Three generations of Takahashi's most iconic characters collide in real time, and the comedy works because these people have no idea they're meeting across decades of different story logic. Ranma's absurdity, Urusei Yatsura's chaos, and Inuyasha's earnestness occupy the same space and somehow make each other funnier. This is a museum piece that actually moves.

Characters from Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura and Inuyasha share the screen in this brief crossover special. The occasion is the opening of the Rumic World Museum, an event tied to the 50th anniversary of Weekly Shonen Sunday that honors the manga of Rumiko Takahashi. The short gathers her casts in one place to introduce the museum, offering a comedic celebration of her body of work rather than a full story.