Rumiko theater

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Rumiko theater
Original title 高橋留美子 劇場
transcription Takahashi Rumiko Gekijō
genre Comedy , romance , his , drama
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Rumiko Takahashi
publishing company Shogakukan
magazine Big comic original
First publication July 4, 1987 - ...
expenditure 5
Anime television series
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2003
Studio TMS Entertainment
length 25 minutes
Episodes 13
Director Akira Nishimori
First broadcast July 5 - September 27, 2003 on TV Tokyo

Rumiko Theater ( jap. 高橋留美子劇場 , Takahashi Rumiko Gekijo ), English also Rumic theater or Rumiko Takahashi Anthology is a collection of Manga - short stories of mangaka Rumiko Takahashi , also known as anime has been implemented. Earlier short stories have been grouped together in the Rumic World series.

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The stories deal with events from everyday Japanese life and are often tragic as well as funny. Like the classic short story, they are stories drawn from real life. For example, it is about affairs of company bosses, neighborhood disputes, thoughts of a teenager or love stories. There are also figures from the Japanese folk belief, such as the Zashikiwarashi under the name “Boy for the home sweet home”.

Moral rigor and social problems are often discussed in Japan.

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  1. Volume (Japan: 1994):
    • The P-Theater ( P の 悲劇 P no higeki ) (1991)
      Ms. Haga lives with her family in a new       block of flats where pets are strictly forbidden , which Ms. Kakei in particular closely monitors. When Haga is supposed to take care of the penguin Pitto-kun for a while , she fears that Mrs. Kakei will ostracize her and disgust her. Under difficult circumstances, she manages to keep the penguin's whereabouts a secret until Ms. Kakei sees him on the last day. However, she hides it because the penguin is gone the next day and she had to give away a dog herself when she moved into the house.
    • The romantic businessman ( 浪漫 の 商人 Rōman no akindo ) (1987)
      Yukari runs a highly indebted wedding hall and has been waiting for the divorce settlement from her ex-husband Keiichi for a long time. When she wants to close the wedding hall, an elderly businessman comes from the USA who used to work for her father, borrowed money from him and now wants to get married in the wedding hall. This marriage is said to be the company's last. At the same time, Keiichi pays the severance payment, destroying Yukari's hope of seeing him again. At the businessman's wedding, which is hosted for free because he had recently lost all of his fortune, the businessman finds encouraging words so that Yukari does not give up the wedding hall.
    • The Garbage Dump House ( ポ イ の 家 Poi no ie ) (1992)
      Garbage is often dumped on the corner in front of the Hirooka family's house, although this is not a public garbage dump. One day when Mr. Hirooka's department head moves into the neighborhood, his wife regularly puts his numerous souvenirs in front of the Hirooka's house so that they can be picked up by the garbage disposal. In order to be on good terms with his supervisor, Mr. Hirooka keeps bringing the items back and doesn't dare to say that the corner is not a garbage dump. However, once the department head is on a business trip with him, the souvenirs are picked up by the garbage disposal. When the Hirooka couple are looking for them on the dump, they also meet the head of department with his wife, who now gives up throwing away the souvenirs.
    • In the flower pot ( 鉢 の 中 Hachi no naka ) (1988)
      Ms. Tonegawa first lost her husband in a car accident and soon afterwards her mother-in-law. It is said that she only took advantage of and hit her nice and friendly mother-in-law. When she goes to her husband's funeral, she leaves the flower pots with a neighbor. She finds bones in it and suspects that Ms. Tonegawa buried her mother-in-law in the flower pots. When she then confronts her, she says that she was always harassed by her mother-in-law even though it looked very different from the outside. She buried her husband in the flower pots to have him with her, but now he should be properly buried.
