This is very similar animes,even same devloper,Inuyasha and Kikyo voice actors,here as Ranma and Akane,both have action-romance and comedy, even same personality ^_^
A lot of people already said it but I guess it is a good reason to watch Inuyasha then:)
I love both series very much,and that is because I'm a big fan of Takahashi Rumiko, the creator of both, Ranma 1/2 and Inuyaha.
The story isn't really similar, but the art and the characters sure are! Inuyasha is more dramatic and serious , while Ranma has a quite stupid and illogical story, it is amazingly funny though! If you like the funny moments in Inuyasha you should know that if you watch Ranma 1/2, you'll laugh at least every 5 minutes. Also, if you were craving for a more serious story in Ranma 1/2, you should watch Inuyasha.
The main characters are also very alike, Ranma Saotome and Inuyasha even have the same voice and the behavior is almost the same. This goes for their relationship with the main female as well! Of course there are a lot of fighting scenes and interesting antiheroes in both series.
As a conclusion, if you are a Takahashi fan and only watched one of these two, you should definitely check out the other one! read more
Both anime are by the same person, great comedy and mostly liked by people who watched it as a child or watched when they just starting to like anime, both has prideful and powerful protaginist and with a girl that they must work together
The characters, story and art are very similar. What else do you expect if it's made by the same creators? Though the genre is not exactly the same thing. They added action (Not matrial arts, but fighting most of the time monsters) and adventure to InuYasha, so Ranma 1/2 has more comedy. Ranma 1/2 is also older, they made InuYasha after Ranma 1/2. So the art looks very similar, but InuYasha's art is better.
There are some characters with almost excatly the same personality..
Akane Tendo - Kagome Higurashi
Ranma Saotome - InuYasha
Ryoga Hibiki - Koga
Cologne - Kaede
and probably more.. InuYasha and Kagome's relationship is almost the same as Ranma's relationship with Akane.. It gives me the same feeling.
If you liked Ranma 1/2 I strongly recommend you to watch InuYasha.
If you you watched InuYasha you might think Ranma 1/2 sucks because its old. That's what I thought before watching it, and now I'm really glad I've tryed this series.
Im almost sure you'll like it, vica versa ^^read more
The characters are very similar and both series since they are written by the same author. Each series is on the lengthy side and although there is more story in InuYasha it still follows a similar comedic and romantic pattern with Ranma 1/2
ti both by the same company or person you all know what i mean but its really good it love and you cry i love it so i hope you all watch if you didnt all ready thank you for reading
Another really funny anime series, written by the same manga-ka. Both series are very alike because they don't focus on a main plot. Instead, they tend to concentrate on the characters, their evolution and their relationships throughout the series.
Urusei Yatsura was the first big series and success of Rumiko Takahashi, it was on Urusei Yatsura where she developed her clever and wacky classic comedy stories that she would also use later on Ranma. Both series went to being highly influential on the anime industry and comedy anime was never the same after them, especially Urusei Yatsura.
Needless to say that if you enjoy one, you'll also enjoy the other.
Firstly, they're by the same mangaka, Rumiko Takahashi, and they have the same wacky, absurd type of comedy, stupid, crazy, unique characters, and surreal, insane (mis)adventures, all put into a rather normal, slice of life-ish situation.
In both anime the 2 main characters don't exactly get along well with each other, even though they live under the same roof and are destined to get married.
Also, the male and female protagonist of both series have about 3 or 4 people who are hopelessly in love with them, and constantly chase after them trying to break the couple up, and who, also, deeply hate the fiancée of their loved one.
In both series the main female character (Akane/Lum) is a short-tempered, easily angered tsundere, but actually cares a lot about the main guy (Ranma/Ataru).
Both anime have a huge cast and a lot of weird supporting characters.
Also, both are really long series, and have a bunch of OAVs, specials, movies, and OSTs.
The main difference is that Ranma 1/2 is better, funnier, and about martial arts, and Urusei Yatsura is a sci-fi series (even though Ranma has some fantasy/supernatural elements too).read more
They are made by the same manga-ka.
The main characters don't get along very well even though they live together and are destined to be married.
Other people who are desprately trying to break them up both sets of main chartacters who live with their parents and go to the same highschool.
