 If you liked
Ranma ½
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 ...then you might like
Urusei Yatsura
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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.
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Recommended by SailorKagome
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 Rumiko Takahashi works, with the same wacky, absurd type of comedy, stupidly crazy and unique characters, and surreal (mis)adventures, all put into a rather normal, slice of life-ish situation.
Secondly, in both anime the 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.
The female lead (Akane/Lum) is a short-tempered, easily angered tsundere, but actually cares a lot about the boy (Ranma/Ataru).
Moreover, both leads have several individuals who are hopelessly in love with them, constantly chasing after the couple and trying to break them up, and who, obviously, deeply hate
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Recommended by RenaPsychoKiller
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.
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Recommended by EtherealMerc
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
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Recommended by Bradaphraser
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
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