    • A Centennial Love ( 百年 の 恋 Hyakunen no koi ) (1993)
      The old woman Riza Hoshino almost died at the age of 90, but amazingly she is coming back to life. In the hospital she meets a young Mr. Takenazawa who looks very much like someone else she saw falling to his death in her youth. He is in love with a nurse. Hoshino now believes that the man would suffer the same fate and that he would throw himself to his death if the nurse turned him away. In the end, however, the nurse accepts the proposal and Mr. Takenazawa does not fall to his death.
    • Glück in Extra-Large ( L サ イ ズ の 幸福 L saizu no shiawase ) (1990)
      Hanako wants to move with her husband and his mother into a house on the outskirts, which is to be paid for with her mother-in-law's money. Therefore, she wants to make friends with her mother-in-law. But a ghost in the form of a boy in a kimono, the "boy for the home sweet home" bothers her, so that she embarrasses herself in front of her mother-in-law and she feels unintentional. When the contract to buy the house is to be concluded, the boy produces an accident in which nobody is injured. The next day the family learns that the house was spilled in a landslide. They then buy another house and live happily together.
  2. Volume (Japan: 1997):
    • The director's dog ( 専 務 の 犬 Semmu no inu ) (1994)
      Director Matsurida lodges the dog Gorgeous , who belongs to his lover Kanna, with the von Kogure family because his wife has already suspected them and they have fled to a hotel. Soon afterwards, however, Matsurida's mistress moved in with Kogure. His wife is furious because she orders her around, but is becoming increasingly popular with her husband and children. When Matsurida's wife went to Kogure on suspicion, everything seemed to be exposed. Kogure Kanna claims to be his lover and takes his boss under protection. Finally the director and Kanna split up and the bitch comes back to Kogure.
    • Family F. on the wrong track ( 迷 走 家族F.（フ ァ イ ア ー） Meisō kazoku F.（faiā）) (1995)
      Thirteen-year-old Hazuki Fuwa is amazed at the behavior of her parents, who seem to be annoyed or scolded about nothing. She has long since learned from rumors that her family is heavily in debt and is therefore surprised that they are now going on vacation. She fears that her parents want to commit suicide. She tried several times to prevent alleged attempts, but first doubts her will to live and then her parents' plans. In the end, the father deliberately drives off a cliff, but nobody is injured, only the father ends up in the hospital with an upset stomach. After this experience, the family sticks together more than before.
    • The important thing is you are here! ( 君 が い る だ け で Kimi ga iru dake de ) (1999)
      The proud and ambitious Mr Domoto lost his board position after 30 years in a company because the company went bankrupt. Since he is now unemployed, he represents his wife in the sale of a small Bentō snack, because she is sick. Customer contact is very difficult for him because of his sublime and dismissive manner, in contrast to the Thai exchange student Achara. They both become friends quickly and Mr. Domoto can learn from her and defends her against insults. In the end, he can bring himself to apologize to the takeaway owner for the inconvenience his behavior caused. He works in the diner until his wife is healthy again.
    • The living room love song ( 茶 の 間 の ラ ブ ソ ン グ Cha no ma no rabu songu [= love song] ) (1996)
      The wife of an older section head dies of food poisoning on their wedding day. But he continues to see her ghost in his living room while the young employee, Mrs. Momoi, takes care of him and visits him frequently. The section head thinks Momoi has fallen in love with him and his wife's ghost keeps annoying him. However, Ms. Momoi comes so often mainly because her ex-boyfriend lives across the street. After they have spoken out in the section head's living room, they try again and the wife's ghost disappears after she has given the section head her wedding anniversary present.
