All Episodes of Ranma ½
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Season 1
8.0/105 votesHere's Ranma
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/15/1989
Soun Tendo gets quite a surprise when the son of his friend Genma Saotome that he's arranged for one of his daughters to marry turns out to be a girl...
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Writer: Yoshio Urasawa
9.0/103 votesSchool is No Place for Horsing Around
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/21/1989
Attending his first day at Furinkan High, Ranma encounters Akane's many would-be suitors.
Director: Takeshi Mori
Writer: Yoshio Urasawa
8.7/103 votesA Sudden Storm of Love
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/29/1989
Not realizing that Ranma and 'the pigtailed girl' are the same, Kuno is furious that he let the "cretin" slip away. His attention soon shifts to the red-haired one though, when she bests him in combat.
Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Writer: Hiroshi Hashimoto
9.0/103 votesRanma and... Ranma? If It's Not One Thing, It's Another
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/5/1989
As Kuno continues his attempts to get a date with the 'pigtailed goddess', Ranma starts freaking out, while Nabiki smells money.
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Writer: Hiroshi Hashimoto
8.7/103 votesLove Me to the Bone! The Compound Fracture of Akane's Heart
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/12/1989
A solid beating from Akane brings Ranma to Dr. Tofu, who tries to help out the two teens' relationship, as well as Ranma's injuries.
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Yoshio Urasawa
9.0/102 votesAkane's Lost Love... These Things Happen, You Know
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/19/1989
Akane and Ranma are back at Dr. Tofu's when Kasumi shows up, causing Tofu to start acting like a loon out of love, something Akane doesn't handle well.
Director: Shinji Takagi
Writer: Hiroshi Hashimoto
8.5/102 votesEnter Ryoga! The Eternal 'Lost Boy'
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/26/1989
After years of searching, Ryoga Hibiki finally finds the person who ruined his life - Ranma Saotome. Now, if only Ranma could remember what the heck he did to make Ryoga so mad...
Director: Takeshi Mori
Writer: Yoshio Urasawa
8.5/102 votesSchool is a Battlefield! Ranma vs. Ryoga
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/2/1989
Ryoga finally manages to find Ranma again, and challenges him to a fight in the schoolyard. Unfortunately for Ranma, several outside parties have a vested interest in seeing him lose.
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
9.5/102 votesTrue Confessions! A Girl's Hair is Her Life!
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/16/1989
Akane's accidental haircut brings a temporary reprieve in Ranma and Ryoga's fighting. Stunned, she wanders off alone, thinking about the loss of the one thing that wasn't 'tomboyish' about her.
Director: Shinji Takagi
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
9.0/102 votesP-P-P-Chan! He's Good For Nothin'
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/30/1989
Not knowing that it's Ryoga, Akane adopts the little black pig as her pet, naming him P-Chan. This of course drives Ranma crazy, as he desperately wants to get Ryoga away from her, yet feels honorbound not to reveal the secret.
Director: Takeshi Mori
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.0/102 votesRanma Meets Love Head-On! Enter the Delinquent Juvenile Gymnast!
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/14/1989
Intending to insure St. Hebereke School for Girls' victory in the upcoming match, Kodachi of puts the entire Furinkan Martial Arts Rythmic Gymnastics team out of commission. Akane is chosen as Furinkan's replacement, but not only does her gymnastics skills leave something to be desired, Kodachi decides to lessen Akane's odds with a little visit to the Tendo Dojo...
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Hiroyuki Kawasaki
8.0/101 votesA Woman's Love is War! The Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge!
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/21/1989
Akane twists her ankle during practice, forcing Ranma to take her place in the match with Kodachi.
Director: Shinji Takagi
Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
8.0/101 votesA Tear in a Girl-Delinquent's Eye? The End of the Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge!
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/28/1989
Ranma faces Kodachi in the ring, with the Black Rose's love on the line.
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Writer: Hideo Takayashiki
7.0/101 votesPelvic Fortune-Telling? Ranma is the No. One Bride in Japan
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 8/18/1989
Dr. Tofu's mother comes to visit, determined to find her son a bride. Nabiki, Akane and Ranma all find themselves volunteering to help him get her of his back.
Director: Takeshi Mori
Writer: Hiroyuki Kawasaki
9.0/101 votesEnter Shampoo, the Gung-Ho Girl! I Put My Life in Your Hands
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 8/15/1989
Ranma gets a shock when an Amazon girl he encountered in China tracks him down, intending to kill his girl half.
Director: Takeshi Mori
Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
8.0/101 votesShampoo's Revenge! The Shiatsu Technique That Steals Heart and Soul
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 9/1/1989
Tired of the constant outbursts whenever she gets near Ranma, Shampoo decides to get Akane out of the way.
