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Japanese name(s):
Ranma 1/2 (Ranma NIBUNNOICHI)
English name(s):
Ranma 1/2
Overall description of edits/changes:
Various TV episodes were rearranged within season 2 and to fill the last tape of a 'season'. Openings and endings were changed for various TV and OVA episodes. The ending credits for Movie 1 were squeezed vertically for some reason. DETAILED REPORT
Reviewed by:
Jim Lazar (Webmaster/animeprime.com)
Date reviewed/updated:
Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:43 PM
North American company releasing title:
Viz
Japanese version that North American version is based on:
As aired on Japanese television and released on home video in Japan

 Description of what effects the edits/changes had on the original story/plot (opinion)

Since most of the changes only affected the openings and endings of the episodes/movies and the rearranged TV episodes are episodic, there really was no effect on the story or plot due to the changes. It is unknown if the 'Present' TV ending will ever be used, so it might go unseen by North American fans (unless they have the Music Video tape from the season 1 boxset).

The changes are minor, but at the same time undesirable and unnecessary.


 Detailed description of video edits

TV Series:

The first 12 episodes in TV season 2 (called Anything Goes Martial Arts by Viz) were rearranged by Viz from the order they were originally aired on Japanese television. The following list shows the original order they were release in Japan and the order that Viz released them in (the episodes that Viz released out of order are highlighted in red):

English name (VIZ) Episode number Original air date on Japanese television Viz videotape that episode appeared on (A=first episode on tape, B=second)
Clash of the Delivery Girls! The Martial Arts Takeout Race! 1 89.10.20 VVRA-002/B
You Really Do Hate Cats! 2 89.11.03 VVRA-003/A
This Ol' Gal's The Leader of The Amazon Tribe 3 89.11.10 VVRA-003/B
Behold! The 'Chestnuts Roasting In An Open Fire' Technique! 4 89.11.17 VVRA-004/A
Enter Mousse! The Fist of the White Swan! 5 89.11.24 VVRA-004/B
Cool Runnings! The Race of the Snowmen 6 89.12.01 VVRA-005/A
The Abduction of P-Chan! 7 89.12.08 VVRA-001/A
Close Call! The Dance of Death...on Ice! 8 89.12.15 VVRA-001/B
P-Chan Explodes! The Icy Fountain of Love! 9 89.12.22 VVRA-002/A
Ranma Trains on Mt. Terror 10 90.01.12 VVRA-006/A
The Breaking Point!? Ryoga's Great Revenge 11 90.01.19 VVRA-006/B
Danger at the Tendo Dojo! 12 90.01.26 VVRA-005/B
The Abduction of Akane 13 90.02.02 VVRA-007/A
Ranma vs. Mousse! To Lose is to Win 14 90.02.09 VVRA-007/B
Enter Happosai, the Lustful Lecher 15 90.02.16 VVRA-008/A
Assault on the Girl's Locker Room 16 90.02.23 VVRA-008/B
Kuno's House of Gadgets! Guests Check in, but They Don't Check out 17 90.03.02 VVRA-009/A
Goodbye Girl-type 18 90.03.09 VVRA-009/B
It's a Fine Line Between Pleasure and Pain 19 90.03.16 VVRA-010/A
S.O.S.! The Wrath of Happosai 20 90.03.23 VVRA-010/B
Kissing is Such Sweet Sorrow! The Taking of Akane's Lips 21 90.04.06 VVRA-011/A
Bathhouse Battle! We're in Some Hot Water Now 22 90.04.13 VVRA-011/B

For seasons 3-5, Viz also took episodes from the next season to fill the last tape of the prior season. So far, they have done this for the last Hard Battle tape (Ukyo's Skirt! The Great Girly-Girl Gambit! was originally in season 4) and for the last Outta Control tape (The Revenge of Ling-Ling, Lung-Lung! was originally a season 5 episode). Not only did they move these episodes from their original order, they changed the original openings and endings used (see below).

Viz has also rearranged season 6 (which they are calling Random Rhapsody) quite substantially. While they have stated that it was done to prevent breaking multi-part stories between volumes, a close look at what they rearranged makes it more likely that they wanted to avoid putting too many discs out with episodes that people would concider 'skippable'.

As of the first 4 volumes, season 7 (Ranma Forever)appears to be following the original broadcast order. Hopefully the last 5 discs will also be left in their original order.

