>>1574302 >Takahashi's honestly not much of a writer but she knows how to sell to an audienceHer earlier works always loved to put men down or make them look stupid in some way. Because of that, her works also gained a large female audience despite there being some fan service in order to retain the core merchandise purchasing male audience.
R.Takahashi is quite protective of her copyrights and has always had her publishers exert force against the pirates. For the most part it has worked in that year after year, you couldn't find her works on the easy to know about sites while other anime remained widely available.
As a result, she's always made vastly more money every year than even any of the studio ghibli founders in their best year.
