History Trivia / RanmaOneHalf

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Cancelled by Creator/FujiTV after 18 episodes, then [[NetworkToTheRescue spared]] by it one month later for the next 143 episodes.

* CharacterSpecificPages:
** [[Characters/RanmaOneHalfRanmaSaotome Ranma Saotome]]
** [[Characters/RanmaOneHalfAkaneTendo Akane Tendō]]
** [[Characters/RanmaOneHalfRyogaHibiki Ryōga Hibiki/P-Chan]]

** ''Webvideo/RanmaOneHalfAbridged'' is the more recent series of the two, with ten- to twelve-minute episodes, made by the three members of Mythros Media (Mythros, Sithis Bear and Aymehx).

* CrossDressingVoices: [[{{Irony}} Ironically]] considering the main gimmick of Ranma's character and his BerserkButton over having his masculinity challenged, in the dub, male Ranma was initially voiced by actress Sarah Strange for the first 3 seasons of the TV series, the [=OAVs=] and both movies. She did a surprisingly good male voice, such that you likely wouldn't realise unless you paid attention to the credits and wondered why his actor was called "Sarah"; in fact her take on male Ranma had [[BadassBaritone an even deeper voice]] than Creator/RichardIanCox, who replaced her from season 4 onwards.

** Between seasons three and four (episodes 64 and 65), the English dub voice for boy-type Ranma abruptly changed from Sarah Strange, [[CrossDressingVoices a woman playing a boy's voice]], to Richard Ian Cox – a man playing a boy's voice – after the former wanted to move on with her career. This caused a BrokenBase over which voice was more (or less) fitting. Many fans, tired of arguments, simply headcanoned it as the character growing up.

* OutOfOrder: Anime example: in the manga, Shampoo's introduction immediately follows the Golden Pair Figure Skating arc without a break. In the television series, Shampoo's storyline was released first, in an final attempt by the production staff to boost the ratings. It didn't work, and her arc ended being the ''last'' one before the show was cancelled. When the show was UnCancelled, the figure skating episodes were eventually aired as part of the ''Nettohen'' run. The Blu-Ray releases correct for this by putting the arcs in the intended order.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Cancelled by Creator/FujiTV after eighteen episodes, then [[NetworkToTheRescue spared]] by it one month later for the next hundred and forty-three.

** At one point in the '90s, the franchise was optioned for a Hollywood film. Nothing ever came of it, though.

*** [[BettyAndVeronica.AnimeAndManga Betty and Veronica.Anime and Manga]]
*** [[BoundAndGagged.AnimeAndManga Bound and Gagged.Anime and Manga]]

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Oddly enough, Creator/KappeiYamaguchi and Creator/NorikoHidaka (Ranma and Akane respectively) would later go on to voice [[Anime/DeathNote L and Near]]. The same also holds true in the English dub, where Creator/BradSwaile and Creator/CathyWaseluck (Mousse and Shampoo respectively) portray ''Light'' and Near, respectively.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Oddly enough, Ranma and Akane’s Japanese voice actors would later go on to voice [[Anime/DeathNote L and Near]]. The same also holds true in English, where Mousse and Shampoo's voice actors portray ''Light'' and Near, respectively.

** [[Creator/VizMedia Viz]] has yet to bring the "Secret Spring" OVA to the US, and if and when they do [[CharacterOutlivesActor Genma will unfortunately have to be recast]]. They'd no doubt have to recast a few more roles since Akane and Nabiki's actresses are no longer in the business and Soun's actor moved to L.A. and refused to reprise his role as Sesshomaru in Takahashi's other work for its final season.

* DawsonCasting: The dub is a rare aversion, especially for the time. Most of the teenage characters were voiced by actors that were still in their teens themselves at the beginning of the dub's run, including 19-year-old Sarah Strange (Boy-type Ranma), 18-year-old Myriam Sirois (Akane), 17-year-old Angela Costain (Nabiki), 16-year-old Willow Johnson (Kasumi), 18-year-old Creator/BradSwaile (Mousse), and 17-year-old Creator/KellySheridan (Ukyo).

