Rumiko Takahashi

Rumiko Takahashi

Rumiko Takahashi (高橋 留美子, Takahashi Rumiko, born October 10, 1957) is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with Urusei Yatsura in 1978, Takahashi is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages, with over 200 million copies in circulation. She has won the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, once in 1980 for Urusei Yatsura and again in 2001 for Inuyasha, and the Seiun Award twice, once in 1987 for Urusei Yatsura and again in 1989 for Mermaid Saga. She also received the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 2019, becoming the second woman and second Japanese to win the prize. In 2020, the Japanese government awarded Takahashi the Medal with Purple Ribbon for her contributions to the arts.

  • Title: Rumiko Takahashi
  • Popularity: 0.9392
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1957-10-10
  • Place of Birth: Niigata, Japan
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  • Also Known As: けも・こびる, のさかけも, رومیکو تاکاهاشی
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Rumiko Takahashi Movies

  • 1988
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    Maison Ikkoku: Through the Passing of the Seasons

    Maison Ikkoku: Through the Passing of the Seasons

    5.8 1988 HD

    A full-length movie recap of the Maison Ikkoku series that focuses on the relationship between Godai and Kyoko. The entire special is taken from...

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  • 1993
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    Mermaid's Scar

    Mermaid's Scar

    5.767 1993 HD

    According to an ancient Japanese legend, mermaid flesh may grant immortality if eaten. However, there is a much greater chance that consumption will...

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  • 1983
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    Urusei Yatsura: Only You

    Urusei Yatsura: Only You

    6.024 1983 HD

    Six-year-old Ataru steps on Elle's shadow during an impromptu game of shadow-tag; in Elle's culture, this is viewed as a marriage proposal. Eleven...

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  • 1987
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    Laughing Target

    Laughing Target

    6.2 1987 HD

    Things couldn't have seemed better for Shiga Yuzuru, your average teenage high-schooler. The captain of the school archery team, he's going steady...

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  • 1982
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    Fifteen Boys Adrift

    Fifteen Boys Adrift

    6.5 1982 HD

    A troop of children from eight to thirteen, abandoned on an island, struggling for life in the midst of passion fueled by the differences of...

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  • 1988
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    Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter

    Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter

    5.722 1988 HD

    It seems that Lum's grandfather made an agreement that should he have a daughter, she would be married to a traveling merchant that he met. Now, the...

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  • 1984
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    Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer

    Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer

    7.21 1984 HD

    As the perpetually lecherous Ataru and his friends prepare for a carnival at Tomobiki High School, they gradually realize the days are literally...

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  • 1988
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    Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter

    Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter

    6 1988 HD

    Yagami comes to Maison Ikkoku, not knowing of Godai's and Kyoko's wedding, stating that she is now an adult, which she is, not knowing how to tell...

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  • 1986
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    The SuperGal

    The SuperGal

    5.8 1986 HD

    Maris is a freelance bounty hunter/soldier of fortune who just wants to be so rich that she doesn't have to work anymore. Just one slight problem......

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  • 1991
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    Mermaid Forest

    Mermaid Forest

    6.1 1991 HD

    There is a legend in Japan that if one eats the flesh of a mermaid, one will become immortal. This anime recounts the story of Yuhta and Mana, an...

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  • 1987
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    Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker

    Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker

    6.433 1987 HD

    It is summertime, and Shinobu laments not having a boyfriend. She then happens upon a young man weak from hunger, and wearing a rabbit costume. She...

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  • 2008
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    Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen

    Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen

    6.5 2008 HD

    In this direct continuation of the earlier special, Godai tries to figure out what to do with his life after college while competing with Kyoko's...

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  • 1992
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    Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine

    Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine

    7.905 1992 HD

    With the Tendos, the Saotomes, Ryoga, Shampoo and Ukyo misinterpreting Tatewake Kuno's invitation to his two loves, Akane and 'The Pig Tailed Girl',...

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  • 1991
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    Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling

    Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling

    5.5 1991 HD

    Lupika, an alien princess, is in love with a tofu seller. To make him love her too (at least, announce his love. He obviously fears the social taboo...

