Pierre:
I am sorry to hear of your loss.

>
> From: "Dr. Facer" <dr_facer@yahoo.com>
>
> Anyway, at this rate, Viz still has to go a long way
> before they finish with Ranma, who can guarantee that
> they will keep publishing it? Maybe they will just
> stop when sales start to get low.

Well, they are past the halfway point with the series, and since Ranma
is one of their better-selling titles, I suspect that won't likely happen
(IMO,
some of the best story arcs are coming up soon; Namely, the long-running
Nodoka stories, Herb, Lime and Mint, the Shinnosuke arc, Hinako
Ninomiya (which blows away the anime version, IMO); Takahashi-sensei
has, with the exception of UY, always been a decent seller for Viz.

>
>
> Facer.
> Who wonders why Osamu Tezuka's work has never been
> that popular outside Japan.
>

Eh? I well remember Tetsuwan Atom (Astroboy) and Jungle Taitei
(Kimba the White Lion), the TRUE Lion King, when they were
showing them on TV when I was a child, in the 60s. They, like
Speed Racer, are as much cultural icons to my generation
as Scooby Doo (yukh, in this case; I prefer Tex Avery, the
earlier Tom and Jerrys, and the Warner Bros. classics to
most of the HB TV stuff, with the exception of the Wacky Races).

As usual, this is The Relic, from the outer fringes of the Reality that is
the
Ranma ML.....