Key facts
- Genre
- Adventure Martial arts Romantic comedy
- Written by
- Rumiko Takahashi
- Published by
- Shogakukan
- English publisher
- AUS : Madman Entertainment NA : Viz Media
- Imprint
- Shōnen Sunday Comics
- Magazine
- Weekly Shōnen Sunday
- Original run
- August 19, 1987 – March 6, 1996
- Volumes
- 38 ( List of volumes )
- Directed by
- Tomomi Mochizuki ( Episodes 1–18</span>"}]]}'>#1–18 ) Tsutomu Shibayama ( Episodes 1–18</span>"}]]}'>#1–18 ) Koji Sawai ( Episodes 19–161</span>"}]]}'>#19–161 ) Junji Nishimura ( Episodes 19–161</span>"}]]}'>#19–161 )
- Music by
- Hideharu Mori Kenji Kawai
- Studio
- Studio Deen
- Licensed by
- AUS : Madman Entertainment NA : Viz Media
- Original network
- FNS ( Fuji TV )
- English network
- PH : TV5 SEA : Animax US : KTEH
- Episodes
- 161 ( List of episodes )
- Produced by
- Hidenori Taga (executive) Yoko Matsushita Hiroshi Hasegawa
- Released
- November 2, 1991
- Runtime
- 77 minutes
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Ranma ½ (Japanese: らんま1/2, Hepburn: Ranma Nibun-no-Ichi; pronounced Ranma One-Half in English) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected in 38 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan. The story revolves around a teenager named Ranma Saotome who has trained in martial arts since early childhood. As a result of an accident during a training journey, he is cursed to become a girl when exposed to cold water, while hot water changes him back into a boy. Throughout the series Ranma seeks out a way to rid himself of his curse, while his friends, enemies, and many fiancées constantly hinder and interfere.