Ranma ½

Ranma ½ (Japaneseらんま½, Ranma ni bun no ichi ) is a closed, internationally successful manga series of Japanese illustrator Rumiko Takahashi which was also implemented as an anime.

• 4.1 Manga
• 4.2 Anime 4.2.1 TV series 4.2.1.1 episode order of season
• 4.2.1.2 German implementation

Action

The focus of the series is about a 16 -year-old Ranma Saotome, a talented martial artist. His father, Genma Saotome, it already betrothed as an infant with one of the three daughters of his friend Soun Tendō to secure the continuation of the " everything-is - possible - fighting school for fights of all kinds ." The story starts with the arrival at the TENDO and the announcement of the deal. The choice falls to the youngest daughter, Akane Tendō. Henceforth the Saotomes also live in the TENDO on whose land also said fighting school is located. While at the beginning the relationship between the two is extremely tense and both reject the engagement, they realize in the course of action that they secretly feel something for each other. The situation is complicated by the fact that Ranma, his father and other characters have fallen into an enchanted sources and since then a curse on them, transforms them in contact with cold water in another form. So Ranma (hence the suffix " 1- of -2") transforms into a girl and his father into a giant panda, and only with hot water, the effect can be reversed.

As the story progresses, more and more characters appear who have a relationship with Ranma or Akane, or want to build, so that the two are constantly involved in fights.

Genre and style

Ranma ½ is characterized by quirky characters, a host of comic scenes, arising from the fact that Ranma turns into inappropriate moments in a girl, quick change from tragic, quiet and comical moments and by playing with expectations and "traditional" gender roles. Thus, for example, Ranma a typical macho, but scenes in which he emphasizes his masculinity are often ridiculed, eg when he comes into contact with cold water. As a girl, then he either retains his macho behavior when or where to camouflage his alter ego a completely coated girlish behavior on display.

Frequently typical elders of ridicule are revealed, for example, as a tearful father, child or teacher Lingerie collecting martial arts master.

Martial arts is an essential element in Ranma ½ and is also parodied extensively. In the series there are so weird martial arts and martial arts competitions such as figure skating, gymnastics and cheerleading.

Ranma ½ also contains many original Japanese puns, however, can hardly be translated and thus missing in the German version mostly.

Characters

Family Saotome

Ranma Saotome (早 乙 女 乱马, Saotome Ranma, a girl in Hiraganaらんま)

Genma Saotome (早 乙 女 玄 马, Saotome Genma )

Nodoka Saotome (早乙女 のどか, Nodoka Saotome )

Tendo Family

Akane Tendo (天道 あかね, Tendō Akane )

Soun Tendo (天道 早 云, Tendō Soun )

Nabiki Tendo (天道 な びき, Tendō Nabiki )

Kasumi Tendo (天道 かすみ, Tendō Kasumi )

The Chinese Characters

Shampoo (シャンプー, Shampu, Chinese珊 璞, Pinyin Shanpu )

Cologne (コロン, Coron, Chinese可 崘, Pinyin Ke Lun )

Mousse (ムース, Musu, Chinese沐 丝, Pinyin MUSI )

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Kuno family

Tatewaki Kuno (九 能 帯 刀, Kuno Tatewaki )

Kodachi Kuno (九 能 小 太 刀, Kuno Kodachi )

Director Kuno (九 能 校长, Kuno - Kocho )

Sasuke Sarugakure (猿 隠 佐 助, Sarugakure Sasuke )

More people from Nerima

Ukyo Kuonji (久远 寺 右 京, Kuonji Ukyo )

Dr. Tofu Ono (小 乃 东风, Ono Tofu )

Hinako Ninomiya (二ノ宮 ひな子, Hinako Ninomiya )

Hikaru Gosunkugi (五寸 钉 光, Gosunkugi Hikaru )

Other martial artists

Ryoga Hibiki (响 良 牙, Ryoga Hibiki )

Happosai (八宝 斎, Happosai )

Publications

Manga

Ranma ½ was released in Japan from September 1987 to February 1996 in a total of 407 individual chapters in the manga magazine Shōnen Sunday of Shogakukan Publishing. These individual chapters were summarized as tankōbon edition to 38 anthologies, each with 8-10 chapters. The series enjoyed great popularity in Japan, as early as 1988 were sold by tape five within a month more than a million copies. Due to popular demand there was from April 2002 to October 2003 a new edition ( Shinsōban ) of all manga volumes, and from December 2009 to May 2011 was released in Japan a "My First BIG Special" edition with 28 anthologies.

