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Ranma ½: The Complete Series (English Dubbed) (1989) (Digital HDX Anime TV Show)

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VUDU/Fandango at Home has Ranma ½: The Complete Series (English Dubbed) (1989) (Digital HDX Anime TV Show) on sale for $34.99.

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Includes all 7 seasons w/ OVA collection (173 episodes)
  • Season 1: 23 Episodes
  • Season 2: 23 Episodes
  • Season 3: 23 Episodes
  • Season 4: 23 Episodes
  • Season 5: 23 Episodes
  • Season 6: 23 Episodes
  • Season 7: 23 Episodes

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    • It's not easy being teenage martial-artist Ranma Saotome, but it's even worse when your martial-artist father Genma takes you from home at an early age to go on a decade-long training mission. He doesn't speak a word of Chinese, and yet he insists upon bringing you to the cursed training ground known as Jusenkyo, where falling into one of the many springs there instantly turns you into whoever - or whatever - drowned there last.

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VUDU/Fandango at Home has Ranma ½: The Complete Series (English Dubbed) (1989) (Digital HDX Anime TV Show) on sale for $34.99.

Thanks Deal Editor Discombobulated for sharing this deal

Note, TV show/series are not Movies Anywhere (MA) compatible

Includes all 7 seasons w/ OVA collection (173 episodes)
  • Season 1: 23 Episodes
  • Season 2: 23 Episodes
  • Season 3: 23 Episodes
  • Season 4: 23 Episodes
  • Season 5: 23 Episodes
  • Season 6: 23 Episodes
  • Season 7: 23 Episodes

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this Series:
    • It's not easy being teenage martial-artist Ranma Saotome, but it's even worse when your martial-artist father Genma takes you from home at an early age to go on a decade-long training mission. He doesn't speak a word of Chinese, and yet he insists upon bringing you to the cursed training ground known as Jusenkyo, where falling into one of the many springs there instantly turns you into whoever - or whatever - drowned there last.

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starcaptor
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This is a great deal for the $. I loved the hell out of this show back in jr high. The tapes were absurdly expensive and you had to wait a month for each one.

Then followed all of the chat room roleplays, the fanfics (anyone remember daigkusei no ranma?), the bootleg wall scrolls, the discussions on rec.arts.anime.misc, etc. this show was my jam for at least three years. It dominated mid-90s cosplay, and probably filled a good 20% of animerica's ad pages. It made sense as this was Viz' flagship show.

You had your fandoms with who was the best fighter, which love triangle had the best plot development (or square...or pentagon?)...and of course, who was the hottest. The snes game was pretty good...the PS1 game was like a badly-handling version of Tekken.

This show also kicked off many a sub-vs-dub debate, because not only was the show expensive, but Viz also released the subs at later time than the dubs...and also charges $5 more for it. So it went from a "which is better?" debate to a "is it worth it?" debate.

However, if you're a post-2006 anime watcher, I recommend catching a few episodes to see if it's your thing. I can't really imagine anyone younger than 35 who could get into it. It's one of those shows that's either watched by old-heads or studied for academic purposes for some undergrad-level anthropology class, lol.

However!!! Whenever I meet a ranma fan, I know that he/she and I can totally jam it out...it's like a secret handshake for all of the geriatric millennials anime fans. Give a holler if you grew up with this show.
xufer
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This was a favorite of mine when I was in high school, I've just recently started watching it with my family as the 12 year old is really in to anime. If it was on some other service I would have bought it but I'm really not up for making another account. But it is a wonderful series.
Ryuk
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Good Anime but it's better to donate to the Japanese animators (by looking up their websites online) who only make pennies unfortunately, than paying for a temporary license to watch.

The license can be revoked anytime and there is nothing you can do, since you agreed to their terms upon purchase. Like we saw before with Amazon, Funimation, and recently Sony...

