Rumic Theater
Rumiko Takahashi Anthology, also known as Rumic Theater, is a collective manga of many short stories. In Japanese it has been published under several different names, at least as Takahashi Rumiko gekijō (高橋留美子劇場?) and as Takahashi Rumiko kessakushū (高橋留美子傑作集?). Some editions are numbered 1–3 while other editions are unnumbered. Volume 4 currently only exists in an unnumbered edition. It is also a thirteen episode collection of anime from short stories by Rumiko Takahashi that includes the Mermaid Saga.
Manga
The Rumic Theater anime stories were adapted from a series of short stories published by Rumiko Takahashi in the 1980s. The majority of them are akin to her work Maison Ikkoku, in that they are domestic stories with a unique twist. An English language edition of the first two volumes was released by Viz in 1996. The four volumes published so far have individual titles:
- Pii no Higeki (Pの悲劇?)
- Semmu no Inu (専務の犬?)
- Akai Hanataba (赤い花束?)
- Ummei no Tori (運命の鳥?)
New chapters are published in Big Comic Original annually.
Stories
- "The Tragedy of P"
- "The Merchant of Romance"
- "Middle-Aged Teen"
- "Hidden In The Pottery"
- "Aberrant Family F"
- "As Long As You Are Here"
- "One Hundred Years of Love"
- "In Lieu of Thanks"
- "Living Room Lovesong"
- "House of Garbage"
- "One Day Dream"
- "Extra-Large Size Happiness"
- "The Executive's Dog"
- "Bird of Fate"
The Tragedy of P
Japanese Title: P no higeki
The Merchant of Romance
Japanese Title: Roman no akindo
Middle-Aged Teen
Japanese Title: Oyaji Low Teen
- Air Date: July 20, 2003
- Toshi Furuda: Akira Kamiya/Doug Stone
- Kazuko: Kazuko Sugiyama/Sonja S. Fox
- Minoru Furuda: Kappei Yamaguchi/Kevin Hatcher
- Emiri: Satsuki Yukino/Jennifer Sekiguchi
- Co-Worker: Kazunari Tanaka/Michael McConnohie
- Yuko's Husband: Wataru Takagi/Patrick Seitz
- Doctor: Minoru Inaba/Doug Stone
- Nurse: Sachi Matsumoto/Wendee Lee
- Summary: A tough, business-minded father loses his memory and believes he is a teenager. He meets a young school girl and can't help but become smitten with her.
Hidden in the Pottery
Japanese Title: Hachi no naka
- Air Date: July 27, 2003
- Yukie Asakawa: Megumi Hayashibara/Tara Hudson
- Ruruko Tonegawa: Kikuko Inoue/Megan Hollingshead
- Tonegawa Mother: Tomie Kataoka/Barbara Goodson
- Tonegawa Husband: Yasunori Matsumoto/Darrel Guilbeau
- Yukie's Husband: Wataru Takagi/Sam Regal
- Flower Shop Owner: Katsutoshi Houki/Reg Green
- Yoshiko: Machiko Toyoshima/Hunter Mackenzie Austin
- Housewife: Sachi Matsumoto/Georgette Riley
- Summary Mrs. Asakawa suspects her neighbor of beating her elderly mother-in-law being responsible for the death of her husband. The mystery unfolds when Mrs. Asakawa makes a shocking discovery hidden inside a potted plant.
Aberrant Family F
Japanese Title: P no higeki
As Long As You Are Here
Japanese Title: Kimi ga iru dake de
- Air Date: August 10, 2003
- Kochiro Domoto: Chikao Ohtsuka/Alfred Thor
- Achara: Keiko Han/Reiko Matsuo
- Hosoda: Minoru Yada/Reg Green
- Sumiyo Domoto: Ikuko Tatsu/Georgette Riley
- Narration: Ichiro Nagai/???
- Part-Time Worker:Tomie Kataoka/Louise Chamis
- Housewife: Chisato Nakajima/Hunter Mackenzie Austin
- Summary: When Mr. Domoto is laid off of his prestigious job as a salaryman, his wife falls ill and asks him to fill in for her at the convenience store. There, his rough personality doesn't mesh well with his co-workers, but he learns from a hard-working foreigner named Achara to persevere.
One Hundred Years of Love
Japanese Title: Hyaku-nen no koi
- Air Date: August 17, 2003
- Risa Hoshino: Hiroko Emori/Louise Chamis
- Koizumi: Satsuki Yukino/Hunter Mackenzie Austin
- Date: Wataru Takagi/Michael McConnohie
- Takanezawa: Yasunori Matsumoto/T.Axelrod
- Doctor: Minoru Inaba/Stephen Martello
- Risa's Son: Kozo Mito/Michael McConnohie
- Senior Nurse: Chisato Nakajima/Barbara Goodson
- Young Nurse: Sachi Matsumoto/[[Karen Thompson]]
- Summary: Risa Hoshino comes back from the dead with amazing telekenetic powers. The old woman develops a crush on another patient and believes him to be the reincarnation of her jilted lover from decades ago.
In Lieu of Thanks
- Japanese Title: Orei ni kaete
- Air Date: August 24, 2003
- Kobato: Satsuki Yukino/Michelle Ruff
- Shiratori: Michie Tomizawa/Erika Schaffer
- Ukai: Roko Takisawa/Jody Jaress
- Kamoshita: Masayo Kurata/Erika Weinstein
- Kyuu: Wataru Takagi/Jay Klein
- Kobato's Son: Asako Dodo/Barbara Goodson
- Mr. Kobato: Kazunari Tanaka/Sam Regal
- Watari: Megumi Urawa/Lulu Chaing
- Tachi: Ikuko Tatsu/Carrie Savage
- Nakagawa: Sachi Matsumoto/Karen Thompson
- Housewife: Chisato Nakajima/Hunter Mackenzie Austin
- Summary: Mrs. Kobato finds herself in the middle of a battle between the stuck-up Mrs. Shiratori and the elderly Mrs. Ukai, who eventually bring a crab and a bird into the argument.
Living Room Lovesong
Japanese Title: Cha no ma no rabusongu
House of Garbage
Japanese Title: Poi no uchi
One Day Dream
Japanese Title: Higaeri no yume
Japanese Title: L saizu no shiawase
- Air Date: September 21, 2003
- Hanako: Gara Takashima/Kirsten Potter
- Kayoko: Masako Kyoda/Sonja S. Fox
- Ryuuichi: Nobuo Tobita/Liam O'Brien
- Baby Ghost: Chie Kojiro
- Grandfather: Teppei Takasuki/William Frederick
- Real Estate Agent: Isshin Chiba/Sam Regal
- Young Ryuuichi: Asako Dodo/Kirsty Pape
- Summary: Ryuuichi's mother, Kayoko moves in with her son and his young wife, Hanako. But problems start to arise when Hanako starts behaving oddly and risking the anger of her mother-in-law who they are counting on to invest in their new home. Hanako claims a large spirit is the cause, but only she can see him.
The Executive's Dog
Japanese Title: Senmu no inu
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