Ranma 1/2 Comics in general

There was only a section for Ranma under "printed books" and it seemed too much hassle to get a new one created for the animé, so, without further ado... ===== I've always been a fan of Japanese films, and now my interest has transcended into the weird and wonderful world of animé. In short, animé is a genre of film that is completely animated with no need for human actors; however, Ranma ½ is more accurately a cartoon series with two spin-off films to boot. Ranma ½ is the creation of Rumikio Takahashi and began life as manga (the printed version of an animé, I guess a comic ...  Read the complete review

Ranma is a manga by Rumiko Takahashi, my favourite author and one of the best in Japan; it consist in 38 volumes of about 180 pages each, published between 1987 and 1991 by Shogakukan There is also an Anime and many OAV. English version of manga and anime was published by Viz. THE STORY Ranma Saotome, a 16 years old japanese boy is dragged off by his father Genma on a martial arts training expedition to China; during their journey they arrives in a weird place where there are over an hundred magical hot springs. If you fall into one of that springs you'll take the body of the first creature to drown in that spring, and you'll take this ...  Read the complete review

Well this sums up the plot... Ranma is a young boy.. He has a dad named Genma. One day they are training (in martial arts) over an enchanted lake. They somehow manage to fall in and when they emerge......, well Ranma is now a young girl and Genma has turned into a Panda bear..(who by the way cannot talk - he uses signboards a la roadrunner) They meet with a family who has daughters, and to cut a long story short, Ranma is in love with one of the girls.... who is pretty freaked out at Ranma's sex-change abilities... To make things worse, Ranma has an old rival named Ryoga, who is also in love with the same girl - whose name is Akane... Ryoga turns in to a ...  Read the complete review

Ranma 1/2 is a Japanese animated series from Rumikio Takahashi, one of Japan's best. History: It started as a manga (graphic novel). Then due to its popularity it became an animated series which aired in Japan around 1992. The animated series was later imported to the U.S. by Viz Video. Viz Video is based in San Francisco and distributes tapes through mail-order. This is one of the most popular animes. Plot: A Father and his son, both martial artist, go to China to train above a cursed spring. They fall in and get cursed. Here's the best part. When they are splashed with cold water they transform into whatever drowned in the pool ...  Read the complete review