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Ranma ½ OAV

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© Rumiko Takahashi/Shogakukan, Inc.




[ sequel of Ranma ½: Nihao My Concubine (movie) ]

Alternative title:
Ranma Nibun no Ichi (Japanese)
Ranma ½ SUPER (Italian)
らんま1/2 (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy, romance
Themes: gender switch
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Ranma Saotome continues his search for a way to become a normal teenage boy again. He gets into many hilarious situations involving the many girls in his life. One of the biggest challenges is overcoming the proposals from others who have found a suitable bride for Ranma. But he has his own worries and must muster up the best of his wits and martial arts to keep his sanity. It's not easy being desired by so many women (and men) and not breaking hearts of a few along the way. He just might be able to find it in his heart to confess to Akane or simply find another excuse that he can't marry such a tomboy girl.
User Ratings: 615 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 80 votes (sub:42, dub:35, raw:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Excellent: 134 votes (sub:82, dub:44, Spa.sub:2, edit.dub:2, ?:2, raw:1, Por.sub:1)
 Very good: 186 votes (sub:112, dub:64, Spa.sub:4, Spa.dub:1, ?:1, Ita.edit.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, raw:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Good: 134 votes (sub:90, dub:38, ?:2, Spa.sub:1, raw:1, Fre.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Decent: 43 votes (sub:28, dub:12, Ita.dub:2, ?:1)
 So-so: 24 votes (sub:18, dub:6)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:5, dub:2, raw:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (dub:3, sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1566 users, rank: #375
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.906 (Very good-.09), std. dev.: 1.4145, rank: #538
Weighted mean: 7.813 (Very good-.18), rank: #518 (seen all: 7.94 / seen some: 7.11 / won't finish: 5.91)
Bayesian estimate: 7.808 (Very good-.19), rank: #347
Running time: 26 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 11
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage: 1993 to 1996
Opening Theme:
#01: "Koi da! Panic! (Love Panic!)" by Yawmin (eps 1-6)
#01: "Love Panic! (English Version)" by Connie Lavigne (eps 1-6)
#02: "Boku-tachi Wa Kore Kara (Us From Now On)" by DoCo (ep 7)
#02: "Us From Now On (English Version)" by DoCo USA (eps 7-11)
#03: "Jugyouchuu no Shougakkou (In The Middle of Elementary School)" by DoCo (ep 8)
#04: "Kagayaku Sora to Kimi no Koe (The Sparkling Sky & Your Voice)" by DoCo (ep 9)
#05: "Omoide ga Ippai (So Many Memories)" by DoCo (ep 10)
#06: "Fukuzatsuna Ryouomoi [Live] (Mutual Love is Complex [Live])" by DoCo (ep 11)
Ending Theme:
#01: "The Ballad of Ranma and Akane" by Kappei Yamaguchi and Noriko Hidaka (eps 1-6)
#02: "Kiyoku Tadashii Christmas (A Pure and Honest Christmas)" by DoCo (ep 7)
#02: "Red Shoe Sunday (English Version)" by DoCo USA (eps 7-11)
#03: "Akai Kutsu no Sunday (Red Shoe Sunday)" by DoCo (ep 8)
#04: "Sukoshi Dake Sakamichi (A Slightly Hilly Road)" by DoCo (ep 9)
#05: "Koi ga Hitotsu Kiete Shimatta no (Love Vanished Once, Regrettably)" by DoCo (ep 10)
#06: "Kare (Boyfriend)" by DoCo (ep 11)
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 1
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Comment:
The Ranma 1/2 OAV series actually consists of three OAV sets:
1. Ranma 1/2 OVA (eps. 1-6)
2. Ranma 1/2 Special OVA (eps. 7-8)
3. Ranma 1/2 Super OVA (eps. 9-11)
Viz Video also included the 30-minute theatrical release Ranma 1/2: One Flew Over the Kuno's Nest with their OAV package.
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Related reviews:
    Ranma ½ OAV Box Set DVD
    Ranma ½ OAV 1 VHS
    Ranma ½ OAV 2 VHS

Related releases:
    Ranma ½ OAV - DVD Box Set (DVD) 2006-02-28 (from $29.99)
    Ranma ½ OAV [Box Set] (DVD) 2003-01-28
    Ranma ½ OAV - Desperately Seeking Shampoo (Dub.VHS 1)
    Ranma ½ OAV - Like Water For Ranma (Dub.VHS 2)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Junji Nishimura

