| | | All 24 Episodes of the Fifth TV Series!
Features: DVD
It's not easy being teenaged martial artist Ranma Saotome, but it's even worse when your martial-artist father Genma takes you from home at an early age to go on a decade-long training mission. He doesn't speak a word of Chinese, and yet he insists upon bringing you to the cursed training ground known as Jusenkyo, where falling into one of the many springs there instantly turns you into whoever-or whatever-drowned there last. And then, the two of you have this accident...From now on, a splash of cold water will turn your father into a giant panda, while you...well, you turn into a red-haired (and problematically well-built) female version of yourself. Hot water will reverse the effect, but only until the next time. What's a half-guy, half-girl to do? Includes 24 episodes in one DVD box set!
"...combines the sensibility of Japanese comics...with the sight gags and bizarre logic of Looney Toons." Chris Holland & Scott Hamilton, Stomp Tokyo
"Gender bending slapstick anime fun." Norman Short, DVD Verdict
Editor's Note
Includes all 22 episodes of the MARTIAL MAYHEM series, which follows the popular hero/ine along his/her ten-year training mission. This Ranma series promises the same unique humor that permeates every other edition of Rumiko Takahashi's celebrated show about the father and son duo who turn into a panda and woman, respectively, when they get wet.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Scene Access Menu | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo; Japanese Dolby Digital Mono | | Subtitles: English |
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Release Information
| | Studio: VIZ MEDIA, LLC |
| Release Date: 5/6/2003 |
| Running Time: 600 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 1205 | | UPC: 00782009087199 | | Number of Discs: 5 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: Japanese | | Available Audio Tracks: English Dubbed, Japanese | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew | Koji Sawai - Director | | Hidenori Taga - Producer | | Hidenori Taga - Executive Producer | | Hiroshi Hasegawa - Producer | | Hiroshi Toda - Screenplay | | Junji Nishimura - Director | | Kappei Yamaguchi - Voice Of | | Kenji Kawai - Original Music By | | Masahiro Sato - Art Director | | Megumi Hayashibara - Voice Of | | Minami Takayama - Voice Of | | Noriko Hidaka - Voice Of | | Rumiko Takahashi - Based On Comic Books By | | Seiji Morita - Editor | | Toshiaki Matsumoto - Original Music By |
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| | Professional Reviews | NeedCoffee.com 9 of 10
As always, Ranma 1/2 blends slapstick with a modicum of emotional development, making the character seem real, even in the surreal situations...The richness of the character development is a good accent for the slapstick and occassional silliness of the stories; the balance between comedy and drama/romance has always been part of Ranma 1/2's allure...an excellent addition to your Anime or general DVD library, with its comedy, romance, adventure, fantasy, and martial arts goodness. You'll love the stories, and the presentation of this set is quality...go forth and fall in love with Ranma or Akane like everyone else- you'll be glad you did!
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