Postby Rev. Doc » Wed Jan 28, 2004 7:31 pm
No real difference. Viz is issuing all of it's titles in a less expensive format, $9.95 per volume (top pic) as opposed to $15.95 per volume (bottom pic).
One has to remember that the Ranma 1/2 anime began soon after the manga got underway. When the anime caught up to the manga they had to start using more and more filler episodes to keep things going week by week. So, even though it had a long run of 161 episodes, the anime only goes up to the introduction of Ranma's mother as it was cancelled long before the manga stopped.
Yes, the anime took a lot of liberties with characters, adding some like Sasuke and continuing some that Takahashi eventually dropped all together, like Dr. Tofu.
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