Ranma ½ Ranma Live Action Drama

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Serval

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It was decent. Akane was actually likeable in this (less of a violent maniac). Nabiki being a
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made sense (more legal than the racketeering at the school), she could get more valuable info. The other changes were fine, too. I, for one, liked the different meeting of Akane and Ranma. Though the fact that Ranma-chan got more screentime was weird.
Is this an oneshot or are they making more?
 
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zeebee1

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#128
Hopefully a oneshot. The longer it goes on the greater chance there is for this to be the worst thing ever.
 
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Seed00

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#129
#129
Did Nabiki's karma houdini status transfer to the live action?
 
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Dumbledork

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#130
I just hope that the live action episode will convince the producers to continue the anime, or maybe do a relaunch using curent animation standards.

There have been some successful relaunches lately (DBZ and HxH) so why not Ranma?
 
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Serval

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#131
#131
Seed00 said:
Did Nabiki's karma houdini status transfer to the live action?
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She's not in school in this one. I don't think she did anything that would require karmic punishment.
 
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Serval

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#132
Dumbledork said:
I just hope that the live action episode will convince the producers to continue the anime, or maybe do a relaunch using curent animation standards.

There have been some successful relaunches lately (DBZ and HxH) so why not Ranma?
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The thing is: would it appeal to new people? Ranma is a product of its period. Female-on-male violence was funny. The world has evolved. I don't think some core things in Ranma would work anymore.
That was something that bothered me about Rumiko's InuYasha too. InuYasha was a jerk, but he didn't deserve all of the *Osuwari!*
 
PCHeintz72

PCHeintz72

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#133
Serval said:
Dumbledork said:
I just hope that the live action episode will convince the producers to continue the anime, or maybe do a relaunch using curent animation standards.

There have been some successful relaunches lately (DBZ and HxH) so why not Ranma?
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The thing is: would it appeal to new people? Ranma is a product of its period. Female-on-male violence was funny. The world has evolved. I don't think some core things in Ranma would work anymore.
That was something that bothered me about Rumiko's InuYasha too. InuYasha was a jerk, but he didn't deserve all of the *Osuwari!*
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Ummm... if you are attempting to state female on male violence in anime is not still present... I'd have to ask what you are taking... Zero no Tsukaima comes to mind as a more modern anime with female on male violence... as does Full Metal Panic. Ditto Haruhi Suzimiya...
 
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Seed00

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PCHeintz72 said:
Serval said:
Dumbledork said:
I just hope that the live action episode will convince the producers to continue the anime, or maybe do a relaunch using curent animation standards.

There have been some successful relaunches lately (DBZ and HxH) so why not Ranma?
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The thing is: would it appeal to new people? Ranma is a product of its period. Female-on-male violence was funny. The world has evolved. I don't think some core things in Ranma would work anymore.
That was something that bothered me about Rumiko's InuYasha too. InuYasha was a jerk, but he didn't deserve all of the *Osuwari!*
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Ummm... if you are attempting to state female on male violence in anime is not still present... I'd have to ask what you are taking... Zero no Tsukaima comes to mind as a more modern anime with female on male violence... as does Full Metal Panic. Ditto Haruhi Suzimiya...
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The series where that angel girl actually kills the male protagonist and keeps bringing him back to life...
 
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Serval

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#135
Of course it's still present. It just turns off more people than it would have 20 years ago. Not to mention that Zero is a men's manga (seinen) while Ranma is shonen (aka for boys, though its actually aimed at girls and didn't have a lot of success with boys). And FMP, Kaname's harisen is not what I would call a weapon for inflicting lots of pain.
 
PCHeintz72

PCHeintz72

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#136
Serval said:
Of course it's still present. It just turns off more people than it would have 20 years ago. Not to mention that Zero is a men's manga (seinen) while Ranma is shonen (aka for boys, though its actually aimed at girls and didn't have a lot of success with boys). And FMP, Kaname's harisen is not what I would call a weapon for inflicting lots of pain.
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Ummm... Kaname hits him with more than a harison... what about the time she threw a base at him in the head for example... And that harison is *not* normal considering that a paper harison does that to males she hits with it, I would expect it lined with lead... It can be argued he does enough bone headed stunts to warrant some of that though. It does not change that it occurs though.

Other series come to mind though... Hidan no Aria, Toraddora, Toaru Kagaku no Index/Railgun...

Kenichi had a good number of female fighters taking on and doing ow wanting to do bodily harm to males...

Most of my more favorite anime is older, so would be poor for comparison... but still.

