Rumic Theater

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Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., or Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., is a Japanese manga series composed of short stories written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. New stories are published annually in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original magazine (and other Shogakukan magazines), and have been since 1987.

A 13-episode anime adaptation of these short stories was produced by TMS Entertainment and broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to September 2003, followed by the sequel series Rumic Theater: Mermaid Forest, adapting Takahashi's Mermaid Saga. A two-episode Japanese television drama based on the stories was broadcast on NHK-BS Premium in July 2012.

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Media

Manga

Rumic Theater is a series of manga short stories published periodically by Rumiko Takahashi Shogakukan's Big Comic Original and other Shogakukan magazines since 1987.[1] An English language collection by Viz Media was released in two volumes on June 5, 1996, and June 5, 1998,[2][3] the first corresponding to the volume The Tragedy of P, but the second being a release of Rumic WorldTemplate:'s One or Double collection.

Volumes

No. Title Original release date English release date
1The Tragedy of P
P no Higeki (Pの悲劇)		January 29, 1994[4]
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  • "The Tragedy of P"
  • "The Merchant of Romance"
  • "House of Garbage"
  • "Hidden in the Pottery"
  • "One Hundred Years of Love"
  • "Extra-Large Size Happiness"
2The Executive's Dog
Semmu no Inu (専務の犬)		May 29, 1999[5]
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  • "The Executive's Dog"
  • "Aberrant Family F"
  • "As Long as You Are Here"
  • "Living Room Lovesong"
  • "Middle-Aged Teen"
  • "In Lieu of Thanks"
3Red Bouquet
Akai Hanataba (赤い花束)		June 30, 2005[6]
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  • "One Day Dream"
  • "Grafitti Pop"
  • "Dutiful Vacation"
  • "Help"
  • "Red Bouquet"
  • "Permanent Love"
4Birds of Fate
Unmei no Tori (運命の鳥)		July 15, 2011[7]
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  • "Positive Cooking"
  • "Wrong for One's Age"
  • "Birds of Fate"
  • "Happiness List"
  • "Trouble with the Neighbors"
  • "Scene of the Crime"
5The Witch and the Dinner
Majo to Dinā (魔女とディナー)		September 18, 2019[8]
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  • "The Witch and the Dinner"
  • "A Guilty Happening"
  • "I Should Die"
  • "Amorphous Family"
  • "(Confidentiality) Renaissance"
  • "My Sky"

Anime

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.[9] The series ran for 13 episodes until September 27, 2003.[10]

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.[11][12][13][14]

Episodes

Episode 1
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Summary: It follows the struggle of Mrs. Haga to keep her guest, Pitto the penguin, out of sight from Mrs. Kakei, the resident tattletale who will report the bird's violation of the pet free apartment building.

Characters
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Voiced by: Sakiko Tamagawa (Japanese); Wendee Lee (English)
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Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese); Sally Dana (English)
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Voiced by: Nao Nagasawa
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Voiced by: Minami Omi (Japanese); J.D. Stone (English)
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Voiced by: Junko Hori (Japanese); Adam Gordon (English)
Mr. Haga
Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Japanese); Patrick Seitz (English)
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Voiced by: Haruna Ikezawa (Japanese); Carrie Savage (English)
Episode 2
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Summary: A wedding chapel that has fallen on hard times struggles to stay in business while its young owner deals with her recent divorce and the burden of keeping her friends employed.

Characters
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Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino (Japanese); Michelle Ruff (English)
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Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese); William Markham (English)
Old gentlewoman
Voiced by: Natsumi Sakuma (Japanese); Barbara Goodson (English)
Old gentleman
Voiced by: Yousuke Akimoto (Japanese); Michael McConnohie (English)
Auntie
Voiced by: Minami Takayama (Japanese); Jody Jaress (English)
Pops
Voiced by: Jouji Yanami (Japanese); William Frederick (English)
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Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (Japanese); Lance J. Holt (English)
Episode 3
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Summary: A tough, business-minded father loses his memory and believes he is a teenager. He meets a young school girl and cannot help but become smitten with her.

Characters
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Voiced by: Akira Kamiya (Japanese); Doug Stone (English)
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Voiced by: Kazuko Sugiyama (Japanese); Sonja S. Fox (English)
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Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese); Kevin Hatcher (English)
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Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino (Japanese); Jennifer Sekiguchi (English)
Episode 4
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Summary: Mrs. Asakawa suspects her neighbor of beating her elderly mother-in-law being responsible for the death of her husband. The mystery unfolds when Mrs. Asakawa makes a shocking discovery hidden inside a potted plant.

Characters
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Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese); Tara Hudson (English)
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Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese); Megan Hollingshead (English)
Tonegawa Mother
Voiced by: Tomie Kataoka (Japanese); Barbara Goodson (English)
Tonegawa Husband
Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (Japanese); Darrel Guilbeau (English)
Yukie's Husband
Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Japanese); Sam Regal (English)
Episode 5
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Summary: Hazuki's family is virtually in the poorhouse. Therefore, she is shocked when her father decides to go on an expensive family vacation. Soon she suspects that her father's motives may involve a suicide pact for her and her family.

Characters
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Voiced by: Yuko Minaguchi (Japanese); Rachel Hirschfeld (English)
Hazuki's Father
Voiced by: Bin Shimada (Japanese); Doug Stone (English)
Hazuki's Mother
Voiced by: Hisako Kyouda (Japanese); Erica Shaffer (English)
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Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese); J.D. Stone (English)
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Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese); Darrel Guilbeau (English)
Aisaki's Girlfriend
Voiced by: Kumiko Nishihara (Japanese); Hunter Mackenzie Austin (English)
Neighbor
Voiced by: Rikako Aikawa (Japanese); Megan Hollingshead (English)
Doctor
Voiced by: Toshihiko Nakajima (Japanese); Stephen Martello (English)
Episode 6
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Summary: When Mr. Domoto is laid off of his prestigious job as a salaryman, his wife falls ill and asks him to fill in for her at the convenience store. There, his rough personality doesn't mesh well with his co-workers, but he learns from a hard-working foreigner named Achara to persevere.