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  • 1991
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    Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling

    Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling

    5.5 1991 HD

    Lupika, an alien princess, is in love with a tofu seller. To make him love her too (at least, announce his love. He obviously fears the social taboo...

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  • 1994
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    Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix

    Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix

    7.6 1994 HD

    Kuno purchases a strange egg, believing that the mysterious powers of the legendary Phoenix will help him defeat Ranma. But when the egg hatches on...

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  • 1991
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    Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China

    Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China

    7.1 1991 HD

    When Prince Kirin of the 7 Lucky Gods shows up at the Tendo dojo looking for his bride-to-be, guess who's accidentally holding the scroll that...

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  • 2008
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    Ranma ½: Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep

    Ranma ½: Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep

    7 2008 HD

    Happosai fed up with Ranma interfering with his hobby, decides to use a sleeping incense on him to make Ranma "sleep till spring". But Akane...

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  • 2001
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    Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time

    Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time

    7.5 2001 HD

    InuYasha is a half-demon who was trapped in the Legendary Tree and was set free by Kagome, a girl who traveled 500 years through time. This time,...

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  • 2002
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    Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

    Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

    7.674 2002 HD

    With their most formidable foe vanquished, Inuyasha and his comrades begin returning to their everyday lives. But their peace is fleeting as another...

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  • 2004
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    Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island

    Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island

    7.5 2004 HD

    The mysterious island of Houraijima has reappeared after 50 years, and with its reappearance has brought the attack of four gods, the Shitoushin, who...

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  • 2003
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    Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler

    Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler

    7.7 2003 HD

    Inuyasha and his brother, Sesshomaru, each inherited a sword from their father after his death. However, their father had a third sword, named...

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  • 1991
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    Maison Ikkoku: Shipwrecked on Ikkoku Island

    Maison Ikkoku: Shipwrecked on Ikkoku Island

    5 1991 HD

    Yotsuya and Ichinose reminisce about a time when Shun Mitaka, Yotsuya's suitor, took the tenants of Ikkoku-kan on a pleasure cruise aboard his new...

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  • 1988
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    Maison Ikkoku: Through the Passing of the Seasons

    Maison Ikkoku: Through the Passing of the Seasons

    5.8 1988 HD

    A full-length movie recap of the Maison Ikkoku series that focuses on the relationship between Godai and Kyoko. The entire special is taken from...

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  • 1992
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    Prelude Maison Ikkoku: When the Cherry Blossoms Return in the Spring

    Prelude Maison Ikkoku: When the Cherry Blossoms Return in the Spring

    7 1992 HD

    Kyoko Otonashi is a 22-year-old widow. Six months have passed since the sudden death of her husband, Soichiro. In her resolve to move on, she has...

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  • 1985
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    Fire Tripper

    Fire Tripper

    5.182 1985 HD

    A massive gas explosion in modern-day Tokyo throws 17-year-old Suzuko back in time — 500 years into the past and into a death-strewn...

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  • 2008
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    It's a Rumic World: 50th Anniversary Weekly★Shonen Sunday

    It's a Rumic World: 50th Anniversary Weekly★Shonen Sunday

    8 2008 HD

    The characters from Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura, and Inuyasha all gather together in a short crossover to introduce the 50th Anniversary Weekly Shonen...

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  • 1989
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    Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart

    Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart

    6 1989 HD

    A mischievous spirit gives Ran a heart-shaped candy that causes a magical heart to appear over the head of whoever eats it. And whoever catches that...

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  • 1991
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    Urusei Yatsura: Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles

    Urusei Yatsura: Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles

    5.833 1991 HD

    Ten gives Ataru an alien disease, the contagious "Girl Measles," (which makes the victim's eyes turn big and twinkly, like the eyes of young girls in...

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  • 1986
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    Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever

    Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever

    5.6 1986 HD

    While performing in a student film, Ataru cuts down Tarozakura, a large, ancient cherry tree. Strange things begin to happen all across Tomobiki: a...

