Ranma ½ (1989)

Action · Animation · Comedy

Ranma Saotome, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the 'cursed training ground' of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the warnings of the Chinese guard, they fall into the cursed springs. From now on, whenever Ranma is doused in cold water, he turns into a girl and a cute, well-built redhead at that. Hot water changes him back into a man again, but only until the next time. To make matters worse, his father engages him to Akane Tendo, a girl who hates boys.

IMDb rating: 7.9 (6,697 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Hulu · Amazon Prime Video
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1989)

7.63 avg 18 episodes 7.9 → 6.6 24 min avg

Bad finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Chûgoku kara kita aitsu! Chotto hen!!	7.9	200
2	Asobi janai no yo gakkô wa	7.8	160
3	Ikinari ai no arashi chotto matte yo	7.5	146
4	Ranma to Ranma? Gokai ga tomaranai	7.7	156
5	Hone made aishite? Akane koi no fukuzatsu kossetsu	7.6	137
6	Akane no shitsuren datte shôganai janai	7.6	135
7	Tôjô! Eien no mayoigo: Ryôga	8.1	137
8	Gakkô wa senjôda! Taiketsu Ranma VS Ryôga	8.0	131
9	Otome hakusho: Kami wa on'na no inochinano	7.9	130
10	Pî pî P-chan rokuna monja nê	7.7	121
11	Ranma o gekiai! Shintaisô no sukeban tôjô	7.5	116
12	On'na no koi wa sensô yo! Kakutô shintaisô de iza shôbu	7.4	116
13	Sukeban no me ni namida? Rûru muyô no kakutô shintaisô ketchaku	7.6	114
14	Kotsuban uranai! Ranma wa Nihon ichi no oyome-san	7.1	118
15	Gekiretsu shoujo Shanpû toujou! Watashi inochi azukemasu	7.9	116
16	Shanpû no hangeki! Hissatsu shiatsuken wa mimo kokomo ubau	7.6	111
17	Ranma daisuki! Sayonara wa iwanaide!!	7.9	112
18	Ore wa otokoda! Ranma chuugoku ni kaeru?	6.6	111