CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

A place for Ranmaniacs to talk about the anime and manga. Me? I just started reading the manga my libary carries. So far I've read 1,3,6 and 18.

Which do you prefer? Myself, I tend to get more out of the anime than the manga, although there are a lot of stories in the manga that never made it into the anime.

Ah, the manga all the way here. But that could be partially because I really dislike the Ranma dub. ^^; Gotta love that Mousse...

Why, what's wrong with the dub? I was bummed when they lost Sarah Strange (the new Ranma never really did it for me), but I thought that Myriam Sirois was a bang-up Akane, and I really liked Kelly Sheridan's Ukyoo. Overall, I thought the Ranma dub as dubs go was very good all in all, with only minor nitpicky things to complain about.

^^ The Vision of Escaflowne dub really didn't give me a good first impression of Kelly Sheridan (her Hitomi was just...urgh...), and I suppose that carried over when I watched Ranma and instantly jumped up and said "Oh no, she's Ukyou, too?!" *shrugs* And Ranma and Ryouga's voices just seemed a bit too...'surfer dude'-ish for my tastes.

Alas, I haven't seen, er, heard Sheridan in anything else, so I couldn't judge (although that might be her in the Boys Over Flowers preview ... can't really tell, anyone know?). The later Ranma (Richard Ian Cox from 'Inu-Yasha') was worse in the 'surfer d00d' department ... which box sets do you have/are you referring to?

Gotta love that Mousse...

The dude with the crush on shampoo who shampoo hates.

Yes. Mr. Ducky!

Why on earth did you just call me that? And my stinking libary still hasen't called saying the have my ranma and CCS mangas in.

XD No, Mousse is Mr. Ducky!

I just remembered a scene from OAV #2:

Ryoga: "Whaat?! I don't remember a wall being here!"
Mousse: *Quack!*
Kasumi: "What's that, Mr. Duck? ... Oh!"
Mousse: *flying and pointing with his bill*
Ryoga: "That's right! With a duck's eye view, we'll be there in no time!"
Kasumi: "My, what a clever duck!"
Ryoga: "Bakusai tenketsu! ... " *BOOM* "Shall we go?"
Kasumi: "Uh, yes ... Excuse us."
Old Man Whose Garden Wall Ryoga Just Destroyed: "Uh, sure, no problem."

shooraijin wrote:I just remembered a scene from OAV #2:

Ryoga: "Whaat?! I don't remember a wall being here!"
Mousse: *Quack!*
Kasumi: "What's that, Mr. Duck? ... Oh!"
Mousse: *flying and pointing with his bill*
Ryoga: "That's right! With a duck's eye view, we'll be there in no time!"
Kasumi: "My, what a clever duck!"
Ryoga: "Bakusai tenketsu! ... " *BOOM* "Shall we go?"
Kasumi: "Uh, yes ... Excuse us."
Old Man Whose Garden Wall Ryoga Just Destroyed: "Uh, sure, no problem."

Ahhh...OAV #2...there's been something I've been wanting to say...

Tatewaki Kuno: "Hoist with my own petard!" *is smashed by Shampoo's bike*

shooraijin wrote:Alas, I haven't seen, er, heard Sheridan in anything else, so I couldn't judge (although that might be her in the Boys Over Flowers preview ... can't really tell, anyone know?).

It is indeed Sheridan in Boys Over Flowers. Several of the Ranma VAs are in that series. I agree with shooraijin, I thought overall the dub for Ranma 1/2 was above average for it's time and still remains one of the better ones out there. I also prefer the anime over the manga although I collect both.

I keep hearing a warning from another guy I know on a forum who says the first boxset of ranma 1/2 is full of nudity. Now I've read the Happosai awaking manga and the number 1 so is there any more then those.

> "Hoist with my own petard!"

Yeah, Ted Cole did a great Kuno. I can't imagine any other voice for that so-and-so.

I like Kunos sister. Man poisoning dogs and scandel photos of the ''Pig-Tailed Girl''.

Kodachi's laugh is classic. I wish I could imitate it and drive people crazy! ^.~

I wouldn't know since all I've seen are the manga.

Kite wrote:I wouldn't know since all I've seen are the manga.

Well, how would you describe it. Think the Wicked Witch of the West, saying "ohhoho" instead of "ehhehe", make it a higher pitched, more singy, less nasal, and you may have a close approximation of Kodachi's laugh.