Ranma 1/2: Season One: The Digital Dojo; TV Anime Season 1 DVD Box Set
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Artist: Artist Not ProvidedDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language), Stereo
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 450 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Viz Media
DVD Reviews of Ranma 1/2: Season One: The Digital Dojo; TV Anime Season 1 DVD Box Set
DVD Review: Laugh out loud mayhem
Summary: 5 Stars
Those of you who know me, or have read my many reviews online know that I'm not a fan of your typical BESM syndrome that is prevalent in Japanese anime.
It stands for Big Eye Small Mouth.
Most of the time I can't stand it, and I won't watch it. Because of this, I avoid most anime like the plague. There are a few shows that I've been able to watch, because it strays from this archetypical style of animation. Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed and Blood the last vampire are just a couple of examples of what I can watch.
However, I can be swayed occasionally. Especially when it comes to something that can make me laugh.
Many years ago, when I was still in highschool, I got out of reading the average comic and started to read many different independent titles. I found that most comics back then were nothing more than silly super-powered soap operas.
Now, you might be asking yourself, what the heck does this have to do with an anime review?
Well, because of getting into independent comics, I discovered manga - Japanese comics.
I read quite a few different titles back then, and I clearly remember the owner of the shop that I bought the titles form handing me the first couple of issues of Ranma ½. I flipped through it and gave him a dirty look and asked him why he gave me something that was, after my initial look, a Japanese romance comic?
He said just read it. If I didn't like it, I could bring it back. If I did like it, pay for it and keep reading the series.
Well, it turned out that yes, there was romance involved, but it was mainly about a young martial artist who just happened to fall (literally) into a very strange and disconcerting curse.
Two things about the comic that caused me to start reading it. First and foremost, it made me laugh. Very few comics ever managed to do that.
Secondly, it had nudity in it.
Before you start shaking your head, remember, this was almost twenty years ago. I was barely out of my teens and that sort of thing still held my interest. And besides, I wasn't married at the time.
Anyhow - after I did get married, I ended up dropping comics altogether. Hey, being a newlywed is rather hard on your solvent cash. I just didn't have the money to spare.
Years later, I was, out of pure curiosity, skimming through the anime rack at the local game store, and I noticed that they had Ranma ½ on DVD. I grabbed the box and noticed that it was the first season of the series - 18 episodes in total. And, hey, the price was more than reasonable - it was only $45 Canadian for the entire season.
So, despite the dislike I have for anime in general, I purchased it and over a period of a couple of weeks, my family and I watched the first season.
The same humour, and yes, the same nudity that I remember was still there. It made all of us laugh and laugh quite hard at some scenes.
One thing that also attracted me to the series was the eclectic group of characters. Ranma, the title character is a devoted martial artist who is damned good at what he does. His father is also a devoted martial artist although he can be very pig headed and tends to spend most of his free time as a Panda.
No, I'm not kidding.
That's not the only thing. There are several different characters, most of which have a grudge against Ranma for various reasons. A former fellow student named Ryoga Hibiki with the world's worst sense of direction, a hot little Chinese Amazon girl who wants to kill the girl Ranma, but is madly in love with boy Ranma.
There are the three sisters, of which Ranma finds himself betrothed to the youngest, Akane Tendo. Each one has her own unique personality.
Then we have several other Characters that interact on a regular basis with Ranma and his family.
Now, the season begins with Ranma and his father showing up at the Tendo anything goes school of martial arts, where Ranma is betrothed to Akane. That's when the fun starts.
Throughout the year, after he's enrolled in the same school as Akane, he discovers her morning ritual of combat to fend of would be suitors. He encounters a rival for Akane's hand named Tatewaki Kuno, who promptly falls in love with the girl Ranma.
Later Ranma encounters Kuno's sister, who loves the boy Ranma.
During this time, he also has to deal with the money grubbing schemes of Nabiki Tendo, a brilliant but oft scattered brained doctor named Tofu Ono, challenges to fights to the death, and even a Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics challenge.
Even the back stories to the various characters and his travels in China are very entertaining to watch, and once again, it made me laugh out loud many times.
I enjoyed it because of this, and because of the memories it brought back for me. I enjoyed it so much that when I was on the last disk of the first season, I had to go out and purchase the second season.
If you're a fan of anime, it's a no brainer. Even if you're not a fan of anime, it's worth watching just for the characters and the strange situations that make you laugh.
5 out of 5.
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