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July 1st
Rinne Chapter 10 Online
Our summary for chapter 10 of Kyokai no Rinne is up, so check our site and the other Rumic World as well.
Source: The Rumic World & Kyokai no Rinne Complete
June 24th
Rinne Chapter 9 Online
Our summary for chapter 9 of Kyokai no Rinne is up, check out the chapter at the English website that bares a similar name to ours, haha.
Source: The Rumic World & Kyokai no Rinne Complete
Kikuko Inoue at Otakon
Otakon announced this weekend that famed seiyuu Kikuko Inoue (Kasumi Tendo, Izayoi) will be attending Otakon this year in Baltimore from July 17 through 19th.
Source: Anime News Network
June 18th
Rinne Chapter 8 Online
We've got the summary for chapter 8 of Kyokai no Rinne up. Be sure to read the chapter for yourself at the link below.
Source: The Rumic World & Kyokai no Rinne Complete
June 15th
New Lum Figurines
Two new figurines of Lum from Urusei Yatsura are being released, one with green hair and the other with red. Both figures will be released December 13, 2009 and can be seen by clicking the link below. Thanks to Inuyasha87 for the info.
Source: Rumic World
June 10th
Rinne Chapter 7 Online
The seventh chapter of Kyokai no Rinne is up. We've got the summary up as well, and we learn some of the recurring character's names. Also check out our Takahashi Talk section where Takahashi answers new questions each week.
Source: The Rumic World & Kyokai no Rinne Complete
June 3rd
Rinne Chapter 6 Online
The sixth chapter of Kyokai no Rinne is up, so be sure to give it a read. We've got the summary up as well, and looks like we may be introduced to a new recurring character in this chapter.
Source: The Rumic World & Kyokai no Rinne Complete
May 27th
Rinne Chapter 5 Online
The fifth chapter of Kyokai no Rinne went online a few hours ago, so be sure to give it a read. Click the link below for the summary on Kyokai no Rinne Complete as well.
Source: The Rumic World & Kyokai no Rinne Complete
May 26th
It's a Rumic World DVD
Remember the contest Shonen Sunday had where they gave away 500 DVDs with clips of the new Takahashi anime for Urusei Yatsura, Ranma ½, and Inuyasha? Well thanks to Toshiaki, our friend in Japan, we've managed to get one of these very rare discs! Click the link below to check out images from the DVD and discussion about what's on it!
Source: Rumic World
May 21st
Rinne Chapter 4 Online
The fourth chapter of Kyokai no Rinne is now online as of last night. Click the link below for the summary.
Source: The Rumic World & Kyokai no Rinne Complete
May 13th
Rinne Chapter 3 Online
The third chapter of Kyokai no Rinne is now online, and we've got the summary up at Kyokai no Rinne Complete. Follow the links below to read and enjoy.
Source: The Rumic World & Kyokai no Rinne Complete
May 3rd
Rinne Chapter 2 Online
Continuing to do a great job with their prompt releases, Viz has the second chapter of Kyokai no Rinne online in English the same day it hit Japan. Follow the link below to read and enjoy.
Source: The Rumic World & Kyokai no Rinne Complete
April 22nd
Rinne Debuts in English
While it is pretty late in the day, Rinne has in fact debuted on April 22nd as promised by Viz. Check it out, and then come discuss it with us on the messageboard, we look forward to seeing you!
Source: The Rumic World
Inuyasha Unflipped & Monthly
Viz has announced that as of the next volume (38) the English graphic novels of Inuyasha will be un-flipped and exclusively available in their original left to right orientation and beginning in July the series will be released monthly!
Source: The Rumic World Blog
April 21th
Kyokai no RINNE Background
With the new issue of Shonen Sunday just hitting store shelves in Japan we're less than a day away from the English language debut of Kyokai no RINNE! To celebrate, Websunday is giving away a free Rinne background, just click the linked text to get your own!
Source: Websunday
April 15th
Kyokai no RINNE Published Simultaneously in English and Japanese
Viz has announced that they will open a new site The Rumic World.com to host weekly English translations of Kyokai no Rinne. The series will be known as "Rin-ne" in English.
