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Rumiko Takahashi

Rumiko Takahashi

The spotlight on Rumiko Takahashi's career began in 1978 when she won an honorable mention in Shogakukan's annual New Comic Artist Contest for Those Selfish Aliens. Later that same year, her boy-meets-alien comedy series, Urusei Yatsura, was serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday. This phenomenally successful manga series was adapted into anime format and spawned a TV series and half a dozen theatrical-release movies, all incredibly popular in their own right. Takahashi followed up the success of her debut series with one blockbuster hit after another--Maison Ikkoku ran from 1980 to 1987, Ranma 1/2 from 1987 to 1996, and Inuyasha from 1996 to 2008. Other notable works... Read full bio

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RIN-NE, Vol. 12 will be released on July 09, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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Inuyasha, Vol. 15 (VIZBIG Edition) will be released on May 14, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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RIN-NE, Vol. 11 will be released on March 12, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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RIN-NE, Vol. 11 is now available in Trade Paperback
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Inuyasha, Vol. 14 (VIZBIG Edition) will be released on February 12, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Feb 12, 2013
Inuyasha, Vol. 14 (VIZBIG Edition) is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 12, 2013
RIN-NE, Vol. 10 will be released on November 13, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Nov 13, 2012
RIN-NE, Vol. 10 is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 13, 2012
Inuyasha, Vol. 13 (VIZBIG Edition) is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 13, 2012
Inuyasha, Vol. 13 (VIZBIG Edition) will be released on November 13, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Nov 13, 2012
Inuyasha, Vol. 12 (VIZBIG Edition) will be released on August 14, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Aug 14, 2012
Inuyasha, Vol. 12 (VIZBIG Edition) is now available in Trade Paperback
Aug 14, 2012

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IGN.com, April 23, 2013
...of my most favourite manga of all time so I decided to have it included in the showcase Rumiko Takahashi, the series author, and known for famous manga like Ranma 1/2 and Inu Yasha, is in my opinion one of the mangaka who is largely responsible for...
Sequential Tart, February 25, 2013
...to a younger or newer-to-anime -and-manga audience. For example, one character has a daydream featuring friends looking like Rumiko Takahashi classic sex-comedy characters Ranma (Ranma 1/2), Lum (from Urusei Yatsura), and Kiyoko Maison Ikkoku), and...
Sequential Tart, February 18, 2013
...to a younger or newer-to-anime -and-manga audience. For example, one character has a daydream featuring friends looking like Rumiko Takahashi classic sex-comedy characters Ranma (Ranma 1/2), Lum (from Urusei Yatsura), and Kiyoko Maison Ikkoku), and...
Anime News Network, January 27, 2013
...the feeling that the mangaka has just sort of stopped trying? That's about where this volume of Rumiko Takahashi's spiritual spoof is at, with at least two of the stories being even more lackluster than usual and a distinct lack of forward motion. RIN-NE...
Comic Book Resources, January 16, 2013
...manga magazine Shonen Sunday, died Jan. 10 at the age of 87. Shonen Sunday is the home of Rumiko Takahashi’s InuYasha and Ranma 1/2 and Mitsuru Adachi’s Cross Game. [ Anime News Network ] Indestructible Hulk #6 Creators | Ron Richards talks...
Sequential Tart, December 31, 2012
...some of the biggest ones have been Tony Diterlizzi, Bill Watterson, Wendy Pini, Osamu Tezuka, Katsuhiro Otomo and Rumiko Takahashi. Tony Diterlizzi had a lot to do with my decision to be an illustrator, and Calvin and Hobbes is one of the most perfect...
Sequential Tart, December 24, 2012
...some of the biggest ones have been Tony Diterlizzi, Bill Watterson, Wendy Pini, Osamu Tezuka, Katsuhiro Otomo and Rumiko Takahashi. Tony Diterlizzi had a lot to do with my decision to be an illustrator, and Calvin and Hobbes is one of the most perfect...
Anime News Network, May 8, 2013
...222 32,222 2013/04 Shogakukan Fujihiko Hosono, Masami Yuuki, Sensha Yoshida, Kazuhiko Shimamoto + Shotaro Ishinomori, Kazuhiro Fujita, Rumiko Takahashi, Hiromu Arakawa, Takashi Shiina, Kaiji Kawaguchi 41 1 42 Dragon Jam 8 31,613 31,613 2013/04 Shogakukan...
Anime News Network, May 4, 2013
...200-entry encyclopedia, 1st book volume of MOON Dai-Pet-Ō The cover art and some of the interior art for Rumiko Takahashi's Rumic World 35 ~Show Time & All Star~ box set were revealed last Thursday. The box set commemorates Takahashi's 35 years as a...
IGN.com, April 23, 2013
...of my most favourite manga of all time so I decided to have it included in the showcase Rumiko Takahashi, the series author, and known for famous manga like Ranma 1/2 and Inu Yasha, is in my opinion one of the mangaka who is largely responsible for...
Bay Area Reporter, April 17, 2013
...also a few in Japanese anime, not the least being Ranma Saotome of the Ranma 1/2 series by Rumiko Takahashi. The title character fell into a magical spring, and is now cursed to turn into a woman when doused with cold water. It is very much a slapstick...
Sequential Tart, February 25, 2013
...to a younger or newer-to-anime -and-manga audience. For example, one character has a daydream featuring friends looking like Rumiko Takahashi classic sex-comedy characters Ranma (Ranma 1/2), Lum (from Urusei Yatsura), and Kiyoko Maison Ikkoku), and...
Sequential Tart, February 18, 2013
...to a younger or newer-to-anime -and-manga audience. For example, one character has a daydream featuring friends looking like Rumiko Takahashi classic sex-comedy characters Ranma (Ranma 1/2), Lum (from Urusei Yatsura), and Kiyoko Maison Ikkoku), and...
ZDNet, February 16, 2013
...as InuYasha, a Feudal Fairy Tale , Sengoku Otogizshi InuYasha?), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008. The series follows Kagome...