Ranma ½ (1989)★ 8.1/10
- Action
- Animation
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Romance
Directed by: Junji Nishimura, Kōji Sawai
Written by: Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Kōji Sawai, Rumiko Takahashi, Hiroshi Toda, Michiko Yokote
Ranma transforms into a girl when splashed with cold water. An Amazon warrior Shampoo, cursed to become a cat, pursues him. Ranma's friend Mousse fights him over fiance Akane amid a panty thief's antics.
- Original title
- Ranma ½
- Storyline
- Ranma Saotome, the boy who turns into a girl with a splash of water, always has his hands full fending off crazed admirers. One of the most fanatical is Shampoo, a girl from a tribe of Chinese Amazons who tried to kill girl Ranma, was defeated by boy Ranma, and then proposes marriage to him due to her clan's rule. Things get a little crazier when Shampoo falls into a cursed spring and turns into a cat! And even crazier when Mousse, who is in love with Shampoo, challenges Ranma to a battle over...Ranma's fiancée, Akane...? Back at the Tendo dojo, Ranma's dad, Genma, and Akane's dad, Soun, receive a visit from their former master, Happosai. Around the same time, some of the neighborhood ladies find their undies are disappearing... Is Happosai responsible, or is it just a coincidence?
- Rating
- 8.1 / 10 · 2,292
- Companies
- Kitty Animation, Kitty Films, Shogakukan Production, Shogakukan, Studio DEEN, Fuji Television Network (Fuji TV), Cinemax Studios, ATV Home, AXN, America TV, Animax, Antena 3 Televisión, Arutz Hayladim, CTV, Channel 8, Channel V, Chilevisión, Dynamic Italia, Dynit, Déclic Images, Ecuavisa, Etc... TV, Europa 7, Five Ace, GBR, GMA Pictures, GTV Variety Show, Granata Press, Italia 7, JONU Media, K3, Locomotion, MCOT HD, Madman Entertainment, Magic Kids, Radio Philippines Network, RedTelesistema, SX3
- Release dates
- JP October 20, 1989