Japanese manga artist known for creating the series Fruits Basket
Natsuki Takaya
高屋 奈月
Born
(1973-07-07) July 7, 1973 (age 50)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation
Manga artist
Years active
1992–present
Known for
Fruits Basket
Awards
Kodansha Manga Award (2001)
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.
Takaya was born and 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]
^"Natsuki Takaya (Creator)". TV Tropes. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^"'Fruits Basket' Tally Over 18 Million". ICv2. May 8, 2007. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
^Hibbs, Brian (February 2008). "Tilting @ Windmills 2.0 #49: Looking at Bookscan 2007". Newsarama. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2008. Tokyopop's best-selling title is Fruits Basket v16 with an excellent 58,372 copies sold in 2007" and "[In 2007]...Naruto shares the Top 10 manga titles with Fruits Basket, Death Note and Bleach.
^Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on August 16, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2007.
^"Natsuki Takaya: Series, and a List of Books by Author Natsuki Takaya". www.paperbackswap.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
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