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Episodes 95 - 118


Season overview:
Season six was known as "Random Rhapsody" in the United States. Koji Sawai departs as the series director and is replaced by the supremely talented Junji Nishimura, who's work includes You're Under Arrest and Soul Hunter. Nishimura stays on to do the OVAs as well, and the final two seasons rival the OVAs in terms of quality and directorial influence. He brings the focus back to the subtle relationship between Ranma and Akane and uses manga stories much more frequently than Sawai did. Nishimura introduces Hikaru Gosunkugi finally as well as Pantyhose Taro and the Panda Doodle. Ukyo gets some break out episodes, and the winter episodes are extremely well done.

You can see samples of each of the animation directors works on our article about the animation directors of Ranma 1/2.


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Episode 95: 小太刀のマイラブリーパパ
Kodachi no my lovely papa
(Dear Daddy... Love, Kodachi)
Kodachi learns that the principal is her father, a fact that Kuno still refuses to accept. Kodachi invites the principal to go to her school's "Parent Day," enraging Tatewaki. When he announces he is moving out, Ranma convinces him to stop running from his problems. This leads to the principal and Kuno having it out on the rooftop.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Yasunori Urata (浦田保則)
  • Animation Director: Asami Endo (遠藤麻未)
  • Script: Shigeru Yanagawa (柳川茂)
  • Storyboards: Yasunori Urata (浦田保則)
Originally Aired:
  • September 27, 1991
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
  • Anime Original Episode
Notes: ---

Episode 96: 強敵? 五寸釘くん登場
Kyouteki? Gosunkugi-kun toujou
(Enter Gosunkugi, The New Rival?)
Gosunkugi arrives at Furinkan High, where Akane offers him a bento she made for Ranma who had refused to eat it. Seeing this, Ranma takes the bento from Gosunkugi because he does not want him to get sick. Gosunkugi believes Ranma is doing this because he wants Akane to himself and vows to free her from the "hell" Ranma is putting her through.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi (古橋一浩)
  • Animation Director: Satoru Isono (磯野智)
  • Script: Michiko Yokote (横手美智子)
  • Storyboards: Kazuhiro Furuhashi (古橋一浩)
Originally Aired:
  • October 4, 1991
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
  • Anime Original Episode
Notes:

Episode 97: 乱馬はヘタクソ? 格闘書道
Ranma ha hetakuso? Kakutou shodou
(Ranma's Calligraphy Challenge!)
Jikeiin Soutatsu is a martial arts calligrapher, but refuses to fight Ranma due to his poor handwriting. Ranma works and works on his writing while being very upset to learn that Ryoga has very good handwriting. Soutatsu gets tired of waiting on Ranma to improve his handwriting, and so the match begins.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Nodoka Yoshida (よしだのどか)
  • Animation Director: Yuka Kudo (工藤裕加)
  • Script: Kazuhito Hisajima (久島一仁)
  • Storyboards: Nodoka Yoshida (よしだのどか)
Originally Aired:
  • October 11, 1991
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
  • Anime Original Episode
Notes: ---

Episode 98: 風林館高校、影のドン登場
Furinkan Koukou kageno don toujou
(The Secret Don of Furinkan High!?)
The owner of the school store angers Ranma, but winds up requiring his, Akane, and Kuno's help against the principal who is trying to get rid of the store. The old man reveals to the entire school the principal's old report card which had incredibly poor grades in everything except gym.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Noburo Shirohata (白旗伸朗)
  • Animation Director: Asami Endo (遠藤麻未)
  • Script: Yoshiyuki Suga (菅良幸)
  • Storyboards: Noburo Shirohata (白旗伸朗)
Originally Aired:
  • October 18, 1991
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
  • Anime Original Episode
Notes: ---