* MakingUseOfTheTwin: Elaina Wotten-Costain's season six substitution for her sister Angela Costain as the voice of Nabiki in the North American dub. Her performance was perfectly indistinguishable from her sister's -- many fans didn't notice the actress had changed.

* NamesTheSame: Kurumi (from "The One to Carry On" OVA), is not the only BigEater [[Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou named Kurumi in fiction]].

*** SittingOnTheRoof

* OutOfOrder: Anime example: in the manga, Shampoo's introduction immediately follows the Golden Pair Figure Skating arc without a break. In the television series, Shampoo's storyline was released first, in an final attempt by the production staff to boost the ratings. It didn't work, and the show was cancelled, anyway. When the show was UnCancelled, the figure skating episodes were eventually aired as part of the ''Nettohen'' run. The Blu-Ray releases correct for this by putting the arcs in the intended order.

** [[Characters/RanmaOneHalfShampoo Shampoo]]
** [[Characters/RanmaOneHalfUkyoKuonji Ukyō Kuonji]]

** The original English voice for girl-type Ranma was Brigitta Dau, but she only voiced the character for the first six TV episodes and first two [=OVAs=] before she moved to the US and was abruptly replaced by Venus Terzo. In this case, however, the change was less noticeable -- it happened so early in the series and their voices were similar anyway -- and much better received.

** Kodachi Kunō was hit hard and went through this ''twice''! She was voiced by Teryl Rothery for the first four seasons before she got too busy with her live action work and the character was recast with Creator/ErinFitzgerald for Season 5. Kodachi was recast AGAIN for Seasons 6-7 with Sylvia Zaradic taking over the role following Erin's move to the US. Sylvia ironically sounded much closer to Teryl than Erin.

* CrossDressingVoices: [[{{Irony}} Ironically]] considering the main gimmick of Ranma's character and his BerserkButton over having his masculinity challenged, male Ranma was voiced by actress Sarah Strange for the first 3 seasons of the TV series, the [=OAVs=] and both movies. She did a surprisingly good male voice, such that you likely wouldn't realise unless you paid attention to the credits and wondered why his actor was called "Sarah"; in fact her take on male Ranma had [[BadassBaritone an even deeper voice]] than Creator/RichardIanCox, who replaced her from season 4 onwards.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Oddly enough, Ranma and Akane’s Japanese voice actors would later go on to voice [[Anime/DeathNote L and Near]].

** At one point in the ’90s, the franchise was optioned for a Hollywood film. Nothing ever came of it, though.

** At one point in the 90's, the franchise was optioned for a Hollywood film. Nothing ever came of it, though.

** Before deciding on water for initiating Ranma's changes, Rumiko Takahashi considered having him change gender every time he was punched.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before deciding on water for initiating Ranma's changes, Rumiko Takahashi considered having him change gender every time he was punched.

** Sentaro's grandmother is voiced by Creator/PaulineNewstone in the series but her appearance in the [=OVA=] ChristmasEpisode was voiced by Creator/PattiAllan. Also Satsuki's grandmother was voiced by Elan Ross Gibson in her Season 6 appearance but was changed to Sam Vincent for Season 7.

** On the Japanese side of things, Creator/KojiTsujitani filled in for Creator/HirotakaSuzuoki as Kunō for a few episodes in Season 4. Tsujitani took over fully in the 2008 OVA after Suzuoki ultimately passed away from cancer two years earlier.[[note]]Tsujitani himself passed away in 2018.[[/note]] Principal Kunō also had to be recast after his original voice actor Creator/TatsuyukiJinnai passed in 2000. He was filled in by Creator/HochuOhtsuka (Ohtsuka had previously voiced Gindo in the show's fourth season).
** Maomolin's original actor, Creator/YouYoshimura, passed away in 1991, leaving him to be replaced by Creator/MasahiroAnzai in the show's final season.