# Rumiko Takahashi's most popular works

From Urusei Yatsura to MAO: the Rumiko Takahashi works that top reader polls such as Netorabo's.

- 34 votes · 10 items
- Jul 2, 2023 · moviejunkie_wandering
- https://even.best/en/l/2960/rumiko-takahashi-s-most-popular-works

## Top 10

1. **Urusei Yatsura** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1978–1987. Lum and Ataru's madcap sci-fi rom-com; re-animated in 2022.
2. **Inuyasha** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1996–2008. Kagome slips back to the Warring States era and meets the half-demon Inuyasha.
3. **Ranma ½** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1987–1996. Ranma, a martial artist who turns into a girl when splashed with water.
4. **Mermaid Saga** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — From 1984. The story of Yuta, made immortal by eating mermaid flesh.
5. **Maison Ikkoku** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1980–1987. The love story of landlady Kyoko and Godai at the Ikkoku-kan boarding house.
6. **One-Pound Gospel** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1987–2007. A boxer who struggles to make weight falls for a nun.
7. **MAO** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — From 2019. A supernatural tale of an onmyoji moving between the Taisho era and today.
8. **Rumic World** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A collection of her early short stories.
9. **Rin-ne** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2009–2017. Rinne, a shinigami boy, and Sakura, who can see ghosts.
10. **Rumiko Takahashi Theater** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Collected one-shot stories about grown-up lives.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.