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Episode 99: 悲願! 普通の男に戻りたい
Higan! Futsuuno otokoni modoritai
(Back to the Way We Were... Please!)
A Chinese salesman sales Ryoga, Mousse and Ranma three Instant Spring powders, but unfortunately the labels have come off. He tells them that one is definetly a "Spring of Drowned Man," so they begin fighting over which one they actually believe will cure them. Each is apprehensive about trying out their powder because they are afraid of what they will become if it is not the correct one. Finally the true powder is revealed, but just a bit too late.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Shinji Takagi (高木真司)
  • Animation Director: Azusa Shiratori (白鳥あずさ)
  • Script: Shigeru Yanagawa (柳川茂)
  • Storyboards: Shinji Takagi (高木真司)
Originally Aired:
  • October 25, 1991
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
  • Anime Original Episode
Notes:
  • The second and last episode directed by the pseudonymous "Azusa Shiratori". The other episode was episode 59.

Episode 100: 早乙女流の跡継ぎは良牙?
Saotome ryuuno atotsugiha Ryoga?
(Ryoga Inherits the Saotome School!?)
Genma decides that Ryoga will make a much better student than Ranma, who had just eaten some food Genma had been saving, and announces that Ryoga is now Akane's fiancée. Genma moves out with Ryoga to begin their training. When Ranma fights Ryoga the match is even, until Genma throws a cat on Ranma. At that moment Genma instructs Ryoga to take revenge against Ranma for eating his food, causing Ryoga and Ranma to team-up against him.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Nodoka Yoshida (よしだのどか)
  • Animation Director: Asami Endo (遠藤麻未)
  • Script: Hiroko Naka (中弘子)
  • Storyboards: Junji Nishimura (西村純二)
Originally Aired:
  • November 1, 1991
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
  • Anime Original Episode
Notes:
  • No episode of Ranma 1/2 Nettohen aired the following week.

Episode 101: 天道家、遊園地へ行く
Tendoke, yuuenchihe iku
(Tendo Family Goes to the Amusement Park)
Dr. Tofu and Kasumi win tickets to an amusement park, but Dr. Tofu forgets his wallet. When everyone gets to the park and realizes that Happosai has eaten the lunch they packed, they realize that the only way to get anything to eat is by winning first place in a go cart race. Unfortunately they have to compete against the course champion to win.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi (古橋一浩)
  • Animation Director: Satoru Isono (磯野智)
  • Script: Michiko Yokote (横手美智子)
  • Storyboards: Kazuhiro Furuhashi (古橋一浩)
Originally Aired:
  • November 15, 1991
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
  • Anime Original Episode
Notes:
  • An excellent article by Matteo Watzky about the key animator on this episode, Tokuyuki Matsutake (松竹徳幸) and his work on Ranma 1/2, can be found here.
  • No episode of Ranma 1/2 Nettohen aired the following week.

Episode 102: 風林館高校・通り魔事件
Furinkan koukou ・ Toorima jiken
(Case of the Furinkan Stalker)
A mysterious man begins terrorizing the girls of Furinkan High School. The girls suspect Ranma because of the attacker's ponytail. Ranma lures the stalker out and reveals that it is Gosunguki in a pathetic looking Ranma disguise.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Shinji Takagi (高木真司)
  • Animation Director: Yuka Kudo (工藤裕加)
  • Script: Naoto Kimura (木村直人)
  • Storyboards: Noriko Sakai (酒井法之)
Originally Aired:
  • November 29, 1991
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
  • Anime Original Episode
Notes: ---


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Episode 103: 呪泉郷から来た悪魔 前編
Jusenkyo kara kita akuma zenpen
(The Demon From Jusenkyo Part 1)
Pantyhose Taro arrives and kidnaps Akane in order to lure Happosai out. When Ranma decides to go rescue Akane, Ryoga, Mousse, and Shampoo come to help out as well. Pantyhose Taro tells Akane about what Happosai did to him as a child, but explains that his curse is not the reason he is seeking revenge. Ranma and the others then prepare to attack Pantyhose Taro.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Noburo Shirohata (白旗伸朗)
  • Animation Director: Asami Endo (遠藤麻未)
  • Script: Yoshiyuki Suga (菅良幸)
  • Storyboards: Noburo Shirohata (白旗伸朗)
Originally Aired:
  • December 6, 1991
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
Notes: ---