 

 Detailed description of opening and ending changes

TV Series:

Viz replaced the original opening and endings on the two episodes they moved to fill the last tapes of Hard Battle and Outta Control (UkyoÕs Skirt! The Great Girly-Girl Gambit! and The Revenge of Ling-Ling, Lung-Lung!) with the OPs and EDs from those two seasons. They also did not use the ending with the song Presence, which should have been on the later Hard Battle episodes and the early Outta Control episodes. They released all the OPs and EDs for the TV series on a bonus 'Ranma 1/2 Music Videos' tape that was included in the boxset of season 1, so they do apparently have the rights to the song and ending animation.

Here is a list of the various openings and endings used in the Ranma 1/2 TV series:

Abbreviation Japanese Name English Name Sample
 OP1 Jajauma ni sasenaide Don't Make Me Wild Like You
 OP2 Ranma-kun wa hentai Ranma is a Pervert


Okay, I'm not 100% sure what this opening is. My information does not list a opening song for episodes using OP2, so I *THINK* OP2 refers to the little Ranma 1/2 intro segment that Viz put between OP3 and the episodes during 'Anything Goes Martial Arts'. It started as "Meet Ranma Saotome..."

It appears that when the second season first aired in Japan some of the episodes just had that voice over intro segment (maybe those episodes were longer for some reason?) and some had the Little Date music opening. Viz apparently combined these two pieces to make their opening for all the episodes on their 'Anything Goes Martial Arts' tapes. I guess this is more of an addition, than an edit.

 OP3 Little Date Little Date
 OP4 Omoide-Ga Ippai So Many Memories
 OP5 Zettai! Part 2 No Way!
 OP6 Chikyuu Orchestra Earth Orchestra
 OP7 Mou Nakanaide Don't Cry Any More
 OP8 Love Seeker Can't Stop It
 ED1 Platonic tsuranuite Let's Keep it Friends
 ED2 Platonic tsuranuite (billboard) Let's Keep it Friends
 ED3 Equal Romance Equal Romance
 ED4 Don't mind lay-lay Boy China Boy
 ED5 Lambada Ranma Lambada Ranma
 ED6 Present Present
 ED7 Friends Friends
 ED8 Hinageshi Poppy Flower
 ED9 Positive Positive
 ED10 Niji to Taiyou no Oka Between the Rainbow and the Sun

Here is a list of the episodes (in the original order that they aired on Japanese televison) listed with the original OP/EDs and the OP/EDs Viz used (current as of volume 7 of Martial Mayhem). The epsiodes that were moved and the changed OP/EDs are highlighted in red:

