Actually, Peg and I watched the whole of the Ranma anime a couple years back -- we found a place that was selling what I suspect now are pirate collections of the dubs and bought the entire series plus OVAs and movies for just under $200. Then we sat down and spent several weeks working our way through them. There's a definite dip in quality around the second season -- I can remember one episode where the art was so bad that Genma and Ranma looked like twins -- but the later stuff (even given the filler eps they put in) isn't bad. I would hardly call it mind-numbing. And it's worth watching, if only because of the surprises that blow fanon completely out of the water. For instance, despite many fics to the contrary, Nabiki has far more conservative taste in swimwear than Kasumi; in a beach episode near the end of the series, Kasumi wore the second tiniest bikini in the entire show (exceeded only by Kodachi's).
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.