Episode 104: 呪泉郷から来た悪魔 後編
Jusenkyo kara kita akuma kouhen
(The Demon From Jusenkyo Part 2)
Ranma fights with Pantyhose Taro, while Mousse and Ryoga try to find their way back to the fight. Happosai arrives just in time to save Akane from getting knocked off a cliff by Pantyhose Taro. Pantyhose Taro explains to everyone the reason why he hates Happosai is because of his name. Everyone tries to force Happosai to give Pantyhose Taro a new name.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Yasunori Urata (浦田保則)
  • Animation Director: Atsuko Nakajima (中嶋敦子)
  • Script: Kazuhito Hisajima (久島一仁)
  • Storyboards: Yasunori Urata (浦田保則)
Originally Aired:
  • December 13, 1991
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
Notes: ---

Episode 105: 乱馬がいないXmas
Ranma ga inai Xmas
(A Xmas Without Ranma)
Ranma and Akane are Christmas shopping together when Ranma suddenly tells Akane to head home without him. After a few hours, Akane begins to worry and starts looking for Ranma. As she goes around town, she encounters most of her friends who tell her they had just recently seen Ranma. When Akane finally finds Ranma, she learns that he had been shopping for gifts for her, which makes her very happy. When they get home Shampoo, Kuno, Mousse, P-chan, Kodachi and Ukyo all enjoy a Christmas Eve dinner at the Tendo home.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Shinji Takagi (高木真司)
  • Animation Director: Atsuko Nakajima (中嶋敦子)
  • Script: Shigeru Yanagawa (柳川茂)
  • Storyboards: Junji Nishimura (西村純二)
Originally Aired:
  • December 20, 1991
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
  • Anime Original Episode
Notes:
  • No episode of Ranma 1/2 Nettohen aired the following two weeks.

Episode 106: 雪ん子冬物語
Yukinko fuyu monogatari
(A Cold Day in Furinkan)
A blizzard comes to Tokyo and Ryoga happens to find a flute that had blown into his tent. Ryoga manages to make his way to the Tendo home and tells Ranma and Akane about a large snow monster that had attacked him. Ranma and Akane decide to investigate, and while searching for the creature they discover a small girl. It is revealed that the girl controls the snow creature and is actually a snow woman searching for her flute.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi (古橋一浩)
  • Animation Director: Asami Endo (遠藤麻未)
  • Script: Naoto Kimura (木村直人)
  • Storyboards: Kazuhiro Furuhashi (古橋一浩)
Originally Aired:
  • January 10, 1992
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
  • Anime Original Episode
Notes: ---


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Episode 107: らくがきパンダの呪い
Rakugaki panda no noroi
(Curse of the Scribbled Panda)
At a festival, cursed drawings come to life and begin to wreck havoc. Two of the drawings are of large monsters, while the third is of a small female panda. The panda asks to go on a date with Ranma, and Ranma agrees (in order to get the drawing to return to the paper). After battling the other two drawings the Panda is able to convince the demonic drawings to return to the paper they escaped from.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Nodoka Yoshida (よしだのどか)
  • Animation Director: Satoru Isono (磯野智)
  • Script: Hiroko Naka (中弘子)
  • Storyboards: Nodoka Yoshida (よしだのどか)
Originally Aired:
  • January 17, 1992
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
Notes:

Episode 108: スイカ島の交際鬼
Suikatou no kousaiki
(The Date-Monster of Watermelon Island)
Ranma and Akane discover Kuno off the coast of Watermelon Island. Unfortunately for Kuno, he has amnesia, but has greatly improved his swordsmanship. Ranma is unable to defeat Kuno, and decides to take him to Watermelon Island to see how he has gained this new talent that seems to be connected to watermelons.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Takeshi Kabumoto (株本毅)
  • Animation Director: Yuka Kudo (工藤裕加)
  • Script: Shigeru Yanagawa (柳川茂)
  • Storyboards: Junji Nishimura (西村純二)
Originally Aired:
  • January 24, 1992
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
Notes: ---