English Name Viz Series Name Episode Number Original air date on Japanese television Viz Video tape that episode appeared on (A=first episode on tape, B=second) Original opening Opening that Viz used Original ending Ending that Viz used
Here's Ranma! TV Series 1 89.04.15 VVRT-001/A OP1 OP1 ED1 ED1
School is No Place for Horsing Around TV Series 2 89.04.22 VVRT-001/B OP1 OP1 ED1 ED1
A Sudden Storm of Love TV Series 3 89.04.29 VVRT-002/A OP1 OP1 ED1 ED1
Ranma and...Ranma? If it's Not One Thing, It's Another TV Series 4 89.05.06 VVRT-002/B OP1 OP1 ED1 ED1
Love me to The Bone! The Compound Fracture of Akane's Heart TV Series 5 89.05.13 VVRT-003/A OP1 OP1 ED1 ED1
Akane's Lost Love! These Things Happen, You Know TV Series 6 89.05.20 VVRT-003/B OP1 OP1 ED1 ED1
Enter Ryoga, the Eternal Lost Boy TV Series 7 89.05.27 VVRT-004/A OP1 OP1 ED1 ED1
School is a Battlefield! Ryoga vs. Ranma! TV Series 8 89.06.03 VVRT-004/B OP1 OP1 ED1 ED1
True Confessions! A Girl's Hair is Her Life! TV Series 9 89.06.17 VVRT-005/A OP1 OP1 ED1 ED1
P-P-P-chan! He's Good For Nothin'!: TV Series 10 89.07.01 VVRT-005/B OP1 OP1 ED1 ED1
Ranma Meets Love Head-On! Enter the Delinquent Juvenile Gymnast! TVSeries 11 89.07.15 VVRT-006/A OP1 OP1 ED2 ED2
A Woman's Love is War! The Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge! TVSeries 12 89.07.22 VVRT-006/B OP1 OP1 ED2 ED2
A Tear in a Girl-Delinquent's Eye? The End of the Martial Arts RhythmicGymnastics Challenge! TV Series 13 89.07.29 VVRT-007/A OP1 OP1 ED2 ED2
Pelvic-Fortune Telling? Ranma Is The No.1 Bride of Japan! TV Series 14 89.08.19 VVRT-007/B OP1 OP1 ED3 ED3
Enter Shampoo, the Gung-Ho Girl! I Put My Life In Your Hands! TV Series 15 89.08.26 VVRT-008/A OP1 OP1 ED3 ED3
Shampoo's Revenge! The Shiatsu Technique That Steals Heart and Soul! TVSeries 16 89.09.02 VVRT-008/B OP1 OP1 ED3 ED3
I Love You, Ranma! Please Don't Say Goodbye! TV Series 17 89.09.09 VVRT-009/A OP1 OP1 ED3 ED3
I am A Man! Ranma's Going Back To China!? TV Series 18 89.09.16 VVRT-009/B OP1 OP1 ED3 ED3
Clash of the Delivery Girls! The Martial Arts Takeout Race! AnythingGoes Martial Arts 1 89.10.20 VVRA-002/B OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
You Really Do Hate Cats! Anything Goes Martial Arts 2 89.11.03 VVRA-003/A OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
This Ol' Gal's The Leader of The Amazon Tribe Anything Goes MartialArts 3 89.11.10 VVRA-003/B OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
Behold! The 'Chestnuts Roasting In An Open Fire' Technique! AnythingGoes Martial Arts 4 89.11.17 VVRA-004/A OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
Enter Mousse! The Fist of the White Swan! Anything Goes Martial Arts 5 89.11.24 VVRA-004/B OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
Cool Runnings! The Race of the Snowmen Anything Goes Martial Arts 6 89.12.01 VVRA-005/A OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
The Abduction of P-Chan! Anything Goes Martial Arts 7 89.12.08 VVRA-001/A OP3 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
Close Call! The Dance of Death...on Ice! Anything Goes Martial Arts 8 89.12.15 VVRA-001/B OP3 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
P-Chan Explodes! The Icy Fountain of Love! Anything Goes Martial Arts 9 89.12.22 VVRA-002/A OP3 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
Ranma Trains on Mt. Terror Anything Goes Martial Arts 10 90.01.12 VVRA-006/A OP3

