Rumic World (るーみっくわーるど) can refer either to a series of short manga stories written by Rumiko Takahashi or to a series of original video animations (OVAs) based on those stories. Rumic World was later reprinted in Japan as Rumiko Takahashi Masterpiece Collection (高橋留美子傑作短編集), and released in English by Viz Media as Rumic World Trilogy. Most of the stories are comedies. The OVAs were released in North American and United Kingdom by Central Park Media and Manga Entertainment.

Japanese editions

The Rumic World stories were originally published separately in various Shogakukan magazines. Rumic World was released twice in Japan, the first edition, Rumic World (るーみっくわーるど), utilized the tankobon format, and consisted of three volumes:

First edition

Second edition

The second edition, [Hozonban] Rūmikku Wārudo Takahashi Rumiko Kessaku Tanpenshū (【保存版】るーみっくわーるど　高橋留美子傑作短編集), in wideban format, contained the same stories, reduced into two volumes, with the stories in a different order:

One or Double

Another collection of similar short stories not included in either of the first two editions, was titled either One or Double (１　ｏｒ　Ｗ), or Rumic World Rumiko Takahashi Presents "The Collection of Short Stories" (【るーみっくわーるど】高橋留美子短編集). This book also uses the wideban format, and contains the following stories:

Came the Mirror

Another collection of similar short stories, titled Came the Mirror (鏡が来た), was released in 2015 and contains the following stories:

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English editions

Some of Takahashi's stories were printed in Manga Vizion magazine in a "flipped" style and are no longer in print.

Rumic World

While Viz Media (as its corporate predecessor VIZ Communications) initially published two Rumic World stories in 1989 and 1990, it published a three volume set of the Rumic World collection in 1997, corresponding to the Japanese editions, with a different order to the stories: Volume 1 ISBN 9781569311264 Volume 2 ISBN 9781569311943 Volume 3 ISBN 9781569312063

One or Double

Viz Media published a book corresponding to the "One or Double" collection under the title Rumic Theater: One or Double on June 5, 1998. It contained the following stories:

Came the Mirror

Viz Media published "Came the Mirror" collection under the title Came the Mirror & Other Tales on February 15, 2022.

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