Episode 109: 幸せのパンダ伝説
Shiawase no panda densetsu
(Legend of the Lucky Panda)
Genma stumbles into a village filled with people that look exactly like Ranma and his friends from Nerima. When the village elder (who looks like Soun) gets sick, the villagers believe the only thing that can cure him is the heart of a living panda which Genma happens to be at the moment.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Noburo Shirohata (白旗伸朗)
  • Animation Director: Satoru Isono (磯野智)
  • Script: Yoshiyuki Suga (菅良幸)
  • Storyboards: Noburo Shirohata (白旗伸朗)
Originally Aired:
  • January 31, 1992
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
  • Anime Original Episode
Notes: ---

Episode 110: 乱馬と右京がソース相愛?
Ranma to Ukyo ga sauce souai?
(Ukyo's Secret Sauce, Part 1)
Ukyo attempts to make a special okonomiyaki sauce that was her father's specialty. After letting the sauce age for ten years, Ukyo opens it and finds that it tastes horrible. Ukyo becomes very depressed and decides to move into the Tendo home until she can regain her confidance. Ranma realizes that this is the same sauce he had accidentally ruined ten years ago and never bothered to tell Ukyo.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Shinji Takagi (高木真司)
  • Animation Director: Asami Endo (遠藤麻未)
  • Script: Shigeru Yanagawa (柳川茂)
  • Storyboards: Junji Nishimura (西村純二)
Originally Aired:
  • February 7, 1992
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
Notes: ---


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Episode 111: 偽り夫婦よ永遠に…
Itsuwari fuufuyo eien ni...
(Ukyo's Secret Sauce, Part 2)
Ukyo is still depressed about her sauce, and really starts to feel bad when Ranma and Akane begin joking about being married. When she thinks Ranma and Akane have slept together, Ranma realizes he should do something to prove, or at least let Ukyo believe, that he likes her more than Akane.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Nodoka Yoshida (よしだのどか)
  • Animation Director: Satoru Isono (磯野智)
  • Script: Kazuhito Hisajima (久島一仁)
  • Storyboards: Nodoka Yoshida (よしだのどか)
Originally Aired:
  • February 14, 1992
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
Notes: ---

Episode 112: 格闘茶道! さらわれた家元
Kakutou sadou! Sarawareta Iemoto
(The Missing Matriarch of Martial Arts Tea)
Sentaro's grandmother is kidnapped by the Miyakoji family. The Miyakojis and Daimonjis have a long rivalry, and some of the old women from the Daimonji family tell Sentaro that only he can save his grandmother. When Sentaro tries to fight the heir of the Miyakojis he immediately falls in love with her and asks for her hand in marriage.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Shinji Takagi (高木真司)
  • Animation Director: Asami Endo (遠藤麻未)
  • Script: Kazuhito Hisajima (久島一仁)
  • Storyboards: Iku Suzuki (鈴木行)
Originally Aired:
  • February 21, 1992
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
Notes: ---

Episode 113: 大変! あかねが入院した
Taihen! Akane ga nyuuin shita
(Akane Goes to the Hospital)
Ranma gets angry about Gosunkugi taking pictures of Akane during gym class. When Akane notices them fighting she loses her balance and breaks her leg. After a few days in the hospital Akane begins to get very angry because Ranma has yet to come and visit her. It seems he has been keeping away because he does not know the right thing to say to make her feel better.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi (古橋一浩)
  • Animation Director: Atsuko Nakajima (中嶋敦子)
  • Script: Kazuhiro Furuhashi (古橋一浩)
  • Storyboards: Kazuhiro Furuhashi (古橋一浩)
Originally Aired:
  • February 28, 1992
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
  • Anime Original Episode
Notes: ---

Episode 114: 謎の暴れタコツボ現る?!
Nazono abare takotsubo arawareru?!
(Mystery of the Marauding Octopus Pot!)
Happosai disguises himself as a octopus trap and raids a village stealing panties and food and beating up all the men. When Soun, Genma, and Ranma arrive they try to keep everyone from learning that they know Happosai. Happosai tells them that the reason he is stealing the food is to help a sickly little girl that lived on the beach.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Takeshi Kabumoto (株本毅)
  • Animation Director: Satoru Isono (磯野智)
  • Script: Hiroko Naka (中弘子)
  • Storyboards: Hideki Tonokatsu (殿勝秀樹)
Originally Aired:
  • March 6, 1992
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
Notes:
  • The jar that Happosai is hiding in is an octopus pot (蛸壷/takotsubo) a jar used to lure octopi into so they can be reeled in.


