Riyoko Ikeda (池田 理代子, Ikeda Riyoko, born December 18, 1947) is a Japanese
manga artist and singer. She is included in the
Year 24 Group by some critics, journalists, and academics, although her inclusion has been debated due to a focus more on epic stories than the internal psychology of those mangaka.[1] She was one of the most popular Japanese comic artists in the 1970s, being best known for The Rose of Versailles.
Her most famous manga is The Rose of Versailles, also known as Lady Oscar in Europe. This manga, loosely based on the
French Revolution, has been made into several
Takarazukamusicals, an
anime series, and a
live-action film. After Rose of Versailles concluded, Ikeda wrote articles for Asahi Shimbun. In the 2000s Ikeda studied at a music school and became a singer. Her voice is in the
soprano range.[7] She made a comeback to the comic industry as a script writer in 1999.[8] Her recent manga includes Der Ring des Nibelungen. It is a manga version of the
opera written by
Richard Wagner.
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^Stefánsson, Halldór (1994). "Foreign myths and sagas in Japan: the academics and the cartoonists". In Pálsson, Gísli (ed.). Beyond Boundaries: Understanding, Translation and Anthropological Discourse. Berg Publishers. p. 88.
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