is a Japanese

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. She is best known for illustrating the manga series ''

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''.

Career

In 1968, as a third-year high school student at the Asahi Gaoka High School in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Igarashi made her debut in

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's ''

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'' manga magazine with '' Shiroi Same no iru Shima''. She won the 1st

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in 1977 as the artist of ''

''. In the late 1990s, Igarashi became involved in a number of legal battles related to her intellectual property rights as an illustrator. Igarashi claimed that in series for which she was the illustrator, she should hold sole intellectual property rights to the portrayals of the characters, and not need the consent of her authors to license merchandise based on their likenesses. In a dispute over the ''Candy Candy'' character designs in 1999, the court ruled against Igarashi, stating that both she and writer

Kyoko Mizuki is one of the pen names of , a Japanese writer who is best known for being the author of the manga and anime series '' Candy Candy''. Kyoko Mizuki won the Kodansha Manga Award for Best '' Shōjo'' Manga for ''Candy Candy'' in 1977 with Yumiko Ig ...

held equal rights to the characters, and awarded Mizuki reparations equal to 3% royalties on all the merchandise that had been created without her consent. This legal battle paralyzed the franchise for several years, interfering with Toei's production of a ''Candy Candy''

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, and making the creation of new merchandise difficult due to the court's order that all merchandise be approved by both Igarashi and Mizuki. A trickle of new merchandise was produced in 2004, suggesting some agreement had been reached.

Personal life

Igarashi is a resident of

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Satsuki Igarashi is a member of the all-female manga-creating team Clamp. Her duties in the team are Nanase Ohkawa's sounding board, and the character designer of ''Chobits'' and line artist for '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle''. Like the other members of Cla ...

, a member of the manga circle Clamp, is her cousin. Igarashi married voice actor

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, and they later divorced. They have a son named Keiichi Igarashi (born 1981), known professionally as Nanami Igarashi, who is a former

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-trainee at

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and published a comic essay about his experiences as an in 2010.

Works

*1968: '' Shiroi Same no iru Shima'' (debut) *1975: ''

'' (story by

) *1979: '' Mayme Angel'' (story and art by Igarashi) *1981: ''

Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoye ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, link=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failur ...

'' (character design by Igarashi) *1982: '' Koronde Pokkle'' (story and art by Igarashi) *1982: ''

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'' (story by

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) *1986: ''

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'' (story by Kaoru Kurimoto) *1993–1994: ''

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'' (story by Fumiko Shiba) *1997: ''

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'' (story and art by Igarashi, adapted from

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's novel) *1998: ''

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'' (story and art by Igarashi, adapted from Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel) *1998: ''

Anne of the Island ''Anne of the Island'' is the third book in the ''Anne of Green Gables'' series, written by Lucy Maud Montgomery about Anne Shirley. ''Anne Of the Island'' is the third book of the eight-book sequels written by L. M. Montgomery, about Anne Shirle ...

'' (story and art by Igarashi, adapted from Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel) *2011–2014: '' Josephine the French Rose'' (story by Kaoru Ochiai)

References

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