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Summary: Season Three Is For Me
Review: This is it! The Hard Battle Box Set, marking the 3rd season of the hit anime Ranma 1/2. If you aren't quite up to date on what this show is about then I say..."WHERE AND THE HECK HAVE YOU BEEN!?"....I also say, that I will not even attempt to say that which has already been said, far too many times. Ok, with that said, this box set includes some of the best episodes of the entire series. It even features a couple episodes VIZ released on a special tape featuring just that, the best episodes of the entire series(hows that for proof). It also finally finishes up the introduction of all the most major characters with Ranma's latest fiance, Ukyo.
Ranma has long been known for its quirky, unsophisticated, romantic, and entirely enjoyable brand of comedy. And this particular season truly shines with some classic moments.
So if you are a Ranma fan, then I definitely suggest you do yourself a favor and pick this up. If you are new to Ranma, well then it would be best if you start with first season. Or rent some tapes before buying this. As you will find yourself more confused than a Japanese tourist at a Lynard Skynard concert.(totally lost, wont know who or what your dealing with, along with plenty of cultural misunderstandings to boot) So take my advice when going into these convoluted and yes, oh so entertaining waters, take it one step at a time.
Either way, most people will have a blast with this series. Its fun for the whole family, if you don't mind a little casual nudity.(this goes back to that whole cultural misunderstanding thing) Enjoy = )
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Summary: Merely Average Season of Ranma
Review: This is the season where the episodes start to dip down in quality.Video Quality: 3/5, not nearly as good as the first couple seasons. I dont know what happened here, but it could just be the source material. Sound Quality: 4/5, both the english and japanese tracks sounded fine on my system Content Quality: 3/5, The start of this season began really well, with the introduction of Ukyo and the episodes that followed, but soon began to get worse in quality. Most of these episodes were just boring and weren't very memorable. The fact that Happosai was the main focus of most of the episodes didn't help either. I mean, I like the little guy, but he just gets really old after a while. If you enjoyed the wonderful first and second seasons, you might want to give this one a try. Its almost a completely different series though, where the first seasons had a continuing story, these are all stand alone episodes. Some of them are fun, but just don't carry the magic the first season had.
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: This season of Ranma starts off well with the introduction of yet another fiance for Ranma - Ukyo, who up until now Ranma believed to be a boy! Things get crazier and there are some brilliant episodes with Kodachi & Kuno. I don't think there's any bad episodes here- at least they wouldn't be if not for 2 episodes only having english audio on them which is just wrong. Personally I'd like to have profiles of the japanese voice cast not the US cast but other than that this is an essential purchase. The episodes with Happosai in are truely hilarious and worth getting for alone.
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Summary: They fixed the missing japanese audio tracks - 8/30/2002
Review: Viz Productions went and fixed the Japanese Audio Tracks for episodes 22-23. So if you get the box set now, you'll get it in all its glory. In fact, if you bought the box set eariler and and have the audio track problems, send the lone problem disc back and you'll get the problem free copy AND a free gift for your troubles. Visit store.viz.com for further details. Ranma rocks my socks off! I can't wait for season 5 & 6 boxed sets.
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Summary: Farewell to Sarah Strange
Review: Well, a major change happens in this season. We're introduced to Ukyo Kuonji, okonomiyaki master and yet another fiancee to Ranma. Personally, I can't stand her, but oh well. It does seem that Kelly Sheridan does a pretty good starting job for the anime, but then again, she did have some extra time to get Ukyo's voice right(she previously did her voice in a few Ranma OVAs and movies). Still, I do like Hitomi Tsuru a bit better(who's also Meryl in Trigun and Bulma in the Dragonball series) This also happens to be the only season that doesn't have any mutli-part episodes. Not one. The English cast finally seems to be mastering the voices, even Sarah Strange, which is a bit upsetting, since this was also the final season in which she did Ranma's English voice, as Richard Cox(Inu-Yasha, X-Men Evolution, Mobile Suit Gundam, Zoids) did the voice afterwards. I think this is the best season of Ranma yet, although season 6 is my personal favorite. It's definitely worth watching, but like other people said, watch out for the defective disk 5, which has English-dubbing only for the 22nd and 23rd episodes!
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Summary: Farewell to Sarah Strange
Review: Well, a major change happens in this season. We're introduced to Ukyo Kuonji, okonomiyaki master and yet another fiancee to Ranma. Personally, I can't stand her, but oh well. It does seem that Kelly Sheridan does a pretty good starting job for the anime, but then again, she did have some extra time to get Ukyo's voice right(she previously did her voice in a few Ranma OVAs and movies). Still, I do like Hitomi Tsuru a bit better(who's also Meryl in Trigun and Bulma in the Dragonball series) This also happens to be the only season that doesn't have any mutli-part episodes. Not one. The English cast finally seems to be mastering the voices, even Sarah Strange, which is a bit upsetting, since this was also the final season in which she did Ranma's English voice, as Richard Cox(Inu-Yasha, X-Men Evolution, Mobile Suit Gundam, Zoids) did the voice afterwards. I think this is the best season of Ranma yet, although season 6 is my personal favorite. It's definitely worth watching, but like other people said, watch out for the defective disk 5, which has English-dubbing only for the 22nd and 23rd episodes!
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Summary: Amazing Dvd
Review: When I first got the box set, I thought I was going to space it out, a few episodes here, a few episodes later, and so on. But when i started watching it, I couldn't stop. I ended up watching all of them in way day, and ending up seeing Shampoo, Akane, and the new, yet loveliest Ukyo whenever I closed my eyes. Not that I'm complaining about that, but Season 3 was so funny, I couldn't stop watching it, If your a Ranma Fan, you must absolutely buy Season 3! Season 3 will only add to your Ranma enjoyment and will bring you glee that you bought it. If you new to ranma, I sugest watching from the begining before getting this, but this is a must have for any Anime Fan, espcially if you need some laughter in your life. That why I give it a 10/5 stars. Unfortunately it won't let me go that High. It's that funny.
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Summary: Jumped the shark...
Review: You know the phrase? That's where a series gets as good as it's going to get, then starts to decline. There are a lot of really good takahashi-writen episodes here (and a few bad amateur-written ones) until they come to the anything goes obstacle race.Bad art, butchered story, poor quality control. It's not the only bad story in this set, but for me it marks the beginning of a slow decline for the series.I still reccomend getting this. In spite of a few duds, there's a lot to like here, and it's still a good bargain for your anime dollar.
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Summary: Jumped the shark...
Review: You know the phrase? That's where a series gets as good as it's going to get, then starts to decline. There are a lot of really good takahashi-writen episodes here (and a few bad amateur-written ones) until they come to the anything goes obstacle race.Bad art, butchered story, poor quality control. It's not the only bad story in this set, but for me it marks the beginning of a slow decline for the series.I still reccomend getting this. In spite of a few duds, there's a lot to like here, and it's still a good bargain for your anime dollar.
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