Rumiko Takahashi’s Fire Tripper & Maris the Chojo.
Rumiko Takahashi’s Fire Tripper Character Settei.
Rumiko Takahashi’s Fire Tripper.
Rumiko Takahashi’s Fire Tripper.
I've seen several of your posts about "Fire Tripper" by Takahashi Rumiko and I was wondering when it was made in relationships to the Inu-Yasha manga. Because "Fire Tripper" looks like an Inu-Yasha AU for Kaname/Koga shippers.
Fire Tripper is a one-shot manga Takahashi drew in 1983, it was published in English as part of the Rumic World series of anthologies released by Viz Media. It was also made into a direct-to-video animation in 1985. It does indeed share many similarities with Takahashi’s later work Inu-Yasha, including time travel, the setting being Japan’s feudal era, a romance between an ordinary schoolgirl and a brash young warrior… the endings are even quite similar. So some readers consider it a progenitor work of sorts. Notably there are no supernatural elements aside from the time travel, though.
Hope that was informative!
Rumiko Takahashi’s Fire Tripper.
Rumiko Takahashi’s Fire Tripper.
Knowing you’re a fan of Rumiko Takahashi, I feel like I really want to show you this.
My mother RAISED me on these.
“Japanese Animation… IN ENGLISH!”
Omg. These are great, thank you for sharing! I’d forgotten how colorful and fun the VHS covers for Ranma were! I also used to get my mom to buy me these… back in the day when two episodes of English dub-only anime ran you $25… which is $43.29 in today’s money, kids, heheh.
I watched Fire Tripper along with the other two "Rumik World" OVAs a couple of weeks ago. Personally felt Maris the Choujo was the weak link but Fire Tripper and Laughing Target were both really good. Fire Tripper has a unique concept whose resolution genuinely caught me by surprise and Laughing Target was probably the most scared I've felt for fictional characters in a long time, genuinely couldn't tell if they would make it out alive.
I like all three! They definitely highlight Takahashi’s strong points: action (with a dash of romance), comedy and horror. I was obsessed with Fire Tripper as a kid (Suzuko actually inspired my love of the classic sailor uniform lol) but if I were going to rank them now, it’d probably be at the bottom with Maris in the middle and Laughing Target on top. There are some scenes from that OVA I’ll never forget.
Rumiko Takahashi’s Fire Tripper