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
8.0/101 votesI Love You, Ranma! Please Don't Say Goodbye
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/8/1989
Ranma desperately attempts to recover Akane's lost memory. He even turns to Shampoo who promises to help... at a price.
Director: Shinji Takagi
Writer: Aya Matsui
7.0/101 votesI Am a Man! Ranma's Going Back to China!?
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/15/1989
Genma tries to dissuade Ranma from abandoning Akane to travel back to China and trying to find a cure at Jusenkyo.
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Taku Nomoto
9.0/101 votesClash of the Delivery Girls! The Martial Arts Takeout Race
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 10/20/1989
Who would sell his only son for a bowl of rice, a fish, and some pickles? Genma Saotome, that's who! And now, the wealthy restaurant owner has come to collect, demanding Ranma marry his daughter unless Akane can beat her in the ancient art of Martial Arts Takeout Delivery...
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
8.0/101 votesYou Really Do Hate Cats!
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/3/1989
When Ranma opens a package from Shampoo, his major weakness is revealed - he's terrified of cats, something Sasuke, Kuno's loyal ninja servant, intends to exploit to the fullest.
Director: Noriyuki Nakamura
Writer: Unknown
8.0/101 votesBehold! The 'Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire' Technique
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/17/1989
Having been made hyper-sensitive to heat by Cologne, Ranma is trapped in his girl form until he promisees to marry Shampoo. Refusing to give up, Ranma takes a job at her diner, hoping for a chance to grab the 'Phoenix Pill' that's supposed to cure him.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
9.0/101 votesEnter Mousse! The Fist of the White Swan
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 11/24/1989
Dr. Tofu is able to cure Ranma, but as Cologne is quick to ask - How long will it last? In any case, his mind soon gets other things to think about, as Mousse, a Chinese master of hidden weapons, arrives, challenging him for the right to Shampoo's hand.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votesThe Abduction of P-Chan
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/8/1989
Figure skating champion Azusa Shiratori decides P-Chan is now her 'Charlotte', and challenges Akane and Ranma to a match against herself and her partner for the ownership of the pig. But can Ranma learn to skate in time?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.0/101 votesClose Call! The Dance of Death... On Ice!
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 12/15/1989
The kiss makes Ranma go ballistic, charging at Mikado like a madman. Ranma barely wins, but Mikado is certain he'll get his revenge in the big Martial Arts Figure Skating match.
Director: Shinji Takagi
Writer: Unknown
8.0/101 votesThe Breaking Point!? Ryoga's Great Revenge
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 1/19/1990
Cologne is teaching Ryoga the fearsome Breaking Point technique, making him capable of shattering giant boulders with a single touch. With it, he's sure he can beat Ranma... If the training doesn't kill him first.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
9.0/101 votesDanger at the Tendo Dojo!
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 1/26/1990
The Tendo Dojo receives a challenge from the Dojo Destroyer, and Soun charges Akane and Ranma with task of defending its honor. Ranma however, gets other things on his mind, when Shampoo promises to give him a cure for the curse if he'll only go on a date with her...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.0/101 votesThe Abduction of Akane!
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 2/2/1990
Mousse returns, trying to kidnap Akane, but ends up mistakenly grabbing her stuffed toy pig instead. Still, Akane wants her pig back, so Ranma goes along with the instructions to meet up with the kidnapper at the circus.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votesEnter Happosai, the Lustful Lecher!
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 2/16/1990
Soun and Genma are terrified when their old teacher, master Happosai, shows up. The founder of the Anything Goes school of martial arts, his fighting skills are only surpassed by his lust for women's underwear...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votesAssault on the Girls' Locker Room
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 2/23/1990
Ranma is determined to infiltrate the Furinkan High girl's locker room when he gets a map from Ryoga that shows there's a old spring beneath it that can cure his curse. It proves harder than Ranma thought though, since the girls are on high alert due to the recent raids by Happosai.
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Hiroshi Toda
7.0/101 votesKuno's House of Gadgets! Guests Check in, But They Don't Check Out
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 3/2/1990
Ranma's found the first of the three magic urns needed to summon the spring. And where's the next one's hidden? Deep in the bowels of the Kuno estate, full of traps, tricks and hot and cold water...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Kazuhito Kushima
7.0/101 votesGoodbye Girl-Type
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 3/9/1990
Happosai has claimed one of the urns to store his 'collection', but Ranma manages to steal it back. Of course, the master takes this as a personal insult, and starts causing considerable trouble for Ranma and the others as they travel up the mountains to find the place that will activate the urns.
Director: Takashi Kobayashi
Writer: Hiroshi Toda
8.0/101 votesIt's a Fine Line Between Pleasure and Pain
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 3/16/1990
It's cookie baking time in the home ed. class, and Akane and Kodachi both want Ranma to taste. Not taking no for an answer, the Black Rose falls back on blackmail, causing Akane to become even more determined to get Ranma to eat hers.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.0/101 votesKissing Is Such Sweet Sorrow! The Taking of Akane's Lips
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 4/6/1990
Furinkan High is entering a theater contest with a performance of 'Romeo and Juliet'. Akane is chosen as Juliet, but Kuno and Happosai both want to be Romeo, and so does Ranma when he hears the first price winners will get to see China.
Director: Takashi Kobayashi
Writer: Hiroshi Toda
9.0/101 votesBathhouse Battle! We're in Some Hot Water Now
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 4/13/1990
The water heater is broken, so Ranma and co are off to the public bathhouse for a bath. Naturally, Happosai wants to come, planning to pay a little visit to the women's side...
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Hiroko Naka
9.0/101 votesRanma Gains Yet Another Suitor
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 4/20/1990
Akane is shocked when she witnesses Genma getting attacked by a stranger referring to him as father, wanting revenge for being abandoned. Who is this Ukyo?
Director: Saeko Ochaya
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.0/101 votesRyoga and Akane: 2-Gether, 4-Ever
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 4/27/1990
Ukyo tries to set Akane and Ryoga up on a date, hoping to get Ranma for herself. Ranma, however, intends to do his best to ruin it...
Director: Shinji Takagi
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.0/101 votesSneeze Me, Squeeze Me, Please Me! Shampoo's Recipe for Disaster
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 5/4/1990
Caring and gentle as ever, Shampoo brings Ranma a lunch with a little 'extra spices', causing Ranma to get an irresistible urge to hug anyone who sneezes.
Director: Noriyuki Nakamura
Writer: Unknown
8.0/101 votesRub-A-Dub-Dub! There's a Pervert in the Tub
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 5/11/1990
Furious at being prevented from accompanying Akane to the hot-springs, Happosai decides to recover the scroll containing his most deadly attack - The Happofire Burst - to teach them all a lesson. Ranma is however determined to find it first, and it's a battle of wits as they both try to infiltrate the scroll's resting place - an all girls hot-spring...
Director: Takashi Kobayashi
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.0/101 votesI Love You! My Dear, Dear Ukyo
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 5/18/1990
Ranma recives a challenge from one Tsubasa Kurenai, a strange girl determined to win back her beloved Ukyo.
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Hiroko Naka
9.0/101 votesThe Witch Who Loved Me: A Japanese Ghost Story
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 5/25/1990
Distressed at the frequent panty thefts, the town council turns to their local hero, Soun Tendo, for protection of the town relic - an ancient bra said to contain the ghost of a merciless empress.
Director: Shinji Takagi
Writer: Unknown
9.0/101 votesTransform! Akane the Super-Duper Girl
Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 6/1/1990
After getting beaten by Shampoo, Akane is thrilled to find that Happosai's magic noodles she accidently ate has given her super strength. But can she live with the side-effects?
Director: Noriyuki Nakamura
Writer: Hiroko Naka
8.0/101 votesThe Killer from Jusenkyo
Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 6/8/1990
The Jusenkyo Preservation Society decides they have stood by long enough, letting Ranma and co abuse their Jusenkyo curses for immoral and selfish purposes, and dispatch a team charged with capturing them and teaching them the error of their ways.
Director: Takashi Kobayashi
Writer: Unknown
10.0/101 votesAm I... Pretty? Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood
Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 6/15/1990
After a nasty blow to the head, Ranma wakes up believing he's a girl. No more martial arts for her, it's flower arrangement and tea ceremony from now on...
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Michiko Yokote
8.0/101 votesFinal Facedown! Happosai vs. The Invisble Man
Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 6/22/1990
After being gone for a while, having fled to avoid Happosai's wrath, Soun and Genma return, claiming to have studied ancient ninja techniques that will enable them to beat the master once and for all.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.0/101 votesLes Miserables of the Kuno Estate
Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 6/29/1990
After getting in the middle of an argument between Kuno and Kodachi, Sasuke is banished from the Kuno estate. When Akane finds the loyal ninja sulking in the park, she feels sorry for him and invites him over to the Tendo Dojo for dinner. Shocked that someone actually is being nice to him, Sasuke starts to reconsider his oath of loyalty to the Kunos.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.0/101 votesGhost Story! Ranma and the Magic Sword
Season 1 Episode 52 - Aired 7/6/1990
A ghost is terrorizing Furinkan High at night, and Ukyo heads up an effort in getting to the bottom of this. It proves a dangerous task though, when one by one the 'ghostbusting' teams turn up uncouncious.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votesAll It Takes Is One! The Kiss Of Love Is the Kiss of Death
Season 1 Episode 53 - Aired 7/13/1990
It's a calm day on the beach, until Happosai discovers a bracelet containing three pills capable of making someone fall madly in love with the first person of the opposite sex they lay eyes on.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votesBack to the Happosai!