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Episode 115: 五寸釘! あぁ恋の紙人形
Gosunkugi! Ah koino kaminingyou
(Gosunkugi and the Magic Paper Dolls)
Gosunkugi buys twelve magical paper dolls from a salesman. Whenever something is written on the doll and then placed on someone's back, the victim must do whatever the doll says. Gosunkugi uses the dolls to make Ranma get into a few accidents and then uses another to try to get Akane to go out with him.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Noburo Shirohata (白旗伸朗)
  • Animation Director: Asami Endo (遠藤麻未)
  • Script: Naoto Kimura (木村直人)
  • Storyboards: Noburo Shirohata (白旗伸朗)
Originally Aired:
  • March 13, 1992
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
Notes: ---

Episode 116: あかねの心がわからない
Akane no kokoroga wakaranai
(Akane's Unfathomable Heart)
A young man named Satori arrives at the Tendo Dojo and is able to read minds. Satori cannot read Akane's mind though, and begins to have a crush on her. He quickly angers Ranma by shouting out everything Ranma is thinking. He challenges Ranma to a match, and because he can read what Ranma is going to do before he does it, they seem to be evenly matched. After Ranma, Akane, and Satori almost fall off the roof, Satori finally reads Akane's mind and realizes that she likes Ranma. Upset by this, he runs away.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Takeshi Kabumoto (株本毅)
  • Animation Director: Yuka Kudo (工藤裕加)
  • Script: Michiko Yokote (横手美智子)
  • Storyboards: Junji Nishimura (西村純二)
Originally Aired:
  • March 20, 1992
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
  • Anime Original Episode
Notes: ---

Episode 117: 追跡! 手まり唄の謎
Tsuiseki! Temariutano nazo
(A Teenage Ghost Story)
An old man at the school store was telling Ranma and Kuno stories when Akane arrives with an old notebook. Ranma accidently spills tea on it, and a ghost girl appears and sings a song. The ghost follows Ranma and Akane home and spends the night. While there, she mentions that she has lost something, but cannot remember what it is. Kasumi mentions that the song the ghost is singing may have something to do with her forgotten loss. The old man at the school store remembers that the girl had forgotten a stuffed toy raccoon once, and he replaced her old one. The ghost says her name is Kogane Musashi and then leaves.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Nodoka Yoshida (よしだのどか)
  • Animation Director: Atsuko Nakajima (中嶋敦子)
  • Script: Yoshiyuki Suga (菅良幸)
  • Storyboards: Nodoka Yoshida (よしだのどか)
Originally Aired:
  • March 27, 1992
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
  • Anime Original Episode
Notes: ---

Episode 118: もうあなたから離れない
Mou anatakara hanarenai
(Master and Student...Forever!?)
Happosai uses a magical Chinese medicine on Ranma. The medicine is is supposed to make a student respect their teacher, but one of the side effects is that Happosai becomes stuck to Ranma. Ranma uncontrollably switches from having deep respect for Happosai, to his normal loathing of him, while Akane, Ukyo, Soun and Genma all try to seperate the two before the effects become permanent.

Episode Staff:
  • Director: Yusuke Yamamoto (山本裕介)
  • Animation Director: Satoru Isono (磯野智)
  • Script: Shigeru Yanagawa (柳川茂)
  • Storyboards: Kazuhiro Furuhashi (古橋一浩)
Originally Aired:
  • April 3, 1992
    5:30 pm - 6:00 pm on Fuji TV
Themes:
Adapted from:
Notes: ---


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