Naoko Takeuchi
1998–2009
### 1998–2009

Following the loss of seven pages of Takeuchi's *PQ Angels* manuscript, Osano departed Kodansha and the plans for the *Materials Collection* were canceled. Takeuchi departed Kodansha for [Shueisha](/wiki/Shueisha "Shueisha").

On August 13, 1998, Takeuchi made her first appearance in the United States at [San Diego Comic\-Con](/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con "San Diego Comic-Con") for three days. That same year, she published the first *Sailor Moon* artbook since her departure from Kodansha, *Sailor Moon Infinity Collection Art Book* with limited releases.

While working on her short comic strip *Princess Naoko Takeuchi Back\-to\-Work Punch!!*, Takeuchi met [Yoshihiro Togashi](/wiki/Yoshihiro_Togashi "Yoshihiro Togashi") at a *[Weekly Shōnen Jump](/wiki/Weekly_Sh%C5%8Dnen_Jump "Weekly Shōnen Jump")* meeting hosted by [Kazushi Hagiwara](/wiki/Kazushi_Hagiwara "Kazushi Hagiwara"), and had a meeting arranged between them by voice actress [Megumi Ogata](/wiki/Megumi_Ogata "Megumi Ogata"). She collaborated with Togashi as an assistant (doing [screentone](/wiki/Screentone "Screentone")) and as a manager on volume 1 of *[Hunter × Hunter](/wiki/Hunter_%C3%97_Hunter "Hunter × Hunter")*. However, the work and the demands proved more than she had expected, and as a result, Takeuchi left Shueisha.

Around this time, Takeuchi conceived the idea for a one\-shot called *Toki☆Meka*, which eventually turned into *Toki☆Meca*. Togashi had a similar idea at the same time as her, but never fully brought it to fruition. He helped somewhat with *Toki☆Meka* at this point in developing the idea by drawing some concept sketches, which Takeuchi showed in *Toki☆Meca* volume 1\.

Togashi and Takeuchi married in 1999\. From this marriage, the couple have two children: a son, born in January 2001, and a daughter, born in 2009\.

After Kodansha's rights to *Sailor Moon* expired, Takeuchi returned to the publisher in 1999 to develop and publish the *Materials Collection*. She also began serializing *Love Witch*, but it was cancelled. Takeuchi started to work on the reprints of *Sailor Moon* and *Sailor V*, and published *Toki☆Meca* in *Nakayoshi*.

In 2003, Takeuchi became heavily involved in producing *[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon](/wiki/Pretty_Guardian_Sailor_Moon_%28live-action_series%29 "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (live-action series)")*, a [tokusatsu](/wiki/Tokusatsu "Tokusatsu") television series based on *Sailor Moon*, as she had an interest in learning more about the anime industry.Kappa Magazine \#62, translated by Mina Kaye. Kia Asamiya interviewed Naoko Takeuchi. Naoko Takeuchi expressed an interest in coloring for Asamiya. This culminated in the creation of *Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon*. The series displays a plot that is heavily reliant on the manga and also explores many themes that the manga was unable to explore. She showed up at the official conference with a fist up, meaning "good luck", in Act Zero.

After the production of *Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon* ended in 2004, Takeuchi continued to work on *Toki☆Meca*. During the manga's serialization, Osano returned as her editor. Takeuchi also worked more closely with managing PNP and gave talks to college students. At the same time, she wrote a children's book titled *Oboo\-nu\- to Chiboo\-nu\-* as a birthday present to her son. (Togashi provided illustrations for the book; Takeuchi made mention of this in the back of the first volume of *Toki☆Meca*.) She still works on the website, updating it about once a month with new flash animations or profiles.


Is it true that Naoko Takeuchi worked on Sailor Moon and Sailor V reprints?