So there's apparently a new Ranma 1/2 anime in the works

[skykiii]

https://x.com/SugoiLITE/status/1801781631134613663

So I did a search to see if the farms were already discussing this.... instead I found a thing from a few years back where some idiot tried to say Ranma was a "trans manga."

The funny thing about that is that... I showed the original anime to some center-right friends recently. They all universally loved it but also agreed "they could never make this show today." I also remember here on KF agreeing with another poster that Ranma is an example of how you could do a gender-bend concept without it feeling like pandering to/advocating trans idiocy.

Which has me worried about how this remake is gonna fly in the modern day.

....... On a personal level though....

Okay, so the 80s-90s anime was good... for the first sixty or so episodes. The old anime's major failing is that it starts to prefer anime-original stories (since Ranma is a "here's the thing that happens today" show it does not feel right to call them "filler arcs") over actually adapting the manga.

As such, I feel like what a potential new anime should do is pull a Saint Seiya: Hades Chapter or Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters and just... skip past all the stuff that an older adaptation handled, and instead just pick up where the old show left off. And before you say "well wait, this new show is coming decades later!"--same was true for the afformentioned Saint Seiya Hades.

I have a feeling in my gut that this is not what they're going to do though. And frankly I don't expect modern anime to match the artistic techniques or soundtrack that helped make the old anime great even in its worst moments.

What do you think, though?

 

[Bucephalus]

What do you think, though?

I think anime is for fags.

 

[Nader's Branch]

I don't generally enjoy remakes anymore. It used to be a treat but these days it's just tired and always feels like a money grab.

I'd be very interested in an Ranma 1/2 remake but I want japan to stick with their own sensibilities and not give in to the the American political correctness. That is to say, just make the water temperature a reason why Ranma switches and don't bring lasting identities or hard political views into it. At the end of the day, it's all just light hearted and fun.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Oh no, please don't let trannyslators get a hold of this, I fucking love Ranma 1/2... They're going to rape Ranma with their girldicks.

 

[Audit]

If memory serves, Ranma turns into a girl because the author didn't know how to write men. It was a cheap cop out to excuse a lack of writing talent.

 

[Xenomorph]

Ranma is comfy, please leave it alone.

 

[God of Nothing]

Oh no, please don't let trannyslators get a hold of this, I fucking love Ranma 1/2... They're going to rape Ranma with their girldicks.

this is why i don't want this to be made
in current year, you know what they'll do

 

[Dysnomia]

Dub will be horrible. Ranma will be a they/them.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Ranma is an example of how you could do a gender-bend concept without it feeling like pandering to/advocating trans idiocy.

Ayakashi Triangle is like bargain bin laden Ranma 1/2, it's good and doesn't have any pro-tranny shit in it, just another wacky jap story about magic. It serves as good modern proof that we can still have stories about gender that aren't poisoned by trannies.

just pick up where the old show left off

Nah, I'd rather them start from the beginning and just stay faithful to the original material. The only benefit to doing it the other way is we could reach the true ending faster and maybe brand new material continuing the story, if we want to open that can of worms.

this is why i don't want this to be made
in current year, you know what they'll do

I'm pretty sure the anime itself will be safe, it's just the English wokealization is going to be a disaster. Fan translations will almost certainly be a necessity.

 

[God of Nothing]

If memory serves, Ranma turns into a girl because the author didn't know how to write men. It was a cheap cop out to excuse a lack of writing talent.

Ranma is such an egotistical, self-serving jackass he works as a woman because the man, at his essence, is a bitch.

I'm pretty sure the anime itself will be safe, it's just the English wokealization is going to be a disaster. Fan translations will almost certainly be a necessity.

it's going to be eye and ear cancer

 

[skykiii]

If memory serves, Ranma turns into a girl because the author didn't know how to write men. It was a cheap cop out to excuse a lack of writing talent.

... Your memory does not serve.

I myself have never learned what Rumiko Takahashi's inspirations were, but the idea she chose it because she "didn't know how to write men" is ludicrous on its face when you look at not only Ranma itself but also what she was writing before Ranma. You might as well suggest that 90s-era Id Software was never good at making First Person Shooters.