The manga series was an international success and is among other things also in the USA, France, Spain, Italy, Argentina and Brazil appeared.

In German Ranma ½ Egmont Manga and Anime (EMA ) has been published. There were initially two unsuccessful attempts: 1996 failed publication in separate chapters in the first version of the manga magazine Manga Power due to the setting of the booklet, and a release in 1997 on the model of U.S. comic albums (on "Western" reading direction mirrored, enlarged and with a lower page number) disappeared after the fourth band from the market. In the third attempt, the complete series was released finally from May 1999 to February 2003 in the original band split, but in a mirrored direction of reading and translation as first from the American and later from the French.

Anime

The Ranma ½ anime is almost completely inspired by the manga. Only towards the end, the story of the anime episodes of the manga is different.

TV Series

Ranma ½ was produced as a television series by Kitty film, the animation was done by Studio Deen. A total of 161 episodes have been implemented and aired on the Japanese TV station Fuji TV from April 15, 1989. Since the manga was very successful, the series was initially set to a main program space at 19:30 clock.

In early August 1989, the previously announced episode P- Chan is kidnapped (さらわ れ たPちゃん! Sarawareta P -chan! ) Not broadcast. The reason given was that at that time in Japan took place several kidnappings and the audience should not be reminded. Instead, the series was after a short break on 19 August 1989, with the result Brides for Dr. Tofu (骨盤 占い!らんま は 日本一 の お 嫁さんKotsuban Uranai! Ranma wa Nippon -ichi no Oyomesan, GV " The prediction of big hip Ranma is! continued the bride number one in Japan " ).

After the 18th episode on September 16, 1989, the television series was canceled a short time, the sequel took place from 20 October 1989 to a two hours earlier program space. This second season of Ranma ½ Nettōhen (らんま½热 闘 编, ranma ni bun no ichi nettōhen, dt " Ranma ½: Hot Battle Chapter " ) ran 143 episodes until September 25, 1992 due to financial problems at Kitty. film that led to the cessation of production, the TV series includes only the action to Chapter 227, of the arc with the appearance of Ranma's mother.

The television series was broadcast including in France, Italy, Spain and South Korea.

In early 2013 it was announced to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Shogakukan and the 35th anniversary work of Rumiko Takahashi that in Japan, the TV series will be re-released in 3 boxes on Blu -ray. The first box with 9 Blu-rays appeared on June 6, 2013.

Episode order of the first season

The three unaired episodes of the first season were shown in the second season of 8 December 1989 to 22 December 1989. In the TV broadcast of the first season it was through this shift to a break in the action, when Akane in the first race of shampoo resulted in 15 recalled a scene that came from the unaired episodes.

The following list describes the consequences in the originally intended chronological order are listed.

For the Blu -ray release, the three actually for the first season planned, but then shown only in the second season of three episodes of the originally planned site have been moved.

German implementation

The German start of episodes 1-80 was on 11 April 2002 at 14:45 clock on RTL 2 Just one day after the start of production was RTL2 known that the series should be shown an hour later. As of 26 April 2002, the time slot was moved to 16:40 clock. After the airing of the episode Victory of the loser (対決 ムース!負ける が 勝ちTaiketsu Musu! Makeru ga Kachi, dt "Showdown, mousse! Losing is Winning " ) repeated RTL 2, the first 17 ​​episodes, before the 25 series June 2002 at 18:30 clock, with the consequence Here comes Happosai! (究極 の エロ 妖怪 八宝 斉Kyūkyoku no Ero Yōkai Happosai, GV " The ultimate perverse Yōkai Happosai " ) continued. According to the impact Faithful Sasuke (九 能 家 の レ·ミゼラブルKunōke no Re Miseraburu, dt "" Les Misérables " the Kuno's " ) on 19 July 2002 interrupted the broadcasting RTL 2 and put them on August 26 to 16: 40 clock with the result demon Kuno (怪 谈!乱 馬 と 魔性 の 剣Kaidan! Ranma to masho no Ken, GV " A ghost story! Ranma and the cursed sword " ) continues. Of the remaining 81 episodes, there is no German version.

The German version of the first 80 episodes was released by Virtual Anime than three DVD boxes, without the original Japanese version. A DVD release of the remaining 81 episodes is not planned.

