Twenty Days of Anime Movies - Day 5 - Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)

[arcadiagt5]

There are few, if any, other female comic artists who have succeeded on the scale of Takahashi Rumiko. And Urusei Yatsura ("Those Obnoxious Aliens") is where it all began.

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[seawasp]

The only other female manga-ka/anime creators I can think of with comparably large effects (if not, as of yet, such long careers) are Naoko Takeuchi (Sailor Moon) and Hiromu Arukawa (Fullmetal Alchemist).

UY always left me cold; of Takahashi's output, Ranma was the only one I really was able to watch enough of to bother with.

[arcadiagt5]

I was initially measuring success in financial terms.

Having said that I suspect that Takeuchi will prove to be more influential than Takahashi via Sailor Moon influencing an entire genre.

The other influential females I would reference are CLAMP but, much as I love their work, I don't think they've had an individual title on the sheer scale of almost any Takahashi or of Sailor Moon.

[arcadiagt5]

Whereas for me it was Maison Ikkoku that held my interest more than the others.

[arcadiagt5]

Judging by the staggeringly successful English language reissue of the Sailor Moon manga, I would say that Takeuchi-sans influence can now be taken as a given.

I've already heard at least one rumour that a second print run has already been ordered.