Early Life

where her imagination came from

Aya Takano painting of a girl with flowers in her hair under a blue sky

A house full of books

Takano grew up in Saitama reading her father's natural science and science fiction books. She was also a fan of Osamu Tezuka, the manga artist who made Astro Boy.

Until she was nineteen, she believed everything she read was true.

Art or nothing

She insisted she would only go to college if she could study art. She went to Tama Art University and graduated in 2000.

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