Everyone should have at least once in their lifetime encounter Ranma 1/2. It is after all the standard of many current harem type anime comedies. Rob of Panel Patter has been spending a year covering the series of Ranma, and now he is running a weekly Takahashi Rumiko feast on his blog. Even on my own blog, I have written about five other entries for the feast. But seeing that I have covered art books on this site. Here I go!
This version of the art book has out of print for a while, you can still find used copies of it online. Actually around six years ago, I saw a copy of this in London, but didn’t think to pick it up until now. If you collect anime/manga art books you may have realized that many of them is quite costly since it is usually an imported product, but many American publishers of manga, has translated some artbook, so this is definitely a wallet saver. The Art of Ranma 1/2 has many quintessential images of the manga represented in this book.
Lets see the table content are pretty clear in what is the subject of this book.
- Boys and Girls
- Everybody Together
- Everything in Martial Arts
- Girls in Love
- Relationship Chart
- Rivalry Chart
- Rumiko Takahashi Interview
So there you have it, a treat for any fan of this classic tale of Ranam 1/2. Definitely a favorite depiction of Ranma and cast is in China style clothing.
Shampoo is also a fan favorite, so there are many pleasing images of her. Although she was never my favorite, since of the entire female fiancees, with the exception of female Ranma, I have always been an Ukyou fan. Who is your favorite?
There’s a great deal of manga depiction of many supporting characters, especially in those fantastic group pictures. So for fans who are only familiar with the anime, there is the manga look of characters as well. This is a pure feast for the eyes of any Ranma 1/2 fans, and the comments that are written is in English, so definitely.
Wow! I didn’t know Takahashi actually had an artbook. Cool. I may have to find one.
Yep… this is a book that has been oop much like many of Takahashi’s older works. Check Amazon, because that’s where I got mine. But yes, I imagine not a lot of people would know about this particular book. It was either review this artbook or review a VHS tape I had of every Ranma 1/2 Openings and Endings, and say which was my favorite. ^_^ Happy to let you know that a particular product existed and that you were unaware of.
I must get myself an artbook. I love Takahashi’s works and only recently got into Ranma 1/2. It’s amazing so far. Thanks for posting this!
My favorite is Ukyo as well. 😀
That sounds great. I got the artbook through Amazon, so you can look there. But if there are other places to look then. ^_^