Music:
Akihisa Matsuura
Kenji Kawai

Original creator: Rumiko Takahashi

Character Design: Atsuko Nakajima

Art director: Satoshi Miura

Animation director:
Atsuko Nakajima
Fumie Muroi
Takuji Abe

Director of Photography: Mitsunobu Yoshida

Producer:
Ayao Ueda (Shogakukan)
Junpei Nakagawa (Kitty)
Kenji Kume (Pony Canyon)

Color Coordination: Takeshi Mochida

Continuity:
Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Noburo Shirohata

Editing: Masaki Sakamoto

Line Producer: Masahiro Toyozumi

Original screenplay: Ryota Yamaguchi

Planning:
Isamu Asami (Shogakukan)
Kei Ijichi (Kitty)
Kunihiko Ishizaki (Pony Canyon)

Production Assistant:
Narihiro Tagawa
Ritsuko Sakazaki

Recording Director: Shigeharu Shiba

Sound Effects: Yasufumi Yorita

Sound Mixing:
Kunio Kuwahara
Kuno Kuwahara
Shoji Sou

Special Effects:
Souichi Uehara
Takeshi Saito

Theme Song Performance:
Kappei Yamaguchi (ED 1)
Kikuko Inoue (DoCo)
Megumi Hayashibara (DoCo)
Minami Takayama (DoCo)
Noriko Hidaka (DoCo)
Rei Sakuma (DoCO)

 

Kappei Yamaguchi as Ranma Saotome

Megumi Hayashibara as Ranma Saotome (Female)

Noriko Hidaka as Akane Tendo

Hiromi Tsuru as Ukyo Kuonji

Hirotaka Suzuoki as Tatewaki Kuno

Ichirô Nagai as Happosai

Kenichi Ogata as Genma Saotome

Kikuko Inoue as Kasumi Tendo

Kouichi Yamadera as Ryoga Hibiki/P-Chan

Minami Takayama as Nabiki Tendo

Miyoko Asou as Cologne

Rei Sakuma as Shampoo

Ryunosuke Ohbayashi as Soun Tendo

Toshihiko Seki as Mousse

Masako Ikeda as Nodoka Saotome

Masako Katsuki as Natsume (eps 5-6)

Takeshi Kusao as Shinnosuke

Yuko Mizutani as Kurumi (eps 5-6)

Yumi Touma as Hinako Ninomiya

Japanese companies 

Animation: Studio DEEN

Animation Assistance: GAINAX

Music Production:
Kitty Records
Pony Canyon

Production:
Fuji TV
Kitty Films
Pony Canyon
Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.

English staff 
English cast 

Art director: Yoshiyuki Higuchi

Translation: Toshifumi Yoshida

Producer: Seiji Horibuchi

Additional Sound Effects: Mark Hensley

Assistant Engineer:
Eric Schurch
Jan Deny (eps 3-6)
Kelly Frey
Nick Stocker
Pat Haskill
Tim Bavis

Associate producer: Satoru Fujii

Casting:
Andrea Fritsche
Rose Hastreiter
Sarah-Anne Dafoe

Casting Assistant: Shalaina Godard

Dialogue Director: Terry Klassen

DVD Coordination:
Hiroe Tsukamoto
Taku Otsuka

DVD Logo Animation: Allen Hastings

English Screenplay: Trish Ledoux

Logo Animation: Will Culpepper II

Mixing: Keith A. Goddard

Packaging Design: Yoshiyuki Higuchi

Post-Production Coordinator: Janet Kendrick

Production Coordination:
Toshifumi Yoshida
Trish Ledoux

Production Supervision: Toshifumi Yoshida

Re-Recording Mixing:
Cliff Cockrall
Jan Deny (eps 9-12)

Recording engineer:
Jason Fredrickson
Karl Willems
Nick Stocker

Script Conformation: Ward Perry

Theme Song Lyrics: Trish Ledoux

Theme Song Performance:
Cathy Weseluck (OP 2/ED 2)
Connie Lavigne (OP 1)
Rose Hastreiter (OP 2/ED 2 - as Ranma)
Saffron Henderson (OP 2/ED 2 - as Nabiki)
Tanya Hancheroff (OP 2/ED 2 - as Akane)
Willow Johnson (OP 2/ED 2)

Video Post-Production:
Bruce G. Woloshyn
Pierre de la Roche

Wordfit Editor:
Gina Mueller
Jason Fredrickson
Matthew Wilson
Shaun Thingvold
Tim Bavis
Ward Perry

 

Brigitta Dau as Ranma Saotome (female; eps 1-2)

Myriam Sirois as Akane Tendo

Sarah Strange as Ranma Saotome (male)

Venus Terzo as Ranma Saotome (female; eps 3-12)