Synchronization

New Japan Studios produced the Japanese synchronization. The German synchronization was made by the Munich-based dubbing studio PPA Film GmbH. Dialogue directed by Michael Laske after the dialogue books of Laske and Stefan Sidak. The pronunciation of some character names are slightly distorted in the German dubbing part. So Shampu is pronounced in the German version as " Zampo " tofu as " Toufel " and Ryoga as " Dioga ".

Movies

Between 1991 and 1994 three anime movies:

All movie titles make parodies of well-known international films represent: Big Trouble in Little China (USA), Farewell My Concubine (China) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (USA).

The first two films appeared now also in German on DVD as a movie title, the American were taken. Ranma ½ - Big Trouble in Nekonron, China went along with Urusei Yatsura: Itsudatte My Darling in Japanese theaters. Ranma ½: Kessen Chō Musabetsu! Ranma Team vs Densetsu no Houō but is internationally known because of the length as a ninth OVA episode. However, this episode actually ran as a double feature with the anime movie Ghost Sweeper Mikami and Heisei Inu Monogatari construction (平成 イヌ 物語 バウ) in Japanese theaters. Later, the short film was released as OVA together with the remaining OVAs on DVD and provided with an opening and closing credits title, which was sung by the DoCo, the image format of the Before and closing credits title in 4:3 was present while the short film itself, the 16 uses :9 format.

OVAs

Based on the manga volumes 22-23, 25-27, 29 and 31 produced Studio DEEN eleven OVA episodes that came to stores in Japan from 1993 to 1996. These episodes were not synchronized German.

The following OVAs were released in Japan:

• OVA 1: Shampoo Hyōhen! Hanten HOJU no Wazawai (シャンプー 豹変!反転 宝珠 の 禍) Released in Japan on 21 October 1993
• OVA 2: Tendō - ke Scramble Christmas (天道 家 すくらんぶる クリスマス) Released in Japan on 18 February 1994
• OVA 3: Akane vs. Ranma: Oka -san no Aji wa Watashi ga Mamoru! (あかねVSらんま お母さん の 味 は 私 が 守る! ) Released in Japan on 18 February 1994
• OVA 4: Gakuen ni Fuku Arashi! Adult Change Hinako -sensei (学園 に 吹く 嵐!アダルト チェンジ ひな子 先生) Released in Japan on 21 April 1994
• OVA 5: Michi o Tsugu Mono - Zenpen (道 を 継ぐ 者·前編) Released in Japan on 17 June 1994
• OVA 6: Michi o Tsugu Mono - Kohen (道 を 継ぐ 者·後編) Released in Japan on August 19, 1994
• Special OVA 1: Yomigaeru Kioku - Jokan (よみがえる 記憶·上巻) Released in Japan on 21 April 1994
• Special OVA 2: Yomigaeru Kioku - Gekan (よみがえる 記憶·下巻) Released in Japan on 17 February 1995
• Super OVA 1: Aa! Noroi no Harendō! Waga Ai wa estates ni (ああ 呪い の 破恋洞!我が 愛 は 永遠 に) Released in Japan on September 21, 1995
• Super OVA 2: Jaku no Oni (邪悪 の 鬼) Released in Japan on 17 November 1995
• Super OVA 3: Futari no Akane: " Ranma, Atashi o Mite " (二 人 の あかね「乱马,私 を 見 て! 」 ) Released in Japan on 19 January 1996

After 15 - year break was on 30 July 2008 at the exhibition It's a Rumic World in Ginza, Tokyo, a new short film by Ranma ½ Ranma ½ called: Akumu! Shunminkō (らんま½悪 梦 春 眠 香, dt! " Ranma ½: Nightmare Frühjahrsschlafräucherwerk ") and a Inu Yasha short film presents. Both short films have been, on 29 January 2010 published along with a newly -produced short film from Urusei Yatsura, which was listed on the same exhibition in December 2008 at the "It's a Rumic World" DVD Box .. Since 20 October short film is available separately on DVD and Blu -ray.