Both shows are long running comedies that emply lots of slap stick and ironic humor and mnisadventures. Also both shows have their share of movies and ovas, and a huge OST set.
A lot of the themes of Ranma 1/2 were first developed in Urusei Yatsura. There are so many similarities, in fact, that you may wander why you should watch one if you've seen the other (just remember that Urusei Yatsura was a hit in Japan and Ranma wasn't).
There is a character Ryuunosuke that has a very similar relationship to her father to Ranma's and his dad. That character is also a female martial artist like Akane and a female crossdresser like Ukkyo. Lum and Ten wear tiger stripes like Ryoga, and all of them have fangs. Themes of Japanese folklore pervade both series. Lum's obsession with Ataru is similar to ... well, all the girl's fascination with Ranma. Ataru's relationship to Ten is similar to Ranma's relationship to P-Chan. Cherry the preist is reminiscent of Happosai. Mendou is reminiscent of Kuno, though he was trained in much the same way Ranma got Cat-Fu. As I said, the similarities are extensive.read more
Ranma 1/2 is the spiritual successor to Urusei Yatsura. Urusei Yatsura was the first major hit authored by Rumiko Takahashi-sensei. It's the basis for pretty much every subsequent work of the author and none of them hit true as much as Ranma 1/2. If you love one then you'll definitely love the other. If you're someone who only watched Ranma 1/2 and left wanting for more then you might enjoy the more chaotic nature of Urusei Yatsura. Urusei Yatsura has a lot of experimental episodes compared to formulaic ones. Its comedy has more over-the-top slapstick nature paired with great voice acting and the plot is even more loose. A lot of the bases for Ranma 1/2 (and even InuYasha) characters can be found in Urusei Yatsura.read more
Both animes have people in who are "cursed" into changing into other things (such as animals)... in Ranma 1/2 the cause is cold water in Fruits Basket the cause is being hugged by the opposite sex.
In both shows the main characters transform for different reasons. Fruits Basket is when they are hugged by someone of the opposite gender and Ranma is when they get splashed with water
In the shows both contain main characters that are cursed and turn into animals and/or the opposite gender under certain circumstances. They are also both filled with comedy, although Fruits Basket adds a bit of drama, whereas Ranma is simply all out silly. Ranma 1/2 is more episodic and Fruits Basket has a more continuous story development. All in all, the premise of both are quite similar, and are worth a viewing.
Both the anime have curses in which the characters chage into other forms. In Ranma 1/2 ,Ranma turns into a girl when doused by cold water and the other characters turn into different animals like a pig, a panda, a cat, a duck etc. In Fruits Basket different characters of the Shoma family turn into different animals of the Zodiac when hugged by a member of the opposite sex. Both series have comedy.
The styles are from an older school of animation, yet despite the simplicity there aren't any issues which stand out. Both series employ similar humor which is off the wall yet somehow still ends up working despite the fact one doesn't expect this. Both also involve fighting.
Asu no Yoichi is a spiritual successor to Ranma's "Martial Arts Comedy Romance" genre. There's a family dojo with sisters, the main characters practice a martial art, and there's lots of accidental falling in cleavage moments.
Both shows are comical, and include a male protagonist who have been segregated from society due to their training and everything that they experience in the city is new to them. Not to mention both of them are freeloading from a girl, both male protagonist are very strong but allow themselves to be beaten up by a specific girl.(usually the girl they like) Both male and female protagonist like each other but can't admit it.
Fighter-guy has to go live at a dojo with a girl dedicated to fighting, as well as her sisters who don't care so much for violence. Funny situations ensue, using a lot of the same jokes, etc.
Both Ranma and this Kampfer guy have the same problem-when they turn into a girl, thay don't stare at themselvees in the mirror naked,and don't musturbate on themselves.
Though they don't do it with different reasons-Ranma is a man of honour,when Kampfer guy is a pussy even in male form.
so same problems,same jokes,if u liked one u may like another.
Both are about boys that sometimes turn into girls, both are very funny as well. If you like a good long story with something diffrent I think you schould cheek out Kämpfer and Ranma 1/2. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender will love this as much as straight people but I can see how an LGBT person would like this one alot!
These two shows are 50% similar to each other I guess because they both go their separate paths throughout their storylines.
