Ranma ½: The Movie 2 — The Battle of Togenkyo: Rescue the Brides! (1992)
With the Tendos, the Saotomes, Ryoga, Shampoo and Ukyo misinterpreting Tatewake Kuno's invitation to his two loves, Akane and "The Pig Tailed Girl", to try his new yacht, a whole new episode of chaos begins in the already unstable lives of the Saotome/Tendo clan. A mysterious shadow kidnaps first Akane's sister Kasumi, then continues on until all the girls disappear. All except everyone's favorite hydrotranssexual. As an ambush, Ranma's set out to trap one of the shadows, revealing them to be under the control of a powerful prince Toma. Toma is the young prince of a floating island to which only males are born due to a powerful spring which turns anything into a man. Of course, he's out to rescue the girls, but more importantly, can he get a hold of the water that may free him of the Jusenkyo curse? And even more importantly, can he keep his mouth shut before Akane does more damage to him then Prince Toma does?
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The following may contain some spoilers...be advised.I have recently completed watching every season of the Ranma 1/2 anime, including the movies, OAV's, and all the Manga.This movie by far I have enjoyed simply because, while it is still a rehash of Akane being a damsel-in-distress type of story...which really was a repeating arc in the series. It is done at least freshly here outside of the confines of Japan, Furinkin High School, or Jusenkyo. A fresh look that was a very rare occurrence in the series. Besides it's "Ranma", you don't watch for deep plot lines or realistic stories. You watch because of the comedy and to see the progression of the Ranma/Akane relationship.You can easily pick any of the Ranma characters and find something of yourself in one of them.The animation in this movie has been by far the best of the entire series IMHO. For fans of the series, you already know there is a distinct style between all of the seasons, the movies, and the OAV's. This particular movie has a distinct OAV style. One thing to watch for all of the young female characters seem to have "grown up a bit", if you get what I mean). The character design is blatant in targeting a specific demographic obviously...especially with the designs of Female Ranma, Nabiki, Shampoo, Akane, & Ukyo. I would recommend watching at least the first 3-5 seasons of the anime series before watching this film. (I personally watched all 7 seasons before I hit the movies.) Something that we have not seen before in this movie is the presence of dripping blood (Ranma) and weapons piercing the skin (Mousse).Speaking of Mousse. His fight scene with the Bird-man for Shampoo is by far the best of the entire franchise. For the first time we see real emotion out of Mousse as a serious character, not just the butt of jokes. Excellent scene.Again, the storyline is basically the same as the majority of the anime series. But if you are watching ANY part of the "Ranma 1/2" franchise for the plot...your missing the point. With the twist in location, the superb animation, and updated character designs...this movie is by far very entertaining.The opening sequence is an eye opening experience.
now here's somethin you don't see everyday, ranma girl breasts a jigglin! the writers sure had a lot of fun. this is a real cool moive, my favorite of the two. the story is cool, stealing the girls for a man to marry. akane is, of course, the choice of the head guy. the animation is classic, the humor is still top notch, and the gilrs showing off their skin? great! i especially love the dragon fist and lionheart moves ranma and ryoga do. then, there's shampoo...hubba hubba! LOL. all in all, see this for more great humor!
I'm not an otaku, so take that as a preface. I'm more a casual fan who got exposed to Ranma years ago and I enjoy it. The romantic dodecohedrans (rather than triangles) and the slapstick humor is always good fun. And call me shallow but for an adult male skimpy bathing suits on the girls is no minus. I write for those who don't follow anime so closely and say this is a fun movie and worth a rental if not a purchase.
Ahhhh, Ranma. For those of you not familiar with the Ranma situation, here's a quick explanation: It's the typical old boy meets girl, boy turns into girl, girl gets engaged to girl routine.Anyway, Ranma is a fine martial arts comedy based around a boy, Ranma, who changes between male and female form because of a curse laid upon him while training in the mountains of China. This is the second Ranma movie (based on the TV series, which, in turn is based on the original manga).The Ranma 1/2 series is top-notch hilarity from start to finish, every time. This movie, however brings a bad name to the name. Nihao My Concubine is full of gratuitous breast shots, lame non-humour and a severe lack of plot. The american dubbed version is (believe it or not) worse still, having ridiculous puns strewn about, thoroughly distracting and annoying to say the least, not to mention the acting standard. As for the actual animation, it's more or less regular Ranma standard - that is, high quality, but relatively simple artwork, that does the job well. If you must see this movie, make sure it's a fan subtitled edition, but better still, miss this movie altogether and pick up some of the original Manga ;)