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Edición argentina que traduce el tomo 22 japonés.

200 pages, Paperback

First published September 18, 1992

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Rumiko Takahashi

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Rumiko Takahashi (高橋留美子) was born in Niigata, Japan. She is not only one of the richest women in Japan but also one of the top paid manga artists. She is also the most successful female comic artist in history. She has been writing manga non-stop for 31 years.

Rumiko Takahashi is one of the wealthiest women in Japan. The manga she creates (and its anime adaptations) are very popular in the United States and Europe where they have been released as both manga and anime in English translation. Her works are relatively famous worldwide, and many of her series were some of the forerunners of early English language manga to be released in the nineties. Takahashi is also the best selling female comics artist in history; well over 100 million copies of her various works have been sold.

Though she was said to occasionally doodle in the margins of her papers while attending Niigata Chūō High School, Takahashi's interest in manga did not come until later. During her college years, she enrolled in Gekiga Sonjuku, a manga school founded by Kazuo Koike, mangaka of Crying Freeman and Lone Wolf and Cub. Under his guidance Rumiko Takahashi began to publish her first doujinshi creations in 1975, such as Bye-Bye Road and Star of Futile Dust. Kozue Koike often urged his students to create well-thought out, interesting characters, and this influence would greatly impact Rumiko Takahashi's works throughout her career.

Career and major works:

Takahashi's professional career began in 1978. Her first published story was Those Selfish Aliens, a comedic science fiction story. During the same year, she published Time Warp Trouble, Shake Your Buddha, and the Golden Gods of Poverty in Shōnen Sunday, which would remain the home to most of her major works for the next twenty years. Later that year, Rumiko attempted her first full-length series, Urusei Yatsura. Though it had a rocky start due to publishing difficulties, Urusei Yatsura would become one of the most beloved anime and manga comedies in Japan.

In 1980, Rumiko Takahashi found her niche and began to publish with regularity. At this time she started her second major series, Maison Ikkoku, in Big Comic Spirits. Written for an older audience, Maison Ikkoku is often considered to be one of the all-time best romance manga. Takahashi managed to work on Maison Ikkoku on and off simultaneously with Urusei Yatsura. She concluded both series in 1987, with Urusei Yatsura ending at 34 volumes, and Maison Ikkoku being 15.

During the 1980s, Takahashi became a prolific writer of short story manga, which is surprising considering the massive lengths of most of her works. Her stories The Laughing Target, Maris the Chojo, and Fire Tripper all were adapted into original video animations (OVAs). In 1984, after the end of Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku, Takahashi took a different approach to storytelling and began the dark, macabre Mermaid Saga. This series of short segments was published sporadically until 1994, with the final story being Mermaid's Mask. Many fans contend that this work remains unfinished by Takahashi, since the final story does not end on a conclusive note.

Another short work left untouched is One-Pound Gospel, which, like Mermaid Saga, was published erratically. The last story to be drawn was published in 2001, however just recently she wrote one final chapter concluding the series

Later in 1987, Takahashi began her third major series, Ranma ½. Following the late 80s and early 90s trend of shōnen martial arts manga, Ranma ½ features a gender-bending twist. The series continued for nearly a decade until 1996, when it ended at 38 volumes. Ranma ½ is one of Rumiko Takahashi's most popular series with the Western world.

During the later half of the 1990s, Rumiko Takahashi continued with short stories and her installments of Mermaid Saga and One-Pound Gospel until beginning her fourth major work, InuYasha. While Ran

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Profile Image for Jesus Flores.
2,596 reviews67 followers
August 15, 2024
El final de la pelea de porrista, emocionante, aun con Ranma desmayado.
La historia de la mama de Ranma, muy emotiva, eso si, que clase de Persona es Genma Saotome.
La historia de Shampoo enojada es divertida, pero hace ver lo malo de Ranma, por que ahora que Shampoo no lo quiere, ahí anda tras ella solo para su propio ego.

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360 reviews10 followers
April 12, 2022
Ranmas Familie ist wirklich sehr engagiert! 😂
Auch süß, dass in der Übersetzung der Begriff Tofu eine erklärende Fußnote bekommen hat. Die Übersetzung ist von 2003.
Profile Image for Index Purga.
770 reviews26 followers
January 29, 2021
Edición argentina, volumen 34 de 50.
Traduce el tomo 22 japonés:
Part.1 Al final el amor siempre gana!!
Part.2 Ranma extraña a su mamá?!
Part.3 La promesa de un hombre
Part.4 Preparados para morir
Part.5 Sólo con una mirada
Part.6 Madre e hijo bajo el agua!!
Part.7 Un gran odio repentino!!
Part.8 Decime que me querés!!
Part.9 Lo contrario del amor
Part.10 La confesión de amor
Part.11 La misteriosa bombacha restante


nota: en las carátulas a cada "part" se la subtitula también como "capítulo".
Incluye también dos páginas de "La odisea de la traducción" y doce páginas de publicidad.
Profile Image for Ady Weasley.
1,805 reviews42 followers
November 7, 2019
La batalla de las porras termina y el poder del amor gana, aunque Ranma no lo puede aceptar.
Por fin conocemos a la mamá de Ranma, pero por culpa de una promesa del Sr. Saotome Ranma no puede acercarse a ella.
Shampoo odia a Ranma pero él no lo acepta quiere ser muy popular , así que decide ser amado nuevamente
Profile Image for Khari.
3,140 reviews77 followers
August 24, 2019
はい、決めた、ギャグ漫画あまり好きじゃない。多分らんまは私の最初ト最後のギャグ漫画。
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5,132 reviews174 followers
March 8, 2010
Otro tomo que algún día me releeré, pero por ahora confío en que tuve buenas razones para ponerle cuatro estrellitas. Una hojeada ahora que lo tengo a mano me ayuda a recordar que al menos era bastante divertido, sobre todo el capítulo de Happosai con la vieja fantasma.
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1,604 reviews90 followers
January 7, 2015
Vuelve la amorosa mamá de Ranma... dispuesta a decapitar a su hijo y a su marido. Además, el fin del duelo de porristas de combate y la triste historia del fantasma que queria que le robaran la bombacha, todo aderezado con las correspondientes dosis de carcajadas.
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