"Netflix Anime" home video rights can get complicated and expensive.

Does the streaming rights (often times exclusive) have home video holdback for Japan and/or outside of Japan? Not all "Netflix Anime" titles get home video releases in Japan.

Who holds the home video rights for North America? Netflix doesn't appear to be on the production committee (MAPPA, Nippon Television, Ranma ½ Production, Shogakukan, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions). Home video rights likely goes through MAPPA and/or Shogakukan.

What about English dub rights? Netflix is owning English dub rights (along with other international dubs) to more "Netflix Anime" titles. Japanese publisher(s) normally would own English & international dub rights. These Netflix exclusive English dub rights are known be very expensive (as in cheaper if the home video distributor re-dub it themselves). With that said, this doesn't apply to all "Netflix Anime" titles.

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There is definitely a chance. Original series is known performer for them (VHS -> DVD -> Blu-ray).

They currently only have merchandise rights and handled/promoted Anime NYC premiere.

With VIZ though...
- The good: willing to release long running series on home video, willing to release Netflix titles on home video
- The bad: BD quality is consider to the worst among the North American distributer, usually slow to release titles on home video

Hmm. So do VIZ' merchandise rights include home video releases of the new series? Because that announcement doesn't say one way or another.

It seems their 2014 BD release of the original anime was good.

Merchandise rights does not include home video rights. Sometimes they're referred as home entertainment rights.

Thanks for the clarification.

Opening Movie Akane short hair ver.

Thanks for all the uploads, WTK.

I am still revisiting the old show in tandem with the new. It's surprising how quickly they diverged. Back in the '90s, I was completely unaware how much filler the old show added. Heck, I haven't even seen Ryoga yet (and he was already in the 5th episode of the remake)

Speaking of Ryoga, why has Ranma made no effort to out him? He'll fight him but not even try to throw hot water on him, to let Akane know the truth of the little piggy she's always cuddling. I mean, sure, he tried dousing P-chan with hot water when he accidentally knocked out Kodachi. But Ranma has plenty of chances to soak Ryoga in front of Akane.

The pace works for me so far. Kodachi Kuno was on today's episode. Shampoo will show up sometime before Season 1 ends.

I'm not sure if she ever finds out. You would think she will find out at some point. Then again anime doesn't always make sense (intentional or not).

Oh, I'm not complaining. I prefer the remake pace to that of the original. It was just an observation.

Yeah, that was a lot of fun. I forgot that she is Tatewaki's sister. Although, given their personalities, it makes total sense. And I love when Kuno Tatewaki quickly appraised and approved the pairing of Kuno Kodachi and Saotome Ranma.
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I sure hope so. She was always a favorite of mine. Although I fear the season might end with her introduction, as a cliffhanger.

She didn't in the original anime adaptation, but I dunno if she did in the manga. I hope so, because it always made her seem like an idiot that everyone but her knew the truth.

Ranma has this weird sense of chivalry that prevents him from outing P-chan even though, if you think about it for even a second, it's kinda pervy and gross. But think about what would happen if after years of this Akane found out... Ryoga would never be seen again.

There are a ton of similar lapses of intelligence that happen in this series, mainly for laughs (Ranma's mom being a big one, but also the central plot of "does he/she really like me").

Also the first couple of seasons of Ranma 1/2 are a little weird.
The series had low ratings and was cancelled after 18 episodes until they redid it and moved timeslots.
Also there was a series of real world kidnappings so they had to change the order, which is why if you watch the first season it makes no sense that there's a flashback to the ice skating arc that hadn't aired yet.

But I still like the "filler" of the first original season, which isn't the traditional kind of filler but more filling out the in between moments with a different pace. They obviously had to change that due to episode numbers and current trends (and budgets) anyway.

Answerman - Why is the nudity removed from the Ranma 1/2 remake? http://4NN.cx/.217017

That's a lot of assumptions but the real answer is that Japanese TV standards changed so that casual nudity is a no-no. Nudity is still okay in exclusively adult entertainment, but Ranma ½ is essentially a show meant for teens and aired when younger viewers can see it. So the nipples (and apparently the butt crack) had to go. Amusingly, the current Japanese TV standards have resulted in the show being similar in appearance to censored anime from the '80s/'90s in the US.

I totally agree. That's why it always bothered me back when I used to watch the old show and why I hoped she'd figure it out. Hell, even her dad knew and said nothing.

It's not like he wouldn't have it coming.

This might be the first episode I don't really like, since it's P-Chan/Ryoga centric. It also doesn't help that the girl obsessed with P-Chan is shrill and annoying in an unfunny way. And, once again, I will never understand why Ranma doesn't expose Ryoga in front of Akane. I mean, I get the narrative impulse to keep the gag going, but I see no in-world reason for the character to let it keep going.

There is also the same collar that Ryoga and P-Chan/Charlotte wears.

Yup. I saw that he was wearing the collar the annoying girl put on him. Even Ranma failed to tease him about that.

Did Ranma ever transform Ryoga into P-chan in front of other students in the original series? I don't remember that happening and it threw me off here.

Also, gotta love Ranma warning Akane to stay away from Mikado without telling her why. Those two dummies were destined for each other.

Finally that horrible 3-part Charlotte Cup story arc is over (I seriously don't remember that in the original show), and SHAMPOO!

It does feel like the Charlotte episodes did go along a bit too long.


Looking at the promo poster again, here are the characters left to be introduced. The cast hasn't been announced yet (https://ranma-pr.com/character/), so they may not be showing up in Season 1.

top right hand corner (top to bottom)
- Happosai
- Ukyo
- Mousse
- Cologne

Yeah, that godawful arc felt like it was never going to end. That's where the weekly release schedule certainly makes certain storylines feel endless (now I understand how people felt about season 2 of The Walking Dead). But at least my '90s anime crush, Shampoo, finally made an appearance.

I didn't realize this was already episode 10 and the season is almost over.

I may hate Ryoga, but I laughed aloud over how the angel and demon on either shoulder were both advising him to be bad.

That said, too bad Shampoo is not a good cook.

In the original they actually moved that part out to the second season so they could introduce Shampoo first, even though it disrupted the story (and flashbacks)

It's been so long, I don't remember that at all. Then again, I seem to have blocked out almost everything Ryoga related. Even ignoring him, given what a fan favourite Shampoo has always been, I can understand rearranging episodes to introduce her sooner, even to the detriment of the narrative.