“Ranma 1/2” is a popular comic by Rumiko Takahashi, whose other works include “Urusei Yatsura,” “Inuyasha,” “Kyoukai no Rinne,” and “MAO.” It was serialized in “Weekly Shonen Sunday (Shogakukan)” from issue 36 in 1987 to issue 12 in 1996, and the total number of copies of the tankobon published has exceeded 55 million (as of June 2021).
The TV anime series was broadcast from 1989 to 1992, and was also released as an original video animation and a movie. In 2011, a live-action TV drama version was broadcast. The originality of the work continues to fascinate people, and it remains a hugely popular work to this day.
After training in China, Saotome Ranma has a strange constitution that causes him to turn into a woman when splashed with water and to turn back into a man when splashed with hot water. This is an invincible fighting love comedy about Ranma and Akane, the third daughter of the Tendo family, who is engaged to him by his parents, and the unique characters around them.
In this article, we will summarize the characters of the hotly-discussed new anime “Ranma 1/2”.
A first-year student at Furinkan High School.
During his training in China, he fell into the Maiden Drowning Spring in Cursed Springs, and has a unique constitution that causes him to turn into a woman when splashed with water. He is the second master of the Saotome style of indiscriminate fighting, and is engaged to be married to Tendo Akane by their parents. He is currently living with his father, Genma, at the Tendo household. In pursuit of masculinity, he dislikes his feminine appearance, but sometimes he will take on the appearance of Ranma and cunningly use his feminine weapons to achieve his goals.
Ranma’s father and master.
Founder of the practical martial art, the Saotome style of indiscriminate fighting. He fell into the Panda-Drowning Spring in Jusenkyo, where he was training, and when he was covered in water he turned into a panda, but when he was covered in hot water he returned to his original form. He was best friends with Tendo Soun since they were training under Happosai, and they promised to marry each other’s children. In the story, he is a comedic relief.
Genma’s wife and Ranma’s mother.
She was waiting for her husband and son to return from training, but she showed up at the Tendo dojo, believing Genma’s promise that he would “come back a manly man.”
The third daughter of the Tendo family, she is a first-year student at Furinkan High School. She
is the second generation head of the Tendo dojo and has outstanding physical abilities and fighting skills. She is engaged to Ranma and is attracted to each other, but they are unable to be honest with each other and end up repelling each other. Although she is clumsy, she also has a nosy side and is kind-hearted. She is not good at cooking and has terrible cooking skills.
天道家次女で、風林館高校に通う2年生。
自他ともに認める守銭奴。家族の写真を撮影し、学校内で販売するなど、いかなる状況においても、稼げる時はきっちり稼ぐクールなリアリスト。クラスメイトの久能帯刀とは、互いの利害関係からコンビを組むことが多い。
天道家の長女。
他界した母親に代わって、家事の一切を切り盛りしているしっかり者。いつも穏やかで優しく、周囲をあたたかく見守り、みんなに愛されるキャラクター。その反面、マイペースで何があっても動じないところもある。
無差別格闘流天道流の開祖で、三姉妹の父。
乱馬の父・玄馬とは八宝斎のもとで修業していた頃からの親友で、互いの子どもを結婚させる約束をしていた。威厳ある容貌だが、善良で気が小さい。
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