When Ranma is born his father insists on taking him all over Japan and train him so he can become a real man.Ranma's mother doesn't want him to leave so she tells Genma(her husband) that if he doesn't make a man out of Ranma he and Ranma will have to commit sucide. So Genma and Ranma set out to start there trianing.It all goes well until about 3 months before Ranma is supposed to meet his future fiance, one of his fathers friends daughters(and where we pick up the story). Genma tells Ranma he knows a great place in China to train, its called cursed springs Jusenkyo. After alot of hard traveling Genma and Ranma reach Jusenkyo. When they get there they see alot of bamboo sticks jutting up from all sorts of little springs. They hop on up and start to fight. Ranma kicks his father into a spring, then all of sudden a giant panda flys out. Looking at the chinese Jusenkyo guide, who warned them not to get near the springs, Ranma screams, "what the hell is that!!!?" "Oooh, you fall ootron ne tron, very sad story of panda who trown over 2000 year ago." Then Genma kicks Ranma into a spring. Ranma pops up and......AHHHHHH! "Oooooh you fall into spring....very sad story of little girl who drown 1200 year ago, who ever fall in that spring take the body of a young girl. Back at the Tendo Anything goes Martial arts Dojo Genma is telling his duaghters about a guest who is coming and who one of them will marry, finally there will be a male air to carry on the anything goes fighting style. Kasumi and Nabiki are excited, but Akane could care less. She hates guys, and she hates them even more if she has never met them. Well when a giant panda holding a red headed girl enter the room everyone is surprised and Soam (mr. Tendo) passes out when he finds out it supposedly Ranma and his father. None them no what happend so they figure Ranma has always been a girl and Akane is very happy. Later after Kasumi shows girl type Ranma her room she tells her she can take her bath. Ranma says thanks but no. If he takes a hot bath he will turn back into a boy. Well he takes it anyway. Amd thinking no one or just girl type is in there Akane goes into the bathroom and sees Ranma getting out, only its not the Ranma she saw earlier, this one is well...a guy! "THERES A PERVERT IN THE BATHROOM!" Akane runs downstairs. But Soam, explains that the man sitting next to him is Ranma's father, the panda that had enterd with the girl. Ranma walks in and says "Im Ranma Soatome, sorry bout this." After explaining there story, Tendo knowing what a great martial artist Ranma is he says "Your problem's not so bad after all is it? please choose one of my daughters to be your wife, theres Kasumi, she is 19, Nabiki, she is 16 and Akane she is 15, you may have anyone." Well in unison Kasumi and Nabiki piont out that Akane would be the best choice. " WHAT! why me" "well you said you don't like guys, and Ranma is half girl, so you were made for each other." Well not that Akane Ranma are off to a great start, Akane thinking Ranma is some pervert and Ranma thinking Akane is "uncute tom-boy" why dont you go and watch it. Rent t.v. episode one, or order it from Viz if you can't find anywhere else it, which im sure you can't. There are many different seiries becuase in Japna there was the T.v. sereies and then one big seires with close to 150 episodes. To make dubbing easier They'e split the big into more series, right now you can buy Anthing goes Martial arts series, The Hard Battle series, The OAV (only avaible on Video) sereies, and some of the outta control sereies