Quote from: ForgottenF on October 10, 2024, 12:22:38 AMcontemporary trans movement would fucking HATE Ranma 1/2 if they watched it and paid any attention at all.

The older trans community loved the show.

The new one reviles Ranma 1/2. Because of course.

Bumped into an episode of a short lived Japanese period piece called Demon Hunter Misturugi.

Set in feudal Japan with some peculiar anomalies. Why are the 3 heroes wearing motorcycle helmets???

Past that its notable for using stop motion and some puppeteering instead of suit acting for the giant monster showdowns. Its a bit crude, but I respect anyone trying to do stop motion battles every episode. Sadly the requirements eventually got the show cancelled after only 12 episodes.

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Quote from: Lurkndog on October 06, 2024, 08:32:18 PMThere is also a curious remake of Ranma 1/2, which is almost identical to the original, except that the nudity is somewhat more censored. I'm not sure I see the point. Maybe they will actually write an ending for this one?

I have only watched one episode buy they mainly seem to be updating the art and animation.  The art and animation in the original are pretty crude and dated looking now.

The original animation was pretty decent for TV animation at the time. It's from the era where everything was hand-drawn and hand-painted, which tends to result in a certain loss of clarity, color quality and frame count compared to modern animation done on computers.

Older animation also tends to be hampered by poorer quality source materials. If it's coming off of videotape, some degradation is inevitable.

One thing they may do in the new show is eliminate problematic characters like Happosai, the perverted martial arts master.

Junior has discovered Top Gear (and The Grand Tour) and I'm very pleased that he also finds them to be hilarious.

I was talking about the new Ranma with my brother, and he mentioned that the original had stretches of filler episodes, which I kind of remember too (the original show was 30 years ago). The kind of thing where they have a tournament arc for a dozen episodes while they wait for new manga stories to arrive.

They may be able to eliminate a lot of that this time around, and just go off the original manga.

The original had around 150 episodes and no ending, maybe for this version they'll do like three seasons of 20 episodes and an ending?

With modern technology, they can also censor the nudity in the streaming version of the show, and then add the shmeebs back in for the Blu-Ray.

Quote from: Lurkndog on October 13, 2024, 06:42:38 PMThe original had around 150 episodes and no ending, maybe for this version they'll do like three seasons of 20 episodes and an ending?

What soap opera has ever had a proper ending? The things are meant to run forever or until they're cancelled.

Quote from: Ratman_tf on October 13, 2024, 06:48:46 PMWhat soap opera has ever had a proper ending? The things are meant to run forever or until they're cancelled.

I've seen Maison Ikkoku, Takahashi is fully capable of writing a satisfying ending. And I'm a lot more likely to want to rewatch the show if I know that it has a good ending.

Though, I'm not sure if Rumiko Takahashi is actually involved with the new Ranma in any way. She hasn't done any publicity for it that I know of.

I've tried to watch some of Ranma 1/2 and invariably get repulsed by the Happosai character. I sat trough one of the movies with some friends who wanted to watch it, and just found it boring.

Well, if you don't like Happosai, avoid the City Hunter franchise at all costs.

Except for maybe the Jackie Chan City Hunter movie, which is more of a Jackie Chan movie than a City Hunter movie.

Quote from: Ratman_tf on October 13, 2024, 06:48:46 PM

Quote from: Lurkndog on October 13, 2024, 06:42:38 PMThe original had around 150 episodes and no ending, maybe for this version they'll do like three seasons of 20 episodes and an ending?

What soap opera has ever had a proper ending? The things are meant to run forever or until they're cancelled.

Soap Operas and shonen fightin' manga are different things. Still, you have a point. Most of Takahashi's work is purely episodic, and she just churns them out until the original premise is completely exhausted, and probably until the tankoban sales go into the basement.

The exceptions are her side projects, like Mermaid Forest, which tend to be beautiful tragic short stories.

The thing is, though, the sheer volume and length of the long running series becomes exhausting for the viewer. I only ever watched about half of the original Ranma 1/2, and even now the thought of watching more makes my eyes glaze over.

It's like that time I went to an all-you-can-eat sushi buffet. Ugh.

And, Netflix series do NOT run on forever. The best case scenario is to get maybe five seasons, but probably more like three. And in that case, having an ending is way better than not having an ending. It leaves the viewer satisfied, and they are more likely to watch the whole thing again.

That's my theory, at least.

Quote from: Lurkndog on October 14, 2024, 09:36:47 AM

Quote from: Ratman_tf on October 13, 2024, 06:48:46 PM

Quote from: Lurkndog on October 13, 2024, 06:42:38 PMThe original had around 150 episodes and no ending, maybe for this version they'll do like three seasons of 20 episodes and an ending?

What soap opera has ever had a proper ending? The things are meant to run forever or until they're cancelled.

Soap Operas and shonen fightin' manga are different things. Still, you have a point. Most of Takahashi's work is purely episodic, and she just churns them out until the original premise is completely exhausted, and probably until the tankoban sales go into the basement.

The exceptions are her side projects, like Mermaid Forest, which tend to be beautiful tragic short stories.

The thing is, though, the sheer volume and length of the long running series becomes exhausting for the viewer. I only ever watched about half of the original Ranma 1/2, and even now the thought of watching more makes my eyes glaze over.

It's like that time I went to an all-you-can-eat sushi buffet. Ugh.

And, Netflix series do NOT run on forever. The best case scenario is to get maybe five seasons, but probably more like three. And in that case, having an ending is way better than not having an ending. It leaves the viewer satisfied, and they are more likely to watch the whole thing again.

That's my theory, at least.

Ever since Andromeda, my rule of thumb is 2 1/2 seasons for a show to exhaust their premise, and then it  goes off the rails trying to come up with new content. How long it takes and how severe depends on the show.

I put this intetionally into practice with The Good Doctor. The show became a comfort to me as I was binge watching it after my mother died, and I needed some entertainment I could get lost in. But after Sean and Leah got married, I saw story lines start to repeat like in House MD, and I stopped watching the show. Seemed a good point and I wanted to avoid that slow decline into nonsense.

I like the original Ranma 1/2. It was fun and nutty. But after about a season or two and the movies, I had enough and moved on. Better to leave a show on a good note than to drag it out if I suspect they're going in circles.

Quote from: Lurkndog on October 14, 2024, 09:01:46 AMWell, if you don't like Happosai, avoid the City Hunter franchise at all costs.

Except for maybe the Jackie Chan City Hunter movie, which is more of a Jackie Chan movie than a City Hunter movie.

And Wicked City.

Quote from: Ratman_tf on October 14, 2024, 07:24:39 PMI like the original Ranma 1/2. It was fun and nutty. But after about a season or two and the movies, I had enough and moved on. Better to leave a show on a good note than to drag it out if I suspect they're going in circles.

Tenchi Muyu suffers that as well. I liked the original series, but was just unimpressed with the TV series. War on Gemnar was fun though. But its barely a Tenchi show, and just did not like at all the GPX show for some reason.

Oh, speaking of anime, I am enjoying DanDaDan, which is playing on Netflix and possibly other services.

Episode 3 comes out today, but there is quite a bit of the manga out, and the manga art is pretty great.

Synopsis: A UFO nerd is being picked on at school when a cute outcast girl takes pity and sticks up for him. He believes in UFOs but not ghosts. She believes in ghosts, but not UFOs. THEY FIGHT MONSTERS.