Seasons 1 & 2 Part 1 - EPS. 1-40
Seasons 3 & 4 Part 2 - EPS. 41-88
Seasons 5 & 6 Part 3 - EPS. 89-136
Season 7 Part 4 - EPS. 137-161

Ranma Saotome and his father Genma are training in martial arts near the cursed Jusenkyo springs; waters cursed to turn anyone who falls within into whatever drowned there last. The curse changes the person's form when dowsed with cold water, and back to normal when hit with hot. Both fall in, and Ranma is now cursed with the form of a hot looking young girl, while Genma gets to turn into a panda. Returning from China, they go to the Tendo residence in Japan. There we find that Soun Tendo and Genma are old friends and have betrothed Ranma to one of the Tendo daughters in an arranged marriage. Akane, the youngest daughter, gets engaged by default when her sisters refuse the arrangement. Ranma and Akane don't get along from the start, and each get several suitors determined to break up the engagement. Somehow, the unlikely pair stay together through the most unlikely of events.

Quite simply one of the biggest names in anime, and the most popular series of wonder woman Rumiko Takahashi. So far, we¡¯ve been treated to the first two movies on DVD. That was quite some time ago, the first movie coming out back in the days when Pioneer still used jewel cases (blegh!). Finally, more Ranma material has reached DVD, in the form of the OVAs (although technically it¡¯s eleven OVAs plus the third movie in the spot of the "ninth" OVA episode). this is the OVA series, which is considered by the majority of whom I know as the best animated Ranma available. And I certainly believe that as well. The OVAs avoid the repetition that hurts the TV series, and also avoids the "Ranma worship" too. What I mean is that, a lot of the time Ranma is turned into this god-like know everything, can beat anyone, can do anything guy who, quite frankly, makes me want to puke. In the OVA though, they avoid that. The only episode that even remotely approaches Ranma worship is episode four with Miss Hinako.