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Ranma ½

Ranma ½
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Cover of the first tankōbon volume of Ranma ½, as published by Shogakukan in 1988.
らんま 1/2
(Ranma Nibun-no-Ichi)
Genre Martial arts, Romantic comedy, Urban fantasy
Manga
Written by Rumiko Takahashi
Published by Shogakukan
English publisher
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run September 1987March 1996
Volumes 38 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki
Tsutomu Shibayama
Produced by Kitty Films
Studio Studio Deen
Licensed by
Original network Fuji TV
English network , Neon Alley
Original run April 15, 1989September 16, 1989
Episodes 18 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Ranma ½ Nettōhen
Directed by Koji Sawai
Junji Nishimura
Produced by Kitty Films
Studio Studio Deen
Licensed by
Original network Fuji TV
English network , Neon Alley
Original run October 20, 1989September 25, 1992
Episodes 143 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China
Directed by Shuji Iuchi
Produced by Kitty Films
Written by Ryota Yamaguchi,
Shūji Iuchi,
Shigeru Yanagawa
Music by Kenji Kawai
Studio Studio Deen
Licensed by
Released November 2, 1991
Runtime 80 minutes
Anime film
Ranma ½: Nihao My Concubine
Directed by Akira Suzuki
Produced by Kitty Films
Written by Ryota Yamaguchi
Music by Akihisa Matsura
Studio Studio Deen
Licensed by
Released August 1, 1992
Runtime 65 minutes
Anime film
Ranma ½: Super Indiscriminate Decisive Battle! Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix
Directed by Junji Nishimura
Produced by Kitty Films
Written by Ryota Yamaguchi
Music by Akihisa Matsuura,
Kenji Kawai
Studio Studio Deen
Licensed by
Released August 20, 1994
Runtime 25 minutes
Related media
Live-action television film
Directed by Ryo Nishimura
Written by Yoshihiro Izumi
Music by Kei Yoshikawa
Studio Nikkatsu
Original network NTV
Released December 9, 2011
Runtime 95 minutes
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Ranma ½ (Japanese: らんま 1/2 Hepburn: Ranma Nibun-no-Ichi?, pronounced Ranma One-Half) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected into 38 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan. The story revolves around a teenage boy named Ranma Saotome who has trained in martial arts since early childhood. As a result of an accident during a training journey, he is cursed to become a girl when splashed with cold water, while hot water changes him back into a boy. Throughout the series Ranma seeks out a way to rid himself of his curse, while his friends, enemies and many fiancées constantly hinder and interfere.

Ranma ½ has a comedic formula and a sex-changing main character, who often willfully transforms into a girl to advance his goals. The series also contains many other characters, whose intricate relationships with each other, unusual characteristics, and eccentric personalities drive most of the stories. Although the characters and their relationships are complicated, they rarely change once they are firmly introduced and settled into the series.

The manga has been adapted into two anime series created by Studio Deen: Ranma ½ and Ranma ½ Nettōhen (らんま½ 熱闘編), which together were broadcast on Fuji Television from 1989 to 1992. In addition, they developed 12 original video animations and three films. In 2011, a live-action television special was produced and aired on Nippon Television. The manga and anime series were licensed by Viz Media for English-language releases in North America. Madman Entertainment released the manga, part of the anime series and the first two movies in Australasia, while MVM Films released the first two movies in the United Kingdom. The Ranma ½ manga has over 53 million copies in print in Japan. Both the manga and anime are cited as some of the first of their mediums to have become popular in the United States.


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