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Who is Rumiko Takahashi?
Rumiko Takahashi, creator of Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha: over 230 million copies in circulation, two Shogakukan Manga Awards, and the…
What is Rumic World?
Rumic World is the name for Rumiko Takahashi’s short manga: the one-shots and sporadic series from Katte na Yatsura (1978) to Mermaid Saga, several of them…
What is Maison Ikkoku?
Maison Ikkoku (1980–87) is Rumiko Takahashi’s seinen romance: 15 volumes and 25 million copies, drawn simultaneously with Urusei Yatsura, and adapted into…
How successful is Rumiko Takahashi?
Over 230 million copies in circulation, repeated appearances in Japan’s top-taxpayer coverage, two Shogakukan Manga Awards, the Eisner and Harvey Halls of Fame,…
How does Rumiko Takahashi work?
Takahashi creates the story and layout and pencils and inks the characters herself; four assistants (all women, by her stated policy) handled backgrounds, panel…
Viz and Rumiko Takahashi: a thirty-year history
Every major Rumiko Takahashi series reached English through Viz Media: Urusei Yatsura from 1989, Ranma 1/2 from 1992, Inuyasha from 1997, through flipped comics…
The History of Urusei Yatsura
Urusei Yatsura ran in Weekly Shonen Sunday from August 1978 to January 1987: 366 chapters, 34 volumes, over 35 million copies, and the series that launched…
Urusei Yatsura: The Manga Gallery
All 34 Urusei Yatsura covers documented: the 1980–87 Shonen Sunday Comics tankobon, the 15-volume wideban, the 17-volume bunkoban with other artists’…
The Urusei Yatsura anime and the Oshii years
Kitty Films’ Urusei Yatsura (1981–86) ran 194 episodes containing 213 stories; the first 106 episodes were directed by Mamoru Oshii, the remainder by Kazuo…
The Urusei Yatsura films
Six Urusei Yatsura films, 1983–1991: Only You, Beautiful Dreamer, Remember My Love, Lum the Forever, The Final Chapter and Always My Darling, plus the…
The 2022 Urusei Yatsura remake
David Production’s Urusei Yatsura (2022–24): 46 episodes in four cours on Fuji TV’s Noitamina block, a selected-chapters adaptation of the manga, licensed…
Urusei Yatsura in English
Viz Media’s first Urusei Yatsura run (1989–2000) stalled at nine volumes covering roughly the first eleven Japanese volumes; the complete 17-volume 2-in-1…
Urusei Yatsura video games
The Urusei Yatsura games, 1982–2005: a Bandai handheld, Jaleco’s Famicom Lum no Wedding Bell, Hudson’s PC Engine CD Stay With You, Game Arts’ Mega-CD Dear…
The History of Ranma 1/2
Ranma 1/2 ran in Weekly Shonen Sunday from August 1987 to March 1996: 407 chapters, 38 volumes, 55 million copies, and one of the first manga and anime to become…
Ranma 1/2: The Manga Gallery
All 38 Ranma 1/2 covers documented: the 1988–96 Shonen Sunday Comics tankobon, the 38-volume shinsoban of 2002–03, and the 20-volume Shonen Sunday…
The Ranma 1/2 anime (1989–1992)
Studio Deen’s Ranma 1/2 ran 161 episodes across two series (1989–92), with three films and twelve OVAs between 1991 and 2008, and a live-action TV special…
The Ranma 1/2 remake
MAPPA’s Ranma 1/2 premiered October 6, 2024 on Nippon TV and Netflix: two 12-episode seasons aired in 2024 and 2025, a third from October 2026, adapting the…
Ranma 1/2 in English: the flipped years
Viz Media published Ranma 1/2 from 1992 to 2006 in flipped left-to-right editions spanning 36 graphic novels; the unflipped 2-in-1 edition of 19 books followed…
Ranma 1/2 video games
Seventeen Ranma 1/2 games: the Super Famicom fighters (Chonai Gekitouhen, reskinned in America as Street Combat; Bakuretsu Rantouhen, released as Hard Battle;…
Why does Ranma change into a girl?
Takahashi wanted a male lead for a martial-arts manga but worried about writing one, so she made him half-female; the water trigger came from a bathhouse…
The History of Inuyasha
Inuyasha ran in Weekly Shonen Sunday from November 1996 to June 2008: 558 chapters, 56 volumes, 50 million copies, the 47th Shogakukan Manga Award, and…
Inuyasha: The Manga Gallery
All 56 Inuyasha covers documented: the Shonen Sunday Comics tankobon of 1997–2009 and the 30-volume wideban of 2013–15, the only book edition…
The Inuyasha anime and The Final Act
Sunrise’s Inuyasha ran 167 episodes (2000–04) and stopped before the manga ended; Inuyasha: The Final Act adapted volumes 36–56 in 26 episodes in…
The Inuyasha films
Four Inuyasha films, each released in December: Affections Touching Across Time (2001), The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002), Swords of an Honorable Ruler…
What is Yashahime?
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (2020–22) is Sunrise’s anime-original sequel to Inuyasha: 48 episodes following Sesshomaru’s twin daughters and Inuyasha and…
