Takahashi is one of the wealthiest women in Japan. The manga she creates (and its anime adaptations) are very popular in the United States and Europe where they have been released as both manga and anime in English translation. Her works are relatively famous worldwide, and many of her series were some of the forerunners of early English language manga to be released in the 1990s.[citation needed] Takahashi is also the best selling female comics artist in history; well over 100 million copies of her various works have been sold.[citation needed] She has twice won the Shogakukan Manga Award: once in 1981 for Urusei Yatsura, and again in 2002 for InuYasha. Her most popular work has been Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, and Maison Ikkoku though she has made more.

Inuyasha was finished on June 17, 2008 with a total of 53 volumes and has an anime (tv show) with a total of 167 episodes, 4 movies, 1 OVA (seperate episodes made after the main series)

Ranma 1/2 was finished on March 1996 with a total of 36 volumes and also has an anime of 161 episodes, 2 movies, 13 OVAs

Maison Ikkoku was finished in 1987 with a total of 15 volumes and also has an anime with 96 episodes, 1 movie, and 3 OVAs