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The spotlight on Rumiko Takahashi's career began in 1978 when she won an honorable mention in Shogakukan's prestigious Shinjin Comic Taisho (Newcomer's Award for Comics) 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 include Mermaid Saga, Rumic Theater, and One-Pound Gospel. Takahashi won the Shogakukan Manga Award twice in her career, once for Urusei Yatsura in 1981 and the second time for Inuyasha in 2002. A majority of the Takahashi canon has been adapted into other media such as anime, live-action TV series, and film.
Takahashi's manga, as well as the other formats her work has been adapted into, have continued to delight generations of fans around the world. Distinguished by her wonderfully endearing characters, Takahashi's work adeptly incorporates a wide variety of elements such as comedy, romance, fantasy, and martial arts. While her series are difficult to pin down into one simple genre, the signature style she has created has come to be known as the "Rumic World." Rumiko Takahashi is an artist who truly represents the very best from the world of manga.
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- Series: Ranma 1/2 (2-in-1) (Book 1)
- Paperback: 360 pages
- Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; 2-in-1 ed edition (March 11, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1421565943
- ISBN-13: 978-1421565941
- Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5 x 1.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Late last year, Viz Media announced that they were going to be re-releasing Ranma 1/2 on Blu-ray and DVD. These new releases would be pulled from a new HD transfer created in Japan for a triple-billed box set containing the entire animated series. At the same time, they also announced a re-release of the Ranma 1/2 manga. It would be a remastered publication, marking the first time it had ever been released in the original right-to-left reading format here in America.
Ranma 1/2: 2-in-1 Edition Volume 1 is the first book in this new line, and the quality of it is pretty amazing. The artwork is considerably cleaner in this new volume (I'll include user images after posting the review). Some of the shading has been tweaked slightly -- I assume to bring it closer to the original printing -- and some pencil lines are a lot stronger, especially on dialog bubbles. The font with which the dialog is written has also been changed. It's less blurry and pops off the page a little better than before. I also noticed that a lot of large "balloon" text (such as Akane letting out an almighty scream after walking in on Ranma in the bathroom) went from being an empty outline to fully shaded.
Originally, I had written here that the translation seemed to be unchanged, but it turns out that this edition does feature a new script. While a lot of the dialog is the same, there are noticeable changes to the way some characters speak. A prime example is the scene where Soun is telling his daughters that Ranma and Genma have just returned from China. In the original translation, Akane says, "What's so great about walking to China?" In the 2-in-1 Edition, Akane says, "Whatever. Any schmuck can go to China.
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