The mangaka of Harvey Awards Hall of Fame. In October, her inclusion in this year's class of inductees was announced. Many congratulations are in order for the very well-known mangaka.
The Harvey Awards have been given out since 1988, but the Hall of Fame has inducted since 2017. Thus far, only one previous mangaka was inducted: Osamu Tezuka. Takahashi is ing legendary company as a legend in her own right. She has won numerous awards in the past and has already been inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame.
On Twitter, VIZ Media shared congratulations for Rumiko Takahashi's recent achievement. The tweet includes an image of her award, as well as a stack of her works. Takahashi created Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura, Rin-Ne, Mao, Mermaid Saga, and Maison Ikkoku. She has also written numerous short story manga. Her works have become popular across the globe and have been major influences on fans and other comic creators.
Takahashi has predominantly created seinen and shōnen manga series. Maison Ikkoku - published from 1980to 1987 and spanning fifteen volumes - is a seinen series. The same is true of One-Pound Gospel (1987-2007) and Rumic Theater (1987). Rumic Theater is a series of short stories appearing in Big Comic Original. Takahashi's most well-known works, however, are shōnen. Her first major work was Urusei Yatsura, which first began serializing in 1978 and ended in 1987. Next was Mermaid Saga from 1984 to 1994. Yet her most popular series are easily Ranma 1/2 (1987-1996), Inuyasha (1996-2008), and Rin-ne (2009-2017). They were all adapted into well-received anime series. Takahashi's current ongoing series is Mao, which began serializing in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2019. It has spanned ten volumes thus far.
It is rather impressive that an active mangaka is being inducted into a Hall of Fame that has previously inducted Osamu Tezuka. After all, he has been dubbed the "Father of Manga" and has frequently been compared to Walt Disney. Tezuka's notable works are Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, and Phoenix. All three were serializing in the 1950s, so there is a big jump in time between Tezuka's work and Takahashi's. Nonetheless, they are two of Japan's premiere mangaka and they are both well-deserving of the many accolades they've received.
Other inductees into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame this year include Bernie Wrightson, Michael Kaluta, Barry Windsor-Smith, and Jeffrey Catherine Jones - three of which are American comic creators. Wrightson is an artist known for co-creating Swamp thing. He illustrated many Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2, it will quickly be an impressive gathering of influential comic professionals.
Source: VIZ Media
