Product Details

• Directors: Ranma 1, 2
• Format: Animated, Color, Dubbed, DVD, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Japanese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Viz Video
• DVD Release Date: November 10, 1998
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305103429
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #25,734 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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The second theatrical feature in this popular series, based on Rumiko Takahashi's manga, continues the comic adventures of a clutch of mismatched teenaged martial artists and their families. In the best anime tradition, the girls are buxom and long-legged, and sport minimal outfits that cover less of them than do their cascades of hair; the guys are slim, cute, and somewhat thick-witted.

The gang wrecks a yacht on the mysterious floating island of Togenkyo, ruled by Prince Toma, who's been seeking a bride by kidnapping girls wherever he drifts. Naturally, Toma is attracted to Akane, Ranma's fractious girlfriend. Ranma sets out to rescue her, but the dark-haired boy is transformed into a busty, red-haired girl whenever he's splashed with cold water. When the inevitable transformation occurs, Ranma finds him/herself as a bridal candidate, competing doggedly in such off-the-wall events as "survival flower-arranging" and "obstacle-course cooking."

Some Western viewers may take offense at the lighthearted treatment of kidnapping and the lecherous little old man who steals the tops from the girls' bathing suits. But Takahashi and Iuchi play everything for laughs, including a subplot involving the water from an enchanted spring that turns everything it touches irrevocably male--the obvious solution to Ranma's problem. The results are fast-paced and zany, but don't always make much sense. --Charles Solomon

Product Description
When poetry-spouting swordsman Tatewaki Kuno invites Ranma & Co. for a jaunt on his new luxury yacht, the last thing the group expects is a sudden storm to shipwreck them all on a deserted island. However, fixing the boat to get home soon becomes the least of their worries, as all the young girls in the group begin to disappear. As it turns out, they've been bride-napped by Prince Toma, the youthful ruler of the floating island, Togenkyo. Because of a magical spring which turns anything it touches instantly male, would-be bridegrooms have to kidnap girls...and in this case, Ranma's reluctant fiancee Akane is one of them!

Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilariously Entertaining, September 5, 1999

By A Customer

This is a fun movie steming form the Ranma 1/2 series. I found this movie to be the better of the two Ranma 1/2 films. The story has a good plot filled with comedy and action in the right moments. It does require some previous knowlege of the characters prior to viewing, but that is easly rectified by taking advantage of the DVD's options. Also, for a DVD movie, this is great! The sound in the English track is digitaly remastered so it sounds great. No widescreen. There is also a ton of extra features. Inculding a fun Love Chart which displays which movie characters love, hate and are rivals of each ohther with a film clip. A must have for all Anime fans.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funniest Ranma Movie Ever!!!, May 10, 2003

By	Emily "serenity" (MD, USA) - See all my reviews

Between the two Ranma 1/2 movies that are out, the second one (this one) is the funniest one yet! Ranma and the gang (including all the Tendos, Genma, Shampoo, Cologne, Happosai, Ryoga, Moose, Kuno, etc) are all stuck on this island during a nice summer day. At first everyone was enjoying themselves playing in the sand and water when Kazumi disappears! At first they didn't think anything of it until she never came back... so the search began. When everyone began splitting up to search for her, all the women slowly one by one disappeared leaving nothing but a peach where they once stood. So how do they try to catch the kidnappers??? Well use Ranma's girl form at bait of course! So they tie Ranma up against a tree and douse him with cold water! He is kicking and screaming hating everyone until something odd happens. A blackhole like figure creeps to him and tries to take him away. Ranma then unmasks these creepy figures to find a monkey-man, bird-man, and a dog-man. When Ranma tries to attack, their leader (this very young kid) somehow beats Ranma up without Ranma having left a sign mark on him (We later find out that, that kid used illusions to beat Ranma). This kid had something special with him though. He had this water which would turn anyone into a man.

Well so they look towards the place that kid ran off to and they see an island nearby. So they all get on a boat (Kuno's boat) and go off to the island. Ranma then disguises himself as a women and gets in. He then is told to get ready for a ceremony so he goes to pick out a gown. Afterwards, he is escorted into this big grand ballroom filled with many, many women. Ranma finds the missing women from his group and is told about why they are there. That kid named Toma (a prince of this island)is looking for a bride so they kidnapped every girl from the surrounding islands.

This was a martial arts contest to see which girl was the best. The winner would become Toma's bride. Ranma wanting that jug of water (the water that turns anyone into a man) so he agreed to enter the competition. Ranma of course did very well but the prince was not amused. When Akane realized that the women were nothing more than used for his (Toma's) entertainment, she went over and gave him a good slap across his face. There she lectures him on how wrong and bad he was in front of everyone. There Prince Toma chooses Akane as his wife. Ranma of course comes to try to stop Toma (in the wrong way). He tells Toma that Akane is a tomboy, can't cook, has no figure, but the girl Ranma's got all that so reconsider! Akane of course beats up Ranam and then runs away with Toma. Toma and Akane go to his private room and talk. Toma tells Akane that this island was cursed with the water that turns anyone into a man, therefore, men must look beyond their island for a bride.

Meanwhile, Ranma's gang started running around looking for the others. They ran into people, faught, ran, etc. Very hilarious! You get to see everyone fight (Genma, Ryoga, Moose, Kuno, Mr. Tendo).

Ranma of course comes running in looking for Toma, Toma then uses his illusions to hurt Ranma... how will Ranma defeat Toma's illusions? Will Ranma be able to get some of that water? Will everyone get out safely? Will Ranma tell Akane how much he cares for her????? All to be revealed....

There are a lot of hilarious moments and crazy stunts. This is the perfect dvd for any Ranma fan or not (yet). I would strongly advise buying this great movie! I hope this review has helped in anyway... thanks for reading!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worthy Ranma, *Fantastic* DVD., November 22, 2000

By	J. T. Nite "mightybjorn" (Mesa, AZ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For Anime fans, DVD is a godsend. Purity and snobbery demands that you get subtitled imports and pay a high premium for a scarce collection of titles. Noninitiates prefer them dubbed, and get them cheaper and more readily available. Sometimes even the snobs have to make do with dubs, often poor dubs at that. Now along comes this fine edition of Ranma 1/2's second movie to make the future look bright.

Watch it in Japanese with English subtitles, English with Japanese subitles, English with English subtitles, Japanese with Japanese subtitles. Watch half of it dubbed, watch the other half subtitled, whatever blows your skirt up. Open-minded fellow that I am, I watched both modes. The dub is actually top-notch, and allowed me to focus on the action. The subtitles provided a more accurate translation of the dialog, a clearer understanding of what was going on.

So the DVD rocks. How's the movie? The first Ranma 1/2 movie was little more than a series of crazy set-pieces, manic and disconnected. This film slows things down enough to focus more on the characters, while still maintaining the series' high-energy fun.

I'll spare you another plot rehash -- check the Amazon review for that. Suffice to say that the movie gives fans what they want. Akane and Ranma have many great love-hate moments, Mousse shows some backbone, and even Ryoga makes himself useful. Nabiki shines in several scenes as she starts to enjoy being a love-goddess abductee. The new characters are memorable as well; the villain is a remarkably sympathetic boy whose tender scenes with Akane steal the show. The animation is not Disney quality, but it is smooth and stylish (particularly in the climactic shadowy battle scenes).

It's got action, it's got eye candy, it's got some underlying complexity but nothing that gets in the way of the fun. Definitely a must for fans of the series, and a good jumping-on point (with some backstory) for anyone anime-inclined.