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Ranma 1/2 Stores Listing

Viz Communications - Why not go to the source first for all your Ranma 1/2 needs? I have to poke a little bit at the webmaster for Viz's page (6 frames? And a background MIDI? O_o Looks like they're fixing it though..), but since they're the people who put out Ranma 1/2 translated, they're the ones to look for in terms of new releases being dubbed (and soon after, subbed as well). Their ordering response time is a little streaky and inconsistent, but otherwise not too bad. An obvious pro is that they have the "official" info on the release dates - at the same time, though, an obvious "con" is that they aren't giving many details about stuff that's been sitting untranslated (like the later manga stories, for example).

AnimeNation - AnimeNation seems to be a decent vendor - they have fairly quick response time, a fair amount of Ranma merchandise (not always guaranteed to be in, but mostly stocked well). They're apt to have sales on certain items too, which can actually save you a few bucks on the already expensive things like the Ranma 1/2 CD's and DVD's.

Amazon.com - They've only recently entered the anime merchandising business, and don't have much beyond what Viz has been releaseing so far. Still, with one of the biggest Online bookstores entering the fray, I wouldn't be surprised if the site got a lot more stuff by the time you read this.

For those of you in Chicago..a bonus - some of my personal picks. Perhaps I'll see you at one of these places. I'll probably be wandering around the anime sections. ^_-

Suncoast Video: These are all over America. They're always on top of the newest anime release, and are the best places to find that latest release. Here in Chicago, there are several, and I've picked up countless new releases for my synopses here. Most notable is the one in Lincolnwood Town Center, whcih has plenty of anime videos for your viewing pleasure, and most of the Ranma tapes, as well.

Tower Records and Video: This place on Clark and Belden rents Anime videos at .99 cents a pop. Too bad their Ranma 1/2 collection is seriously crippled and underupdated. Still, there are some latest releases for purchase here, not just for Ranma 1/2, but other titles as well.

Chicago Comics: Though they're a little understocked as far as new releases go (boy do those disappear fast) this place on Clark and Belmont is _very_ reliable with the manga and individual stories - tucked away in the back of the store, the anime/manga section has the latest issues, released with nice little "New This Week" sliders underneath. The Graphic Novels are things they are especially punctual with, and there may be even a few tankoubons in there somewhere.

Stars Our Destination: Primarily a Science Fiction/Fantasy bookstore, this store on Belmont, west of the "El" train stop, carries limited manga and anime. They're a little spotty with reliability, especially with the manga, but are still fair when it comes to pricing and stockage.

The Mini-mall Formerly Known as Yaohan: I refuse to call this place Mitsuwa, it's new name. I'm just too used to calling it 'Yaohan' ^_^;;;. Located in Arlington Heights, Yaohan is basically a Japanese style mall and grocery. The Japanese culture, including the anime and manga, is here in all its glory, and one gets a real sense of the Japanese culture in visiting this place. Be sure to stop by the Asahiya Bookstore. They have Japanese Ranma 1/2 Manga as well as anime CD's!

Ranma 1/2 Master Merchandise List

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Ranma 1/2 Anime Series: The original anime, released by Viz - you have the dubs coming out first and then subs follow later. See the Anime synopses page for info on content.
Price Range: Labeled Rate on regular tapes - $24.95 dub, $29.95 sub. LD's, DVD's priced at around $32-$35. Note: OAV's and Movies may cost more, possibly in the $28-$35 price range.

Ranma 1/2 Anime Artbook: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
128-page Artbook released by Viz containing original sketches and color drawings of the Ranma 1/2 characters, drawn by, of course, Rumiko Takahashi.
Price Range: $25-$30

Ranma 1/2 Girl-Type Baseball Cap: Black and red baseball cap featuring Girl-Type Ranma's head on the front, and "Ranma 1/2" on the back. Adjustable to fit.
Price Range: $15-$20

Ranma 1/2 Panda Baseball Cap: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
Black and gray baseball cap featuring Genma-Panda's head on the front, and "Ranma 1/2" on the back. Adjustable to fit.
Price Range: $15-$20

Ranma 1/2 Panda Baseball Cap 2: Baseball hat with Genma-Panda in a pose on the front.
Price Range: $16-$20

Ranma 1/2 CD BGM Soundtrack, Vol. 1: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
17 tracks of background music from the series.
Price Range: $19-$25.

Ranma 1/2 CD BGM Soundtrack, Vol. 2: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
19 tracks of background music from the series.
Price Range: $19-$25.

Ranma 1/2 CD Closing Soundtrack: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
All the Closing Themes of the series, beginning with "Let's Be Platonic". About 7 tracks.
Price Range: $25-$35.

