List of ''Ranma ½'' episodes (season 1)
This article lists the episodes and short summaries of the original Ranma ½ anime series, known in the English dub as the first season of Ranma ½ or "Digital Dojo".[1]
An anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's manga series Ranma ½ (らんま½) debuted on Fuji TV on April 15, 1989. It was canceled due to low ratings after only 18 episodes, with the last airing on September 16, 1989.[2] However, the series was reworked by most of the same staff, retitled Ranma ½ Nettōhen (らんま½ 熱闘編) and debuted in December of that same year. It went on to become much more popular, lasting for 143 episodes.[2]
Viz Media licensed both anime for English dubs and labeled them as one. They released them in North America in seven DVD collections they call "seasons". The first Ranma ½ series is season 1, which was given the titled "Digital Dojo".
Episode 13 included a next episode preview to "The Abduction of P-Chan". However, "The Abduction of P-Chan" and the two following episodes that continue the story were not broadcast because of several kidnappings in Japan at the time. This causes a very slight plot hole in episode 15, which includes flashbacks to the then unaired episodes. They were later broadcast as Ranma ½ Nettōhen episodes 7-9. In the Blu-ray release, these three episodes are switched back to episodes 14-16 of the first anime, as originally planned.[3]
The opening theme is "Don't Make Me Wild Like You", also known as "Don't Make Me a Shrew" (じゃじゃ馬にさせないで Jajauma ni Sasenaide, "jajauma" is a term for a cute girl who acts masculine or violent) by Etsuko Nishio. The first closing theme is "Let's Keep It Friends" (プラトニックつらぬいて Puratonikku Tsuranuite) by Kaori Sakagami, used in the first thirteen episodes. The second closing, CoCo's "Equal Romance" (EQUAL ロマンス Equal Romansu), is used in the final five episodes.[4]
Episode list (1989)
| No. | Title | Original Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Here's Ranma (DVD Title: The Strange Stranger from China)" "Chūgoku kara Kita Aitsu! Chotto Hen!!" (中国からきたあいつ!ちょっとヘン!!) | April 15, 1989 |
| 2 | "School is No Place for Horsing Around" "Asobi Janai no Yo Gakkō wa" (遊びじゃないのよ学校は) | April 22, 1989 |
| 3 | "A Sudden Storm of Love" "Ikinari Ai no Arashi Chotto Matte Yo" (いきなり愛の嵐ちょっと待ってョ) | April 29, 1989 |
| 4 | "Ranma and... Ranma? If It's Not One Thing, It's Another" "Ranma to Ranma? Gokai ga Tomaranai" (乱馬とらんま?誤解がとまらない) | May 6, 1989 |
| 5 | "Love Me to the Bone! The Compound Fracture of Akane's Heart" "Kotsu Made Aishite? Akane Koi no Fukuzatsu Kossetsu" (骨まで愛して?あかね恋の複雑骨折) | May 13, 1989 |
| 6 | "Akane's Lost Love... These Things Happen, You Know" "Akane no Shitsuren Datte Shōganai Janai" (あかねの失恋だってしょうがないじゃない) | May 20, 1989 |
| 7 | "Enter Ryoga! The Eternal 'Lost Boy'" "Tōjō! Eien no Mayoigo - Ryōga" (登場!永遠の迷い子·良牙) | May 27, 1989 |
| 8 | "School is a Battlefield! Ranma vs. Ryoga" "Gakkō wa Senjō da! Taiketsu Ranma Buiesu Ryōga" (学校は戦場だ!対決 乱馬VS良牙) | June 3, 1989 |
| 9 | "True Confessions! A Girl's Hair is Her Life!" "Otome Hakusho - Kami wa Onna no Inochi Nano" (乙女白書·髪は女のいのちなの) | June 17, 1989 |
| 10 | "P-P-P-Chan! He's Good For Nothin'" "Pi-pi-P-chan Roku Namonjanē" (ピーピーPちゃん ろくなもんじゃねェ) | July 1, 1989 |
| 11 | "Ranma Meets Love Head-On! Enter the Delinquent Juvenile Gymnast!" "Ranma wo Gekiai! Shintaisō no Sukeban Tōjō" (乱馬を激愛!新体操のスケバン登場) | July 15, 1989 |
| 12 | "A Woman's Love is War! The Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge!" "Onna no Koi wa Sensō yo! Kakutō Shintaisō de Iza Shōbu" (女の恋は戦争よ!格闘新体操でいざ勝負) | July 22, 1989 |
| 13 | "A Tear in a Girl-Delinquent's Eye? The End of the Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge!" "Sukeban no Me ni Namida? Rūru Muyō no Kakutō Shintaisō Kecchaku" (スケバンの目に涙?ルール無用の格闘新体操決着) | July 29, 1989 |
| 14 | "Pelvic Fortune-Telling? Ranma is the No. One Bride in Japan" "Kotsuban Uranai! Ranma wa Nippon-ichi no Oyomesan" (骨盤占い!らんまは日本一のお嫁さん) | August 19, 1989 |
| 15 | "Enter Shampoo, the Gung-Ho Girl! I Put My Life in Your Hands" "Gekiretsu Shōjo Shanpū Tōjō! Watashi Inochi Azukemasu" (激烈少女シャンプー登場!ワタシ命あずけます) | August 26, 1989 |
| 16 | "Shampoo's Revenge! The Shiatsu Technique That Steals Heart and Soul" "Shanpū no Hangeki! Hissatsu Shiatsu Kobushi wa Mukuro mo Kokoro mo Ubau" (シャンプーの反撃!必殺指圧拳は身も心も奪う) | September 2, 1989 |
| 17 | "I Love You, Ranma! Please Don't Say Goodbye" "Ranma Daisuki! Sayonara wa Iwanaide!!" (乱馬大好き!さよならはいわないで!!) | September 9, 1989 |
| 18 | "I Am a Man! Ranma's Going Back to China!?" "Ore wa Otoko da! Ranma Chūgoku e Kaeru?" (オレは男だ!らんま中国へ帰る?) | September 16, 1989 |
References
- ↑ Beveridge, Chris. "Ranma 1/2: Digital Dojo Season 1 Box Set". Mania.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- 1 2 "About the Anime". Rumic World. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ "Ranma 1/2-Blu-ray Folgen in chronologische Reihenfolge" (in German). Rumic World Germany. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ↑ "Episodes 1-18". Rumic World. Retrieved 2008-10-30.