Bob Schroeck Wrote:You know, it just occurs to me that, after almost twenty years of Ranma fanon and memetic mutation, how very likely it is that a significant fraction of English-speaking fandom is going to see a faithful live version as adaptation decay. We should probably be prepared for a Fan Dumb backlash when a version finally makes it out of Japan...I've been trying to correct people from the Fanon only viewpoint for years now. It's usually a discussion topic in my Fanfiction Forum at Geek.Kon. And yes, Ranma charactures have been mutated and Flanderized in fanon down to an exaggerated one dimensional version of those characters, Akane being the worst victim of it.
If this IS a faithful adaptation (there'[s always the possibility of the Japanese having that same kind of fanon decay), I can easily see a great deal of current Ranma "Fanon Fans" (i.e. "I love Ranma, I read tons of Ranma Fanfiction...never actually saw the series or read the manga though." >_