Hey guys!
Today we’re taking a trip down memory lane, revisiting a show I watched as a kid. Let’s see how Ranma 1/2 holds up after all those years!
The Plot (according to IMDb):
Rumiko Takahashi’s story of a high school aged girl named Akane who finds herself engaged to be married because of an arrangement by her father. Unfortunately her fiance, Ranma, turns out to be less of a man than expected and was raised by a giant panda.
The Rating:
I think it’s been over 20 years since I had last seen this show. It had aired on German TV when I was a kid and I recall watching it. While I kept hearing about Pokemon or Sailor Moon on and off over the years, Ranma ½ somehow never was mentioned anywhere. That is until I randomly stumbled upon it on Hulu, so of course, a rewatch was in order!
First of all, I have one question: HOW ON EARTH WAS THIS EVER MARKETED TOWARDS CHILDREN??? I swear it used to literally air between Pokemon, Digimon, and the likes so whoever was responsible for channel composition back in the day probably only saw that it’s animation so it must be for kids. 😅 This show is something else, though. The sheer amount of nudity was actually ridiculous.
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