Yeah, I'll give it the benefit that the casting wasn't bad. However, in my opinion both the writing and directing ruined those characters.
Except I'll give the kudos to the actors for Ranma, Ranma-chan, and Akane. the Ranma actor was pretty much spot on except one scene I despised, and that was the writers fault, not his - though I will say he could have chosen to work out a bit more prior to the role. Akane was solid throughout. Ranma-chan I think was the weakest, but I couldn't tell if it was the writing or just her interpretation.
Soun was off. Normally the character of Soun Tendo tries to put on an air of stoicness or calmness, he frequently fails, but it more often the that it's usally crying or panic. Soun usually only shows happieness when he thinks Ranma and Akane are about ready to confess all. So this interpretation fo a Soun SMILING all the time kinda creeped me out.
Genma would have been okay, if not for the subtext added into the writing that he was a womanizer. Genma had his faults. Gluttony, Greed, and Sloth, but in NO part of the manga or anime was he ever suggested he cheated on his wife.
Kasumi is usually smiling and serene. I remember her only smiling twice in the whole hour and a half, and those times it felt fake. In a couple of early scenes she was also snarky, dur to the fact that I think the writers stole lines from Nabiki and gave them to her.
Nabiki....oh frar god. Nabiki was WRONG. To see the Ice Queen of Furinken High reduced to bar hostess was just....I sobbed.
Kuno was by and large okay, but he came off a bit "Menouish" (UY) sometimes, and too clever for his own good. They had also partially merged him with Mikado Sanzenen, and well *shudder*
Gosenkugi was okay, but there isn't much to that character in the first place. I thought the actor was a bit too tall.
Dr. Tofu - sigh. Reduced for Chiropractor to School Nurse, and Tofu's gentle nature was kinda lost as the actor attempted to ham it up in a few scenes.
All in all, I thought the characterizations were rather poor, and excepting the case of the three mains, were either flandarized or wound up a case of "Did not do the homework". If I had been cast as an anime or manga character, one of the first things I'd do is sit down and read/watch the original source material to help hone my characterization. These people obviously did not.
Except I'll give the kudos to the actors for Ranma, Ranma-chan, and Akane. the Ranma actor was pretty much spot on except one scene I despised, and that was the writers fault, not his - though I will say he could have chosen to work out a bit more prior to the role. Akane was solid throughout. Ranma-chan I think was the weakest, but I couldn't tell if it was the writing or just her interpretation.
Soun was off. Normally the character of Soun Tendo tries to put on an air of stoicness or calmness, he frequently fails, but it more often the that it's usally crying or panic. Soun usually only shows happieness when he thinks Ranma and Akane are about ready to confess all. So this interpretation fo a Soun SMILING all the time kinda creeped me out.
Genma would have been okay, if not for the subtext added into the writing that he was a womanizer. Genma had his faults. Gluttony, Greed, and Sloth, but in NO part of the manga or anime was he ever suggested he cheated on his wife.
Kasumi is usually smiling and serene. I remember her only smiling twice in the whole hour and a half, and those times it felt fake. In a couple of early scenes she was also snarky, dur to the fact that I think the writers stole lines from Nabiki and gave them to her.
Nabiki....oh frar god. Nabiki was WRONG. To see the Ice Queen of Furinken High reduced to bar hostess was just....I sobbed.
Kuno was by and large okay, but he came off a bit "Menouish" (UY) sometimes, and too clever for his own good. They had also partially merged him with Mikado Sanzenen, and well *shudder*
Gosenkugi was okay, but there isn't much to that character in the first place. I thought the actor was a bit too tall.
Dr. Tofu - sigh. Reduced for Chiropractor to School Nurse, and Tofu's gentle nature was kinda lost as the actor attempted to ham it up in a few scenes.
All in all, I thought the characterizations were rather poor, and excepting the case of the three mains, were either flandarized or wound up a case of "Did not do the homework". If I had been cast as an anime or manga character, one of the first things I'd do is sit down and read/watch the original source material to help hone my characterization. These people obviously did not.