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Ranma1/2
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kappei Yamaguchi
Ranma Saotome (voice)
25 eps
Megumi Hayashibara
Ranma (voice)
25 eps
Noriko Hidaka
Akane Tendo (voice)
25 eps
Soshiro Hori
Passerby (voice)
1 eps
Kikuko Inoue
Kasumi Tendo (voice)
21 eps
Akio Otsuka
Soun Tendo (voice)
16 eps
Tomokazu Sugita
Tatewaki Kuno (voice)
9 eps
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Tofu Ono (voice)
7 eps
Tomokazu Seki
Ichiro (voice)
8 eps
Kenichi Ogata
Narrator (voice)
17 eps
Hitomi Shogawa
Aunt (voice)
1 eps
Koichi Yamadera
Ryoga Hibiki (voice)
16 eps
Kanako Sakuragi
Villager (voice)
1 eps
Shinnosuke Musashi
Villager (voice)
1 eps
Takehisa Hirose
Soccer Club Member (voice)
1 eps
Mika Kanda
Middle-aged Lady (voice)
1 eps
Ayane Sakura
Kodachi Kuno (voice)
2 eps
Satsumi Matsuda
Rhythmic Gymnastics Club Member (voice)
1 eps
Misaki Ikeda
Rhythmic Gymnastics Club Member (voice)
1 eps
Chiko Mizumori
Student (voice)
1 eps
Yuu Amano
Student (voice)
1 eps
Joichiro Yoshida
Basketball Club Member (voice)
3 eps
Mayu Aoyagi
Announcement (voice)
1 eps
Maki Kawase
Female Student (voice)
1 eps
Sara Matsumoto
Female Student (voice)
1 eps
Chinatsu Hirose
Female Student (voice)
1 eps
Yuumi Hirota
Female Student (voice)
1 eps
Rui Tanabe
Female Student (voice)
1 eps
Haruka Shamoto
Female Student (voice)
1 eps
Daiki Kobayashi
Male Student (voice)
1 eps
Hiroya Egashira
Male Student (voice)
1 eps
Mamoru Miyano
Mikado Sanzenin (voice)
3 eps
Genta Nakamura
Male Student (voice)
2 eps
Aoi Yuuki
Azusa Shiratori (voice)
3 eps
Shou Okumura
Shingo (voice)
20 eps
Masashi Yamane
Club Member (voice)
1 eps
Yu Wakabayashi
Club Member (voice)
1 eps
Chiyuki Miura
Woman (voice)
1 eps
Miyari Nemoto
Woman (voice)
1 eps
Koichi Kuroda
Male Customer (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Ranma1/2 actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Ranma1/2 reads strongest on Bingeability, Spectacle and Humour.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Akane Tendo meets her new fiancé, Ranma Saotome, a martial arts prodigy with a twist: he magically transforms into a girl upon touching cold water.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E05
Who Says You're Cute
Akane gets caught up in Ryoga and Ranma's fight and ends up with a shocking new appearance. Ranma, worried, abandons the battle and goes after her.
- Directed by Taro Kubo
- Written by Kimiko Ueno
S01E10
Kiss of Death
Chaos ensues when the match continues with Ryoga and an injured female Ranma. Later, a Chinese Amazon appears, bent on killing Ranma's female form.
- Directed by Tomoko Hiramuki, Yusuke Kurinishi
- Written by Misaki Morie
S01E08
Darling Charlotte
P-chan goes missing and shows up in the arms of a famous martial skater, who refuses to return him. Enraged, Akane challenges Azusa to a battle.
- Directed by Nobuyoshi Arai
- Written by Misaki Morie
S01E11
You I Love
Ranma learns that defeating a Chinese Amazon has messy consequences. P-chan gets served up for dinner, triggering a fight between Shampoo and Akane.
- Directed by Tokio Igarashi
- Written by Kimiko Ueno
S01E12
Shampoo Cleans Up
Shampoo's shiatsu technique and magic hair wash have erased Akane's memory of Ranma. The Chinese Amazon offers a cure — but she has an impossible request.
- Directed by Yohji Satoh
- Written by Kimiko Ueno
S01E03
Because There's Someone He Likes
To Ranma's horror, Kuno falls head-over-heels for Ranma's female form and starts a relentless pursuit. Meanwhile, Akane deals with unrequited feelings.
- Directed by Tadahito Matsubayashi
- Written by Kimiko Ueno
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E23
Abduction of ...Akane?
- Directed by Yoshiyuki Kaneko
- Written by Kimiko Ueno
S01E22
Not Your Typical Juliet
- Directed by Parako Shinohara
- Written by Erika Ando
S01E21
Love Letters in the Sauce
- Directed by Ryota Kitsunai
- Written by Misaki Morie
S01E20
"Okonomiyaki" Means "I Love You"
- Directed by Yohji Satoh
- Written by Akimine Takahashi
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ransen ImaiProducer
- Emi SatoProducer
- Shuho KondoExecutive Producer
- Shuho KondoProducer
- Norihiro HayashidaProducer
- Yuki HasegawaExecutive Producer
Writing
- Akimine TakahashiWriter
- Erika AndoWriter
- Misaki MorieWriter
- Kimiko UenoWriter
Direction
- Yasuhiro GeshiDirector
- Michel SugimotoDirector
- Tadahito MatsubayashiDirector
- Ryota KitsunaiDirector
- Yohji SatohDirector
- Nobuyoshi AraiDirector
Cinematography
- Atsushi KanoDirector of Photography
Music
- Kaoru WadaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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