1. They are both gender bender shows
2. They both have plenty of nude scenes
3. They both contain fighting scenes (for all of you action lovers)
4.They both have catchy credits
Both shows involve a guy and his romantic interest practicing martial arts, but also involve lots comedy, especially of the slapstick variety. Lots and lots of slapstick.
both are funny and romantic. Ranma is more funny then romantic and Maison Ikkoku is more romantic then funny. both are created by Rumiko Takahashi and both are enjoyable.
Both of these series are created by Rumiko Takahashi. The animations style and character design are very similar. Ranma is based more on martial arts while Masion Ikkoku has more to do with day to day life. Both series share the same kind of humor and odd family/friend relationships.
In relation to this anime its made by the same wonderful creator Rumiko Takashi so you will notice a similar drawing style and maybe a few familiar scenes. The difference is mostly in Maison Ikkoku has a lot more romantic developments than pitted rivalry's. One of the things i felt could have been more explored in Ranma was the romantic aspects of the show and when i found out that Maison Ikkoku existed i was instantly curious and after watching only 5 episodes i knew this is just what i wanted. It is nowhere near as long as Ranma so do not be intimidated to start it off, also unlike Ranma's ending they wrapped it up in a movie tho the movie adds a few characters that never made it onto the show.
If you love the comedy and the romance of Ranma this may be a good follow up show for you, it has just such a familiar feel while making it all feel closer to reality. read more
If after watching Ranma 1/2 you're left wanting a series that has a bigger emphasis on the romance or romance-drama aspect then look no further than the author's own series Maison Ikkoku.
Maison Ikkoku is way more grounded than anything like Ranma or Urusei Yatsura as there are no fantasy or sci-fi elements. It takes place in real life 1980's Japan. Despite this, it still somehow retains the comedic nature of other series of Rumiko Takahashi-sensei which is excellent. But compared to Ranma 1/2 it has a plot that progresses slowly but surely with a believable cast of characters and has a huge payoff at the end.
If you watched Maison Ikkoku first then expect a more loose plot and a bigger emphasis on episodic comedy in Ranma 1/2. It's still worth watching if you're a fan but you may not find all the elements that you liked about Maison Ikkoku here.read more
Both were long ongoing 80s martial arts comedy anime. The atmosphere and feel is generally the same with a recurring Chinese theme and animal characters. Ranma has more romance and fanservice in it and Dragon Ball changes to a more serious mood later on.
Classic over-exaggerated anime based on Chinese martial arts and wacky comedy with a very weird love story attached
Differences: Ranma is a love story set in modern Japan, Dragon Ball is an adventure story set in a sci-fi fantasy world
Both are rom-coms where a boy and a girl are forced to be a couple by their fathers. Though the boy and the girl hate each other at first, after a while, hate starts to change into love. Both series have also other girls who have crush on the boy. Also, while Ranma ½ is ecchi, Nisekoi isn't.
Enjoyed the Harem , the male Protagonist in both the anime series experience a 4 girls around him who is directly or indirectly love him. But the male protagonist is too dense to feel it and even though he know didn't want to get involved in any of the relation!
Both series involves harems and similar humor though "Ranma 1/2" leans more towards the humor and "Love Hina" leans more towards the harem. Both employ older art styles as well and bright colors.
The main male protagonists are brash, but the female ones also share similar personalities. Both involve supernatural, but both involve gaining a group of comrades as the hero proceeds on their jounrney. One is more goal orientated than the other, yet both are action packed.
The setting in these two series is very similiar. Guy goes to live with a family that has three daughters. Both of the series contain same kind of humour and even though Ranma ½ has more battling, they share the same kind of feeling.
Both shows have a similar premise and a similar type of comedy.
Visual style is pretty similar between the two and many of the characters have similar personalities as well.
There's also a gender bending concept shared between the two.
These older classics utilize similar humor and similar settings. Whether one will like the other may be a bit of a hit or miss depending on the person, yet I also feel checking the other out isn't something someone would want to miss out on.
The lead characters are incredibly similar. Kaname and Akane and both short-tempered, and violent, but also kind, sweet, and easily embarrassed.
The male leads, Sagara and Ranma, are both romantically and sexually clueless. The relationship that they have with the female lead is also very similar. Both have incredible ability in combat, which often gets them in trouble.