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  • 1992
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    Prelude Maison Ikkoku: When the Cherry Blossoms Return in the Spring

    Prelude Maison Ikkoku: When the Cherry Blossoms Return in the Spring

    7 1992 HD

    Kyoko Otonashi is a 22-year-old widow. Six months have passed since the sudden death of her husband, Soichiro. In her resolve to move on, she has...

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  • 1988
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    Maison Ikkoku: Through the Passing of the Seasons

    Maison Ikkoku: Through the Passing of the Seasons

    5.8 1988 HD

    A full-length movie recap of the Maison Ikkoku series that focuses on the relationship between Godai and Kyoko. The entire special is taken from...

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  • 1985
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    Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love

    Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love

    5.275 1985 HD

    The third film finds Ataru transformed into a pink hippopotamus, which sends Lum chasing after the wicked magician responsible, with catastrophic...

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  • 1986
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    Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

    Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

    4.8 1986 HD

    Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku,...

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  • 1988
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    One Pound Gospel

    One Pound Gospel

    6.4 1988 HD

    Hatanaka Kosaku is a young boxer who has a major flaw, he can't stop eating. That weakness puts him into into heavier weight classes that put him...

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  • 1999
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    The Ranma 1/2 Video Jukebox

    The Ranma 1/2 Video Jukebox

    7 1999 HD

    All seventeen opening and ending music videos from the hit Viz Video anime TV series (plus a bonus track!)

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  • 1982
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    Urusei Yatsura: Haru da, Tobidase!

    Urusei Yatsura: Haru da, Tobidase!

    1 1982 HD

    Urusei Yatsura: Haru da, Tobidase! aired between episodes 21 and 22 of the main series. The first segment is a clip show, while the second segment...

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  • 2008
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    Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet, It's a Rumic World: Urusei Yatsura

    Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet, It's a Rumic World: Urusei Yatsura

    6 2008 HD

    Ataru and the others will join the competition of 'The Obstacle Course Swim Meet', organized by Tomobiki High Principal and Onsen-Mark. Each of...

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  • 1985
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    Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party

    Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party

    5.5 1985 HD

    Ryoko throws a tea party for her friends. Flashbacks reveal the pasts of Ryoko's various guests.

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  • 2017
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    Inuyasha - Stage Play

    Inuyasha - Stage Play

    1 2017 HD

    Stage play adaptation of internationally acclaimed Japanese manga artist Rumiko Takahashi's fantasy manga series Inuyasha performed at The Galaxy...

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  • 2011
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    Ranma ½

    Ranma ½

    6.8 2011 HD

    Akane is the youngest of three daughters for Soun Tendo. Her father Soun Tendo runs a dojo for martial arts. Akane hopes to carry on her father's...

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  • 2008
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    Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen

    Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen

    6.5 2008 HD

    In this direct continuation of the earlier special, Godai tries to figure out what to do with his life after college while competing with Kyoko's...

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  • 2007
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    Maison Ikkoku

    Maison Ikkoku

    6.5 2007 HD

    Based on a hit manga by Takahashi Rumiko, this is a romantic comedy about the relationship of Otonashi Kyoko, the beautiful widow and manager of a...

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  • 1993
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    Mermaid's Scar

    Mermaid's Scar

    5.767 1993 HD

    According to an ancient Japanese legend, mermaid flesh may grant immortality if eaten. However, there is a much greater chance that consumption will...

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  • 1991
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    Mermaid Forest

    Mermaid Forest

    6.1 1991 HD

    There is a legend in Japan that if one eats the flesh of a mermaid, one will become immortal. This anime recounts the story of Yuhta and Mana, an...

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  • 1989
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    Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart

    Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart

    6 1989 HD

    A mischievous spirit gives Ran a heart-shaped candy that causes a magical heart to appear over the head of whoever eats it. And whoever catches that...

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  • 1991
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    Urusei Yatsura: Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles

    Urusei Yatsura: Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles

    5.833 1991 HD

    Ten gives Ataru an alien disease, the contagious "Girl Measles," (which makes the victim's eyes turn big and twinkly, like the eyes of young girls in...

