is a Japanese
manga artist
A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan.
Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist bef ...
and the former president of
Kyoto Seika University.
Career
Keiko Takemiya (or Takemiya Keiko) is included in the
Year 24 Group, a term coined by academics and critics to refer to a group of female authors in the early 1970s who helped transform
manga (manga for girls) from being created primarily by male authors to being created by female authors.
As part of this group, Takemiya pioneered a genre of manga about love between young men called ( "boy love"). In 1970, she published a short story titled ''
Sanrūmu Nite
is a Japanese manga one-shot written and illustrated by Keiko Takemiya. It was originally published in the December 1970 issue of the manga magazine '' Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' under the title . It is the first work in the genre (male–male ...
'' ("In the Sunroom") in ''
Bessatsu Shōjo Comic
, known as before 2000, is a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It was conceived as a or "special issue" of its sister magazine ''Shōjo Comic''. It is released on the 13th of each month.
Serializations
Current
* '' ...
'', which is possibly the first manga ever published and contains the earliest known male–male kiss in manga.
Takemiya cites her influences as being
manga (manga for boys), the works of
Shotaro Ishinomori, films, and documentaries. In 1972, after publishing , Takemiya traveled to Europe to learn more about life there as research for ("The Poem of Wind and Trees"). After that, she traveled to different parts of Europe on an almost annual basis.
Among her best known works are the manga and ''
Toward the Terra
is a Japanese science fiction manga series by Keiko Takemiya. It was originally serialized in Asahi Sonorama's ''Gekkan Manga Shōnen'' magazine, between January 1977 and May 1980. In 1978, it won the first Seiun Award for manga, and ...
'', which are noted for being pioneering series of the 1970s and 1980s. She received the 9th
Seiun Award for best science fiction manga for ''Toward the Terra'' in 1978,
and the 25th (1979)
Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since ...
in the and category for both and ''Toward the Terra'' in 1980.
She is regarded as "one of the first successful crossover women artists" to create both and manga. Many of her series have been adapted into
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
, including ''Toward the Terra'' in 1980 and 2007,
("The Door into Summer") in 1981,
''
Andromeda Stories'' in 1982,
and in 1987.
In 1983, Takemiya served as a special designer on the theatrical anime film ''
Crusher Joe: The Movie'', alongside other notable manga artists.
Since 2000, Takemiya has taught at
Kyoto Seika University's Faculty of Manga.
She served as Dean of the Faculty of Manga from April 2008 until March 2013. She was also president of the university from April 2014 to March 2018.
During her tenure at Kyoto Seika, Takemiya started the project, which uses digital technology to create accurate reproductions of manga artwork and manuscripts, for both its
preservation
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Heritage and conservation
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and to produce material suitable for
art exhibitions, with a focus on manga art.
In 2001, she received the for women who contribute to society.
From 2009 to 2014, she served as a member of the selection committee for the
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan.
Curre ...
s. In 2012, she received the
Japan Cartoonists Association's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award in recognition of her entire body of work. In 2014, she was awarded the
Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan for her contributions to manga.
In January 2016, Takemiya published her first autobiography, . The book documents the manga revolution of the 1970s and the creation of and ''Toward the Terra''.
In March 2021, she published her second autobiography, . Its text was compiled from Takemiya's interviews with journalist Keiko Chino, first published in the column of the newspaper.
Takemiya's work is featured in the catalogue for
The Citi Exhibition: Manga (2019), including an interview where she discusses the Genga (Dash) project (pages 253-267).
Works
* , 1968
* , 1970
* , 1971–1972
* , 1973
* , with , 1974–1985
* , 1974–1976
* , 1975
* , 1976–1984
* , 1979–1980
* , 1981–1986
* , 1977–1980
** First published in English by
Vertical as ''To Terra...'',
later by Manga Planet as ''Toward the Terra''
* , with
Ryu Mitsuse (original story,) 1980–1982
** First published in English by Vertical as ''Andromeda Stories'',
later by Manga Planet as ''Stories of Andromeda Galaxy''
* , 1982–1987
* , 1984
* ''5:00 PM Revolution'', 1985–1988
* , 1988–1990
* , 1990–1993
* , 1991–2000
* , 1994–1995
* , 1997
* , 1998–1999
* , 2000–2004
References
Further reading
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External links
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Official 50th anniversary exhibition websiteKeiko Takemiyaat
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' (SFE) is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979. It has won the Hugo Award, Hugo, Locus Award, Locus and BSFA Award, British SF Awards. Two print editions appeared ...
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1950 births
20th-century Japanese women writers
Female comics writers
Japanese female comics artists
Living people
Manga artists from Kanagawa Prefecture
Manga artists from Tokushima Prefecture
People from Kamakura
People from Tokushima (city)
Presidents of universities and colleges in Japan
Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon
Women heads of universities and colleges
Women manga artists