At 5:25 AM -0700 22/10/2004, Steffan wrote:
Y'know, you've got a point. The only normal Earth-type vehicle I can think
of offhand in all of Takahashi's work is the limo that "abducted" Ataru in
the very beginning of Urusei Yatsura. I don't consider Mendo's private army
and air force "normal." Fighter jets to deliver diapers and formula? Yeah,
*right.*
Nothing else -- at least from Earth -- in all the rest of that series.
Nothing in Ranma 1/2. Can't think that I saw any such in Inu-Yasha, and I'm
not very familiar with her other works, so I couldn't say if there are any
there.
I'll be the first to agree that spaceships, hoverbikes, and roof-hopping are
far better than sitting in a six-lane parking lot in the middle of rush
hour, but it *does* seem to be a very curious bias on her part.
There _are_ cars in Inu-Yasha, but not many. In the "Mask of Flesh"
storyline (manga volume 3), a woman brings the mask to the shrine in
a taxi; and in the next chapter, a couple out for a drive run into
the mask-creature. There are cars and trucks visible at the building
site later, too.
Cheers,
Angus