Favourite manga artists/mangakas/writers?

My favourite manga artists/writers are:
CLAMP- they know how to draw cute and gorgeous girls like Sakura, Tomoyo, Chii or Misaki. Their background artwork is pretty impressive, considering in the CCS manga that there are flowers surrounding the characters to stimulate some fort of fluffy, sweet feelings.
Yuu Watase-All of her storylines are spectacular and her style of drawing is beautiful.
Natsuki Takaya
Rumiko Takahashi- She was great back in the ol' days with Ranma 1/2
Minami Maki - author of Special A - hiliarious and cute shoujo manga ;D should read it .
Natuski Takaya - Fruits Basket (one of my first and favorite manga). Her artwork is really soft and gentle and draws me, and she's got a great sense of humor that shines in her manga.
Arina Tanemura. I love her drawing style! Her drawings and stories are very very interesthing. I love Full moon wo sagashite and Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne;-)

CLAMP all the way!~ Chibi like all of their styles, which, for people who know, can be quite varied! Currently following TRC, xxxHOLiC, Kobato. They also did the character designs for Code Geass, which is a huge plus for that anime.
Natuski Takaya - The artwork is realllllllllllly pretty and so as her stories (especially fruit baskets)
Yoshizumi Wataru- Her art and storylines always capture me!
Yuu Watase-sempai's - her art is amazing and so are her mangas

CLAMP - what can I say about them? They're simply terrific with art and storytelling.

Yoko Mastsushita - Yami no Matsuei is one of my all time favorite manga/anime and it features my all time favorite character Hisoka Kurosaki. I only wish now for her to complete the series.

Ayano Yamane - I adore her writing and her artwork is incredibly sexy, not to mention it's aimed for adults.

CLAMP - Following the trend XD They create gorgeous anime characters, and the men the draw always look so HOT! *_* Truly! I also love how they draw long hair, like Tomoyo-chan's, or Kobato-chan's. Even when they draw short hair like Sakura-chan's, they make it look so beautiful. Their attention to even the most minut details are impressive <3

Peach Pit - I love their artwork, and how they draw such wonderful characters. I truly love their work with Shugo Chara! and Rozen Maiden <3 Wonderful artists.

Natsuki Takaya - I truly love her work in Furuba <3 Especially towards the end of the series. She drew the characters more maturely, and with more detail. I especially liked how she drew Tohru.

Naoko Takeuchi ~ she's like the queen of manga, srsly XD I love her style, it's so unique and the characters are beautiful, lovable and have such a graceful look to them. The shoujo and the mythology is just so beautiful. Sailor Moon will forever own part my soul <3

CLAMP ~ of course, they totally amaze me @_@~ how their styles can change with each series and the plots that have me craving more XD I love the whole CLAMPverse thing since I'm such a crossover fan as well, it's so fun to pick out the small things in each series! I also like how they have a bit of everything from shoujo-ai/shounen-ai to even one-sided incest XD they've proved to me that they can do just about anything. I've grown to really love them, their styles, and their characters <3

Akira Toriyama ~ what can I say? Dragonball is epic, and will always be one of my favs <3 Plus I really love his artwork as well, even the detailed background. His characters are memorable and from seeing them as kids from the start of DB until they're much, much older at the end of DBZ, it's like I've watched them grow and grown with them :'D

Yoshihiro Togashi ~ ...Kurama, need I say more? XD But really, he's one of my long time favourites now, especially for Yu Yu Hakusho.

Rumiko Takahashi ~ I lost interest in IY when it reached chapter 23283984238 (well more like when it hit volume 25...it really started getting boring and repetitive. I didn't like the ending either >.> ) but I still like her as an artist and her characters are adorable.

Yuu Watase ~ her story lines are great, but its her characters and drawing style that draws me the most :3

Arina Tanemura ~ her artwork is so CUTE! I fell in love with Full Moon wo Sagashite first, because it was so sad and beautiful at the same time ;-; I really need to find the time to read some of her other manga as well, but judging by the artwork and all, I'm sure it's all great ^^

I could probably go on and add more, but those are the ones mostly come to my mind. I'll shut up now XD

Clamp-Their art is rather unique~ ;3
Natuski Takaya- Her drawings are so dam gorgoeus and pretty
Yuu Watase- I absoulutely love her story lines, though her art style are amazing, especially the guys;3

CLAMP~ Because their artwork is amazing, and the twists and everything are brilliant, it is so hard to sum up how I love them, there are too many ways, and to think of them all would take forever.

Arina Tanemura~ In Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, she just made everything so amazing! The way she portrayed everything, everything that happened, the artwork is simply amazing. And so is the plot, and it really does open your eyes.

Pink Hanimori and Michiko Yokote The way that they write and draw Mermaid Melody is amazing, and there really is no proper way that I can put how I love their manga into words