I know where you're coming from. While Grey/Metroanime and Ornstead have their shining moments, they tend to drift too easily into multi-crossover mishmash featuring Sailor Moon and Ranma.
Add the fact that their every instantiation of Ranma is heavily Akane-bashing... The character *is* a violent, insecure, jealous tomboy, but those were intended as flaws to keep her from being "Saint Akane." The character is *not* the only less-than-stellar person in the immediate vicinity.
I feel they based their interpretation of her solely from the anime, and took the series far too seriously. It's more or less the anime equivalent of the Three Stooges, after all...
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Add the fact that their every instantiation of Ranma is heavily Akane-bashing... The character *is* a violent, insecure, jealous tomboy, but those were intended as flaws to keep her from being "Saint Akane." The character is *not* the only less-than-stellar person in the immediate vicinity.
I feel they based their interpretation of her solely from the anime, and took the series far too seriously. It's more or less the anime equivalent of the Three Stooges, after all...
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll