Riyoko Ikeda

Infobox Comics creator
name = Riyoko Ikeda
池田 理代子

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caption = Riyoko Ikeda at 2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition
birthname = Riyoko Ikeda
birthdate = birth date and age|1947|12|18
location = Osaka, Japan
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nationality = Japanese
area = Writer, Penciller, Inker
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notable works = The Rose of Versailles
Oniisama e
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nihongo|Riyoko Ikeda|池田 理代子|Ikeda Riyoko|born 1947-12-18 in Osaka, Japan is a Japanese manga artist and singer. She is included in Year 24 Group. [cite journal |last=Thorn |first=Matt |authorlink=Matt Thorn | year=2005 | title=A History of Manga | journal=Animerica: Anime & Manga Monthly |volume=4 |issue=2,4, & 6 |url=http://www.matt-thorn.com/mangagaku/history.html |accessdate=2008-01-02 ] She was one of the most popular Japanese comic-artists in the 1970s, being best known for "The Rose of Versailles", but gave up drawing manga to pursue a musical career. She made a comeback to the comic-industry as a scenarist in 1999. Her use of foreign settings and androgynous themes made Rose of Versailles and Mado no Orpheus "enormous successes". [Halldór Stefánsson (1994). "Foreign myths and sagas in Japan: the academics and the cartoonists" in "Beyond Boundaries: Understanding, Translation and Anthropological Discourse", p. 88, edited by Gísli Pálsson. Berg Publishers. ISBN 1-85973-021-3 ]

Biography

Ikeda has written many shōjo manga, many of which are based on historical events, such as the French Revolution or the Russian Revolution.

Her most famous manga is nihongo|"The Rose of Versailles"|ベルサイユのばら|Berusaiyu no bara also known as "Lady Oscar" in Europe. This manga, loosely based on the French Revolution, has been made into several Takarazuka musicals and into an anime series and a live-action film. Her recent manga includes "Der Ring des Nibelungen". It is a manga version of the opera written by Richard Wagner.

Works

*"Bara Yashiki no Shōjo"
*"Soyo Kaze no Mary"
*"The Rose of Versailles"
*"Shōko no Etude"
*"Claudine"
*"Oniisama e"
*"Orpheus no Mado"
*"Jotei Ecatherina"
*"Eikou no Napoleon – Eroica"
*"Der Ring des Nibelungen"
*"Spring Snow" (Haru no Yuki)
*"Ten no Hate Made - Poland Hishi"
*"Ayako"
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References

External links

* [http://www.ikeda-riyoko-pro.com/ Riyoko Ikeda's Official Site]
* [http://riyokoikeda.altervista.org/Main.htm Riyoko Ikeda Fan Site]
* [http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1987/shrine_ikedasan.html Riyoko Ikeda's Shrine]
* [http://www.nitronic.it/anime/Miky/Oscar/riyoko_ikeda.htm Information] (Italian)
* [http://lambiek.net/artists/i/ikeda_riyoko.htm Comic creator: Riyoko Ikeda]
* Japan Mint: [http://www.mint.go.jp/eng/coin/international/coinset/page30.html 2007 Rose of Versailles, Lady Oscar, Coin Set]