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Ranma 1/2: Doco First (Anime Films And Series)

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If you're a Ranma ½ fan, you must also be a DoCo fan. If you don't like DoCo, you don't like Ranma ½!! (For the uninitiated, DoCo is a singing group made up of the Japanese voice actresses for Girl-Type Ranma, Akane, Shampoo, Nabiki, & Kasumi. You've seen the videos on the end of Ranma ½ OAV tapes from Viz Video). Favorites include tracks #3 & the last song. If you love Ranma ½, are an otaku like me, or just like great J-Pop (Japanese pop music) from the early 90's, this CD, and it's "companion" DoCo Second, are for YOU!!! I can't reccomend them enough!!!

People, this CD is the perfect collection of songs by a group of my favorite voice actresses. First, there's Inoue Kikuko (Kasumi) with her flowing beautiful vocals. Hidaka Noriko (Akane) has such a great voice as well especially when she sings alone. Sakuma Rei is very cute as Shampoo! Takayama Minama (Nabiki) seems to balance everyone out and add so much to the songs. HAYASHIBARA MEGUMI- I love her voice! She stays in character sooooo well as Ranma-chan. All and all DoCo is the perfect blend of voices! If you love Ranma 1/2 and love the music this CD is OB-SO-LU-T-LY for you. I could not imagine not liking at least five tracks on the CD. This music is perfect to get out of a bad mood or relax! You won't be sorry!

This is a cool cd ok here i`ll make a review and rate each song:

1.Prougle. Um...this is a short music just a tune...

2.Us after this.This song is really nice featuring kasumi, akane, nabiki,shampoo,ranma too. it is also dubbed into english 4 stars.

3.Red shoe sunday: I liked this song kasumi and shampoo sings on it and the gang(this was also dubbed in english ^_^).4.5 stars.

4.Liar: This is my fav song of all!! and it`s sad sounds like it 5 stars.

5.Only a little hill road: An okay song.....3.5 stars.

6.Full of Memories: Just like the hard battle song except it`s updated and cooler.4.5 stars.

7.Boyfriend. This is a sad song cause i saw the opening of it and there was a girl crying waiting for her boyfriend and he didnt come and the gang are singing and watching her.....5 stars.

All in all this cd is great,If you like japanese music i recommed you get this . ^___^

Unlike the Opening Themes and Closing Themes CDs, the DOCO 1st CD is sung by the 5 main female characters of the series: the Tendo sisters, Shampoo, and female Ranma, who apparently gets over his disgust at singing karaoke (as expressed in a Tendo Christmas Scramble OVA) to form the DOCO group with the others. You'll either have to know Japanese or search online for the lyrics' translation (and who sings what line) if you really want to know what the girls are singing, but the music is great and you'll find yourself humming along, despite not knowing the words.

Skip the musical prologue (Track 1) and get down to the main music: "Bokutachi ga Korekara (Where Do We Go From Here/Us After This)" is one of the themes from the OAV series and is one of my favorites on this CD. "Akai Kutsu no Sunday (Red Shoe Sunday)" is one of the OAV series' closing themes, and this extended version gives Nabiki her own verse, which is not heard on video. "Utsosuki (Liar)" is another of my favorites and the one song I do find myself singing (or trying to sing); its video is one of the bonus tracks found on the Viz Video releases. "A Slightly Hilly Road (sorry, forgot the Japanese title and I'm not near my notes!) is okay, not really well known and probably the one dud on the CD. "Omoide ga Ippai (Full of Memories/So Many Memories)" is DOCO's version of the season 3 opening theme. It's jazzed up and easier to sing along with than the opener, IMHO -- no childlike sopranos! "Kare (Boyfriend)" is a poignant, sweet song. Its video is also a Viz Video bonus, and I can't help but wonder what Ranma must feel, singing about a boyfriend of all things! It's a really nice CD, and if you like it, consider getting the harder-to-find DOCO 2 (featuring the fabulous "Kagayakusora To Kimi No Koe (A Glittering Sky and Your Voice)", or the DOCO Karaoke CD, which allows you to sing the songs yourself.

Being born with the same last name as ranma isn't easy and everyone calls me Ranma, so sick of it I go home and pop my Ranma CDs in to the player. Ranma has made unceasingly enjoyable songs and the DoCo make them even better! Anyone got Opening3? LOL, email me!

This is a very excellent collection of early 90's J-pop. Composed by Kenji Kawai and with the musical talents of Megumi Hayashibara and Rei Sakuma. Especially good is the final track, the 7 and a half minute piece called "Kare"(Him) that is quite moving for a genre that is usually seen as frivolous and bubblegummy. This even odder since the group DoCo(made of five seiyuu from Ranma) was a parody group of CoCo, a J-pop group that made a few of the opening and ending theme songs (Omoide ga Ippai, Equal Romansu, etc.), and these group are seen as the most frivoulous of the genre.

Ranama, Akane, Shampoo, Nabiki, Kasumi! DoCo is the band formed by these people from the hit tv show Ranma 1/2. It is a very fast beat cd. The seventh song is proboly the slowest song and it is my favorite song. I love this cd and if you like Ranma then you'll love the band of girls from the cast together to form DoCo. Anyone know where to get DoCo Second?

Muy buen disco pero no se compara a la primera Edición pero el sonido es exactamente el mismo y todas las canciones te transportaran al maravilloso mundo de Ranma.

Hey amigos no duden en comprarlo no sabemos hasta cuando nos dure el gusto de que este disco siga llegando a América

Hi! this is Dawn from Australia. Just want to say that this is a terrific soundtrack, and isn't as typical or predictable as others I've listened to, cos it combines the oriental with the cartoony very well. The songs have a cheering effect and are very catchy- I don't even understand Japanese, but I've almost taught myself to sing along! The music is vivid, and so it's easy to imagine ranma and all the characters in action! If you collect anime soundtrack, here's the one you MUST have. If you don't, you should have this one anyway! I'm sure that if you don't end up liking all the songs, you'll like most of them anyway. Buy it before it's extinct!

I love ranma, and i think you will like it too! Just listen to the CD once and you'll love Ranma just like I do,and maybe alittle more! The opening song is my favorite.Its called "Dont Make Me Wild Like You! " i'm sure after you hear this CD you will love Ranma! 0_0