Rumiko Takahashi shares her daily routine on Twitter

Rumiko Takahashi is known for her many series, such as Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura, and Maison Ikkoku, each of which spans well over 30 volumes. So how does Takahashi manage to create such a gigantic body of work?

Takahashi opened a Twitter account this week, and one of her very first posts was sharing a copy of her daily schedule when drawing a manga in serialization. It reveals a sort of three-day plan. For example, she starts the morning of the first day with some character sheets, takes a break from 12:00 to 21:00, and then sits down to draw from 21:00 to 09:00 the next day. After that, she sleeps for three hours, eats lunch at 12:00, and does housework before starting to draw again at 16:00. The next day, she finishes work at 09:00.

In detail:

- Before noon: I do the ink work for seven or eight pages of character drawings.

- Noon: Eat lunch, do housework

- 4:00 PM: Read, do housework

- 7:00 PM: Eat dinner, do housework

- 9:00 PM: Start drawing new images

Next day

- 9:00 AM: Temporarily stop working, go to bed

- Noon: Eat lunch, do housework

- 4:00 PM: Start drawing

- 7:00 PM: Take a break, eat dinner

- 8:00 PM: Start drawing again

Day after

- 9:00 AM: Finish work