Source: Anime News Network
April 14th
Kyokai no RINNE Details
Websunday has updated their site with more details about next week's debut of Kyokai no RINNE. As expected, the series will be featured on the cover of Shonen Sunday, will have color art and 40 pages for its first chapter!
Source: Websunday
More MyLumx34
We've added another artist's depiction of Lum from Urusei Yatsura to our gallery, this time it's Hiromu Arakawa, creator of Fullmetal Alchemist! Big thanks to Star Hinson of Mobuta.com for the donation. The image is located at the link below.
Source: Rumic World
David Kaye Down South
David Kaye (Soun Tendo, Sesshomaru) will be attending Mechacon in Lafayette, La at the Hilton Towers Hotel from July 24-26th. We might actually attend this, as Lafayette is just about an hour away from us.
Source: Mechacon
April 11th
New Series Announced!
Next week's issue of Shonen Sunday contains the first look at something we've all been excited about... We have the title and first image of Rumiko Takahashi's brand new series; Kyōkai no Rinne! The images says "Welcome to the new Rumic World!!! Kyokai no Rinne"! The new series will debut on April 22 in the 21/22 issue. Check out our discussion topic on the new series and contribute your predictions!
Source: Rumic World
April 8th
New My Lum Translated
We here at Rumic World have brought you a new translation of one of the "My Lum" artists. This time it's gag mangaka extrordinaire Sensha Yoshida who discusses his love of Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku. Click the link below to check it out.
Source: Rumic World
April 1st
More "It's a Rumic World" Dates Announced
Further dates for the "It's a Rumic World" gallery show have been announced. Matsuzaka, Nagoya (7/22-8/3) on the 7th floor of the head office event hall, the Kitakyushu Museum (8/22-9/20), and the Takamatsushi Museum (9/25-11/1).
Source: Websunday.net
"Birds of Fate" & "My Sweet Sunday" Added
We've added summaries and images to the short stories section of Rumic Theater for Takahashi two newest short stories. Big thanks to Toshiaki for helping us get that My Sweet Sunday!
Source: Rumic Theater
March 29th
Noriko Hidaka at Animazement
Noriko Hidaka, the voice actress for two of Takahashi's most popular characters (Akane Tendo and Kikyo) will be at the Animazement convention in North Carolina. The convention is being held May 22-24th at the Raleigh Convention Center. Everyone go give Noriko a big welcome! Thanks to Kacey for passing this along!
Source: Animazement
March 28th
Wrapping Up 50th Anniversary Coverage
We've put the finishing touches on our year long coverage of the 50th anniversaries of Shonen Sunday and Shonen Magazine, with a complete listing of all of the artists who returned to do a My Sweet Sunday story, as well as a complete list of Uniqlo shirts produced for the event. Be sure to check it out by clicking the link below.
Source: Rumic World
March 24th
My Sweet Sunday
Shogakukan has put the Mitsuru Adachi/Rumiko Takahashi short story, "My Sweet Sunday" online for viewing completely for free and totally legal. Check it out by clicking the link below, and then clicking the left image of Lum and Minami.
Source: Club Sunday
Inuyasha Final Volume Contest
Remember that contest we had way back in 2004 when we got you to send in your guess for the chapter number in which Inuyasha would end? Probably not, but we're finally able to announce a winner, so congratulations to Kiwi Jece! Your volume of Inuyasha volume 56 is on the way!
Source: Rumic World
March 22nd
Inuyasha VIZBIG
According to the Simon & Schuster website a VIZBIG edition of Inuyasha is scheduled for release on November 10th of this year. This new edition will feature the 3-in-1 style of the other VIZBIG releases like Dragonball Z and Rurouni Kenshin. No news on extras but a color pages and a right to left format are likely. Thanks to Perrolococz for the news.
Source: Simon & Schuster
It's a Rumic World DVD
This information has been floating around this week, but we forgot to post it up here. The three animated specials from the "It's a Rumic World" gallery event are scheduled for release in Japan in "winter of next year" (early 2010) according to the current issue of Shonen Sunday.
Source: Rumic World
March 19th
Sunday/Magazine 50th Anniversary Party
Shonen Sunday and Shonen Magazine both published their 50th anniversary issues this week, and in addition to this, both had a lavish party in Tokyo. 158 mangaka were on hand, and Takahashi was there, where she gave a speech and drew an image of Lum alongside some other legendary creators. Please click the link below to see the full story, along with video footage of Takahashi speaking. Thanks to Takkun and Toshiaki for the information!
