Ranma ½

Remakes have never been seen with good eyes.

After all, there is a large legion of fans who do not like certain things being changed about their favorite characters, those with whom we grew up.

Luckily, in recent times, we have seen some new versions that are quite up to par with the previous ones: "Rurouni Kenshin", "Trigun", "Dororo", further away in time "Hunter x Hunter" and "Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood".

In this last item appears the new version of "Ranma" that back in the late 80s and early 90s many people loved.

Animated by MAPPA, which is always a guarantee of quality and labor exploitation, we have an anime much more faithful to the manga than its predecessor.

Less focused on fanservice and gratuitously showing bodies, this adaptation focuses more on comedy and the relationship between Ranma and Akane with all their adventures and misadventures.

The usual supporting characters like Ryoga and Shampoo, plus new ones that didn't appear previously.

A catchy opening and a decent ending, with animation that is very up to par.

I think it ends up being a pleasant surprise this year and a good path to follow for other adaptations.

Recommended for lovers of light and fluid plots without the usual annoying love triangles.

Personally I give the anime a full 8.5/10, It does recapture the Original anime and manga.

My only complaints Are the voice performances They sound pretty wired because I watched the 90s anime and the dubs voice actors were quite amazing! To hear but hopefully I grow to like them!

I do like the animation! And the way it's more like manga then the anime from 1989 I like The way that they are going with this!

The Frist episode 1 was actually true to the original series and manga! I give it a. 9.5/10! Because on how it looks and the way it stuck true to the source material! And the story!

Impressive I hope The series gets better so we can get this 8.5/10 to a 9/10!

This reboot is awesome. Its the same story as before. A boy named Ranma Saotome who is a martal artist falls in to the cursed spring of the dead girl. When ever he is hit by cold water he becomes a girl. He mush be hit by warm water to become a boy again. He is forced into an arranged marrage with a girl named Akane Tendo. Akane and Ranma have a love hate relatanionship that is exasperated by the arranged marrage. Several other characters are in love with Ranma and Akane respectivly. There is a martal art for litteerally everything. In the original Japanese version the original actors returned. In the English version we got brand new voice actors. I am so used to the orignal dub actors and I like them the best but the new actors are great too.

"Ranma 1/2 was one of my favorite shows growing up, and I watched it religiously on Animax, then revisited it on YouTube countless times.

Seeing it get a reboot is incredibly exciting! While the updated animation can feel a bit off at times, I'm gradually adjusting to it. The heart of the story remains intact, and the chemistry between Ranma and Akane continues to shine through.

The action scenes are brilliantly choreographed, and the voice actors do a fantastic job. I just hope this reboot gives the series the satisfying conclusion it deserves."

I have watched till episode 3 and I cannot wait for new characters to show up. I hope this review finds useful to readers.

Watcher from the first series when I was 10 to 12 years old, I also read the full manga (twice) and did a rewatch of the whole original series in the mid 2000's.

Now I quite enjoy watching this with my daughter (10 years old also so the loop is finished). Not only do I like the anime but I also enjoy seing my children launghing at the same misunderstandings and jokes!

The reboot is quite in synch with the manga and has also quite taken from the original series of anime. Yes the hair color for Ranma/girl has changed (but Rumiko didn't quite think it was faithful to the colored panels from the manga at the time) and we have some level of censorship (nipples mainly) while still maintaining the nudity but those are not really quite that bothering.

Another difference is the choice of including textured panels, some changes of colors/contrasts in some scene and we have quite a few interjections which are reminders of the manga. I think it is quite interesting, rather than obnoxious.

Lastly we need to speak about the things which are better here as I saw many bad reviews on this anime solely based on the love for the old one. The old anime was far from perfect: We had a lot of fillers, the pace was slow and some episodes were just not interesting. Also we lacked some very important arcs from the manga. In addition as, it was older, the old animation had a retro feel which was attractive for us but it was quite less appealing for the younger public.

Here the pace is quite faster, which is not a sacrifice to the story. It is quite dynamic and I think it will help prevent some episodes with a lower rating. Also it will help advance in the manga quite faster, which in turn will allow us (let's hope) to have a full manga animated.

Lastly this anime allows quite a few new young people to have access to this wonderful series which itself is quite a win in my point of view.