Season 1 Episode 55 - Aired 7/27/1990
A magic mirror sends Ranma and co a few centuries back in time to a small Chinese village, where a young girl named Cologne is torn between love and disgust for the 18 year old underwear stealing 'adventurer' running around calling himself Happy.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
9.0/101 votesKodachi the Black Rose! The Beeline to True Love
Season 1 Episode 56 - Aired 8/3/1990
Upon hearing that the Tendo's are broke and running out of food, Kodachi offers to move in to give her future husband and his family proper care. Despite Ranma's protests, Genma and Happosai welcome her with open arms.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votesThe Last Days of Happosai...?
Season 1 Episode 57 - Aired 8/10/1990
A fortune telling classmate of Akane predicts that Happosai hasn't get long to live, and that Ranma and Akane will soon be married. When the old master starts showing signs of weakness, the unwilling fiancees better hope they find a cure - fast.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votesTwo, Too Violent Girls: Ling-Ling and Lung-Lung
Season 1 Episode 58 - Aired 8/17/1990
Two younger warriors from Shampoo's tribe show up, and are shocked to learn that she hasn't killed Ranma yet. Outraged, they decide to dispatch Ranma themselves, using their fearsome 'Dance of the Great Fire Dragon' technique.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
10.0/101 votesRanma and the Evil Within
Season 1 Episode 59 - Aired 8/24/1990
Happosai separates Ranma's girl and boy bodies using a magical incense. However, the girl body ends up with all of Ranma's evil, turning it into a vicious spirit that wants to enslave the male Ranma to her will.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votesEnter Ken and His Copycat Kerchief
Season 1 Episode 60 - Aired 8/31/1990
The infamous martial artist Copycat Ken is loose in Furikan, able to not only copy people's moves, but also their appearance and strength and turn it against them.
Director: Shinji Takagi
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
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8.0/101 votesRanma Goes Back to Jusenkyo at Last
Season 1 Episode 63 - Aired 9/28/1990
Ranma and Genma steal Happosai's magic mirror, and travel back to Jusenkyo with the old goat tagging along. Much to their surprise they arrive just at the time of their previous visit, giving them a perfect opportunity to stop them from falling into the cursed springs altogether...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.0/101 votesThe Return of The Hawai'ian Headmaster from Hell
Season 1 Episode 64 - Aired 10/5/1990
Furinkan High's principal returns from a long trip to 'study' American educational system, unfortunately he turns out to be completely insane. His first order of business is to institute a policy of buzz cuts for boys and bowl cuts for girls unless the students can find the coconut with a 'get out of rules free' note in it...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votesRanma Gets Weak!
Season 1 Episode 66 - Aired 10/19/1990
Furious at Ranma for delivering him into the hands of a mob of angry women, Happosai brands Ranma with ancient mark, causing him to become 'as weak as a mere babe'. Upon hearing this, his enemies start lining up to give him a beating... What's poor Ranma to do?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votesEureka! The Desperate Move of Desperation
Season 1 Episode 67 - Aired 10/26/1990
Just as Ranma is about to give up, Cologne gives him hope in the form of the 'Hiryu Shoten Ha', a devastating technique he can use even in his weakened state... if he can manage to learn it.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.0/101 votesShowdown! Can Ranma Make a Comeback?
Season 1 Episode 68 - Aired 11/2/1990
Armed with the 'Hiryu Shoten Ha', Ranma goes after Happosai. But the old master, knowing something is up, keeps his temper, rendering the attack useless unless Ranma can figure out some way to get him really worked up...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.0/101 votesUkyo's Skirt! The Great Girly-Girl Gambit
Season 1 Episode 69 - Aired 11/9/1990
Tired of Ranma treating her as 'one of the guys', Ukyo decides to change her clothing and behavior to something more feminine. This causes great commotion at school, both amongst the boys, and among Ranma's other suitors, who do not care for the added competition.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesMy Fiance, the Cat
Season 1 Episode 72 - Aired 11/30/1990
Shampoo shows up with an oversized bell for Ranma, claiming it'll make them fated to stay together forever. The bell however turns out be cursed, carrying the spirit of Maomorin - the giant ghost cat, looking for his bride.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesA Formidable New Disciple Appears
Season 1 Episode 74 - Aired 12/14/1990
A young man is awestruck when he sees Happosai in action, and seeks out the Tendo Dojo, wishing to become a student of Anything Goes Martial Arts. The master accepts, and it soon becomes apparent that he's a very dedicated pupil... at bit too dedicated if you ask Ranma.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesStep Outside!
Season 1 Episode 75 - Aired 12/21/1990
Off to the mountains to find a Christmas tree for the Master, Ranma and Genma become separated. When Ranma and Akane go looking for him, they find him living in luxury as a panda, having been adopted by a rich woman as a playmate for her sickly son.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesRyoga's Tendo Dojo Houseguest Diary
Season 1 Episode 76 - Aired 1/11/1991
Ryoga decides to try to enroll at Furinkan High, though first he has to pass the placement test. Akane agrees to tutor him, but with all the commotion that happens in the Tendo Dojo on a regular basis, can he manage to keep his mind on his studies?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesExtra, Extra! Kuno and Nabiki: Read All About It!
Season 1 Episode 78 - Aired 1/25/1991
A fortunetelling friend of Sasuke's divines that Nabiki is the girl Tatewaki is destined to spend his life with. Still torn over having to abandon Akane and 'the pig-tailed girl', Kuno starts to court Nabiki, who naturally welcomes the opportunity to milk him for everything he's worth.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesClose Call! P-chan's Secret
Season 1 Episode 80 - Aired 2/8/1991
Terrified that Akane has figured out that he's really P-Chan, Ryoga tries to leave the town forever. Ranma continues to try to figure out a way to beat Ryoga, while Akane tries to force him to tell her what he knows about the mark shared by Ryoga and P-Chan.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesShampoo's Red Thread Of Dread!
Season 1 Episode 83 - Aired 3/1/1991
Ranma suddenly falls head over heels for Shampoo when she ties him to her with the magical Red Thread of Fate. Just a few more hours and the effect will be permanent, and Akane doesn't care one bit... does she?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesMousse Goes Home to the Country!
Season 1 Episode 84 - Aired 3/8/1991
After betting it all on a final fight with Ranma, Mousse loses and is forced to give up on Shampoo and go home to China. But before he leaves, he's determined to make Shampoo happy by forcing Ranma to give up his other suitors.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Dumbest Bet in History!
Season 1 Episode 85 - Aired 3/15/1991
10 years ago, Ranma gambled away the Tendo Dojo. Now the 'Gambling King' has come to collect, and Ranma has to win it back. However, in spite of his name, the King is so bad at gambling he only manages to beat children. Sadly, that provides little comfort as Ranma's even worse...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesKuno Becomes a Marianne!
Season 1 Episode 86 - Aired 3/22/1991
Azusa becomes convinced Kuno is a tanuki, a legendary creature with magical powers, and promptly adopts him as her 'Marianne'. Ranma and Akane are just happy that the two are keeping each other busy, until Azusa starts to suspect Akane wants to take her new pet away form her again.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesThe Gentle Art of Martial Tea Ceremony
Season 1 Episode 93 - Aired 5/10/1991
Ranma is kidnapped by Sentaro - a practitioner of Martial Arts Tea Ceremony, looking for a bride. To determine the bride's suitability, she has to defeat his grandmother, and as usual, Ranma's completely incapable of walking away from a challenge.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesHot Springs Battle Royale!
Season 1 Episode 95 - Aired 5/24/1991
A hotsprings resort is having a big obstacle course race as a PR gimmick, with the first prize being a trip to another resort of the contestants choice. Seeing a chance to get back to Jusenkyo, the whole gang enters, unaware that the resort is trying their best to stop anyone from winning, since they're broke and can't afford to pay for the prize...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesMe Is Kuno's Daddy, Me Is
Season 1 Episode 96 - Aired 5/31/1991
When the Principal starts going on about his long lost son, Sasuke starts to have his suspicions. But can get to the bottom of this as the school is turned into a war zone by the Principal's 'Get out of all school rules' class tournament fight.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesA Leotard Is a Girl's Burden
Season 1 Episode 98 - Aired 6/14/1991
Out to prove that martial arts rhythmic gymnastics is a manly sport for manly man-like men, a group of boys are stealing the local team's special gymnastics treasures. Naturally, it's up to Ranma to strike a blow for womankind and get the treasures back.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesRevenge! Raging Okonomiyaki...!
Season 1 Episode 101 - Aired 7/5/1991
When a craepes cook steals all her business, Ukyo starts to doubt her prowess as an Okonomiyaki maker. Under the guidance of a monk from the Temple of the Satisfied Stomach, she beings an intense training program, leaving Ranma and Akane to mind the store...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesShogi Showdown
Season 1 Episode 103 - Aired 7/19/1991
A master of the mysterious martial art of Battle Shogi seeks out Genma, demanding a rematch for the defeat that cost him the respect of his wife. When Genma 'wins' again, the man decides to turn the entire lawn into a gigantic Shogi board...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesBonjour, Furinkan!
