I suppose the same thing must happen with my books. It's inevitable. And yet, that doesn't mean my books can't be enjoyed by English-speaking readers. I feel confident that there's enough substance to them that people from a variety of cultural backgrounds can have a lot of fun reading them." Artists that have cited Takahashi and her work as an influence include Canadian Bryan Lee O'Malley on his series Scott Pilgrim, American Colleen Coover on her erotic series Small Favors, Japanese Chihiro Tamaki on her manga Walkin' Butterfly, Chinese-Australian Queenie Chan, and Thai Wisut Ponnimit. Scottish rock band Urusei Yatsura named themselves after her first work. Matt Bozon, creator of the Shantae video game series, cited Ranma ½ as a big influence on his work. Takahashi was one of the recipients of the Inkpot Award at the 1994 San Diego Comic-Con. In 2015, Puli, an Indian film partially inspired by Inuyasha, with Vijay playing dual roles as half-tiger demon and his father a powerful tiger-demon similar to Rumiko Takahashi Inuyasha series. In 2016, ComicsAlliance listed Takahashi as one of twelve women cartoonists deserving of lifetime achievement recognition, stating that "Any one of her projects would be the career highlight of another talent." In 2017, Takahashi was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame as part of the 2016 class. In July 2018, Takahashi was inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame. She was previously nominated for entry in 2014, 2016 and 2017. In January 2019, Takahashi won the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême, becoming the second woman and second manga artist to win the award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. Takahashi was inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame in October 2021. Honors Japan: Medal with Purple Ribbon, 2020 Major works References External links Rumiko Takahashi at Lambiek's Comiclopedia The Rumic World—English-language fansite about Takahashi's work Animerica interview 1957 births Living people Japanese female comics artists Women manga artists Female comics writers Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême winners Japanese cartoonists Manga artists from Niigata Prefecture People from Niigata (city) Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame inductees 20th-century Japanese women artists Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductees Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon Japan Women's University alumni