Ranma ½

Ranma Saotome is a top-class martial artist and prodigy at the Saotome "Anything-Goes" school of martial arts. While training in China, he and his father meet a terrible fate when they accidentally fall into a cursed spring. Now, Ranma is cursed to turn into a girl when splashed with cold water, and only hot water can turn him back into a boy.

Things are only complicated further when Ranma discovers that his father has arranged for him to marry one of Soun Tendo's three daughters in order to secure the future of the Tendo dojo. Though Soun learns of Ranma's predicament, he is still determined to go ahead with the engagement, and chooses his youngest daughter Akane, who happens to be a skilled martial artist herself and is notorious for hating men.

Ranma ½ follows the hilarious adventures of Ranma and Akane as they encounter various opponents, meet new love interests, and find different ways to make each other angry, all while their engagement hangs over their head.

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The 2011 live-action adaptation is produced by Nippon Television and is directed by Ryo Nishimura.

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Adaptation:	Ranma ½
Side story:	Ranma ½: Chuugoku Nekonron Daikessen! Okite Yaburi no Gekitou-hen!!, Ranma ½: Kessen Tougenkyou! Hanayome wo Torimodose!, Ranma ½: Yomigaeru Kioku, Ranma ½: Akumu! Shunmin Kou
Sequel:	Ranma ½ OVA
Other:	Ranma ½: Nettou Uta Gassen, Ranma ½: Tendou-ke no Oyobidenai Yatsura!, Ranma ½: Totteoki Talk - Best of Memories, Ranma ½: 1994 Music Calendar, Ranma ½: DoCo Music Video, Ranma ½: Battle ga Ippai 29-nin no Korinai Yatsura

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Characters & Voice Actors

Saotome, Ranma

Main

Hayashibara, Megumi
Japanese

Tendou, Akane

Main

Hidaka, Noriko
Japanese

Hibiki, Ryouga

Supporting

Yamadera, Kouichi
Japanese

Shampoo

Supporting

Sakuma, Rei
Japanese

Kuonji, Ukyo

Supporting

Tsuru, Hiromi
Japanese

Tendou, Nabiki

Supporting

Takayama, Minami
Japanese

Happosai

Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito
Japanese

Saotome, Genma

Supporting

Ogata, Kenichi
Japanese

Kuno, Tatewaki

Supporting

Suzuoki, Hirotaka
Japanese

Tendou, Kasumi

Supporting

Inoue, Kikuko
Japanese

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Mochizuki, Tomomi

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Nishimura, Junji

Director, Storyboard

Shibayama, Tsutomu

Director

Sawai, Kouji

Director, Script

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Opening Theme

	1: "Jaja Uma ni Sasenai de" by Etsuko Nishio (eps 1-18)
	2: "Little ★ Date" by ribbon (eps 19-41)
	3: "Omoide ga Ippai" by CoCo (eps 42-63)
	4: "Zettai! Part 2" by Yoshie Hayasaka (eps 64-87)
	5: "Chikyuu Orchestra" by KUSUKUSU (eps 88-117)
	6: "Mou Nakanaide" by Azusa Senou (eps 118-135)
	7: "Love Seeker CAN'T STOP IT" by VisioN (eps 136-161)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Platonic Tsuranuite" by Kaori Sakagami (eps 1-13)
	2: "Equal Romance" by CoCo (eps 14-18)
	3: "〜Don't mind lay-lay Boy〜" by Etsuko Nishio (eps 19-30)
	4: "Lambada☆RANMA" by The Ranma 1/2 Operatic Troupe (eps 42-56)
	5: "Present" by Tokyo Shounen (eps 57-72)
	6: "Friends" by YAWMIN (eps 73-87)
	7: "Hinageshi" by Michiyo Nakajima (eps 88-117)
	8: "POSITIVE" by Miho Morikawa (eps 118-135)
	9: "Niji to Taiyou no Oka" by Piyo Piyo (eps 136-161)

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Oct 28, 2008

brass2themax

Recommended

Well, I finished this series a short while ago, so now it's time to put in a review for it. If you don't know what Ranma 1/2 is about, check out the synopsis above before reading.