Source: Rumic World
BoA Interview
Liz Ohanesian, a writer for the LA Weekly recently did an interview with BoA, the Korean singer who performed the Inuyasha ending theme "Every Heart". In the article, BoA discusses the challenges of trying to break through in the English market and her new English language album. Thanks to Liz for sending this along!
Source: LA Weekly
March 14th
Happiness List Translation
Of course everyone should check out this year's lastest Takahashi short story, "Unmei no Tori" still on store shelves in the newest issue of Big Comic Original, and easy to order online, but we wanted to shine a light on last year's excellent and overlooked short work, "Shiowase List" (Happiness List). We've got an exclusive text translation up on Rumic Theater, so please do check it out by following the link below.
Source: Rumic Theater
March 15th
Rumiko Returns!
The early rumors floating around various places on the net have Rumiko Takahashi's next series as set to debut in the Shonen Sunday double issue #21/22. The issue will hit stores in Japan on Wednesday, April 23rd which means Tuesday for us in the USA. The title is still unknown at this early date, but we'll let you know as soon as we hear something. Remember, her My Sweet Sunday will be in Tuesday's issue 16.
Source: Rumic World
March 14th
Happiness List Translation
Of course everyone should check out this year's lastest Takahashi short story, "Unmei no Tori" still on store shelves in the newest issue of Big Comic Original, and easy to order online, but we wanted to shine a light on last year's excellent and overlooked short work, "Shiowase List" (Happiness List). We've got an exclusive text translation up on Rumic Theater, so please do check it out by following the link below.
Source: Rumic Theater
March 10th
It's a Rumic World DVD Preview
Next week's Shonen Sunday will also have a DVD featuring trailers for the animation featured at the event. It's a Rumic World event. Its unclear yet if the DVD will feature only the opening animation that has been spread around the internet, but it definitely does not include the full episodes from the gallery show. We'll share more information when our issue arrives next week.
Source: Websunday
My Sweet Sunday
Next week's "My Sweet Sunday" feature celebrating the 50th anniversary of Shonen Sunday will focus on the magazines two biggest stars, Mitsuru Adachi and Rumiko Takahashi, of course!
Source: Websunday
March 9th
Short Story Preview
Over on the Big Comic Original website they're sharing the first five pages of Takahashi's newest short story "Unmei no Tori". Click the link below to go check it out. Hopefully Rumic World will have it's copy of Big Comic Original within the next few days.
Source: Big Comic Original
March 5th
Rare Takahashi Drawing to Debut
Before Kuriyama Village was merged with Nikko city it held an annual Kappa festival every year from 1987 to 2003. Each year the city would invite manga artists to draw a kappa. Takahashi's drawing will be displayed along with the rest at city hall. Thanks to Toshiaki for the news.
Source: Mainichi Shimbun
Tamiki Wagaki's Inspiration
Tamiki Wagaki, the author of one of Shonen Sunday's newest hits, "The World That Only God Knows" mentions Takahashi as one of his inspirations not only for the series but as his main motivation for becoming a mangaka in the first place. The full interview is in Papyrus issue 23. Thanks to Toshiaki for the news.
Source: Comic Natalie
Designer Lum Undies
Peach John, a Japanese pajama company has released new Urusei Yatsura styled underwear for girls featuring Lum. Click the link below for photos.
Source: Peach John
March 1st
Final IY Cover Scans
As the final volume of Inuyasha was released last week, we've decided to share the final artwork that Takahashi has done for the series. Click the link below to see as we say our final goodbye to the Inuyasha manga.
Source: Rumic World
Mariko Ishihara Gossip
One of the more sensational news stories going around Japan right now is that Mariko Ishihara (Kyoko in the 1986 live action film) is marrying her ex-lover Koji Tamaki. The two had an affair in the 80s while Tamaki was married, and in her tell-all book Ishihara made claims that he was physically and sexually abusive towards her. Here's wishing the um...happy couple...all the best! Thanks to Toshiaki Yamada for the news.