Season 1 Episode 105 - Aired 8/2/1991
A french nobleman comes to Soun and Genma to collect on an old debt, demanding one of their daughters as a bride. Having been beaten by him at 'battle dining' previously, Ranma volunteers, hoping for a chance to get even.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesEnter Gosunkugi, the New Rival!?
Season 1 Episode 114 - Aired 10/4/1991
While trying to save him from one of Akane's lunches, Ranma inadvertently becomes the object of the wrath of one Hikaru Gosunkugi... the most incompetent Voodoo-practicing geek the world has ever seen.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesRanma's Calligraphy Challenge
Season 1 Episode 115 - Aired 10/11/1991
A master of martial arts calligraphy is about, so far undefeated. Naturally, Ranma wants to change that, but finds it difficult when the man will only accept challenges from people with beautiful handwriting.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesTendo Family Goes to the Amusement Park!
Season 1 Episode 119 - Aired 11/15/1991
Dr. Tofo gets a free pass to an amusement park and invites Kasumi, who takes the rest of household with her. Once there, the money starts flying, and suddenly they discover that an unwanted guest has eaten their lunch.
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Michiko Yokote
N/A/100 votesA Xmas Without Ranma
Season 1 Episode 123 - Aired 12/20/1991
Ranma isn't home yet due to an important business and Akane goes out looking for him.Shampoo,Kodachi and Ukyo end up looking for him to because they want to spend Christmas Eve with Ranma alone. Akane gets fed up and tells them that Ranma will spend Christmas with her(revealing her feelings for Ranma). At the park, Ranma gives Akane presents that she wanted(which is the important business, isn't that sweet?). They go home together and everybody end up spending Christmas Eve together at the Tendo residence.(Shampoo, Kuno, Ryoga, and the rest of the gang.)
Director: Shinji Takagi
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesA Cold Day in Furinkan
Season 1 Episode 124 - Aired 1/10/1992
After a night of sudden snowfall, Ryoga shows on the Tendo's doorstep, half frozen to death and rambling about a giant snow monster.
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Naoto Kimura
N/A/100 votesCurse of the Scribbled Panda
Season 1 Episode 125 - Aired 1/17/1992
While fighting with his father over a takoyaki, Ranma accidentally sets free three unspeakably evil spirits, one of which is a living panda doodle that wants a date with him.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Hiroko Naka
N/A/100 votesLegend of the Lucky Panda!
Season 1 Episode 127 - Aired 1/31/1992
While out in the wilderness, Genma falls into a river and hits his head. When he wakes up he finds himself in an earlier time, near a village inhabited by familiar faces.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
N/A/100 votesUkyo's Secret Sauce - Part One
Season 1 Episode 128 - Aired 2/7/1992
After 10 whole years of fermentation, it's finally time for Ukyo to try out the special okonomiyaki sauce she made as a child. Unfourtunaly it tastes so horrible that she collapses, and the Tendos take her in while she recovers. While she's there, Akane grows increasingly jealous, especially since Ranma is going out of his way to be nice to someone he claims he just sees as a childhood friend...
Director: Shinji Takagi
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesUkyo's Secret Sauce - Part Two
Season 1 Episode 129 - Aired 2/14/1992
Trying to keep Ukyo off his back, Ranma goes along with Nibiki's plan, pretending that he and Akane are already married. She's not the kind of girl who gives up easily however, forcing the 'newlyweds' to keep up the charade around the clock.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Missing Matriarch of Martial Arts Tea!
Season 1 Episode 130 - Aired 2/21/1992
Sentaro shows up fearing for his life, wanting Ranma's help to rescue his kidnapped grandmother.
Director: Shinji Takagi
Writer: Kazuhito Kushima
N/A/100 votesAkane Goes to the Hospital!
Season 1 Episode 131 - Aired 2/28/1992
Distracted by Ranma scuffling with Gosunkugi, Akane gets a bone fracture during gym class and has to spend the next few days in Dr. Tofu's clinic. Everyone comes to visit her... except Ranma, who just can't decide what he's going to say to her.
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesGosunkugi's Paper Dolls of Love
Season 1 Episode 133 - Aired 3/13/1992
Gosunkugi sees a chance for a date with Akane when he obtains a set of magic paper dolls, capbale of forcing someone to obey whatever command is written on them when they're stuck to the individual's back.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesAkane's Unfathomable Heart
Season 1 Episode 134 - Aired 3/20/1992
A young boy capable of reading people's minds shows up at the Dojo, but gets upset when nobody believes in his talent, and starts taking it out on Ranma.