An extremely skilled and strong male protagonist with a big secret has to go to school with a fiery tempered dark-haired girl who continually beats the crap out of him for social faux pas or for accidentally getting into some sort of sexually suggestive situation.
Both shows are incredibly funny, as well.
Both have a guy/girl main character and have a focus on martial arts. they also have a major romance and plot twist. ranma is also interesting since it has a panda. watch it and see what i mean. :)
Why are these similar? Beyond the fighting there may not seem like anything in common, and yet both the main male protagonist and female protagonist are strong characters. There is also the implication of romance between the two along with fighting the fact things don't feel as if they would work out.
Ayano and Akane both act the same if the person they like disrespects them they get mad and fight them though Ranma and Kazuma are both stronger than them and like to tease them. The differences in both shows are huge in Ranma 1/2 it is a light hearted random dojo fighting show while this show is more darker and sort of funny but mostly action packed. Another common thing about both of shows are Akane and Ayano both have dads who want to push them to fall in love with the lead guy.
Slayers has the same style of humor of Ranma except less odd martial arts and more magic but about the same number of explosions and destruction! The music and cell-animation in both shows are just wonderful and highly recommended if you want a good laugh!
Kyoukai no Rinne is pratically the second incarnation of Ranma 1/2.
Both are comedy anime, made by the same author and both have basically the same feel.
While Ranma relies on gender bending, people turning into animals and martial arts parodies to make the audicence laugh, Rinne's gags are all about the interaction with ghosts and the main character's financial problems.
Well the author is the same..
The setting is different but the storyline is similar...
You can call Kyokai no rinne the concept of Inuyasha and storyline of Ranma1/2...
Boy meets girl..
they solve problems of ghost/people together
Subtle romance...
Bad point
The story aimlessly rotates in the same point....
Some of the characters are similar to those of Ranma and other Rumiko works, the humor and romance is very identical with jerk protagonist and very flawed characters.
The main character is the voice of Inuyasha and later seasoned Ranma too! Ironically, the english dub voice of Kuno and female!Ranma are a couple in this series.
Both are harems written with an almost spiteful idea towards the concept, which makes for some real solid fun. Both mains subvert the trope of 'good guy normie' by being absolute jackasses, while girls (and boys in Ranma's case) just as manipulative fawn over them for the most insignificant of reasons, and as such their harems grow to a comical degree. The Baseball Game and Bench-kun churn out freaks at a pace even exceeding the Drowned Springs in Ranma. You could even compare the duality of Joro to Ranma's, though they take on a different form.
Lot's of humor, hate-love relationship (not admitting that they like the other person), main character has a goal and it's for a type of sport she's enthusiastic about just like Ranma and his martial arts.
both of main char must do something to get an exchange
but, if ranma 1/2 doing it by it self, yamada to 7nin doing it with the others, actually "the witch"
Both have the main character being the strongest, encountering rivals along the way who constantly re-challenge him time and time again. Many times involving a new technique or way of powering up for the rival side character to stand up to the MC this time around.
Both have filler, many episodes of which is dedicated to a certain side character. Developing the character further.
Both are action shows where the MC blows away some side characters (Beelzebub, the MK5. Ranma, Kuno.) Sending them flying into the distance. It doesnt sound like much, but it happens so often it sort of sets a tone for the show.
Both of these shows also have some sort of wishy washy ending that solves nothing. But the fact that comedy and just having fun with the crazy different sorts of characters the plots conclusion isn't a focus and is missed less then it usually would be.read more
Both series are episodic romcoms, and while I was watching Kodocha, it reminded me of Ranma. The main difference is character ages, and Ranma's supernatural elements. But other than that, they're a lot alike IMO.
Well both protagonist change from guy to girl.
in the beggining ranma girl and takumi behaved the same way a boy on girls body but after certain events both changed and started behaving like cheap sluts.
Ranko and Takumi behave the same way around guys and will do whatever they can to achieve it.
Both seiyuus sound almost the same.
Shindo_L author of TSF monogatari main inspiration for TSF monogatari and Takumi was Ranma 1/2.
Takumi and Ranma girl have the same height,same body type and same hair color
While Ranma 1/2 has way more episodes then Juubee-chan, I'd like to think of both of them as action comedies. I think its the comedy within the characters that drive both anime. Their also old school anime with old school fighting techniques.
