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Ranma ½

★ 7.9 5K votes 2024–present 3 seasons · 29 episodes Returning Series Nippon TV
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10SlapstickBroad, physical comedy.This show: 9/10Chaotic energyLoud, frenetic and gleefully anarchic.This show: 8/10Warm humorAffectionate comedy that genuinely loves its characters.This show: 7/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 7/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 7/10
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Starring
David Errigo Jr.Suzie YeungShô OkumuraYouhei HamadaYuki TamaiSeiyû Fujiwara
Written by
Rumiko Takahashi
Starring
David Errigo Jr.Suzie YeungShô OkumuraYouhei HamadaYuki TamaiSeiyû Fujiwara
Written by
Rumiko Takahashi
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
0200400600800

Ranma ½ Episode Ratings Heatmap

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About

"Classic gender-bending martial arts comedy, lovingly modernized"

A teenage martial artist named Ranma falls into a cursed spring and now turns into a girl whenever he's splashed with cold water, changing back only with hot. Engaged against his will to the fiery Akane Tendo, he stumbles through rival duels, jealous suitors, and household chaos while trying to hide his condition. This 2024 remake plays it fast, silly, and warm-hearted, leaning on slapstick fights and gender-swap gags rather than deep plot. It's episodic comfort viewing, carried by charm, chemistry between the leads, and gorgeous, bouncy animation rather than tension or stakes.

Watch it for

the effortless charm of its curse-based slapstick and genuinely sweet will-they-won't-they leads.

Maybe skip if

you want serialized plot momentum instead of episodic gag-driven comedy.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12024
8.16K124h
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Season 2
7.84K12
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Season 3
8.46305

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

David Errigo Jr. Ranma (Boy)
Suzie Yeung Ranma (Girl)
Shô Okumura Shingo, Audience Member, Boy
Youhei Hamada Kîchi, Audience Member, Boy
Yuki Tamai Schoolboy, Danshi seito, Reporter
Seiyû Fujiwara Schoolboy, Danshi, Danshi seito
Kappei Yamaguchi Saotome Ranma
Megumi Hayashibara Ranma
Noriko Hidaka Tendô Akane
Laura Post Kasumi

Crew

Rumiko Takahashi

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