OP3/OP2

ED4 ED4
The Breaking Point!? Ryoga's Great Revenge Anything Goes Martial Arts 11 90.01.19 VVRA-006/B OP3 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
Danger at the Tendo Dojo! Anything Goes Martial Arts 12 90.01.26 VVRA-005/B OP3 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
The Abduction of Akane Anything Goes Martial Arts 13 90.02.02 VVRA-007/A OP3 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
Ranma vs. Mousse! To Lose is to Win Anything Goes Martial Arts 14 90.02.09 VVRA-007/B OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
Enter Happosai, the Lustful Lecher Anything Goes Martial Arts 15 90.02.16 VVRA-008/A OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
Assault on the Girl's Locker Room Anything Goes Martial Arts 16 90.02.23 VVRA-008/B OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
Kuno's House of Gadgets! Guests Check in, but They Don't Check out AnythingGoes Martial Arts 17 90.03.02 VVRA-009/A OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
Goodbye Girl-type Anything Goes Martial Arts 18 90.03.09 VVRA-009/B OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
It's a Fine Line Between Pleasure and Pain Anything Goes Martial Arts 19 90.03.16 VVRA-010/A OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
S.O.S.! The Wrath of Happosai Anything Goes Martial Arts 20 90.03.23 VVRA-010/B OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
Kissing is Such Sweet Sorrow! The Taking of Akane's Lips Anything GoesMartial Arts 21 90.04.06 VVRA-011/A OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
Bathhouse Battle! We're in Some Hot Water Now Anything Goes MartialArts 22 90.04.13 VVRA-011/B OP2 OP3/OP2 ED4 ED4
Ranma Gains Yet Another Suitor Hard Battle 23 90.04.20 VVHB-001/A OP2 OP4 ED4 ED5
Ryoga and Akane: 2-gether 4-ever Hard Battle 24 90.04.27 VVHB-001/B OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
Sneeze Me, Sqeeze Me, Please Me! Shampoo's Recipe for Disaster HardBattle 25 90.05.04 VVHB-002/A OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
Rub-a-Dub-Dub! There's a Pervert in the Tub Hard Battle 26 90.05.11 VVHB-002/B OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
Dear Ukyo Hard Battle 27 90.05.18 VVHB-003/A OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
The Witch Who Loved Me: A Japanese Ghost Story Hard Battle 28 90.05.25 VVHB-003/B OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
Transform! Akane the Super-duper Girl Hard Battle 29 90.06.01 VVHB-004/A OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
The Killer From Jusenkyo Hard Battle 30 90.06.08 VVHB-004/B OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
Am I Pretty? Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood Hard Battle 31 90.06.15 VVHB-005/A OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
Final Facedown! Happosai vs. the Invisble Man Hard Battle 32 90.06.22 VVHB-005/B OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
Les Miserables of the Kuno Estate Hard Battle 33 90.06.29 VVHB-006/A OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
Ghost Story! Ranma and the Magic Sword! Hard Battle 34 90.07.06 VVHB-006/B OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
All it Takes is One! The Kiss of Love is the Kiss of Death Hard Battle 35 90.07.13 VVHB-007/A OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
The Ultimate Team-up? The Ryoga/Mousse Alliance Hard Battle 36 90.07.20 VVHB-007/B OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
Back to the Happosai Hard Battle 37 90.07.27 VVHB-008/A OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
Kodachi the Black Rose! The Beeline to True Love Hard Battle 38 90.08.03 VVHB-008/B OP4 OP4 ED5 ED5
The Last Days of Happosai Hard Battle 39 90.08.10 V-RHB009/A OP4 OP4 ED6 ED5
Two, Too-Vilolent Girls: Ling-Ling & Lung-Lung Hard Battle 40 90.08.17 V-RHB009/B OP4 OP4 ED6 ED5
Ranma and the Evil Within Hard Battle 41 90.08.24 V-RHB010/A OP4 OP4 ED6 ED5
Enter Ken and His Copycat Kerchief Hard Battle 42 90.08.31 V-RHB010/B OP4 OP4 ED6 ED5
Ryoga's Miracle Cure! Hand Over That Soap Hard Battle 43 90.09.07 V-RHB011/A OP4 OP4 ED6 ED5
Fight! The Anythign-Goes Obstacle Course Race Hard Battle 44 90.09.14 V-RHB011/B OP4 OP4 ED6 ED5
Ranma Goes to Jusenkyo at Last Hard Battle 45 90.09.21 V-RHB012/B OP4 OP4 ED6 ED5
The Return of the Hawai'ian Headmaster From Hell Outta Control 46 90.09.28 V-ROC001/A OP5 OP5 ED6 ED7
Enter Kuno, the Night-Prowling Knight Outta Control 47 90.10.12 V-ROC001/B OP5 OP5 ED6 ED7
Ranma Gets Weak! Outta Control 48 90.10.19 V-ROC002/A OP5 OP5 ED6 ED7
Eureka! The Desparate Move of Desperation Outta Control 49 90.10.26 V-ROC002/B OP5 OP5 ED6 ED7
Showdown! Can Ranma Make a Comeback? Outta Control 50 90.11.02 V-ROC003/A OP5 OP5 ED6 ED7
Ukyo's Skirt! The Great Girly-Girl Cambit! Hard Battle 51 90.11.09 V-RHB012/A OP5 OP4 ED6 ED5
Here Comes Ranma's Mom Outta Control 52 90.11.16 V-ROC003/B OP5 OP5 ED6 ED7
Ryoga... Beyond the Pleasure and Pain Outta Control 53 90.11.23 V-ROC004/A OP5 OP5 ED6 ED7
My Fiancee, The Ghost-Cat Outta Control 54 90.11.30 V-ROC004/B OP5 OP5 ED6 ED7