Basically, even if more of us are disgusted than would be 20 years ago... it still has a large enough appeal that it occurs with a fairly common frequency...
 
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Serval

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#137
Do any of those series have the violence between fiances? Because technically that is what bothers me about Ranma. It feels like the beginning of domestic violence. Maybe I don't get slapstick comedy.

EDIT: I come with the western mindset that cartoons are supposed to teach kids. Maybe in Japan it's different. Because Rumiko's Ranma and InuYasha teaches girls (because girls usually watched them) that if a guy is a jerk he should be hit.
 
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Dumbledork

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lol. Honestly, I really don't like the Ranma anime or manga any longer, and I'm only interedted in the fanfics. Yet, a new anime would maybe get more people to write Ranma fics again.
 
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Sledgehammer

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Dumbledork said:
lol. Honestly, I really don't like the Ranma anime or manga any longer, and I'm only interedted in the fanfics.
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Wow, you really DO have bad taste!
 
PCHeintz72

PCHeintz72

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Serval said:
Do any of those series have the violence between fiances? Because technically that is what bothers me about Ranma. It feels like the beginning of domestic violence. Maybe I don't get slapstick comedy.

EDIT: I come with the western mindset that cartoons are supposed to teach kids. Maybe in Japan it's different. Because Rumiko's Ranma and InuYasha teaches girls (because girls usually watched them) that if a guy is a jerk he should be hit.
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One need not be engaged to someone for relationship abuse to exist... were that the case, Naru in Love Hina would be innocent...

Cartoons *used* to teach kids... I've not seen one do that for a long time.

I remember the shorts at the end of each episode of shows like GIJoe, or some of the others... Sailor Moon has them as well... Or shows like Schoolhouse Rock...

Again, I've not seen anything like that for a long time...
 
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Sledgehammer

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#141
#141
PCHeintz72 said:
Serval said:
Do any of those series have the violence between fiances? Because technically that is what bothers me about Ranma. It feels like the beginning of domestic violence. Maybe I don't get slapstick comedy.

EDIT: I come with the western mindset that cartoons are supposed to teach kids. Maybe in Japan it's different. Because Rumiko's Ranma and InuYasha teaches girls (because girls usually watched them) that if a guy is a jerk he should be hit.
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One need not be engaged to someone for relationship abuse to exist... were that the case, Naru in Love Hina would be innocent...

Cartoons *used* to teach kids... I've not seen one do that for a long time.

I remember the shorts at the end of each episode of shows like GIJoe, or some of the others... Sailor Moon has them as well... Or shows like Schoolhouse Rock...

Again, I've not seen anything like that for a long time...
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The shows on Qubo channel are all about teh educationals and informatives. They even dub in Aesops to shows that originally didn't have them, just like the Sailor Moon Says segments that DIC tacked on to the show back in the day. Even better, they show some of those old Filmation cartoons late night.
 
Ordo

Ordo

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#142
#142
PCHeintz72 said:
Serval said:
Do any of those series have the violence between fiances? Because technically that is what bothers me about Ranma. It feels like the beginning of domestic violence. Maybe I don't get slapstick comedy.

EDIT: I come with the western mindset that cartoons are supposed to teach kids. Maybe in Japan it's different. Because Rumiko's Ranma and InuYasha teaches girls (because girls usually watched them) that if a guy is a jerk he should be hit.
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One need not be engaged to someone for relationship abuse to exist... were that the case, Naru in Love Hina would be innocent...

Cartoons *used* to teach kids... I've not seen one do that for a long time.

I remember the shorts at the end of each episode of shows like GIJoe, or some of the others... Sailor Moon has them as well... Or shows like Schoolhouse Rock...

Again, I've not seen anything like that for a long time...
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Oddly enough, an Episode of "Adventure Time: With Fiona and Cake" (Not a typo look it up) actually had our heroine coming to the conclusion that she didn't need a man to define her, that waiting around for some guy to pick her really wasn't her thing in the end. Of course being 'Adventure Time' it's difficult to say of this was meant to teach or just another random event.

There's also a season 1 episode of AT: Finn and Jake that could be seen as encouraging children not the jump to conclusions.

Beyon that I'd point to 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic', Star Wars: The Clone Wars', 'Thundercats (2011) and maybe 'Teen Titans'.
 
PCHeintz72

PCHeintz72

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#143
Welll... were one to look deep enough, one could find lessons in any show, that does not mean it is geared toward teaching lessons...
 
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Dumbledork

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Unlike Fat Albert which was all about teaching children 'important' lessons.
 
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