Ranma ½ English Sub & Dub

About Ranma ½

If you are hunting for a new fantasy series, Ranma ½ deserves a look (1989). The setup goes like this. What the story covers: Ranma Saotome is a top-class martial artist and prodigy at the Saotome "Anything-Goes" school of martial arts. While training in China, he and his father meet a terrible fate when they accidentally fall into a cursed spring.

From there, now, Ranma is cursed to turn into a girl when splashed with cold water, and only hot water can turn him back into a boy. Things are only complicated further when Ranma learns that his father has arranged for him to marry one of Soun Tendo's three daughters in order to secure the future of the Tendo dojo. Though Soun learns of Ranma's predicament, he is still determined to go ahead with the engagement, and chooses his youngest daughter Akane, who happens to be a skilled martial artist herself and is notorious for hating men.

With fantasy at the core, world-building, magic systems and creature design set the tone. This one is best suited to fans of magic, kingdoms and invented worlds.

Production & Appeal

Animation is handled by Studio Deen, so the studio's house style defines how Ranma ½ looks and moves on screen. Because it leans on fantasy, world-building, magic systems and creature design set the tone. A 7.8/10 score points to a dependable, well-liked series. Released in 1989, it competed with that season's other new series for attention.