Ranma 1/2 CD DoCo First: The first release of the singing group DoCo made up of some of Ranma 1/2's best female Japanese seiyuu. Contains about 6 or 7 tracks, all in original Japanese. Tracks include such songs as "Us After This" and "Liar".
Price Range: $19-$35.

Ranma 1/2 CD DoCo Second: The second release of the singing group DoCo. In this author's opinion, the better of the two CD's, with "Love Vanished Once (Regrettably)" and "Complex Two Thoughts", among other sings, on it.
Price Range: $19-$35.

Ranma 1/2 CD Fighting Karuta: A large group of short songs, sung by all of your favorite Ranma characters. 43 tracks - though some tracks have songs with just one verse or are remizes. Still a good bang for your buck.
Price Range: $25-$35.

Ranma 1/2 CD Hot Song Contest: Vocals from some of the Ranma 1/2 Japanese seiyuu, including some humourous ones by Kappei Yamaguchi and Megumi Hayashibara. "Akane's Lullaby", sung by Noriko Hidaka, is a personal favorite of mine.
Price Range: $25-$35.

Ranma 1/2 CD Movie 1 Soundtrack: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
BGM and the "It's Love" song from the first Ranma 1/2 Movie.
Price Range: $25-$35.

Ranma 1/2 CD Movie 2 Soundtrack: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
BGM and the "Piece of Love" song from the second Ranma 1/2 Movie.
Price Range: $25-$35.

Ranma 1/2 CD Opening Themes Soundtrack: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
All the Opening themes from the series, beginning right with "Don't Make me Wild Like You", or more affectionately known as the "Ya-pa-pa" song. About 8 tracks. Price Range: $25-$35.

Ranma 1/2 CD OAV/Movie 3 Soundtrack: BGM from the OAV tapes as well as the 30-minute 3rd movie release.
Price Range: $19-$25.

Ranma 1/2 CD Single - "Koida! Panikuu!" (Love Panic): A CD single containing the Love Panic song in Japanese.
Price Range: $8-$10.

Ranma 1/2 CD Song Calendar (1995): A bunch of vocal songs from the various Japanese seiyuu.
Price Range: $25-$35

Ranma 1/2 Graphic Novels: The original manga, translated by Viz. What mroe could you ask for? The graphic novels happen to compile, at the moment, ten or eleven individual issues into one book. They come in different colors, and some are larger than others.
Price Range: Labeled Rate of $15.95, with early GN's possibly in the $20-$25 range.

Ranma 1/2 Hanging Cards: Ten different designs - mini decals which can be placed anywhere. Two series to date.
Price Range: .50-$1 a pack

Ranma 1/2 Memorial Book: A compilation of art from Rumiko Takahashi, featuring scenes from the manga (all 38 volumes of it) as well as a foldout poster and an exclusive interview. Definitely worth the money to put out. Of course, it's all in Japanese, but it's in mostly hiragana - fairly easy for the average student of the Japanese language.
Price Range: $25-$35.

Ranma 1/2 Movie T-Shirt: The famous chase scene from the 1st Ranmamovie, placed on a t-shirt.
Price Range: $18-$20.

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Coffee mugs with Ranma characters placed on them. So far a P-chan as well as a Ranma type coffee mug are available for sale.
Price Range: $20-$25.

Ranma 1/2 Boy-type Ranma Keychain: Small version of boy-type Ranma, on a keychain.
Price Range: $2-$5.

Ranma 1/2 Boy Type T-shirt: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
White t-shirt with Ranma (male) on the front.
Price Range: $15-$20.

Ranma 1/2 Furinkan High Gym T-shirt: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
Gray t-shirt with "Furinkan High Athletic Dept." on the front.
Price Range: $15-$20.

Ranma 1/2 Genma T-shirt: White t-shirt with Genma on it.
Price Range: $18-20

Ranma 1/2 Girl Type T-shirt: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
White t-shirt with Ranma (female) on the front.
Price Range: $15-$25.

Ranma 1/2 Onna-Ranma Baseball Cap: Baseball hat, khaki in color, with Onna-Ranma on the front. Price Range: $18-$20.

Ranma 1/2 Panda and Two Ranmas T-shirt: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
White t-shirt with Genma-Panda and both male and female Ranma on the front.
Price Range: $15-$25

Ranma 1/2 Panda and Girl T-shirt: A white t-shirt featuring Genma-panda and Ranma (noth forms) on the front, along with the Ranma 1/2 logo.
Price Range: $15-$20.

Ranma 1/2 P-chan Mini Plush Backpack: Same as plush P-chan, only with a small compartment for holding items and two straps.
Price Range: $25-$30.