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Voiced by: Chikao Ohtsuka (Japanese); Alfred Thor (English)

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Voiced by: Keiko Han (Japanese); Reiko Matsuo (English)
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Voiced by: Minoru Yada (Japanese); Reg Green (English)
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Voiced by: Ikuko Tatsu (Japanese); Georgette Riley (English)
Episode 7
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Summary: Risa Hoshino comes back from the dead with amazing telekinetic powers. The old woman develops a crush on another patient and believes him to be the reincarnation of her jilted lover from decades ago.

Characters
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Voiced by: Hiroko Emori (Japanese); Louise Chamis (English)
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Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino (Japanese); Hunter Mackenzie Austin (English)
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Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (Japanese); T. Axelrod (English)
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Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Japanese); Michael McConnohie (English)
Episode 8
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Summary: Mrs. Kobato finds herself in the middle of a battle between the stuck-up Mrs. Shiratori and the elderly Mrs. Ukai, who eventually bring a crab and a bird into the argument.

Characters
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Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino (Japanese); Michelle Ruff (English)
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Voiced by: Michie Tomizawa (Japanese); Erika Schaffer (English)
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Voiced by: Roko Takisawa (Japanese); Jody Jaress (English)
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Voiced by: Masayo Kurata (Japanese); Erika Weinstein (English)
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Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Japanese); Jay Klein (English)
Kobato's Son
Voiced by: Asako Dodo (Japanese); Barbara Goodson (English)
Episode 9
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Summary: A middle-aged man loses his wife, yet his wife's soul is bothered by the fact that he does not cry at her funeral. Her spirit soon returns to haunt him as he begins to develop feelings for the young office worker at his company.

Characters
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Voiced by: Kouji Yata (Japanese); William Frederick (English)
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Voiced by: Nana Yamaguchi (Japanese); Barbara Goodson (English)
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Voiced by: Haruna Ikezawa (Japanese); Mia Bradley (English)
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Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese); Liam O'Brien (English)
Episode 10
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Summary: The Hirooka's front door is mistaken for a garbage drop spot, and when the Boss's wife starts throwing out his favorite things, Ritsuko and Yoshio have to do everything they can to save the tacky items, or risk losing a promotion.

Characters
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Voiced by: Kumiko Watanabe (Japanese); Karen Thompson (English)
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Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (Japanese); Patrick Seitz (English)
Manager
Voiced by: Ryuuji Nakaki (Japanese); Simon Isaacson (English)
Manager's Wife
Voiced by: Miyuki Ichijo (Japanese); Barbara Goodson (English)
Ritsuko's Father-in-Law
Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Japanese); William Frederick (English)
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Voiced by: Sachi Matsumoto (Japanese); Tara Platt (English)
Episode 11
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Summary: Shinonome is a downtrodden company man who is going through life without finding true happiness. His junior high school reunion soon rolls around and his thoughts turn to a girl he once loved named Shima.

Characters
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Voiced by: Akira Kamiya (Japanese); Jackson Daniels (English)
Shinonome's Wife
Voiced by: Ai Orikasa (Japanese); Wendee Lee (English)
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Voiced by: Ikue Ootani (Japanese); Ted Sroka (English)
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Voiced by: Sumi Shimamoto (Japanese); Jennifer Sekiguchi (English)
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Voiced by: Fuyumi Shiraishi (Japanese); Kirsty Pape (English)
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Voiced by: Daiki Nakamura (Japanese); Mike McFarland (English)
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Voiced by: Mari Maruta (Japanese); Carrie Savage (English)
Episode 12
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Summary: Ryuuichi's mother, Kayoko moves in with her son and his young wife, Hanako. But problems start to arise when Hanako starts behaving oddly and risking the anger of her mother-in-law who they are counting on to invest in their new home. Hanako claims a large spirit is the cause, but only she can see him.

Characters
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Voiced by: Gara Takashima (Japanese); Kirsten Potter (English)
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Voiced by: Masako Kyoda (Japanese); Sonja S. Fox (English)
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Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese); Liam O'Brien (English)
Young Ryūichi
Voiced by: Asako Dodo (Japanese); Kirsty Pape (English)
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Voiced by: Chie Kojiro
Episode 13
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Summary: The Kogure's are asked to take care of Mr. Matsurida's dog Gorgeous, but when his mistress moves in and the children draw eyebrows on the dog, things become complicated.

Characters
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Voiced by: Ai Orikasa (Japanese); Kirsty Pape (English)
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Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese); Chris Kent (English)
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Voiced by: Fumi Hirano (Japanese); Erica Shaffer (English)
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Voiced by: Machiko Toyoshima (Japanese); Jennifer Sekiguchi (English)
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Voiced by: Mari Maruta (Japanese); J.D. Stone (English)
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Voiced by: Ryo Kamon (Japanese); Stephen Martello (English)
Mrs. Matsurida
Voiced by: Mari Mashiba (Japanese); Sonja Fox (English)
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Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Japanese); Liam O'Brien (English)

Drama

A two-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on NHK-BS Premium.[15] 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".[16] Both episodes aired on July 8 and July 15, 2012, respectively.[17]

See also

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References

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External links

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