Ranma 1
| Ranma ½ | |
Cover of the first tankōbon volume of Ranma ½, as published by Shogakukan in 1988.
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らんま 1/2 (Ranma Nibun-no-Ichi) |
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| 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 1987 – March 1996 |
| Volumes | 38 |
| 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, 1989 – September 16, 1989 |
| Episodes | 18 |
| 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, 1989 – September 25, 1992 |
| Episodes | 143 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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