Rumiko Takahashi was riding high after the success of Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku. The next anime adaptation of her work, Ranma 1/2, got off to a bumpy start thanks to Yoshinori Kobayashi’s “Obocchama-kun”. Ranma 1/2 fans did not react well…
If you are curious to read more about the controversial Yoshinori Kobayashi two very good articles on him are:
https://apjjf.org/-Philip-Seaton/3397/article.html
https://apjjf.org/-Rumi-SAKAMOTO/2632/article.html
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