Ranma 1/2 P-chan Bank: A medium-sized coin bank made of plastic, in the form of P-chan.
Price Range: $12-$15.

Ranma 1/2 P-chan Keychain: A cute little P-chan keychain, so that you can carry P-chan with you whenever you go out.
Price Range: $2-$5.

Ranma 1/2 P-chan T-shirt: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
Black cotton t-shirt, displaying everyone's favorite little black pig onthe front, and the Ranma 1/2 logo below it.
Price Range: $15-$23.

Ranma 1/2 P-chan Watch: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
Black watch with matching leather strap and face depicting the Japanese Ranma 1/2 characters in place of the 10, 11, 12, 1, and 2 numbers. A depiction of P-chan is in the lower right.
Price Range: $30-$40

Ranma 1/2 Playing Cards: A 52-card deck of playing cards, with Ranma characters on them instead of your usual "faces" and "numbers" to be found on regular playing cards. 6 types of decks currently released.
Price Range: $10-$20.

Ranma 1/2 Postcard Book: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
Small book containing postcards of your favorite Ranma 1/2 characters. 24 postcards in all.
Price Range: $12-$15

Ranma 1/2 P-chan Plush Backpack: Ever seen those backpacks that are actually stuffed animals that unzip? This one is a plush backpack of P-chan.
Price Range: $25-$30.

Ranma 1/2 Plush Mini P-chan: 8 inch figure, stuffed toy of everyone's favorite little black pig. Shown to be sitting down, eyes slightly crossed, with a forlorn look on his face.
Price Range: $18-$20.

Ranma 1/2 Resin Model Kit (Onna-Ranma Kitty Costume): It consists of five pieces: Head and torso, right/left legs, right/left arms, tail, and pigtail. Its weight is 10 ounces. The casting is quite good. The seams are barely noticable which I hope will be easy to take out. Noticed a mild void in the back of the head which will have to be carefully filled somehow. And no, it isn't where the pigtail attaches. The head and torso section measures 5 inches. When complete the model will be about 6 inches tall. If it wasn't for the fact that Ranma's hands end in paws, this would also make a good swimsuit model. The suggested color scheme on the box is a bright red with black stripes which looks very nice. I also have a gif with Ranma in a tawny yellow with black stripes so I going to have to decide between the two.
Price Range: $59-$69.

Ranma 1/2 Ryouga T-shirt: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
Black cotton t-shirt, displaying Ryouga surrounded by P-chans, with "Ranma 1/2" in the lower left on the front.
Price Range: $15-$23

Ranma 1/2 100 Piece Puzzle: A Ranma 1/2 puzzle which makes up one of the art pieces in the Memorial Book, I believe. Quite cheap for a puzzle.
Price Range: $7.95-$10.

Ranma 1/2 Screen Saver: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
Released by Software Sculptors, this screen saver features clips of the first movie, and some of these clips at as screen savers for your computer. Seriously outdated.
Price Range: $2-$55.

Ranma 1/2 Sticker Sheets: Sheets of stickers featuring Ranma cahracters. Currently there are 8 series of sticker sheets.
Price Range: $3-$5.

Ranma 1/2 Tankoubons: These are the original manga, "in the raw" to speak. In other words, these are the "graphic novels" of Japanese, complete with original Japanese text and in the "flipped" style (reading right to left).
Price Range: $6-$20 (depends on issue)

Ranma 1/2 Three Girls T-shirt: [Buy item at Rightstuf.com now!]
A white t-shirt, featuring on it Shampoo, Akane, and Onna-Ranma, all in fighting stances and dressed in Chinese style clothes.
Price Range: $15-$20.

Ranma 1/2 Trading Cards: Trading cards featuring your favorite Ranma 1/2 characters and moments. Two series out to date.
Price Range: .50-$1 a pack.

Ranma 1/2 Video Jukebox: This 30 minute tape contains all of the opening and closing themes, uncut and unsubtitled, for all the Ranma 1/2 anime seasons as they happened in Japan. There are about 12 "tracks", of videos, including those which aren't even released in the US yet.
Price Range: $12-$15.

Ranma 1/2 Wall Scrolls: These large, hangable pieces of cloth roll out, depicting various Ranma 1/2 artwork printed therein. The only two I have seen as of now are one with Onna-Ranma and Akane, and another one featuring a group shot of Ukyou, Akane, Shampoo, Mousse, Ryouga, and Ranma (both forms). Price Range: $15-$25.

Ranma 1/2 Watch: Either boy or girl-type Ranma on the face. A watch featuring everyone's favorite cursed martial artist.
Price Range: $19-$25.

Ranma 1/2 Watermelon T-shirt: T-shirt with Onna-Ranma on it eating a huge piece of watermelon.
Price Range: $16-$18.