 

[Mystery Spy]

Ranma was from a better era when gender bending was used for fun, and comedic moments. And I dare to say normal curiosity of living in someone's else shoes. In the current day I dread how people will hijack it to justify their mental illnessess and ruin it for everyone else.

You just know the dub will be insufferable, and the twitter takes even worse. I hope the anime is good enough at least.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

it's going to be eye and ear cancer

I haven't watched the new Urusei Yatsura anime but it looks good by modern standards, based on the trailer I saw. I don't think even the best looking modern anime can hold a candle to 90's stuff, but it looks good enough to me.

 

[Testacles Maximus]

I hope this version follows the manga by ending in 1996.

 

[skykiii]

I haven't watched the new Urusei Yatsura anime but it looks good by modern standards, based on the trailer I saw. I don't think even the best looking modern anime can hold a candle to 90's stuff, but it looks good enough to me.

Admittedly this is something else that is likely to be a sore spot.

Ranma the original anime had a distinct aesthetic both visually and in terms of audio.

This kinda demonstrates what I mean. All sorts of little touches like how the sun is slowly rising over the horizon, and the music.. oh god the music. Ranma 1/2 had an absolutely iconic soundtrack.

I've seen enough modern anime to know that I don't see this being replicated by "today's standards."

But then again, I did see that one special OVA from 2008 or so and it turned out all right.

 

[gata]

Hahahahahaha can't wait to see twitter and tranny discourse with zoomerisms to ruin yet another old series that people liked back then.

 

[Cat tit bingo]

I've heard some good things about that recent Urusei Yatsura remake from David productions so I guess it makes sense to try ranma next, if there capable fo doing Urusei Yatsura outside of the 80s maybe it's possible to do ranma separate from the 90s. Still ranma 1/2 and it's specific era of anime is just way to close to my heart to accept any sort of replacement or imitation.
The show itself will probably be at least decent but I just absolutely do not want to see the modern anime trannies trying to co-op it into some heckin validating trans icon bullshit. For the most part the gender swapping was a source of conflict and humor that ranma hated, it's literally a curse. The crux of most jokes was everyone wanted to fuck girl ranma and everyone wanted to fuck up guy ranma and all the hijinks that follow. Still trannies as always will just conveniently ignore the parts that counter there delusions and act like ranma is a heckin trans icon who is just so euphoric all the time being in a women body even if he constantly talks about how much he fucking hates it.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

It really just sounds like they're going back through the archives to give long-runners the Brotherhood treatment by eliminating filler and doing a near 1:1 adaptation now that it's been about 40 years and master tapes are starting to rot.

Thank God I bought the anime boxsets when I did, I can enjoy kino without fear of woke shit. And as far as I know, the 2-in-1 re-release is still faithful now that I've begun picking volumes up as I see them.

 

[skykiii]

Thank God I bought the anime boxsets when I did, I can enjoy kino without fear of woke shit. And as far as I know, the 2-in-1 re-release is still faithful now that I've begun picking volumes up as I see them.

In general, it seems that older anime is rarely ever touched by the woke police. The only case I've ever heard is Kyatto Ninden having some gay jokes toned down for Discotek's release. But at the same time Discotek also did a re-release of Angel Cop which was more faithful and actually kept that anime's "evil jews are behind everything" plot point.

So I expect the 2-in-1s of Ranma, as well as the blurays, are relatively accurate. In fact to my memory the script for the anime subtitles barely changed from the old DVDs.

My only gripe is there's a few jokes I felt were funnier in the old manga translation because they felt they were allowed to replace jokes with a local equivalent, whereas the 2-in-1 version is more faithful to the Japanese text, but sometimes less funny as a result. Still, that's a relatively minor and ultimately subjective gripe.

 

[Premium Gonzo]

Please no i don't want new tranny ranma, Shampoo would be a drag queen, Akane will end up being a pooner. Kuno will be a stink ditch chaser of horrifying proportions and Genma will end up being a creepy furry with Ryoga trying to fuck everything in pig form....

Although Kodachii could be an ultimate TERF...