Specials

There also appeared some specials in Japan, most of them were to get only about Kitty Animation Circle:

• Ranma ½: Chūgoku Nekonron Daikessen! Okite Yaburi Gekito no Hen! Preview
• Ranma ½: net Utagassen (らんま1/2热 闘 歌 合 戦) Released in Japan on 7 and November 21, 1990
• Ranma ½: Tendō - ke no Oyobidenai Yatsura! (らんま1/2天道 家 の および で ない 奴ら! ) Released in Japan on August 30, 1992
• Ranma ½: 1994 Music Calendar, Published in Japan in December 1993
• Ranma ½: TV Titles (らんま1/2 TVタイトル ズ) Released in Japan on 21 April 1993
• Ranma ½ Totteoki Talk: Best of Memories (らんま1/2とっておき トーク ベスト·オブ·メモリーズ) Released in Japan on 1 May 1993
• Ranma ½ Special Video: Battle ga Ippai 29- nin no Korinai Yatsura (らんま1/2スペシャル ビデオ バトル が いっぱい29人 の 懲りない やつら) Released in Japan on 3 March 1995
• Ranma ½: DoCo Music Video (らんま1/2 DoCoミュージック ビデオ) Released in Japan on August 19, 1995
• It's a Rumic World - Ranma ½: Akumu! Shunminkō (らんま½悪 梦!春 眠 香), premiered in Ginza on 30 July 2008

Music

For the television series biasing seven titles were produced:

For the German version, the songs were Just like you (1-24) and with the sun ( 25-80 ) of Petra Scheeser newly composed. Two other biasing titles have not been implemented in German.

It also produced 9 credits songs:

For the German version, only an abridged version of was used with the sun as the credits.

For the following movies theme songs were produced:

• Ranma ½ - Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Title: It's Love by Rabbit

• Title: A Piece of Love by Picasso

• Biasing Title: Natsu Yasumi Owaranai (終わらない夏休み) of DoCo
• Credits Title: Usotsuki (うそつき) of DoCo

And for the OVAs and specials:

• Ranma ½: net Utagassen Title: Akane no Komori Uta by Noriko Hidaka

• Biasing Title: Jajauma ni Sasenaide
• Closing credits title: Friends

• Biasing Title: Koi there! Panikku (恋 だ!パニック) of YAWMIN
• Credits Title: Ranma to Akane no Ballad (乱 馬 と あかね の バラード, Ranma to Akane Barado ) by Kappei Yamaguchi and Noriko Hidaka

• Biasing Title: Bokutachi wa Kore Kara (僕たちは これから) of DoCo
• Closing credits title: Kiyoku Tadashii Kurisumasu (清く 正しい クリスマス) of DoCo

• Biasing Title: Jugyōchū no Shōgakkō (授業 中 の 小学校) of DoCo
• Closing credits title: Akai Kutsu no Sunday (赤い 靴 のSUNDAY ) of DoCo

• Title: Niji to Taiyo no Oka

• Biasing Title: Kagayaku Sora to Kimi no Koe (かがやく 空 と きみ の 声) of DoCo
• Closing credits title: Dake Sakamichi Sukoshi (少し だけ 坂道) of DoCo

• Biasing Title: Omoide ga Ippai of DoCo
• Credits Title: Koi ga Hitotsu no Kiete Shimatta (恋 が ひとつ 消え て しまっ た の) of DoCo

• Biasing Title: Fukuzatsu na Ryōomoi Live Version (フクザツ な 両 想い) of DoCo
• Credits Title: Kare (彼) of DoCo

Soundtracks

Among the various versions appeared in Japan Anime numerous soundtrack CDs. The voice actresses of the female main characters founded specifically for this purpose, the band DoCo, most Ranma songs come from them.

Video Games

To Ranma ½ came for Game Boy, SNES, Sega Mega Drive, PlayStation, PC Engine and PC-98 numerous video games on the market. Some of them have also been published in the United States.

Pachinko machine

Sankyo published in February 2011, the first pachinko machine for Ranma ½. Among other things, the last manga chapter for this animated, which can be considered officially free of charge on the website.

Live Action

On 9 December 2011 were shown on the NTV a two-hour live-action Ranma ½ Special by. The title song Chikutaku 2NITE (チクタク ☆ 2NITE ) was sung by the music group 9nine.

Reception

The journal Funime praises at Ranma the more versatile characters who are " not so limited " compared to the previous series Urusei Yatsura.

The graphics and animations are not groundbreaking, but okay and the music fill despite its simplicity, its purpose. For fans of the manga series is worth seeing.

The OVAs ' drawings and animations (...), of course risen slightly compared to the TV series, as well as the soundtrack. " Have with their closed after one or two episodes of the OVA action also new entries would be easy to slip into in the action.

When Nihao My Concubine movie " drawings and animations fairly decent and the soundtrack is okay." However, had characterized the action as " relatively modest" and without new approaches. Instead, they have focused more on the fanservice and end up feeling remains " Was that all? ".