Blow Wind! To Be Young is to Go Gung-Ho Outta Control 55 90.12.07 V-ROC005/A OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
The Appearance of a Formidable New Disciple Outta Control 56 90.12.14 V-ROC005/B OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
Step Outside! Outta Control 57 90.12.21 V-ROC006/A OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
Ryoga's Tendo Dojo Houseguest Diary Outta Control 58 91.01.11 V-ROC006/B OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
Happosai's Happy Heart Outta Control 59 91.01.18 V-ROC007/A OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
Extra, Extra! Kuno and Nabiki: Read All About it! Outta Control 60 91.01.25 V-ROC007/B OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
Ryoga the Strong... Too Strong Outta Control 61 91.02.01 V-ROC008/A OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
Close Call! P-chan's Secret Outta Control 62 91.02.08 V-ROC008/B OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
The Egg-Catcher Man Outta Control 63 91.02.15 V-ROC009/A OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
Ranma and Kuno's... First Kiss Outta Control 64 91.02.22 V-ROC009/B OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
Shampoo's Red Thread Outta Control 65 91.03.01 V-ROC010/A OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
Mousse Returns to His Old Country Home Outta Control 66 91.03.08 V-ROC010/B OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
The Dumbest Bet in History Outta Control 67 91.03.15 V-ROC011/A OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
Kuno Becomes a Marianne Outta Control 68 91.03.22 V-ROC0011/B OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
Ranma, You're Suck a Jerk Outta Control 69 91.03.29 V-ROC012/A OP5 OP5 ED7 ED7
Gimme that Pigtail! Martial Mayhem 70 91.04.05 V-RMM001/A OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
When a Guy's Pride and Joy is Gone Martial Mayhem 71 91.04.12 V-RMM001/B OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
The Revenge of Ling-Ling, Lung-Lung! Outta Control 72 91.04.19 V-ROC012/B OP6 OP5 ED8 ED7
Ryoga's Proposal Martial Mayhem 73 91.04.26 V-RMM002/A OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Genma Takes a Walk Martial Mayhem 74 91.05.03 V-RMM002/B OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
The Gentle Art of Martial Tea Ceremony Martial Mayhem 75 91.05.10 V-RMM003/A OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
And the Challenger is... A Girl?! Martial Mayhem 76 91.05.17 V-RMM003/B OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Hot Springs Battle Royale! Martial Mayhem 77 91.05.24 V-RMM004/A OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Me is Kuno's Daddy,Me is Martial Mayhem 78 91.05.31 V-RMM004/B OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
The Matriarch Takes a Stand Martial Mayhem 79 91.06.07 V-RMM005/A OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
A Leotard is a Girl's Burden Martial Mayhem 80 91.06.14 V-RMM005/B OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
The Mixed-Bath Horror Martial Mayhem 81 91.06.21 V-RMM006/A OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
The Frogman's Curse Martial Mayhem 82 91.06.28 V-RMM006/B OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Revenge! Raging Okonomiyaki...! Martial Mayhem 83 91.07.05 V-RMM007/A OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Ranma the Lady-Killer Martial Mayhem 84 91.07.12 V-RMM007/B OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Battle Shoji! Martial Mayhem 85 91.07.19 V-RMM008/A OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Sasuke's "Mission Impossible" Martial Mayhem 86 91.07.26 V-RMM008/B OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Bonjour, Furinkan! Martial Mayhem 87 91.08.02 V-RMM009/A OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Dinner at Ringside! Martial Mayhem 88 91.08.09 V-RMM009/B OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Swimming With Phychos! Martial Mayhem 89 91.08.16 V-RMM010/A OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Ryoga! Run Into the Sunset Martial Mayhem 90 91.08.23 V-RMM010/B OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Into the Darkness Martial Mayhem 91 91.08.30 V-RMM011/A OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Nabiki-Ranma's New Fiance? Martial Mayhem 92 91.09.06 V-RMM011/B OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
The Case of the Missing Takoyaki Martial Mayhem 93 91.09.13 V-RMM012/A OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Ranma vs Shadow Ranma Martial Mayhem 94 91.09.20 V-RMM012/B OP6 OP6 ED8 ED8
Dear Daddy... Love Kodachi Random Rhapsody 95 91.09.27 DRRR01/A OP6 OP7 ED8 ED9
Enter Gosunkugi, The New Rival!? Random Rhapsody 96 91.10.04 DRRR01/B OP6 OP7 ED8 ED9
Ranma’s Calligraphy Challenge! Random Rhapsody 97 91.10.11 DRRR01/C OP6 OP7 ED8 ED9
The Secret Don of Furinkan High!? Random Rhapsody 98 91.10.18 DRRR02/A OP6 OP7 ED8 ED9
Back to the Way We Were... Please! Random Rhapsody 99 91.10.25 DRRR02/B OP6 OP7 ED8 ED9
Ryoga Inherits the Saotome Schol!? Random Rhapsody 100 91.11.01 DRRR02/C OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
