Ranma ½

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Ranma 1/2, Ranma ½ Nettou Hen
Japanese: らんま1/2
English: Ranma ½
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Type: TV
Episodes: 161
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 15, 1989 to Sep 25, 1992
Premiered: Spring 1989
Broadcast: Unknown
Licensors: VIZ Media
Studios: Studio Deen
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, ComedyComedy, RomanceRomance, EcchiEcchi
Themes: Magical Sex ShiftMagical Sex Shift, Martial ArtsMartial Arts, SchoolSchool
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

Statistics

Score: 7.761 (scored by 124120124,120 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #11222
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #962
Members: 263,239
Favorites: 4,319

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Synopsis

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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Background

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

Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Mochizuki, Tomomi
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard
Nishimura, Junji
Director, Storyboard
Shibayama, Tsutomu
Director
Sawai, Kouji
Director, Script


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Opening Theme

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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)




Reviews

Sep 8, 2024
Ranma 1/2 is recognized as an anime classic, and for good reason. It's got fun action, likable characters, and humor that still holds up decades later.

Importantly, Ranma is (aside from the occasional callback or new character) a mostly episodic series. There's definitely a loose overarching plot, but I feel Ranma can best be described as an "action sitcom," with most plots being self-contained little stories. This isn't a criticism; I think that Ranma works so well as a funny show to just put on and relax with.

I do think the main "romance" (if you want to call it that) between Ranma and Akane is a ...
Jun 12, 2024
Mixed Feelings
There's a lot of funny and outlandish stuff in this series, even after all these years. I binged the entire run in less than a month. And there's a lot of endearing stuff as well, like I really started to care about quite a few of the characters. But man, there's a couple of characters that basically ruin every episode they're in, and kill every scene (looking at you, Happy). And character development takes for-e-ver. It's very frustrating in that sense. That said... once the opening theme starts, it's like being a time capsule, and you kinda can't help getting ...
Nov 25, 2020
Preliminary (11/161 eps)
Where to begin.

Growing up i loved inuyasha, and credit it as one of the shows that got me started on anime. i decided to try out ranma as it was written by the same author, and i was MASSIVELY dissapointed. in fact, it made me like inuyasha less.

ill keep this short and sweet.

The art is fine- for its time they did a good job and some of the scenes were animated very well and the art overall is decent. DECENT, not amazing. im going to ignore the constant 360p nip slips that occur throughout the series, because fan service has existed in so many ...

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