Ranma 1/2

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February 16th, 1998:

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Series Description:

Ranma 1/2 is Japanese animation about a few teenagers. The basic plot centers around a boy named Ranma who has been promised in marriage to a girl named Akane. Unfortunately, Ranma's past keeps haunting him and several people come to try and kill, pummel, marry, etc. Ranma. To complicate matters, Ranma has a curse. When he is hit with cold water, he becomes a buxom female. Hot water restores his manhood. In the series are other characters with similar curses who change into other creatures: pandas, cats, ducks, pigs, etc

From the Anime Pocket Guide:

Ranma 1/2 (FILM, OAV, OAVs, TV)  
Genre: Romantic Comedy

Cast:
  Ranma Saotome (boy) ............... Kappei Yamaguchi
  Ranma Saotome (girl) ............ Megumi Hayashibara
  Akane Tendou ......................... Noriko Hidaka
  Kasumi Tendou ........................ Kikuko Inouye
  Nabiki Tendou ...................... Minami Takayama
  Shampoo ................................. Rei Sakuma
  Ukyou Kuonji .......................... Hiromi Tsuru
  Ryouga Hibiki ....................  Kouichi Yamadera
  Happosai ............................. Ichiroo Nagai
  Tatewaki Kunou .................... Hirotaka Suzuoki
  Kodachi 'Black Rose' Kunou ........... Saeko Shimazu
  Sasuke ............................... Shigeru Chiba
  Mikado Sanzenin .................... Kazuhiko Inouye
  Azusa Shiratori ....................... Naoko Matsui
  Hikaru Gosunkugi .................... Issei Futamata
  Daisuke ..............................Takendo Koyasu

Anime Pocket Guide Description: One day, Soun Tendo calls his 3 daughters in and tells them that one of them is going to be iinazuke (fiancee) to Ranma, the son of his best friend. Soun faints when Ranma arrives and turns out to be a girl. It soon turns out that Ranma is really a boy, but has a curse where he will turn into a girl when cold water is splashed on him. Hot water returns him to normal. Nabiki & Kasumi immediately elect Akane as the iinazuke because "she hates boys and Ranma is only half a boy". Ranma, for his part, doesn't like Akane because she's violent and "not cute". Akane is miffed at Ranma because he beat her in martial arts (Ranma was a girl then) and shows her feelings by crushing Ranma with a table. A wonderful start to a beautiful relationship :-). A martial arts comedy by Rumiko Takahashi. Note that the 2nd TV season onward is known as "Ranma 1/2 Nettouhen". US Release by: Viz Video (dubbed and subtitled) Anime Pocket Guide Rating: RECOMMENDED -- especially the 1st TV season.

Other Ranma 1/2 links:

Television Episode List
For other links, check out Ranma Links Around the World

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