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Ranma ½

★ 7.9 7K votes 1989–1990 1 season · 18 episodes Ended Fuji TV
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10SlapstickBroad, physical comedy.This show: 9/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10Chaotic energyLoud, frenetic and gleefully anarchic.This show: 7/10AbsurdistSurreal, logic-bending comedy.This show: 7/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Kappei YamaguchiMegumi HayashibaraNoriko HidakaMinami TakayamaKikuko InoueKen'ichi Ogata
Written by
Rumiko Takahashi
Starring
Kappei YamaguchiMegumi HayashibaraNoriko HidakaMinami TakayamaKikuko InoueKen'ichi Ogata
Written by
Rumiko Takahashi
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
063125188250

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About

"Gender-swap curse fuels endless martial-arts farce"

Ranma Saotome is a teenage martial artist cursed to transform into a girl whenever he's splashed with cold water, reversible only with hot water. Engaged by family obligation to short-tempered Akane Tendo, he stumbles into a rotating cast of rival fighters, jealous suitors, and fellow cursed weirdos. The show runs on rapid-fire slapstick, absurd rules-of-the-week martial arts duels, and gender-bending farce rather than plot momentum. It's breezy, silly, and episodic, carried by chemistry between the leads and a steady stream of increasingly ridiculous side characters and curses.

Watch it for

the rapid-fire slapstick chemistry between Ranma and Akane as their arranged engagement collides with constant chaos.

Maybe skip if

you want serialized plot progression rather than episodic gag-of-the-week martial arts comedy.

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

All Seasons

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Season 11989
7.62K187h 12m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Chûgoku kara kita aitsu! Chotto hen!!7.9
20324 min
▶2Asobi janai no yo gakkô wa7.8
16224 min
▶3Ikinari ai no arashi chotto matte yo7.5
14724 min
▶4Ranma to Ranma? Gokai ga tomaranai7.7
15724 min
▶5Hone made aishite? Akane koi no fukuzatsu kossetsu7.6
13824 min
▶6Akane no shitsuren datte shôganai janai7.6
13624 min
▶7Tôjô! Eien no mayoigo: Ryôga8.1
13924 min
▶8Gakkô wa senjôda! Taiketsu Ranma VS Ryôga8.0
13324 min
▶9Otome hakusho: Kami wa on'na no inochinano7.9
13224 min
▶10Pî pî P-chan rokuna monja nê7.7
12324 min
▶11Ranma o gekiai! Shintaisô no sukeban tôjô7.5
11824 min
▶12On'na no koi wa sensô yo! Kakutô shintaisô de iza shôbu7.5
11824 min
▶13Sukeban no me ni namida? Rûru muyô no kakutô shintaisô ketchaku7.6
11724 min
▶14Kotsuban uranai! Ranma wa Nihon ichi no oyome-san7.0
12124 min
▶15Gekiretsu shoujo Shanpû toujou! Watashi inochi azukemasu8.0
11924 min
▶16Shanpû no hangeki! Hissatsu shiatsuken wa mimo kokomo ubau7.5
11424 min
▶17Ranma daisuki! Sayonara wa iwanaide!!7.8
11424 min
▶18Ore wa otokoda! Ranma chuugoku ni kaeru?6.5
11324 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Kappei Yamaguchi Ranma Saotome, Ranma Saotome Male
Megumi Hayashibara Ranma, Ranma Saotome, Ranma Saotome Female
Noriko Hidaka Akane Tendô, Akane Tendo
Minami Takayama Nabiki Tendô, Nabiki Tendo
Kikuko Inoue Kasumi Tendô, Kasumi Tendo
Ken'ichi Ogata Genma Saotome, Ogane-shi
Myriam Sirois Akane Tendo
Koichi Yamadera Ryôga Hibiki, Ryoga Hibiki, Jusenkyô Gaido
Sarah Strange Ranma Saotome Male
Robert O. Smith Genma Saotome, Sasuke Sarugakure, Scroll Owner

Crew

Rumiko Takahashi

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