Tendo Family Goes to the Amusement Park Random Rhapsody 101 91.11.15 DRRR03/A OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
Case of the Furinkan Stalker Random Rhapsody 102 91.11.29 DRRR03/B OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
The Demon from Jusenkyo, Part I Random Rhapsody 103 91.12.06 DRRR04/A OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
The Demon from Jusenkyo, Part II Random Rhapsody 104 91.12.13 DRRR04/B OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
Ranma ga inai Xmas Random Rhapsody 105 91.12.20 DRRR05/A OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
Yukinko fuyu monogatari Random Rhapsody 106 92.01.10 DRRR05/B OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
Rakugaki panda no noroi Random Rhapsody 107 92.01.17 DRRR06/A OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
The Date Monster of Watermelon Island Random Rhapsody 108 92.01.24 DRRR03/C OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
Shiawase no panda densetsu Random Rhapsody 109 92.01.31 DRRR06/B OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
Ranma to Ukyou ga sauce souai? Random Rhapsody 110 92.02.07 DRRR07/A OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
Itsuwari fuufu yo eien ni... Random Rhapsody 111 92.02.14 DRRR07/B OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
The Missing Matriarch of Martial Arts Tea Random Rhapsody 112 92.02.21 DRRR04/C OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
Taihen!  Akane ga nyuuin shita Random Rhapsody 113 92.02.28 DRRR05/C OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
Nazo no abare takotsubo arawareru?! Random Rhapsody 114 92.03.06 DRRR06/C OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
Gosunkugi!  Aa koi no kami-ningyou Random Rhapsody 115 92.03.13 DRRR08/A OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
Akane no kokoro ga wakaranai Random Rhapsody 116 92.03.20 DRRR08/B OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
Tsuiseki!  Temariuta no nazo Random Rhapsody 117 92.03.27 DRRR07/C OP7 OP7 ED9 ED9
Mou anata kara hanarenai Random Rhapsody 118 92.04.03 DRRR08/C OP8 OP7 ED10 ED9
Kunou Tatewaki, dairi kouchou wo meizu Ranma Forever 119 92.04.10 DRRF01/A OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Ranma, tsukiyo ni hoeru Ranma Forever 120 92.04.17 DRRF01/B OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Nii hao!  Jusenkyou no Guide-san Ranma Forever 121 92.04.24 DRRF01/C OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Meiwaku!  Rokunin no Happousai Ranma Forever 122 92.05.01 DRRF02/A OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Kibunshidai no hissatsuwaza (zen) Ranma Forever 123 92.05.08 DRRF02/B OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Kibunshidai no hissatsuwaza (kou) Ranma Forever 124 92.05.15 DRRF02/C OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Shampoo toraware no kiss Ranma Forever 125 92.05.22 DRRF03/A OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Boku to kakeochi-shite kudasai Ranma Forever 126 92.05.29 DRRF03/B OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Kinoko-dera e ikou Ranma Forever 127 92.06.05 DRRF03/C OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Hissatsu!  Jigoku no yurikago Ranma Forever 128 92.06.12 DRRF04/A OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Aoi kyoufu ni bonjour Ranma Forever 129 92.06.19 DRRF04/B OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Orihime wa nagareboshi ni notte Ranma Forever 130 92.06.26 DRRF04/C OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Hitotsu meshimase koi no sakura mochi Ranma Forever 131 92.07.03 DRRF05/A OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Dekita!  Happoudaikabin Ranma Forever 132 92.07.10 DRRF05/B OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Kunou kyoudai scandal no arashi Ranma Forever 133 92.07.17 DRRF05/C OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Ougon no chaki, gojuunotou no kessen Ranma Forever 134 92.07.24 DRRF06/A OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Gosunkugi Hikaru, hitonatsu no koi Ranma Forever 135 92.07.31 DRRF06/B OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Ai no kakutou cheergirl (zen) Ranma Forever 136 92.08.07 DRRF07/A OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Ai no kakutou cheergirl (kou) Ranma Forever 137 92.08.14 DRRF07/B OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Kettei!  Miss Beachside Ranma Forever 138 92.08.21 DRRF06/C OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Bakuretsu!  Hyper tsuzumi Ranma Forever 139 92.08.28 DRRF07/C OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Shinobi no inu wa shiro to kuro Ranma Forever 140 92.09.04 DRRF08/A OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Tendou-ke ryuujin densetsu Ranma Forever 141 92.09.11 DRRF08/B OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Ranma meets mother Ranma Forever 142 92.09.18 DRRF08/C OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10
Itsu no hi ka, kitto... Ranma Forever 143 92.09.25 DRRF08/D  OP8 OP8 ED10 ED10