Both anime has cursed persons that turns into another gender or animal when getting wet by hot/cold water or in the the case of Fruits Basket: hugged by the opposite gender.
Both involve 2 characters who treat each other harshly, especially at first, but as the series develops they begin to have their moments where they break that front and eventually have romantic feelings toward each other. Both have hilarious comedy and i highly reccomend this anime to any who enjoyed Lovely complex. If you've seen this anime and liked it, you must watch Ranma 1/2. I'd even consider it a step up.
Wacky gender blender high school antics with a good amount of fantasy elements and fights. The main characters’ goals are to somehow go back to being an ordinary boy.
If you're looking for something with similiar drawing style to later Ranma ½ series, Haunted Junction has that and vice versa, also character expressions are super similiar + both are comedies.
they both have many love triangles, both have comedy-ranma has a little more comedy, the main couple live together because of their parents, the characters are in high school
Ranma 1/2: there is romance, comedy, martial arts, and action
Marmalade Boy:comedy, drama, romance, and shoujo
I really enjoyed both :)
both are very funny comedies as well as having one male lead that has a lot of girls that love him as well as both having action in them as well besides just the romance and comedy. so i think a must watch if your a fan of one or the other.
Akane and Louise are both violent girls. Ranma and Saito are both popular with girls. The funny thing about Ranma 1/2 is that it's full of trouble. It's the same thing for ZnT. Plus, ZnT can be considered as a romantic comedy too, I think. The only difference is that ZnT is a tiny bit more serious than Ranma 1/2.
Martial arts comedy where a boy martial artist (Ranma practices an anything-goes style, while Kabamaru is a ninja descended from the Iga) is invited to live with a new family thanks to a parent/grandparent, but the new family's daughter/granddaughter doesn't get along with him.
Like Sumomomo, Ranma 1/2 incorporates martial arts families, an arranged marriage, love dodecahedrons, and lots of comedy. Ranma 1/2 has the additional twist of the water-induced sex-change problem.
Rozen maiden will bring out a pedophile in you ,and ranma will make that woman in you come to the surface.
both have some very funny moments and some strange love,which you will see in no other anime.both have some fighting loving and missunderstanding.
Both have bizarre comedy, take place in Dojo though one of the leads is a part time singer. The romance is different though both very slap stick Chou has a lead romantic couple while Ranma has two people who like each or but just don't get along. Ranma is a gender bender hes a male who turns back and forth from female. The lead girl in Chou just dresses up as a boy at school. Chou Kuse ni Narisou is sometimes refer too as the female version of Ranma 1/2.
Both are old-style animes around the time of the original DBZ. The stories do have one main difference involving the TYPE of romance relationship however. Ranma is a romance that requires the characters to slowly warm up to each other, whereas in Aoshi they jump right into the relationship, although it fits given the beginning of the story.
Both the main boy characters are cursed and transform when they get wet! Comedy and romance (very obvious hints of it). Ramna 1/2 has less emphasis on finding the cure for the curse and is more slice of life, whereas Kero Kero is about the journey to find a cure. Both made in the 90s!
They both have a female main character but they have a more manly attitude to them. Also, both the animes are made up of smaller stories that effect the ending. Both the animes are really good.
Well, Kenshin is a lot more violent and it's more realistic (in battling scenes and all) than Ranma. Ranma doesn't have that much of a serious atmosphere as Kenshin has, it has more cheerful scenes. They both have interesting long battles, cute lover quarrels and stubborn girl characters. I'm definitely sure you'll love Ranma as well! (^_^)
URGGHh Words are not enough to express how awesome both of these animes were *tears up* I personally fell inlove with both because of the love/hate thing going on oAo SERIOUSLY!!!! I also liked the fact that despite Aoba's "tomboy-ish-ness" lots of people were still able to develop a crush on her....WHICH MADE KOU SO FRIGGIN JEALOUS....well yeah i exaggerate too much but come on...don't you think that his jealousy was so cute :3 ^_^ same with Akane from ranma 1/2, even ranma has his lapses wherein he would sort of accidentally admit that he likes akane (indirectly) by being all jealous and stuff urrghhh JUST SERIOUSLY WATCH THIS IF YOU LOVE TSUNDERES :D both the guy and the girl here are :)
lol i know i'm making no sense to you right now but PLEASE give it a shot >u<read more