Angela Costain as Nabiki Tendo

Brad Swaile as Mousse

Cathy Weseluck as Shampoo

David Kaye as Soun Tendo

Elan Ross Gibson as Cologne

Kathleen Barr as Cologne

Kelly Sheridan as Ukyo Kuonji

Michael Donovan as Ryoga Hibiki

Paul Dobson as Happosai

Robert O. Smith as Genma Saotome

Ted Cole as Tatewaki Kuno

Willow Johnson as Kasumi Tendo

Brad Swaile as Sentaro Daimonji

David Kaye as Gambling King

French Tickner as Shinnosuke's Grandfather

Janyse Jaud as Hinako Ninomiya

Jason Gray-Stanford as Shinnosuke

Kelly Sheridan as Kurumi

Lalainia Lindbjerg as Natsume

Lisa Bunting as Nodoka Saotome

Michael Benyaer as Hikaru Gosunkugi

Michael Dobson as Priest (ep 11)

Patti Allen as Daimonji Maitriarch

Robert O. Smith as Sasuke Sarugakure

Rose Hastreiter as Ranma's Singing Voice

Saffron Henderson as Nabiki's Singing Voice

Scott McNeil as The Principal

Tanya Hancheroff as Akane's Singing Voice

Terry Klassen as Antique Shop Owner

Teryl Rothery as Kodachi Kuno

English companies 

DVD Authoring: Cinram/POP DVD Center

DVD Production:
Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.
Viz Media

Licensed by: Viz Media

Recording Studio: The Ocean Group

Soundtrack: Viz Media

Subtitles: Captions, Inc.

French staff 
French companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Kaze

French cast 
(none)

Spanish cast 
Spanish staff 

Theme Song Performance: Manolita Domínguez (OP, Spain dub)

Juana Molina as
Ranma Saotome (chica) (Spain dub)
Ranma Saotome (chico) (Spain dub)

Marc Zanni as Ranma Saotome (noi) (Catalan dub)

Marta Ullod as Akane Tendo (Catalan dub)

Núria Trifol as Ranma Saotome (noia) (Catalan dub)

Victoria Ramos as Akane Tendo (Spain dub)

Aleix Estadella as Ryoga Hibiki (Catalan dub)

Antonio Crespo as Mestre Happosai (Catalan dub)

Berta Cortés as Nabiki Tendo (Catalan dub)

Daniel Garcia as Ryoga Hibiki (Spain dub)

Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as Happôsai (Spain dub)

Federico Menescal as Soun Tendo (Spain dub)

Jordi Pons as Tatewaki Kuno (Spain dub)

José Antequera as Soun Tendo (Catalan dub)

José Félix Pons as Genma Saotome (Spain dub)

Josep Maria Ullod as Genma Saotome (Catalan dub)

LOURDES LÓPEZ as Cologne (Catalan dub)

Maria del Mar Tamarit as Kaori (Ukyo Kuonji) (Spain dub)

María Luisa Rosselló as Nabiki Tendo (Spain dub)

Marta Barbará as Shampoo (Catalan dub)

Nuria Doménech as Kasumi Tendo (Catalan dub)

Núria Trifol as Shampoo (Spain dub)

Oriol Rafel as Mousse (Catalan dub)

Oscar Muñoz as Tatewaki Kuno (Catalan dub)

Raúl Llorens as Mousse (Spain dub)

Susana Macías as Kasumi Tendo (Spain dub)

Vicky Martínez as Ukio Kuonji (Catalan dub)

Antoni Forteza as Pinxo (Catalan dub)

Aurora Ferrándiz as Kodachi Kuno (Spain dub)

Belén Roca as Natsume (Catalan dub)

Domenech Farell as
Alumne (Catalan dub)
King (Catalan dub)
Sentaro Daimonji (Catalan dub)

Eva Lluch as Kodachi Kuno (Catalan dub)

Jaume Comas as Director (Catalan dub)

Jesús Díez as Sasuke Sarugakure (Spain dub)

Josep Maria Mas as Pinxo (Catalan dub)

LOURDES LÓPEZ as Sra. Tendo (Catalan dub)

Maria Lluïsa Maganya as Hinako Ninomiya (Catalan dub)

Miquel Bonet as Hikaru Gosunkugi (Catalan dub)

Norbert Ibero as
Alumne (Catalan dub)
Sasuke Sarugakure (Catalan dub)

Silvia Vilarrasa as Nodoka Saotome (Catalan dub)

Claudi Domingo (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya)

Distributor: Comarex S.A. de C.V. Mexico (Mexico)

 
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