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Yna [anya12yu@yahoomail.com] wrote... Sailor moon manga is highly popular among young girls. The magically powered pretty sailor soldiers, the girly costumes, the combination is undoubtedly irresistible to read. Sailor moon comics popularized the idea on a group of heroines tasked to save the universe....

Manga is the Japanese word for a comic book or series. The Sailormoon manga came first, and the anime is loosely based upon the manga. The comic began in 1992 and appeared monthly in Nakayoshi, a serial published by Kodansha. The manga was never really supposed to go past the second arc, the Black Moon story, but Kodansha convinced Takeuchi to continue doing Sailormoon.

Takeuchi has also released six commercially avaliable artbooks, the first five being individual collections of artwork she has done for each story arc. The sixth book is called the Material Collection book and features sketches and original designs for nearly all of the characters that ever appeared in the manga. There is a very rare seventh artbook, Volume Infinity, that is a collection of doujinshi by Takeuchi, her staff, the Sailormoon seiyuu, some of the animator leaders, Takeuchi's friends, musical actresses, and other people. The Infinity volume is rare and very expensive if you can find it. She also collaborated with other famous mangaka to release an artbook that featured each of their works.

The cover story this month looks at four people who have achieved success in the Heisei Period (1989- ) by following their dreams. Entrepreneur Susumu Mitsuoka built a car that made his company the first automaker in 40 years to be recognized by the Ministry of Transportation. Discounter Yukio Higuchi made the main store of his chain the biggest selling liquor store in Japan. Director Yoichi Sai broke many taboos with his hit movie, All Under the Moon. And comic book artist Naoko Takeuchi created Sailormoon, a series that has spurred a commercial bonanza.