Age: 68
female
Rumiko Takahashi (高橋 留美子, Takahashi Rumiko, born October 10, 1957) is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with Urusei Yatsura in 1978, Takahashi is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages, with over 200 million copies in circulation. She has won the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, once in 1980 for Urusei Yatsura and again in 2001 for Inuyasha, and the Seiun Award twice, once in 1987 for Urusei Yatsura and again in 1989 for Mermaid Saga. She also received the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 2019, becoming the second woman and second Japanese to win the prize. In 2020, the Japanese government awarded Takahashi the Medal with Purple Ribbon for her contributions to the arts.
Rumiko Takahashi
Character Designer
for Character Designer in Ryu the Primitive Boy
Suggested by toonking1985
Set in primitive times, a baby with white skin named Ryu is born into the world. But since his skin colour is different from the rest of his tribe, the baby was considered a devil by the tribe as he was left by them to be sacrificed to Tyranno the dreaded one-eyed Tyrannosaurus Rex. However, the baby is saved by an ape called Kitty who raises him as her own son. Meanwhile, Ryu's mother leaves the tribe to find Ryu. 16 years later, Ryu grows up to be a good man, but when the tribe learns Ryu is still alive they try to burn him at stake. Before the deed was done the tribe was attacked and massacred, along with Kitty, by Tyranno. Longing to reunite with his mother, Ryu sets out on a quest to find her. Along the way, he meets Ran, a girl who was sold to Ryu's tribe, Don, Ran's long-lost little brother, and Kiba, a man who wants to kill Tyranno for wiping out his family and tribe. With his newfound companions, Ryu will journey through and struggle to survive the savage world they live in as they encounter various hardships, life-threatening obstacles, and dangerous creatures to find Ryu's mother.
