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Summary: A good movie, but a bare-bones DVD
Review: This is the first theatrical release in the Ranma 1/2 series, featuring a high school boy who turns into a busty girl when doused with cold water, and back in hot water.First, the movie. While not as good as the second one, it's still funny and gives one of the best minor characters, the lecherous martial-arts master Happosai, a chance to truly shine. Happosai's scheming leads to Akane (Ranma's reluctant fiancee) being kidnapped by a prince who wants to marry her, and the entire gang (plus Lychee, the bride originally intended for the prince, and her pet elephant Jasmine) have to set out for Nekonron, China to stop the wedding. The DVD has a few extras, most notably a character gallery - they're strictly bare-bones, though, nothing particularly good or worthy of seeing twice (although this seems to be the case more often than not with anime). The video quality is as good as the animation can look on DVD (much better than the TV series), and the language tracks in English and Japanese are good. It helps that Viz Video is one of the few competent anime dubbers around. If you're a Ranma fan, you should buy this - just don't expect worthwhile extras.
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Summary: Ranma 1/2 Anime Fan!!
Review: I bought this DVD by mistake thinking it was a different Anime for my daughter. She is a BIG anime fan and was dissapointed at first that this was what she got given, but when she watched it the first time, she loved it! and so did I! It was jamed with a lot of humour and was a great Love triangle comedy! At first we were a little confused on why Ranma turns into Ranma-chan a female at first, but the DVD has extras, including the story line and character bio's. Now my daughter can't get enough of Ranma 1/2 and I have even decided to by the TV series Boxed sets now. So I would say this title is a must for all you ANIME lovers out there! A very imaginative and fun filled Anime! BUY IT TODAY FOLKS!
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Summary: Great Movie!
Review: what a great movie, it has just about everything! romance, comedy, action, drama, (drama as in kirin finally putting down his chopsticks & rice bowl for akane) & of course you cant forget the pickles (dont ask just watch it)
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Summary: The most funniest Anime movie ever!
Review: This movie is awesome.I don't know why people say it's dull.Here's just a brief summary:16 year old Akane Tendo is swept off her feet by a prince named Kirin and her secret crush,Ranma Satome and company have to get her back.I reccomend you watch a few other videos of Ranma 1/2 to get the idea(because Ranma is actually half girl half boy!)I give this movie 5 stars because it had lot's of action and a good plot.It was really funny too.I don't know why some people think it deserves a NC-17 rating because I'd actually rate this movie PG or PG-13. So go get this movie Anime fans for a healthy dose of Ranma 1/2! Oh yeah,one disapointing thing is Ukyo is hardly in this movie!
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Summary: Arial
Review: Ranma 1/2 is the most awesome and hillarious T.V. series. I think they should put it in fox kids . I'm trying to collect every Ranma1/2 items they sell , but all I need is the money and the info. to where they're selling the items. The first time I saw Ranma1/2 was when I was 10 years old and I was soooo sooo sooo thrilled by it that I dreamed that I was Ranma's best friend and that I was fighting along side him. IT's My #1 T.V. show along with Digimon. "IT'S RANMA TIME DUDE".
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Summary: THE BEST EVER
Review: The best movie I have ever seen and the fight sences were great to if you love anime you'll love Ranma 1/2
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Summary: Big laughs for all
Review: A wonderful movie, a must see for all people who love ranma 1/2
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Summary: Hilarious and Intertaining.
Review: Warning:You should have watched at least 1 episode of Ranma to enjoy this movie,or you wont understand the relationships between the characters and they are a bit complex. That warning aside,lets see what Ranma has gotten himself into this time.The movie begins with Hopposai stealing lingerie again and Ranma catching him as he was attempting to steal the underwear hung at the kendo house.What insues is a girl who has come all the way from China to meet Hopposai and discuss the issue of a certain scroll thats supposed to make her meet her prince.The problems start when the prince suddenly appears but the scroll is in the hands of Akane,so he thinks she is his bride and takes her away.Ranma and Co. now have to go to Nekonron,China to rescue Akane. The animation is okay,nothing spectacular but not horrible either.The dub is actually good,given the fact that I hate dubs.All in all,if you are looking for a fun movie to watch or add to your collection,then this is a good choice.You will be laughing the whole movie through.
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Summary: Very fun!
Review: This was a great deal of fun to watch! (No, I haven't gone mad, and no, Viz hasn't bought me off. And yes, I realize that I'm watching a dubbed show!) What can I say? Everything that's made Ranma such a popular long-running series is present in this package, and the folks over at Viz did a pretty decent job of dubbing to boot. The story is not exactly Academy material, but bear in mind that this show is aimed at kids. That means that you should expect to see some very silly action, and as far as movies go, it will be short. As so this is, on both counts. There is a lot of slap stick and Saturday-morning cartoon-type humour, right from the very opening scene. If you think that the martial arts action of Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles is great, this show is right up your alley. And just so you'll completely involved, there's even pretty decent opening and closing themes to boot. The animation is on par with higher-quality OAV's, but what I really like about the Ranma series -- at least in this incarnation -- are Nakajima Atsuko's character designs. Clean, simple and very, very innocent. Plus the animators gave everyone some of the most expressive anime eyes every to grace the screen. It's not that they're large by anime standards, but these babies convey emotion in volumes. Fans of some of the other characters, most notably Ryoga, Shampoo and Mousse will be disappointed, as they get very minor supporting roles. And those who are fans of Ukyo will be disappointed even further, as she gets what amounts to a cameo, along with many others that appeared in the TV and OAV episodes. But this story's pretty basic, and 74 minutes is far too short to try to bring the whole crew in, so what we're left with is a fairly stock 'knight in shining armour rescues damsel in distress' story. The writers kept things quite simple, keeping the action very straight forward, punctuated by regular one-line zingers. I was most impressed with the English scripting, since things seemed to flow quite seamlessly. (Unfortunately, I don't have an original Japanese dialog version, so I can't rate how accurate the translations might be.) Vocal cast was certainly acceptable; in fact, I've come to like the dubbed voices for Nabiki, Shampoo and the poetry-spouting Kuno. Give Ledoux & Co. credit, they did a very credible job, especially when it came to the prose-spouting, go-shi wielding twins, Daihokusai and Daikokusai. Their final line when Ranma discovers their weakness had me laughing. It may seem like a very formulaic/derivative movie, and it is (any fan of Bruce Lee movies will immediately recognise the influence of 'Game of Death'), but the Ranma formula seems most successful when things are kept pretty basic, and concentrates on Akane and Ranma's relationship. This movie is the first, and probably the best of the lot.
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Summary: Buy this movie!
Review: I had never heard of Ranma, but there was a brief trailer at the end of one of my five-year old daughter's tapes and it caught her interest. Now I'm hooked. This is without a doubt, the weirdest and best animated feature I've ever seen! Yes, there are some marginally adult situations involving a bizarre, bra-stealing old pervert, but the rest is pretty tame in that respect. The complexity and originality is enough to make you watch it again. Not in a day or a week, but as soon as it's finished! The action and humor held the attention of my daughter, my parents and myself. This is truly a wonderful experience. I HIGHLY recommend it.
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