Rumic Theater

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• Type — tv series • Director — Akira Nishimori • Studio — TMS Entertainment • Network — TV Tokyo • First — July 5, 2003 • Last — September 27, 2003 • Episodes — 13

• Type — manga • Author — Rumiko Takahashi • Publisher — Shogakukan • Imprint — Big Comics Special • Magazine — * Big Comic Original • First — 1987 • Volumes — 6

• Name — Rumiko Takahashi Anthology • Ja Kanji — 高橋留美子劇場 / 高橋留美子傑作集 • Ja Romaji — Takahashi Rumiko Gekijō / Takahashi Rumiko Kessakushū

Rumic Theater is a series of manga one-shots published annually by Rumiko Takahashi in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original since 1987. An English language collection by Viz Media was released in two volumes on June 5, 1996, and June 5, 1998. The first corresponding to the volume The Tragedy of P, but the second being a release of Rumic Worlds One or Double collection.

In June 2003, the July issue of Animage announced that an anime adaptation of Rumic Theater produced by TMS Entertainment and directed by Akira Nishimori would premiere on TV Tokyo on July 5, 2003. The series ran for 13 episodes until September 27, 2003. In North America, Geneon Entertainment licensed the series for English language release. They released the series on four DVDs from January 11 to July 19, 2005.