    • A middle-aged teenager ( お や じ ロ ー テ ィ ー ン Oyaji no rō tīn [= low teen] ) (1997)
      The family man Furuda is to be transferred as a branch manager from Tokyo to Hokkaidō , but his wife and son do not want to move with them. After graduation, Furuda falls off a bridge and loses memory, thinking he is 13 years old. Now his family tries to help him remember and comes across a mysterious girl. When this girl returns him a large amount of money, the family believes that the girl is committing enjokōsai with him and that he is just faking amnesia. After Furuda ran away from home and his family found him again, it turns out that the girl only helped him at a Purikura machine (photo sticker machine) and that he gave her his wallet while drunk. Soon after, Furuda can remember everything again and the family moves to Hokkaidō together.
    • Is that the thanks for that? ( お 礼 に か え て Orei ni kaete ) (1998)
      Ms. Kubato and her family have moved into a new apartment block. There is a "queen" there, Mrs. Shiratori, who is the chairman of the property management and who determines life in the apartment block. But Kubato befriends the old woman Ukai and woman Kamoshita, of all people, who are harassed by Shiratori. Ms. Kubato now has to put up with a lot. When Ms. Ukai is in the hospital and her Beo is with Kubato, Kubato says the word “ Krabbenshabu ” , which seems to keep the “Queen” in check. In the end it turns out that Shiratori once ate a crab that ran from Ms. Ukai's apartment to hers. She was very embarrassed, all the more because the crab made her sick. Soon afterwards the “Queen” moves out and the three friends have their peace and quiet.
  3. Volume (Japan: 2005, not published in German):
    • Higaeri no Yume ( 日 帰 り の 夢 , Eng. "Dream of a day trip") (2000)
    • Oyaji Graffiti ( お や じ グ ラ フ ィ テ ィ Oyaji gurafiti , German "Graffiti of a middle-aged man") (2001)
    • Giri no Vacance ( 義理 の バ カ ン ス Giri no bakansu [= vacance] , German "compulsory leave ") (2004)
    • Help ( ヘ ル プ Herupu , German "Help") (2003)
    • Akai Hanataba ( 赤 い 花束 , German "the red bouquet") (2002)
    • Permanent Love ( パ ー マ ネ ン ト ・ ラ ブ Pāmanento rabu , Eng . " Constant love") (2005)
  4. Volume (Japan: 2011, not published in German):
    • Unmei no Tori ( 運 命 の 鳥 , Eng. "Bird of Fate")
    • Positive Cooking ( ポ ジ テ ィ ブ ・ ク ッ キ ン グ Poshitibu kukkingu , dt. "Positive cooking")
    • Jiken no Genjō ( 事件 の 現場 , dt. "Incident at the same place")
    • Shiawase List ( し あ わ せ リ ス ト Shiawase risuto , German "lucky list")
    • Toshigai mo naku ( 年 甲 斐 も な く , German "inappropriate for age")
    • Rinka no Nayami ( 隣家 の 悩 み , dt. "Sorrow of the neighboring house")
  5. Volume (Japan: 2015, not published in German)
    • Kagami ga Kita ( 鏡 が 来 た , dt. "The mirror has come")
    • Revenge Doll ( リ ベ ン ジ ド ー ル Ribenjidōru , German "revenge doll")
    • Hoshi wa Sen no Kao ( 星 は 千 の 顔 , dt. "The star with a thousand faces")
    • Kawaii Hana ( 可愛 い 花 , German "lovely flower")
    • with Cat (with CAT)
    • My Sweet Sunday ( マ イ ス イ ー ト サ ン デ ー Mai suīto sandē , Eng . "My sweet Sunday"), together with Mitsuru Adachi

Publications

Manga

Rumiko Takahashi has been drawing many short stories since the mid-1980s. These were also published in five anthologies, the last of which appeared on July 17, 2015.

Two of these were published by Egmont Manga and Anime in Germany in 2005 . The translation is by Oke Maas. The manga was also published as a translation in the USA by Viz Media , in France by Éditions Tonkam and in Italy by Star Comics.

Anime

In 2003, the 13 stories from the first two volumes, as well as Higaeri no Yume from the third volume, were implemented as an anime series by Tokyo Movie Shinsha . Directed by Akira Nishimori . It was broadcast on TV Tokyo . The series was also published in English and German under the title Rumiko Takahashi Anthology . In the USA this was done by Geneon Entertainment , in Germany by Red Planet GmbH in 2006.

For the television series was as preload song of speena Tsuzureori produced for the end credits was used Sayonara of Kumachi .

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