Takahashi is still popular in Europe, mostly in France. Viz Media is the studio that translated most of the animes in English. At early 1990s, they began to translate "Urusei Yatsura" the anime. Because it was difficult to translate the Japanese way of life/culture and the confusing puns and wordplay, they stopped the series. "Mermaid Saga", "Maison Ikkoku" and "Inuyasha" could go on even so. "Ranma ½" was popular for English-speakers. It was shown all over the world. Viz also showed "InuYasha" anime on Adult Swim, where it was very popular. "InuYasha" is the very popular even now. Even with many of her works having Japanese cultures that is difficult to understand in them, the believable characters in them and their feelings are easy to understand all over the world.