Ranma ½ was likely a first taste of gender-benders for a lot of people, and I’m sure more than a few people found that they didn’t dislike it. While the gender-bending did lead to a lot of fun shenanigans for comedy, to the credit of the series, it often had some interesting stories outside of the jokes.
Alternative Titles:
- らんま1/2
Year Anime Premiered: 1989; 2024
Animation Studio: Studio Deen; Mappa
Number of Seasons: 1 + 13 OVAs + 2 Movies + 1 remake
Source Material Country of Origin: Japan
Source Material Available: Manga
Is It Officially Licensed Past Where The Anime Ends?: Yes
Is It Fan Translated Past Where The Anime Ends?: Yes
Entry Last Updated: December 21st, 2024 – Updated for new anime end
Where To Start The Ranma ½ Manga After The Anime?
To give an official answer, if you want to pick up the Ranma ½ manga after the anime, you can do so at Volume 22, Chapter 229 if you only watched the core anime. If you also watched all the OVAs, the last event those cover leaves you at Volume 34, Chapter 365 as a starting point.
2024 Ranma 1/2
If you finished the Ranma 1/2 2024 remake, you can start the manga after the anime at Volume 5, Chapter 37.
What to Expect From The Ranma ½ Manga?
Original 1989 Ranma 1/2
To be perfectly honest, Ranma ½ is one of the worst Rumiko Takahashi anime adaptations. Not as a story, but as an anime adaptation of the story.
I highly recommend just reading the Ranma ½ manga from the beginning. It commits all the anime adaptation sins – Replacing manga characters with anime-only characters, leaving out characters and thus events out completely, changing events, skipping events. This series is long-known to have “anime fans” and to have “manga fans,” very rare are there fans that really love both versions.
2024 Ranma 1/2
If you were to compare the original adaptation and the 2024 remake of Ranma 1/2 right now – setting aside the animation quality – they would actually be pretty similar in the content that was adapted. The original Ranma 1/2 anime was a pretty faithful adaptation in the beginning that went off the rails later.
The 2024 Ranma 1/2 anime is also a pretty good adaptation as of right now. It does cut some of the “natural filler” that the manga had to improve the pacing of the anime story, which many prefer, and so far, it has skipped very little of the important details.
Is The Ranma ½ Manga Over?
The Ranma ½ manga is completed. It ended in 1996 with Volume 36, Chapter 407.
Will Ranma ½ Be a Ranma 1/2 Remake Season 2?
It was announced following the end of the first season of the 2024 Ranma 1/2 Remake that it would be receiving a second season. However, they have not announced when it will air.
You can find out where to continue the Ranma 1/2 2024 Remake in the manga after Season 2 her after the final episode of Season 2 airs.