Source: Asahi
February 25th
Top Ten Manga
The top ten manga for February 17-23rd sees the final volume of Inuyasha debut in forth place selling 141,899 copies in its first week:
1. xxxHolic #14
2. Mahou Sensei Negima #25
3. Skip Beat #21
4. Inuyasha #56
5. Daiya no A #14
6. MAJOR #71
7. History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi #32
8. Gantz #25
9. Detroit Metal City #7
10. Dear Boys Act II #30
Source: Tohan & ANN
February 20th
New Takahashi Short Story to Debut
Before her new serial begins in Shonen Sunday this spring, Takahashi will release her annual short story in the March 20th issue of Big Comic Original. The first image has been released, and the story is entitled "Unmei no Tori".
Source: Rumic World
February 17th
Kappei Yamaguchi at Sakura-Con
Kappei Yamaguchi, the voice of Ranma Saotome and Inuyasha will be attending this year's Sakura-Con. The event will take place April 10-12 in Seattle and will mark Yamaguchi's second trip to the United States.
Source: Anime News Network
Manga Discussion in Yomiuri Shimbun
Writer and anatomist Takeshi Yoro discussed manga in yesterday's edition of the paper. Yoro mentioned Takahashi's use of puns in Urusei Yatsura, particularly with the character of Cherry's and described Maison Ikkoku as having "the air of France." Thanks to Toshiaki Yamada for the news!
Source: Yomiuri Shimbun
Inuyasha Cell Phone Site Opens
Shonen Sunday annouced that a new website to commemorate the completion of the Inuyasha manga will be going online from February 18th through March 31st. Visitors will be able to get a digital Flash color featuring Sesshomaru and Inuyasha. The site is accessible using the a QR code reader program.
Source: Websunday.net
February 14th
Diamond to Stop Distributing 1,018 Viz Volumes
Diamond Comic Distributors have announced that they will no longer re-stock over 1,000 Viz volumes. Takahashi titles affected by this include: the six volumes of The Return of Lum, all of Maison Ikkoku, half of Mermaid Saga, and all of the Inuyasha Ani-manga. If you want these books, seriously consider getting them now.
Source: Anime News Network & Comics212
February 9th
More It's A Rumic World News
Websunday has announced that the "It's a Rumic World" gallery show will be heading to Niigata, Takahashi's home town on March 7th through April 12th. Full details about the location can be found here. They make special mention that the show will air all of the new OVAs as well as contain the My Lum artwork and Maison Ikkoku model from the Tokyo show. Also this week in Shonen Sunday one of Takahashi's old pieces of color art was used to advertise the newly released final collected volume of Inuyasha.
Source: Websunday.net
Saeko Shimazu Interview Posted
We have an old interview with Saeko Shimazu (Shinobu, Kodachi, Abi) from when she recorded "A Black Rose for Valentine's" newly translated for your enjoyment. Very special thanks to Toshiaki for once again translating this for us!
Source: Rumic World
February 8th
Viz Licenses Next Takahashi Manga
Today at the NYCC Viz announced that they will be releasing Takahashi's upcoming manga series. Viz promises that the first volume of the unnamed series will be released in English by year's end.
Source: Anime News Network
February 5th
Quarterly S Interview Posted
Takahashi's interview in the current issue of Quarterly S is now up. Most of the discussion is spent on the end of Inuyasha, with a brief mention of ideas about her next series. Thanks to Patches for the translation!
Source: Rumic World
Ranma to Appear in DS Game
It has been revealed that Ranma Saotome will be a hidden character in the Konami's Sunday X Magazine Nettou Dream Nine baseball game, due out February 24th.
Source: Rumic World
Ranma ½ Book Club
If you're tired of not having a weekly Takahashi fix why not join our messageboard and participate in the Ranma ½ re-read? We're up to volume five this month and having a great time, click the link to visit the topic.
Source: Rumic World
February 3rd
Takahashi's Next Series Slated for Spring!
Websunday has announced that Rumiko Takahashi's next series will begin in the magazine this Spring! No exact date or title has been mentioned yet, but we now have a time frame. Additionally, the covers for the final volume of Inuyasha and the previously mentioned Inuyasha Tokubetsu Henshuu: Inuyasha to Kagome collection have been revealed.
Source: Websunday
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