Ranma ½ (2024)

During their martial arts training expedition in China, Ranma Saotome and his father Genma suffered an accident, which in turn, afflicted them with a curse—whenever they are doused with cold water, Ranma transforms into a girl, while his father turns into a panda! Only hot water can reverse these changes, but any further contact with cold water opens the can of worms once more.

Unfortunately, the trouble does not end there, as Ranma finds out about his betrothal to one of the daughters of Soun Tendou, his father's closest friend. During the families' first meeting, it is decided that Ranma is to be married to Akane, the youngest daughter, a decision that is met with vehement protests from both sides. The two are simply not compatible, yet they are forced to live under one roof. Ranma's status quo further adds to the chaos, leading him to a series of comedic situations and misunderstandings that, in the grand scheme of things, may just be what he needs to work with Akane.

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Saotome, Ranma Main

Yamaguchi, Kappei Japanese

Tendou, Akane Main

Hidaka, Noriko Japanese

Hibiki, Ryouga Supporting

Yamadera, Kouichi Japanese

Shampoo Supporting

Sakuma, Rei Japanese

Tendou, Nabiki Supporting

Takayama, Minami Japanese

Saotome, Genma Supporting

Cho Japanese

Kunou, Tatewaki Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Tendou, Kasumi Supporting

Inoue, Kikuko Japanese

Tendou, Soun Supporting

Ootsuka, Akio Japanese

Kunou, Kodachi Supporting

Sakura, Ayane Japanese

Okamura, Kouya Producer

Uda, Kounosuke Director, Sound Director

Del Greco, Marcelo Script

ano Theme Song Performance

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Oct 26, 2024

Arlolic

Recommended

Preliminary (4/? eps)

This is peak. The art style, the animation, the sound design, the pacing, the comedy, the conflicts... All of it is peak.

I highly recommend giving the first episode a try. The premise is not, like I mistakenly thought, a weird fetish thing. It's unusual, but that only lets the author's creativity shine. And the premise is not the only interesting aspect of Ranma 1/2, all of the characters are unique and there are many fun and intriguing aspects to many of them.

I have not watched the original nor read the manga, an I find myself captivated by this anime every moment (it's a remake ... apparently).
The most difficult part in watching this is waiting for the next episode rather than watching the old version, for the pain of seeing the episode end is hard to bear.

Very cool, thanks staff. 10/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 27, 2024

Lephiz69

Recommended

Preliminary (3/? eps)

Unfortunate that there are no boobs, but still peak
10/10


Yes, story is unique
Art style is amazing
Characters are fire
Yes, the characters reacted exaggeratingly but its a gag anime so still fire
You will love this show

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Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 31, 2024

KaptainTZ

Not Recommended

Funny

Preliminary (3/? eps)

Why? What was the point of this remake?

Ranma 1/2 follows the same route as the Urusei Yatsura remake in that we are getting a censored remake of a beloved classic. Yes, talking about how they removed the topless fanservice that both series were actually famous for. It's easy to write off people getting upset about the censorship as perverts because, after all, why do you need tiddies in your anime? Obviously you don't. There are plenty of good series that don't have topless women. The response to that is why did they have to remove one of the aspects that these classic shows were famous ... for?

The original Ranma 1/2 came out at a time where showing tiddies on TV was extremely daring. It was a risky marketing tactic that worked. Not to mention with the whole gender flip-flopping gimmick the topless scenes actually made sense. The original manga & adaptation did what they wanted completely uncensored and unrestricted. Aside from an updated art style and animation style, the remake is just an inferior copy which you have no reason to watch unless you just really don't want to see nipples... which is kind of weird.

I actually enjoyed the first episode of the new adaptation until he got the topless scene where the nipples were removed. If the topless scenes are so integral to the story that you can't remove all of them, then why censor the ones that remain? Now we live in this weird reality where nipples don't exist, and for what? Half assed censorship? If Netflix wanted to censor Ranma, they could've at least gone all the way. Now we've just got this weird bastardization of the source material that isn't in line with the original yet isn't completely censored.

I get it: "why are the tiddies so important to you?"
My counter to that is "why was it so important that they were removed?"

Who was this remake made for? What was the point of it?

I gave it a 1 even though it's probably more fair to give like a 6. This remake isn't particularly bad, I just absolutely abhor what it stands for.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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