Movies:

In movie 1 (Big Trouble in Nekonron, China) Viz squeezed the end credits vertically to make them appear in a letterbox format. This distorted the animation and made the characters appear 'squished'. Since the rest of the movie was shown in 4:3 full frame, I have no idea why Viz decided to do this to the end credits. The DVD of movie 1 contained the unsqueezed credits as an extra, but the squeezed version was shown immediately after the movie.

OVAs:

The first six OVAs all used the same opening and ending. Viz left these intact, except for dubbing the opening song in English (OVAs 3-6 only). But for what they called OVAs 7 through 12 (they were actually a collection of OVAs, Super OVAs, and a Movie) each OVA had a different opening and ending.

Viz only dubbed two songs ("Where Do We Go From Here? (You and Me)" and "Red Shoe Sunday") out of the original OP/EDs for OVAs 7-12. For the dub VHS and DVD (I don't know for sure on the sub VHS) they replaced the OP/EDs on OVAs 7-12 with those two OP/EDs instead of the original OP/Eds. They did include all of the creditless OP/EDs as bonus 'Music Videos' on both the tapes and DVDs.

The following table lists the OVAs and the OP/EDs used in the original and the Viz releases:

OVA number English Name Original source of "OVA" episode Original opening Opening that Viz used Original ending Ending that Viz used
1 Shampoo's Sudden Switch! The Curse of the Contrary Jewel! OVA1 It's Love! Panic It's Love! Panic [Japanese] Ballad of Ranma and Akane Ballad of Ranma and Akane [Japanese]
2 Tendo Family Christmas Scramble OVA2 It's Love! Panic It's Love! Panic [Japanese] Ballad of Ranma and Akane Ballad of Ranma and Akane [Japanese]
3 Akane vs. Ranma! I'll Be The One To Inherit Mother's Recipes! OVA3 It's Love! Panic It's Love! Panic [Japanese/English] Ballad of Ranma and Akane Ballad of Ranma and Akane [Japanese]
4 Stormy Weather Comes To School! Growing Up With Miss Hinako! OVA4 It's Love! Panic It's Love! Panic [Japanese/English] Ballad of Ranma and Akane Ballad of Ranma and Akane [Japanese]
5 The One To Carry On, Part 1 OVA5 It's Love! Panic It's Love! Panic [Japanese/English] Ballad of Ranma and Akane Ballad of Ranma and Akane [Japanese]
6 The One To Carry On, Part 2 OVA6 It's Love! Panic It's Love! Panic [Japanese/English] Ballad of Ranma and Akane Ballad of Ranma and Akane [Japanese]
7 Reawakening Memories, Part 2 OVA Special 1 Where Do We Go From Here? (You and Me) Where Do We Go From Here? (You and Me) [Japanese/English] A Pure and Proper Christmas Red Shoe Sunday [Japanese/English]
8 Reawakening Memories, Part 2 OVA Special 2 Grammar School, Midday Where Do We Go From Here? (You and Me) [Japanese/English] Red Shoe Sunday Red Shoe Sunday [Japanese/English]
9 Team Ranma vs. The Legendary Phoenix: Movie 3 Endless Summer Break Where Do We Go From Here? (You and Me) [Japanese/English] Liar Red Shoe Sunday [Japanese/English]
10 Oh, Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love! Let My Love Be Forever!: SuperOVA 1 Shining Sky and Your Voice Where Do We Go From Here? (You and Me) [Japanese/English] A Slightly Sloping Hill Red Shoe Sunday [Japanese/English]
11 Hell Hath No Fury Like Kasumi Scorned! SuperOVA 2 So Many Memories Where Do We Go From Here? (You and Me) [Japanese/English] A Bit of Love, Gone Red Shoe Sunday [Japanese/English]
12 The Two Akanes! Ranma, Look At Me!! SuperOVA 3 Two-way, Complex Love Where Do We Go From Here? (You and Me) [Japanese/English] Him (Boyfriend) Red Shoe Sunday [Japanese/English]

Anime´ Notes
During initial production the Shampoo intro stories for the TV series were moved forward and shown as part of season 1. Since this change was made by the original Japanese creators before the episodes were ever aired on Japanese television, we do not consider it an edit by Viz. In Japan, the episodes were also released on home video in the same order.

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