Story: 7 (Good)

Ranma 1/2 does have somewhat of an ongoing story, although there is no major objective in the series other than Ranma's constant failed attempts to return his body to normal. Even though Ranma can return to 'boy-type' Ranma by taking a warm bath (cold water returns him to 'girl-type' Ranma, aka Ranko Tendo for some purposes), he still desires to once again become 'all man' by ridding himself ...

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Nov 3, 2008

Rumiclub

Recommended

A person needs good taste and a sense of humor to enjoy Ranma ½.
If you possess these attributes then Ranma ½ should appeal to you.
Don't expect it to be like Akira or Death Note because this is a true comedy.
If you enjoy Monty Python then Ranma ½ will entertain you.
If you aren't amused by it then you have no sense of humor.

Story:

The episodic format often prevents a long story arc from developing
but most of the story arcs that occur throughout the series develope
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Jun 18, 2010

Tasolth

Recommended

Ranma 1/2 is something that is difficult to pin a single description on. At times there are lots of action scenes, explosions, and various attacks flying around. At other times it is side splitting humor due to an awkward time and place for Ranma to transform, or situations he gets roped into, and still other times where Akane's explosive temper or jealousy takes us by surprise. Scattered here and there are some genuinely sweet and tender moments as well.

(8) Ranma 1/2 is episodic. It has no overarching plot other than to perhaps reverse the curse placed on Ranma and several others we meet along the ... way. We have our core group of Ranma and friends, and a number of other characters that come and go.

(8) The art is generally very good. Age is no qualm here as an excuse for sloppy art. The animation quality is a bit simple at times. But at others, especially during fight scenes, is very good. Quality overall is still very good though. Although in rare occasions, the art quality drops significantly.

(9) The sound quality suffers a little bit due to age. Especially having been on VHS for over half of the series lifetime. But otherwise the sound quality is still very good to great. Surprisingly enough the core group of characters have very good English dubs. Even a lot of the supporting and background characters have good voice overs. Occasionally we run into a bad voice over, but by far that is in the minority.

( 10) The characters here all have a healthy dose of insanity. With few exceptions most of the characters have some unique personality traits that either put Ranma and crew in massive trouble, or cause such an awkward scene that you can't help but burst out laughing. Also with few exceptions most of the characters are so tenacious that they just cannot give up. ever. It doesn't matter how many times they get pounded into the ground, or launched into the sky, or made a total fool of, they just keep coming back for more. But it fits with those characters personalities and makes them what they are. We do have a number of one or two shot characters that appear for a scene or two and are never seen again.

(9) Ranma 1/2 is a very long series, 161 Episodes, 12 (now 13) OVA's and two movies are a lot to watch. This series is no exception to getting a bit burnt out on itself. I won't lie and say I enjoyed every single one of the stories, but I'm willing to forgive them in light of the insane fun of the majority of the set.

(9) Overall I loved Ranma 1/2 and highly recommend it to anyone looking for a bit of insane fun mixed with various action bits and a romance plot that is extremely warped due to the number of opposing parties involved. Not to mention that Ranma is both a boy and a girl, and with the plentiful insanity, various people either love him or hate him depending on which he is at the time.

The only bad things I can say about the series is that sometimes enough is enough. Ranma's immaturity, and Akane's explosive temper can get a little old
but still.
9/10 without a doubt. Bias included.

*This could easily be a solid 10, but the series was never finished. The anime cuts off roughly in volume 22 (out of 38) of the manga. The OVA's only take on a few more stories but leave a substantial number untouched.
There are still a lot of interesting characters that we never see, and a lot of fights, plots, and other bits that I would have loved to see animated. Not to mention the resolution of the series as a whole.*

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