Dec 30, 2024
First review here but I was inspired to counter some hate I saw to write this.
I absolutely loved the original Ranma 1/2 series growing up. It was one of the first anime I came across as a youth. It was such a fun and unique story that attached me to Rumiko Takahashi's works in the future. The anime sadly didn't have an ending so with the premise of a modern remake I was hopeful to get a true ending. I never saw Urusei Yatsura (an even older Takahashi work) but I saw the remake which someone captured that 80-90s anime style while being modern
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animation. I enjoyed it so much I bought all the original stuff for it. My point is the remake is worth it.
Let me say this disclaimer before I continue.
Ignore haters like "MidniteAndBeyond" who don't see the beauty and comedy of this piece. Remake are NOT supposed to be modernized to a point where they lose their original life (so that comment about "There's also a lot of very uncomfortable dialogue for LGBT viewers to listen to. I'm sure someone will defend it by saying it was a product of its time, but isn't the point of a remake to... REMAKE things for a modern audience?" is moot). This work isn't about political correctness and shouldn't be because the story would VASTLY change if we start thinking in a modern LGBT sense which would lose the point and charm.
This is a work that helped create the modern "Tsundere" trope as well as one of the oldest non Dragon Ball battle shonen types (while also a harem/romcom/comedy which is crazy). Personally I didn't like the censorship on the remake which is my only complaint thus far as it kind of goes against the original manga and anime. But this anime did something rarely scene and actually added in unique colorings and manga effects in writing which adds a unique style and enjoyment that contrasts with the original (so you can enjoy both in different capacities).
The animation itself was great and the voice acting was wonderful (I originally watched the old dub but since they recast for this I went for the sub which used most the original cast but the new dub didn't sound bad for the samples I swapped to). This is definitely a highlight on Netflix and I look forward to the announced season 2. I know it will be shorter than the original 190+ anime and more to the manga (meaning no filler) but I hope it doesn't cut out too much in the long run and naturally gets to a solid conclusion like Yatsura did (which was also a long old 100 episode anime and only 40-50 for remake)
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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