyo, where she made her debut as a manga artist in 1992. Takaya had wanted to be a manga artist since first grade, when her sister started drawing.[1]
Her manga series Fruits Basket, which debuted in 1998, became one of the best selling shōjo manga in North America.[2][3] Fruits Basket has also been adapted into an anime series twice; the first, which premiered in 2001, aired as one season of twenty six episodes. The second, which premiered in 2019, consists of two seasons of twenty five episodes and the third season comprised 13 episodes and concluded in 2021.
In 2001, Takaya received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga for Fruits Basket.[4] As revealed in a sidebar of Fruits Basket, Takaya broke her drawing arm after Fruits Basket volume six was published. She had to go into surgery, and as a result, had put Fruits Basket on a brief hiatus. Takaya made a full recovery, but complained that her handwriting had gotten uglier due to the surgery.[5]
Title | Year | Notes | Refs[6] |
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Phantom Dream | 1994–1997 | Serialized in Hana to Yume Planet ZōkanPublished by Hakusensha in 5 volumes | [7][8] |
Tsubasa: Those with Wings | 1995–1998 | Serialized in Hana to YumePublished by Hakusensha in 6 volumes | [7][9] |
Fruits Basket | 1998–2006 | Serialized in Hana to YumePublished by Hakusensha in 23 volumes, Aizoban edition in 12 volumes | [10][11][12] |
Songs to Make You Smile (僕が唄うと君は笑うから) | 1999 (vol.) | Short story collection. Serialized in Hana to YumePublished by Hakusensha in 1 volume | [13] |
Twinkle Stars | 2007–2011 | Serialized in Hana to YumePublished by Hakusensha in 11 volumes | [14][10][15] |
Liselotte & Witch's Forest | 2011–2013 (hiatus) | Serialized in Hana to YumePublished by Hakusensha in 5 volumes | [16][17] |
Fruits Basket Another | 2015–2019 | Serialized in HanaLaLa onlinePublished by Hakusensha in 4 volumes | [18] |
Fruits Basket: The Three Musketeers Arc | 2019 | 3 chapters | |
Fruits Basket: The Three Musketeers Arc 2 | 2020 | 3 chapters | |
Kakumo Chiisaki Sekai ni te | 2023–present | Serialized in Manga Park | [19] |
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