Ranma ½: Nettô-hen

The show opens with the woman screaming, "I hate men," setting the tone for a narrative that comes across as divisive rather than thought-provoking. By definition, sexism involves prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination based on sex, and this show seems to embody that exact issue under the guise of commentary. Rather than offering insightful critiques or balanced perspectives, it feels like a one-sided attempt to push an agenda. The lack of nuance makes it hard to take seriously, leaving it feeling more like femcel propaganda than meaningful entertainment. Unfortunately, it's not worth the watch.

Ranma 1/2 is the only romantic-comedic anime that I've enjoyed. I usually only watch serious adult anime, but Ranma 1/2 is quite exceptional both in its humor and unique character design. If you love randomness and quirky plots, this anime is for you. However, I feel that the full Ranma experience is in reading Rumiko Takahashi's superior manga.

As far as the animation goes, it tends to get progressively sloppy as well with the scriptwriting, which heavily borrows on Takahashi's brilliance to make ends meet. Despite this, the funniest episodes are later on in the series hidden within the hit-and-miss seasons. There are some admittably stupid episodes, but what can you expect from a long-running series?

The show's strong points are its accurate portrayal of teen romance, complex character profiles, unpredictable non-linear plot lines, and zany humor.

Yes it does. This follow-up series for TV keeps getting funny every time I watch it. With a few new characters and side stories with different twists, and it even reveals more secrets, and more weird and pathetic but funny fighting styles and moves done by each character and stock character, and more funny antics of Happousai, and Kuno and Ryoga, and a few filler episodes with crazy references to old classic shows like Dragnet and Mission Impossible, Twilight Zone, Kage no Gundan and much more, look for them yourselves! And also weird references to ancient Chinese and Japanese culture once again, and funny as always, I especially like the ones with the French guys, they were portrayed funny, and how Souun and Genma end up screwing up in some. And no to mention, the return of some of the stock characters such as the skating girl that like things that are cute, and the guy at Jusenkyo. Recommended to fans of the series and fans of Rumiko Takahashi's works.

The first season was a bit more consistent, But some of the BEST episodes are in Anything Goes and Harder Battle! There are some Great ones in the new seasons like Outta Control, Martial Mayhem and Random Rhapsody too! I would stick with the Subtitles though. The voices are much better, and for some reason the jokes are much funnier. I've tried watching the English Dubbed versions and though I don't have to read, it's just not the same. I'd rather have read the subtitles and laugh so hard I have to rewind to get the next joke!

Ranma succeeds at one thing,being fun to watch.The first season was magnificent as stated in another review but the second season isn't a complete waste by anymeans. It's not gonna win any awards but everything after season 1 is still fun as hell to watch. BTW, I like the English VA's better :)