Mick Takeuchi (竹内未来 ''Takeuchi Miku'' born July 4) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for her eleven-volume series

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(Joō-sama no Inu), which has been translated into

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as they were very popular in Japan. All eleven volumes of Her Majesty's Dog have now been published in English, as well as Bound Beauty and A Wise Man Sleeps. All of her manga were licensed by the now defunct

, only Her Majesty's Dog was completely released to America while only a few volumes of Bound Beauty and A Wise Man Sleeps were released. Takeuchi was a guest of honor at

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2006 in Anaheim,

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. Ever since she was 13 years old, she knew she wanted to create manga. One of her influences is

Rumiko Takahashi 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 ...

, in particular Takahashi's series ''Urusei Yatsura''. To relax, she enjoys playing with her

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s, Milky and Kentarō. Although "Miku" ''is'' a traditional Japanese given name, "Mick" Takeuchi is actually named after

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Published works

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External links

Mick Takeuchi Official Site
(in Japanese only)
Go! Comi
manga Web site of her English-language publisher
Her Majesty's Dog #1
review, by K. Avila, ''Sequential Tart,'' June 2006
Her Majesty's Dog #2
review, by K. Avila, ''Sequential Tart,'' June 2006
Her Majesty's Dog #3
review, by K. Avila, ''Sequential Tart,'' July 2006 Living people Manga artists from Aichi Prefecture Year of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-artist-stub