Japan Synopsis
らんま½
Akane is the youngest of three daughters for Soun Tendo. Her father Soun Tendo runs a dojo for martial arts. Akane hopes to carry on her father's dojo into the distant future. Meanwhile, Akane has been selected to marry Ranma, the son of her father's long time friend Genma. Akane and Ranma's relationship has developed into a love and hate relationship. Also, Ranma isn't your typical boy. While on a training journey Ranma fell into the Spring of the Drowned Girl and now changes into a women whenever cold water is splashed on him. Warm water will allow him to revert back to a male. Problems arise when Akane's father declares that the successor to their dojo must be a male. Now, Akane and Ranma (being a man only half of the time) must find a secret spring that can cure him of his curse.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Ranma ½. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Nippon Television Network Corporation
Action + Comedy in Japan
429 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Ranma ½ itself).
The 2010–2012 Japan Window
Ranma ½ holds position #237 of 441 Japan films in the 2010–2012 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ranma ½ premiered alongside 138 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 138 other Japan films in 2011.
The 2537th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
51 audience reviews — more than 64% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 62th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Ranma ½, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- romantic rivalry · 5
- single father · 3
- martial arts training · 3
- family business · 2
- martial arts school · 2
- romantic rival · 1
- japanese high school · 28
- arranged marriage · 27
- high school student · 18
- curse · 17
- based on manga · 297
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,545 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (44th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,013 of 1,714 (top 59%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Nippon Television Network Corporation |
| Runtime | 1h 35m |
| Release Date | December 9, 2011 |
| IMDb | tt2072214 |