A girl is involuntarily engaged to a boy who turns female when hit with cold water and male when hit with hot.
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Ryoga and Ranma fight inside Furinkan school grounds, leading Ryoga to find out about the Ranma's Jusenkyo curse.
A strange young man appears at Furinkan High School in search of Ranma. When he sees him, he exclaims "Ranma! Prepare to die!" and attacks!
Ranma and Akane are enjoying a parfait at the cafe when a beautiful young girl named Shampoo suddenly appears before them! Exclaiming "I kill Ranma!" she relentlessly chases him!
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| Kappei Yamaguchi | ... | Ranma Saotome Male / ... 18 episodes, 1989 | |
| Megumi Hayashibara | ... | Ranma Saotome Female / ... 18 episodes, 1989 | |
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Noriko Hidaka | ... | Akane Tendo 18 episodes, 1989 |
| Sarah Strange | ... | Ranma Saotome Male 18 episodes, 1989 | |
| Myriam Sirois | ... | Akane Tendo 18 episodes, 1989 | |
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Michael Donovan | ... | Ryoga Hibiki / ... 18 episodes, 1989 |
| Andrea Kwan | ... | Ranma Saotome (Female) (Animax Asia dub) 18 episodes, 1989 | |
| Robert O. Smith | ... | Genma Saotome / ... 17 episodes, 1989 | |
| Willow Johnson | ... | Kasumi Tendo 16 episodes, 1989 | |
| Angela Costain | ... | Nabiki Tendo 15 episodes, 1989 | |
| Venus Terzo | ... | Ranma Saotome Female / ... 12 episodes, 1989 | |
| David Kaye | ... | Soun Tendo 12 episodes, 1989 | |
| Ian James Corlett | ... | Dr. Tofu Ono / ... 12 episodes, 1989 | |
| Candice Moore | ... | Kodachi Kuno / ... 12 episodes, 1989 | |
| Brigitta Dau | ... | Ranma Saotome Female / ... 11 episodes, 1989 | |
| Ted Cole | ... | Tatewaki Kuno 8 episodes, 1989 | |
| Kôichi Yamadera | ... | Ryoga Hibiki 8 episodes, 1989 | |
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Rumiko Takahashi's story of a high school aged girl named Akane who finds herself engaged to be married because of an arrangement by her father. Unfortunately her fiance, Ranma, turns out to be less of a man than expected and was raised by a giant panda. Written by David McGuire <bdm55707@jetson.uh.edu>
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The character of Ranma and the initial inspiration for the entire series originally spawned from Ryuunosuke Fujinami, a secondary character in Rumiko Takahashi's previous work "Urusei Yatsura" (1981). Ryuunosuke is a girl raised by her maniacal, single father to be a boy, and became skilled in martial arts through his daily, brutal training. She constantly longs to express her pent-up feminine side, but obstacles (usually her father) keep getting in her way. See more »Goofs
Tatewaki Kuno constantly refers to female Ranma as "pigtailed girl". Female Ranma actually has a pony-tail. See more »Alternate Versions
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For me I find Ranma 1/2 to be the best series that I have ever seen. I am an anime fan. Slowly rising in the world of anime fandom. For I have been a fan since Sailor Moon first apeard in the UK.
But anyway on to the comments of this. I have only seen up to series 3 and the 2 movies but I find it to be amazing. What with curses plaguing people and getting them into trouble. But also helping them out. But also with martial arts and hilarious prodicaments to make this better. Plus for the cherry on top there is a little bit of romance in there to make people connect with it and enjoy it more. Now the characters are brilliently created from there personallities to what they look like and the voice actors used.
Well as you can see I love this series and I say if you like romance, fighting or funny anime then this is the one for you.