Director: Tsuyoshi Kabumoto
Writer: Michiko Yokote
N/A/100 votesA Teenage Ghost Story
Season 1 Episode 135 - Aired 3/27/1992
When Akane reads out aloud words of an old notebook in Toramasa's store, the ghost of a teenage girl appears, reciting a haunting rhyme.
Director: Nodoka Yodashi
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesMaster and Student... Forever!?
Season 1 Episode 136 - Aired 4/3/1992
Happosai's plan to teach Ranma some manners backfires, when the magic pill he took makes them stick together - literally.
Director: Yusuke Yamamoto
Writer: Shigeru Yanagawa
N/A/100 votesTatewaki Kuno, Substitute Principal
Season 1 Episode 137 - Aired 4/10/1992
Aloha the Principle decides he needs a vacation. He leaves Kuno on in charge not because Kuno is his son (so he says), but to give Kuno the opportunity to show responsibility. Kuno declares himself a champion of virtue. He runs into some trouble trying to enforce a school rule of no close personal relationships between sexes on school grounds.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesRanma's Greatest Challenge!?
Season 1 Episode 138 - Aired 4/17/1992
Ranma and Happosai team up to conquer the Ogre Festival of the Dark. Happosai prepares Ranma personally for the match of his life. If Ranma loses The Ogre Festival of the Dark it will be the end of the Anything-Goes School of Indescriminate Grappling. Winning the tourney, the true horror of the situation is revealed.
Director: Bob Shirohata
Writer: Naoto Kimura
N/A/100 votesNihao! Jusenkyo Guide
Season 1 Episode 139 - Aired 4/24/1992
The Jusenkyo guide shows up in Japan! He will perform a ceremony which will tap the water table that is the source of the 'Spring of Drowned Man' to where there is a new Jusenkyo spring in Japan! Where is that spring? Naturally, it's the pond directly outside the Tendo dining room.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Kazuhito Kushima
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N/A/100 votesFrom the Depths of Despair - Part One
Season 1 Episode 141 - Aired 5/8/1992
Shishi Hoko-Dan - the Lion's Roar Blast! Better than the construction specific 'Breaking Point' technique (which worked only on rocks), Ryoga's new move has got Ranma on the run. Can he get away fast enough?
Director: Yusuke Yamamoto
Writer: Shigeru Yanagawa
N/A/100 votesFrom the Depths of Despair - Part Two
Season 1 Episode 142 - Aired 5/15/1992
To perfect the dangerous Shishi Hoko-Dan technique, one must travel to the depths of despair. Where Ryoga lives most of the time anyway! But why is Ranma trying to make Ryoga even more miserable?!
Director: Tsuyoshi Kabumoto
Writer: Hiroko Naka
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N/A/100 votesRun Away With Me, Ranma!
Season 1 Episode 144 - Aired 5/29/1992
A recurring dream...a romantic couple...their destiny, somehow tied to the blooming cherry blossoms. Ranma gets roped into helping a ghost 'have not regrets' before shuffling off this mortal coil. But the ties that bind can be stubborn...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Cradle from Hell
Season 1 Episode 146 - Aired 6/12/1992
In the life of every father, there must eventually come a time when the son challenges his authority, tests his own strength, declares himself a man. But is Cup Ramen worth losing your dad for?
Director: Yusuke Yamamoto
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesMadame Saint Paul's Cry for Help
Season 1 Episode 147 - Aired 6/19/1992
A vat of forbidden, blue wine is having a strange effect on Picolet Chardin, that memorable, masterful monsieur of martial-arts dining. Fearing for her charge, Mme. St Paul askes for help...though she may wish she hadn't.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesMeet You in the Milky Way
Season 1 Episode 148 - Aired 6/26/1992
Held every year on July 7th, Japan's 'tanabata' festival celebrates the celestial reunion of the Weaver Princess and her beau, the Cowherd. When the two descend from the sky, their story seems suddenly so much less romantic....
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesWretched Rice Cakes of Love
Season 1 Episode 149 - Aired 7/3/1992
And lo, it is said, if he who eats of the sakura-mochi or 'cherry blossom rice-cake' is meant to be with you forever, the mark of the sakura shall appear on his forehead, but if it should be that he is not....
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesThe Kuno Sibling Scandal
Season 1 Episode 151 - Aired 7/17/1992
Oh those wacky, squabbling, Kuno siblings. Tatewaki (age seventeen) is in love with girl-type Ranma, while Kodachi (a.k.a 'the Black Rose') adores the boy-type. Brought to blows by jealousy, where's King Solomon where you need him?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesBattle for the Golden Tea Set
Season 1 Episode 152 - Aired 7/24/1992
Once again, it's return of Martial Arts Tea Ceremony master, Sentaro. This time, he needs Ranma and Akane's aid to rescue his kidnapped grandmother. The whole incident seems to be over some treasured tea set that rival schools have fought over for generations, and now it's Sentaro's turn to prove his worth!
