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Summary: Excellent, Excellent
Review: I didn't really like the Ranma 1/2 OVAs and movies that I seen, but I decided to give the TV series a try anyway. I'm glad I did, because this is great. The video is good for a TV series, and both the English and Japanese voice actors are great. For once, I didn't mind watching the dub. The menu loads quickly, and it has some very good animation. The only problem with the set is that Pioneer didn't strain themselves thinking up extras. All it contains is creditless openings and endings. Oh well, at least the songs are subtitled, and the episode previews were left in. This is the first season of Ranma 1/2. It contains 18 half-hour episodes, of which 1 consists mostly of clips from earlier episodes. However, the other 17 are excellent. Please note that it's four discs, not five. Also, the box says that it is region 1 encoded, not 'ALL'. Ranma and his father travel to china to train in the martial arts. While there, they are cursed. From now on, whenever cold water is tossed on them, Ranma will turn into a girl, and his father will turn into a panda. This causes problems because Ranma is engaged to marry another girl! A host of other characters soon show up to kill and/or marry Ranma. The plot is too complex to really explain, but sufficient to say, the series involves a lot of martial arts fights and romantic comedy. It's defiantly worth a look.
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Summary: I love this show
Review: I fell in love with Ranma 1/2 from the beginning. It's funny, whitty, and over all highly entertaining. The characters are so engaging. My favorites are P-chan and Mr. Panda. Warning - watch this show in Japanese (with subtitles if needed) only.
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Summary: a fun, complicated stew
Review: I have not seen many cartoons from Asian countries, but after seeing the first 18 episodes of "Ranma," it makes most of what the USA puts out seem like predictable fluff...the "Ranma" series opened up a whole new angle on where an animated series could go. This may be in part because it is a 'continuing saga,' almost soap-opera style. I genuinely came to care about the characters and couldn't stop watching, being transfixed on what would come of the cris-crossing relationships. You'd think it was a serious show...but the general tone is goofy, kind of slapstick humor, with Ranma getting routinely flattened by his enraged, 'fiance' Akane. There is something much deeper underneath all this--maybe because the swirling craziness of all the different clashing personalities of Ranma's past scandals and Akane's frantic suitors remind me of my own high school days...The series captures so well the changes you go through during that time... and since it includes little glimpses into the Tendo family's daily routine, it makes it all the more realistic. It's hard to describe how enduring the characters are...even Kuno gets you rooting for him. I haven't seen the second season yet, but I'm told it gets even less serious and more wacky...disappointing, as I thought the semi-realistic edge (beyond the insane abilities of the martial artists) gave this series a unique sparkle. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Fantastic anime, not so good edition.
Review: I haven't much to say about one of my favourite anime, it's fantastic, and you're gonna have a very good time seeing it. The low rate is because bad image quality, when people move the image is very bad. Although, I consider it a good purchase.
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Summary: Good Humor
Review: I started watching Ranma with the second season actually (it's all the rental place had). This is a really good opening to the series and is a little more true to the origional comics. I've laughed outloud more times than I can count. I only had a few problems with it. The voice actress change for the femail Ranma on the english version was a good move (the origional sounds a bit like a chipmunk), but I wish they'd had the second actress from the beginning as in the clip eppisode it becomes clear how they don't really match. But, if you turn on the Japanese version (which is a bit better cast in my oppinion anyways), it won't matter. Other than that, it's not the greatest series I've seen, but it's up there.
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Summary: Ranma 1/2 is a suprisingly wonderful series
Review: I was given a copy from my sister a few years back and was completely hooked on this series. Unfortunately she'd only given me the first 6 episodes leaving me to want to see more. Eventually I got to see up to all of season 2 and still the series was going strong. Warning though: The OAV movies aren't nearly as good. Starting out with the series is the best way to go. I'd only seen one of the OAV's and didn't like it but from what I've been told the others movies aren't any better.
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Summary: A MUST HAVE!!!!
Review: I'm a major fan of Ranma 1/2 and i must say this is a must have of any true Ranma fan. Its hilarious and shows how the whole thing happened, which is important if you really want to understand it, trust me, buy it! The only thing i was confused about though is it said that i would get 5 discs and i only got 4, but ill have to find out about that i guess, but as for the 4 discs i got, i loved them. :D
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Summary: Extremely Funny
Review: I've seen many different anime series, but this is by far one of the funniest. The story is about Ranma Saotome and his father Genma coming to Japan to live with his father's friends the Tendo's. Ranma's dad set him up to marry one of Mr. Tendos daughters (without any concern about what Ranma thought). Now Ranma finds himself having to marry a tomboy named Akane, and from there on out you get a topsy turvy world of martial arts, comedy, and romance. I recommend this to anyone that likes to laugh becuase you'll be doing a lot of it watching this.
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Summary: Not just another fight anime
Review: If I tell you this anime is about an exceptional good martial artist boy who turns into a girl when cold water splashs him, son of a light living lazy father who turns into a panda, about a regular martial artist girl who hates boys, about an amazon girl who turns into a cat, about a lost boy (who gets lost going to the bathroom) who turns into a pig... Wouldn't you wonder what kind of sick plot it has? I'll tell you, is about love.
Full of traditional japanese situations, you'll get to know the Tendo family, whose hosts bring all kinds of funny troubles, and where the love is the center of each chapter. Yes, it has nudity (the naked tops appears once in a while), but they are funny instead of erotical. This is the first season of this, one of the gratest anime series of all times (for the japanese people). 18 chapters (17 really, the last one is just a serie of past scenes). 4 Dvds in japanese and english. Too bad the japanese tracks are in mono.
If you buy it, you'll feel that sensation again, when you loved someone but never have the courage to say "I love you".
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Summary: GREAT SERIES!
Review: If it wasn't for my cousin who got me into Ranma 1/2 I would've missed a great anime. This is the first season of Ranma 1/2 and it's probably one of the best. I have yet to see the rest of the seasons (2-7) plus the OAV series. This boxed dvd set introduces the main characters and some new ones as well. Be sure to pick this set up!
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