• Character — Japanese — English • Episode 1 "The Tragedy of P" — Yuko Haga (羽賀 裕子, Haga Yūko) — Sakiko Tamagawa — Wendee Lee • Mrs. Kakei (筧) — Megumi Hayashibara — Sally Dana • Pitto (ピット) — Naomi Nagasawa • Kota Haga (羽賀 浩太, Haga Kōta) — Minami Omi — J.D. Stone • Hiroshi Kakei (筧 ひろし, Kakei Hiroshi) — Junko Hori — Adam Gordon • Mr. Haga — Wataru Takagi — Patrick Seitz • Mitsue (美津江) — Haruna Ikezawa — Carrie Savage • Episode 2 "The Merchant of Romance" — Yukari (縁) — Satsuki Yukino — Michelle Ruff • Betto (別当) — Kappei Yamaguchi — William Markham • Old gentlewoman — Natsumi Sakuma — Barbara Goodson • Old gentleman — Yousuke Akimoto — Michael McConnohie • Auntie — Minami Takayama — Jody Jaress • Pops — Jouji Yanami — William Frederick • Keiichi (圭一) — Yasunori Matsumoto — Lance J. Holt • Episode 3 "Middle-Aged Teen" — Toshio Furuda (古田 年男, Furuda Toshio) — Akira Kamiya — Doug Stone • Kazuko (和子) — Kazuko Sugiyama — Sonja S. Fox • Minoru Furuda (古田 稔, Furuda Minoru) — Kappei Yamaguchi — Kevin Hatcher • Emiri (絵美理) — Satsuki Yukino — Jennifer Sekiguchi • Episode 4 "Hidden in the Pottery" — Yukie Asakawa (浅川 幸恵, Asakawa Yukie) — Megumi Hayashibara — Tara Hudson • Ruriko Tonegawa (利根川 ルリ子, Tonegawa Ruriko) — Kikuko Inoue — Megan Hollingshead • Tonegawa Mother — Tomie Kataoka — Barbara Goodson • Tonegawa Husband — Yasunori Matsumoto — Darrel Guilbeau • Yukie's Husband — Wataru Takagi — Sam Regal • Episode 5 "Aberrant Family F" — Hazuki Fuwa (不破 はづき, Fuwa Hazuki) — Yuko Minaguchi — Rachel Hirschfeld • Hazuki's Father — Bin Shimada — Doug Stone • Hazuki's Mother — Hisako Kyouda — Erica Shaffer • Shohei Fuwa (不破 翔平, Fuwa Shohei) — Megumi Hayashibara — J.D. Stone • Aisaki (愛崎) — Kappei Yamaguchi — Darrel Guilbeau • Aisaki's Girlfriend — Kumiko Nishihara — Hunter Mackenzie Austin • Neighbor — Rikako Aikawa — Megan Hollingshead • Doctor — Toshihiko Nakajima — Stephen Martello • Episode 6 "As Long As You Are Here" — Domoto (堂本, Dōmoto) — Chikao Ohtsuka — Alfred Thor • Atchara (アッチャラー, Atcharā) — Keiko Han — Reiko Matsuo • Hosoda (細田) — Minoru Yada — Reg Green • Sumiyo (澄代) — Ikuko Tatsu — Georgette Riley • Narrator — Ichiro Nagai • Episode 7 "One Hundred Years of Love" — Risa Hoshino (星野りさ, Hoshino Risa) — Hiroko Emori — Louise Chamis • Koizumi (小泉) — Satsuki Yukino — Hunter Mackenzie Austin • Takanezawa (高根沢) — Yasunori Matsumoto — T. Axelrod • Date (伊達) — Wataru Takagi — Michael McConnohie • Episode 8 "In Lieu of Thanks" — Kobato (小鳩) — Satsuki Yukino — Michelle Ruff • Shiratori (白鳥) — Michie Tomizawa — Erika Schaffer • Ukai (鵜飼) — Roko Takisawa — Jody Jaress • Kamoshita (鴨下) — Masayo Kurata — Erika Weinstein • Kyuu (九ち) — Wataru Takagi — Jay Klein • Kobato's Son — Asako Dodo — Barbara Goodson • Episode 9 "Living Room Lovesong" — Ichiro Tadokoro (田所 一郎, Tadokoro Ichirō) — Kouji Yata — William Frederick • Makiko (牧子) — Nana Yamaguchi — Barbara Goodson • Hitomi (ひとみ) — Haruna Ikezawa — Mia Bradley • Odagiri (小田切) — Akira Ishida — Liam O'Brien • Episode 10 "House of Garbage" — Ritsuko Hirooka (広岡 律子, Hirooka Ritsuko) — Kumiko Watanabe — Karen Thompson • Yoshio Hirooka (広岡 良夫, Hirooka Yoshio) — Yasunori Matsumoto — Patrick Seitz • Manager — Ryuuji Nakaki — Simon Isaacson • Manager's Wife — Miyuki Ichijo — Barbara Goodson • Ritsuko's Father-in-Law — Wataru Takagi — William Frederick • Kenta Hirooka (広岡 健太) — Sachi Matsumoto — Tara Platt • Episode 11 "One Day Dream" — Mr. Shinonome (東雲, Shinonome) — Akira Kamiya — Jackson Daniels • Shinonome's Wife — Ai Orikasa — Wendee Lee • Tsuyoshi (ツヨシ) — Ikue Ootani — Ted Sroka • Seiko Shima (志摩 聖子, Shima Seiko) — Sumi Shimamoto — Jennifer Sekiguchi • Shima-chan (シマちゃん) — Fuyumi Shiraishi — Kirsty Pape • Tajima (田嶋) — Daiki Nakamura — Mike McFarland • Oda (小田) — Mari Maruta — Carrie Savage • Episode 12 "Extra-Large Size Happiness" — Hanako (華子) — Gara Takashima — Kirsten Potter • Kayoko (加代子) — Masako Kyoda — Sonja S. Fox • Ryūichi (隆一) — Nobuo Tobita — Liam O'Brien • Young Ryūichi — Asako Dodo — Kirsty Pape • Baby Ghost (座敷童, Zashiki Warashi) — Chie Kojiro • Episode 13 "The Executive's Dog" — Matsuko Kogure (小暮 松子, Kogure Matsuko) — Ai Orikasa — Kirsty Pape • Yuji Kogure (小暮 祐二, Kogure Yūji) — Takehito Koyasu — Chris Kent • Kanna (カンナ) — Fumi Hirano — Erica Shaffer • Yuko Kogure (小暮 由布子, Kogure Yuuko) — Machiko Toyoshima — Jennifer Sekiguchi • Kosuke Kogure (小暮 甲介, Kogure Kosuke) — Mari Maruta — J.D. Stone • Matsurida (祭田) — Ryo Kamon — Stephen Martello • Mrs. Matsurida — Mari Mashiba — Sonja S. Fox • Gorgeous (ゴージャス, Gōjasu) — Wataru Takagi — Liam O'Brien

A two-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on NHK-BS Premium. The first episode adapted the "Red Bouquet", "Hidden in the Pottery" and "Aberrant Family F" stories, and the second adapted "The Executive's Dog", "Birds of Fate" and "As Long As You Are Here". Both episodes aired on July 8 and July 15, 2012, respectively.