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Apr 16, 2024 09:53 PM
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erthianApr 16, 2024 09:53 PM
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Quote from Nelly_platinum :
it's on itunes also minus the ovas for the same price
I'd MUCH rather have iTunes. Am I missing out with the OVAs?
Apr 16, 2024 09:54 PM
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Nelly_platinumApr 16, 2024 09:54 PM
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Quote from erthian :
I'd MUCH rather have iTunes. Am I missing out with the OVAs?
i messed up.the ovas are included with itunes so you're good to go
Apr 17, 2024 01:24 AM
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echo_808Apr 17, 2024 01:24 AM
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Quote from Nelly_platinum :
it's on itunes also minus the ovas for the same price
Subbed version too?
Apr 17, 2024 01:25 AM
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Nelly_platinumApr 17, 2024 01:25 AM
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Quote from echo_808 :
Subbed version too?
just dubbed
Apr 17, 2024 02:40 AM
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erthianApr 17, 2024 02:40 AM
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Quote from Nelly_platinum :
just dubbed
Woah woah woah. So no subbed on iTunes at all? What about the VUDU version?
Apr 17, 2024 02:41 AM
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erthianApr 17, 2024 02:41 AM
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Quote from FancyMint8485 :
So they're selling the dub and sub versions separately, just like back in the VHS days when we got two episodes per $25 tape?
Ya but man were they sure magical then.
Apr 17, 2024 04:00 AM
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teetee1Apr 17, 2024 04:00 AM
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Still remember me in the 6th grade would spent the whole afternoon, after the half day of school on Saturdays, sitting at the corner of the local comic bookstore reading this manga every week. That was probably the happiest time of my life.

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Apr 17, 2024 04:16 AM
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LightningDemonApr 17, 2024 04:16 AM
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Watch in japanese with english subs.... american voices were abysmal.
Apr 17, 2024 04:38 AM
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willygeeApr 17, 2024 04:38 AM
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question for the vudu experts. if I redeem an HD digital movie code on vudu (onward) I got from a physical movie bundle, will it auto upgrade to 4k?
Apr 17, 2024 04:52 AM
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FancyMint8485Apr 17, 2024 04:52 AM
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Quote from erthian :
Ya but man were they sure magical then.
I still have some subbed VHS tapes from the early days, back when Bandai was selling under the Anime Village label. And my subbed VHS tape of Riding Bean from AnimEigo with its "First day of release" sticker (there was actually a recall on that day 1 batch, but I never got mine replaced - they weren't recorded in HiFi stereo).
Apr 17, 2024 05:44 AM
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CollectordragonApr 17, 2024 05:44 AM
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Quote from starcaptor :
This is a great deal for the $. I loved the hell out of this show back in jr high. The tapes were absurdly expensive and you had to wait a month for each one.

Then followed all of the chat room roleplays, the fanfics (anyone remember daigkusei no ranma?), the bootleg wall scrolls, the discussions on rec.arts.anime.misc, etc. this show was my jam for at least three years. It dominated mid-90s cosplay, and probably filled a good 20% of animerica's ad pages. It made sense as this was Viz' flagship show.

You had your fandoms with who was the best fighter, which love triangle had the best plot development (or square...or pentagon?)...and of course, who was the hottest. The snes game was pretty good...the PS1 game was like a badly-handling version of Tekken.

This show also kicked off many a sub-vs-dub debate, because not only was the show expensive, but Viz also released the subs at later time than the dubs...and also charges $5 more for it. So it went from a "which is better?" debate to a "is it worth it?" debate.

However, if you're a post-2006 anime watcher, I recommend catching a few episodes to see if it's your thing. I can't really imagine anyone younger than 35 who could get into it. It's one of those shows that's either watched by old-heads or studied for academic purposes for some undergrad-level anthropology class, lol.

However!!! Whenever I meet a ranma fan, I know that he/she and I can totally jam it out...it's like a secret handshake for all of the geriatric millennials anime fans. Give a holler if you grew up with this show.
I grew up with this show as well! I prefer subs but I remember the dub of this show was pretty good.

Another group that should give Ranma a try are people who weren't watching anime until Toonami in the early 2000s and liked Inuyasha. They were created by the same manga artist.
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PrecludeApr 17, 2024 07:22 AM
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If you still need proof that gender-fluid is real, there you have it.
That's what was in the hot spring; Gender Fluid Wink.
Apr 17, 2024 08:06 AM
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TheLineofSightApr 17, 2024 08:06 AM
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Bought this on Microsoft Store for the same price. One of the best stand dubs from the era.
Apr 17, 2024 03:42 PM
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AnthonyP8596Apr 17, 2024 03:42 PM
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Yappa paa yappa paa don't know what to do My heart is not a game - it's mah-jongg to you. Yappa paa yappa paa feel like such a shrew Who needs boys? Don't you dare - Make me wild like you.

This brings me back to the late 90's! The VHS tapes, the debates on whether Ranma should marry Shampoo. Was Shampoo the best cook in China?
Last edited by AnthonyP8596 April 17, 2024 at 09:44 AM.

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Apr 18, 2024 11:52 AM
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bovinedApr 18, 2024 11:52 AM
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Love this series and the dub was great until they switched the male Ranma voice actor in season 5. Really made it rough to watch the rest of the series after that but still one of the best old school animes ever

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