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesGosunkugi's Summer Affair
Season 1 Episode 153 - Aired 7/31/1992
The ever-so-morose Hikaru Gosunkugi has met the girl of his dreams. The weird thing is, she even seems to like him back! The trouble is, the girl is Kogane, the teenage ghost. What can Ranma and Akane possibly do to make this ghostly love story work?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesLove of the Cheer Leader - Part One
Season 1 Episode 154 - Aired 8/7/1992
Having learned (or been the victim of) almost any martial-arts style imaginable, Ranma's never-the-less about to learn a whole new one: Martial-Arts Cheerleading! Mariko Konjo, pep leader extraordinaire, is fixing to put a hurt on Akane...and Ranma can't allow that. But is he willing to pick up a pair of pom-poms to stop her?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesLove of the Cheer Leader - Part Two
Season 1 Episode 155 - Aired 8/14/1992
Ranma's got the basic moves down, sure, and that uniform really is cute, but then it turns out that it's Kuno's kendo match he has to cheer for. No way! Worse, Mariko's crush on the so-called 'Blue Thunder' means the only way Ranma can win-and avenge Akane's honor-is to somehow best Mariko in a cheerleading contest. Under these circumstances, how cheerful can Ranma be expected to be?!
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesBattle for Miss Beachside
Season 1 Episode 156 - Aired 8/21/1992
This is like no bathing-suit competition you've ever seen! The contestants are Akane, Shampoo, Ukyo and Kodachi...plus girl-type Ranma, and Tsubasa Kurenai to boot. Knowing these girls, it's going to be one hot competition!
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Musical Instruments of Destruction
Season 1 Episode 157 - Aired 8/28/1992
During an annual cleaning of the estate, Kuno comes across an ancient taiko drum that's got the devasting power of a howitzer. And what good is a weapon if you don't turn it on your friends, right? As if that weren't enough, now Kodachi's got an equally devastating lute...which she promptly turns over to the principal. Cue the music!
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesA Ninja's Dog Is Black and White
Season 1 Episode 158 - Aired 9/4/1992
Ryoga encounters Checkers (Shirokuro) a black and white dog. The dog saves P-chan when they went over a waterfall, so Ryoga starts to take care of the dog and feed it. The dog takes a love letter Ryoga had written out of his backpack and delievers it to Akane. Akane doesn't know who the letter is from because Ryoga didn't sign it, but gives Checkers a letter to give to return. The letter said that she had someone that she loved, and was sorry she couldn't return the writers feelings. Ryoga is horrified when he reads this, but then Ranma asks him if he had signed the letter Akane read. Upon realizing that he hadn't, Ryoga believes that the 'somebody' Akane is talking about is actually him.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Tendo Dragon Legend
Season 1 Episode 159 - Aired 9/11/1992
While on their way home from school, Akane and Ranma discover a strange fish in a puddle. Dr. Tofu tells Ranma he should take it home and use it for a class project he has to do. Kasumi invites Dr. Tofu to come stay with them because of the tsunami that is about to hit. Once they get home, they realize the fish is actually an infant dragon. Dr. Tofu learns that the dragons meat will grant immortality, and the Frogman (from episode 100) arrives and tries to eat the dragons meat.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesBoy Meets Mom - Part One
Season 1 Episode 160 - Aired 9/18/1992
While visiting Mrs. Tendo's grave Ranma begins to wonder about his own mother. Nodoka Saotome, Ranma's mother, had just sent a postcard telling the Tendos she was going to visit. Ranma is quite eager to meet his mother, but Genma explains to everyone that he made a promise to Nodoka when Ranma was first born. He made a death pact to Nodoka, which states that Ranma, be either reared as man among men or they be put to the sword. Genma and Ranma decide to hide their true identities and tell Nodoka that Ranma is actually Ranko, a cousin of the Tendos.
Director: Shinji Takagi
Writer: Shigeru Yanagawa
N/A/100 votesBoy Meets Mom - Part Two
Season 1 Episode 161 - Aired 9/25/1992
Nodoka's stay is rather short, and Ranma hears that she is planning on returning home soon. He decides that he would really like for her to meet him as himself rather than as Ranko. Genma warns Ranma and constantly tries to stop him. When a water main explodes and sends Nodoka flying, Ranma saves her and Nodoka catches a glimpse of her son before passing out. When she awakens, she sees Ranko and thinks it was all a dream. Nodoka says that in her dream Ranma was very manly. Ranma tells Akane that he will wait until he can be normal before he tells his mother the truth. At the end, Ranma and Akane head off to school, and then turn towards the screen and say 'Goodbye!'.
Director: Tsuyoshi Kabumoto
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
