There must be a serious Rumiko Takahashi fan on the editorial board of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, because that paper is running a series of six articles about Takahashi’s work. The fourth, which runs today, is about three stand-alone works that I had never heard of, although they are available in translation here.
I just saw this series today for the first time, but the previous stories are still available on the web. Here are the links:
October: Urusei Yatsura
November: Mermaid Saga
December: Maison Ikkoku
The writers take their manga seriously, and the articles are well written, although I think it’s remarkable that the paper will devote so much space to such a narrow subject. The purpose of the series, I gather, is to demonstrate to the world that Takahashi’s work goes way beyond Inu-Yasha. Not a problem in my house, where Ranma 1/2 ruled for about six months last year. However, the articles have made me curious, and I’ll be on the lookout for some of these lesser-known volumes.
