Is Ranma 1/2 really that popular in the west?

I always hear how it's the series that basically got Rumiko her foot in the door as far as America is concerned, seeing as she was even making the rounds at American comic conventions as far back as the early-mid '90s. But after that, once the 2000s came, it's like the series had no staying power whatsoever. Barely even mentioned nowadays.

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the west isn't limited to north america

Most popular old shows and manga have fallen out of favor unless they are part of a series that has continued into recent years. Just a result of time burying things that have come and gone.

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It's not all that popular in North America. It might have had the staying power of Dragon Ball if it was still going today, but there's already a lot of episodes as it is.

>But after that, once the 2000s came, it's like the series had no staying power whatsoever. Barely even mentioned nowadays.
That's absolutely not true at all though

I think it used to be. My family's cable had some German channels and I caught a glimpse of Ranma's German dub.

Ranma was huge before anime got mainstreamed onto television in the US. You could find Ranma VHS tapes in video rental stores and Viz put them out with good regularity, but it was never going to get the kind of traction a show on Toonami or whatever was going to get like what happened with Gundam Wing and Sailor Moon and DBZ. As it is, though, Ranma holds a special sort of place in US anime history as being a lot of people's first real foray into anime as a medium, coming out of the gray zone in the mid-80s when anime wasn't even a thing in the US except for those lucky enough to have grown up with the mecha shows like Gaiking and Tranzor-Z (Mazinger Z), or the team shows like G-Force (Gatchaman).

Mexican here and I remember Ranma being very popular from 1997 until the spring of 2000 when people kept saying it promoted homosexuality. That did not stop a rerun from the late 2003 until xmas 2004

It still holds a cultural space in Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras) as well, along with Rurouni Kenshin, Inuyasha, DBZ, knights of the zodiac. I remember seeing knock off Ranma shirts in markets during the rerun time of 2003-2004.

I cried and dropped it on episode 10. It is too much for my purityfag mind to handle. I feel like shit

what

USA: Huge VHS anime hit, but was never broadcast on TV. Unknown to casual fans. Rumiko fans moved on to Inuyasha. Minor cult classic; hasn't aged well.
Mex/CA/SA: pretty big apparently; like Sailor Moon or Pokemon in the US

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Its still pretty well remembered for something that aired in the 90's. Not many series from that time still get attention from the fans.

Akane kissed Ryogo when Ryogo was in pig form. She also slept in the same bed as him.

She isn't even aware that the pig is Ryoga

Inuyasha > Ranma

She still kissed and slept in the bed with him. She kissed him

Ranma made me bisexual.

and Shaman King a shotacon wth all those naked boys.

Latin america loves this show a lot

Only tits i remember i saw in daylight open television.
I m from Chile
This shit fucked up my taste in real woman. I only like 2d now.

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it was one of the first 'big' anime that wasn't a kids show in English speaking countries at least

people nowadays would consider ranma incredibly sexist because of how gender roles are so important in it

No. Only DBZ, Pokemon, Sailor Moon and Naruto are popular in the west.

user I just want you to know that you are very based.

That’s the only part of the West that matters

That is strange as I think Inuyasha suffers from massive bad pacing with needless fluff. Ranma is at least enjoyable with all it's filler hell, and based cast of endearing girls.

Still surprised the creator of shaman king denied the anime reboot.