List of ''Ranma ½'' episodes (season 3)
This article lists the episodes and short summaries of the 23rd to 45th and 51st episodes of the Ranma ½ Nettōhen (らんま½ 熱闘編) anime series, known in the English dub as the third season of Ranma ½ or "Hard Battle".
Rumiko Takahashi's manga series Ranma ½ was adapted into two anime series: Ranma ½ which ran on Fuji TV for 18 episodes and Ranma ½ Nettōhen which ran for 143. The first TV series was canceled due to low ratings in September 1989, but was then brought back in December as the much more popular and much longer-running Ranma ½ Nettōhen.
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". Nettōhen episodes 23 to 45 and 51 are season 2, which was given the title "Hard Battle". Episode 51 was inserted as episode 63 in this season, while 46 to 50 are in season 4.
Episode 23's opening theme is introductory piece "Ranma You Pervert" and its closing is "Don't Mind China Boy" (ド·ン·マ·イ来々少年 Don Mai Rairai Boi) by Etsuko Nishio. The next opening theme song is "Full of Memories" (思い出がいっぱい Omoide ga Ippai) by CoCo. The closing theme from 24 to 38 is "Lambada Ranma" (乱馬ダ☆RANMA Ranbada Ranma) by the "Ranma ½ Choral Ensemble", composed of the anime's original voice actors. The third closing theme is "Present" (プレゼント Purezento) by Tokyo Shōnen; though it was never used in the English dub.
Episode list (1990)
| Original Episode No. | Viz Media Episode No. | Title | Original Air Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 41 | "Ranma Gains Yet Another Suitor" "Mata Hitori Ranma wo Aishita Yatsu" (また一人乱馬を愛したヤツ) | April 20, 1990 | |
| 24 | 42 | "Ryoga & Akane: 2-Gether, 4-Ever" "Netsuai? Ryōga to Akane" (熱愛?良牙とあかね) | April 27, 1990 | |
| 25 | 43 | "Sneeze Me, Squeeze Me, Please Me! Shampoo's Recipe For Disaster" "Kushami Ippatsu Aishite Naito" (くしゃみ一発愛してナイト) | May 4, 1990 | |
| 26 | 44 | "Rub-a-Dub-Dub! There's a Pervert in the Tub" "Maboroshi no Happōdaikarin wo Sagase" (幻の八宝大華輪を探せ) | May 11, 1990 | |
| 27 | 45 | "I Love You! My Dear, Dear Ukyo" "Daisuki! Watashi no Ucchan" (大好き!私のうっちゃん) | May 18, 1990 | |
| 28 | 46 | "The Witch Who Loved Me: A Japanese Ghost Story" "Majo ga Aishita Shitagi Dorobō" (魔女が愛した下着ドロボー) | May 25, 1990 | |
| 29 | 47 | "Transform! Akane the Super-Duper Girl" "Henshin! Mukimuki-man Akane" (変身!ムキムキマンあかね) | June 1, 1990 | |
| 30 | 48 | "The Killer From Jusenkyo" "Jusenkyō kara Kita Koroshiya" (呪泉郷から来た殺し屋) | June 8, 1990 | |
| 31 | 49 | "Am I... Pretty? Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood" "Watashi Kirei? Ranma Onna Sengen" (私ってきれい?乱馬女宣言) | June 15, 1990 | |
| 32 | 50 | "Final Facedown! Happosai vs. The Invisible Man" "Taiketsu! Happōsai Buiesu Tōmeiningen" (対決!八宝斉VS透明人間) | June 22, 1990 | |
| 33 | 51 | "Les Misérables of the Kuno Estate" "Kunōke no Re Miseraburu" (九能家のレ·ミゼラブル) | June 29, 1990 | |
| 34 | 52 | "Ghost Story! Ranma and the Magic Sword" "Kaidan! Ranma to Mashō no Ken" (怪談!乱馬と魔性の剣) | July 6, 1990 | |
| 35 | 53 | "All It Takes is One! The Kiss of Love is the Kiss of Death" "Hitotsubu Korori - Zetsurin Hore Gusuri" (一粒コロリ·絶倫ホレ薬) | July 13, 1990 | |
| 36 | 54 | "The Ultimate Team-up!? The Ryoga/Mousse Alliance" "Shijō Saikyō? Ryōga to Mūsu Dōmei" (史上最強?良牙とムース同盟) | July 20, 1990 | |
| 37 | 55 | "Back to the Happosai!" "Bakku Tu Za Happōsai" (バック·トゥ·ザ·八宝斉) | July 27, 1990 | |
| 38 | 56 | "Kodachi the Black Rose! The Beeline to True Love" "Kurobara no Kodachi! Jun'ai Icchokusen" (黒バラの小太刀!純愛一直線) | August 3, 1990 | |
| 39 | 57 | "The Last Days of Happosai...?" "Happōsai Saigo no Hi?" (八宝斉 最期の日?) | August 10, 1990 | |
| 40 | 58 | "Two, Too Violent Girls: Ling-Ling & Lung-Lung" "Abarenbō Musume Rinrin Ranran" (暴れん坊娘リンリンランラン) | August 17, 1990 | |
| 41 | 59 | "Ranma and the Evil Within" "Ranma wo Osō Kyōfu no Tatari" (乱馬を襲う恐怖のタタリ) | August 24, 1990 | |
| 42 | 60 | "Enter Ken and His Copycat Kerchief" "Toujou! Monomane Kakutōgi" (登場!ものまね格闘技) | August 31, 1990 | |
| 43 | 61 | "Ryoga's Miracle Cure! Hand Over That Soap" "Ryōga no Taishitsu Kaizen Sekken!" (良牙の体質改善セッケン!) | September 7, 1990 | |
| 44 | 62 | "Fight! The Anything-Goes Obstacle Course Race" "Kakutō! Shōgaibutsu Rēsu" (格闘!障害物レース) | September 14, 1990 | |
| 45 | 64 | "Ranma Goes Back to Jusenkyo at Last" "Ranma, Tsuini Jusenkyō e Iku" (乱馬, ついに呪泉郷へ行く) | September 21, 1990 | |