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  • 1993
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    Ranma 1/2 OVA 1: Shampoo's Sudden Switch - The Curse of the Contrary Jewel

    Ranma 1/2 OVA 1: Shampoo's Sudden Switch - The Curse of the Contrary Jewel

    1 1993 HD

    Shampoo discovers a broach which makes her feel the opposite of her true feelings for Ranma. Ranma begins to panic at the thought of losing one of...

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  • 1993
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    Ranma 1/2 OVA 2: Tendo Family Christmas Scramble

    Ranma 1/2 OVA 2: Tendo Family Christmas Scramble

    1 1993 HD

    Kasumi has a dream that Santa Claus asks her to hold a Christmas party at the Tendo Dojo. Practically everyone from the series is invited and chaos...

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  • 1994
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    Ranma 1/2 OVA 3: Akane Vs. Ranma: The One Who Inherits Mom's Recipes Will Be Me!

    Ranma 1/2 OVA 3: Akane Vs. Ranma: The One Who Inherits Mom's Recipes Will Be Me!

    1 1994 HD

    Kasumi gets sick, and Akane discovers her late mother's recipes and tries to cook for the family. Ranma's mother, Nodoka, arrives to help and teaches...

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  • 1994
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    Ranma 1/2 OVA 4: A Storm Over School: Growing Up With Miss Hinako

    Ranma 1/2 OVA 4: A Storm Over School: Growing Up With Miss Hinako

    1 1994 HD

    Principal Kuno hires a new teacher, Hinako Ninomiya, to discipline the delinquent students of Furinkan High, particularly Ranma Saotome.

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  • 1970
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    8.334 1970 HD

    In feudal Japan, half-demon twins Towa and Setsuna are separated from each other during a forest fire. While desperately searching for her younger...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    The Mobile Shinsengumi was organized for the specific reason of keeping Kyouto safe from influences which would hinder Japan's efforts towards...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E161

    8.607 1970 HD

    Ranma Saotome, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the 'cursed training ground' of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the...

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  • 1970
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    7.6 1970 HD

    Godai is a ronin (someone who has failed university entrance exams) living in a run down apartment house called Maison Ikkoku. Among the other...

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  • 1970
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    8.576 1970 HD

    Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E218

    7.4 1970 HD

    The invasion of an alien race known as the Oni begins a new life for Ataru Moroboshi, a lecherous trouble-making tenth grader in the small town of...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    Eight years ago, Nanoka Kiba was saved from the wreckage of a fatal accident at Gogyō Town Shopping Center. Drawn to the abandoned passage of...

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  • 1970
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    8.2 1970 HD

    Akane Tendo meets her new fiancé, Ranma Saotome, a martial arts prodigy with a twist: he magically transforms into a girl upon touching cold...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E46

    6.8 1970 HD

    Tokyo, Tomobiki Town. Lum, the gorgeous princess of the invading alien race of Oni is smitten with high school student Ataru Moroboshi. A dedicated...

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E25

    7.3 1970 HD

    As a child Sakura Mamiya mysteriously disappeared in the woods behind her grandma's home. She returned whole and healthy, but since then she has had...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E48

    8.334 1970 HD

    In feudal Japan, half-demon twins Towa and Setsuna are separated from each other during a forest fire. While desperately searching for her younger...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    6.8 1970 HD

    Hatanaka Kosaku is a talented boxer who turned pro at the age of 19, winning his debut match with a first round KO. He is talented, but he has no...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E11

    5.125 1970 HD

    According to an ancient Japanese legend, mermaid flesh may grant immortality if eaten. However, there is a much greater chance that consumption will...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    6.8 1970 HD

    Hatanaka Kosaku is a talented boxer who turned pro at the age of 19, winning his debut match with a first round KO. He is talented, but he has no...

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  • 1970
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    7.2 1970 HD

    Shelter. Employment. Companionship. Rumiko Takahashi explores the stress that can befall people when these basic necessities become endangered. From...

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