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.

Everything is more faithful to the manga since the facial expressions, the fighting scenes are great, they did put an effort on it , there are a lot NOT real fans of Ranma who complained about the censorship (the manga wasn't about that) or colors of the hair of Ranma when is a girl ...but in the manga it wasn't a fact about that her hair color was red, Rumiko wasn't happy with the first Ranma 90's (for me was good) but it did have a lot of episodes that wasn't relevant to the real history, and never developed the essence of main couple romance. Support this anime, it's doing things right, we will LOVE the real finale of RUMIKO story and not the rushed ending they gave us in the 90s.

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.

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.

At this point, I've only watched Episodes 1-4, so please note that.

I've read the first dozen manga, and own every episode of the original release / OAVs / movies. This was one of my first non-TV released animes, ever. This show is a part of my youth, and is one I love to this day. And I will say that the remake is a love letter to it all. Manga, series, OAV and movies.

Are some moments in the original better? Absolutely. Is the animation different and taking time to get used to? No doubt. Was the original one of the only dubs in the 90s (with Tenchi Muyo!) that was as good as the original Japanese? 100%. But this show is really good. They are doing it for a more modern audience, but the humor is the same. The moments hit all the right points (from Ranma running along the walls to Akane constantly lifting large object to slam on his head... the way he carries her as he jumps... the way the arguments go... all of it). The FEEL is the same. It is different, but that doesn't make it bad.

I give it a 9, versus a 10, because, yes, I do prefer the original ("And I'm better built to boot"... way better than the line they used in this one). But that doesn't mean it's bad. Take it from an old head who has been watching this since 1995... give it a tru, and you will love it.