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While the anime is considered a "classic", it suffers from several problems. It rapidly [[Overtook the Manga]] and was [[Cut Short|was canceled before it could complete the full storyline, ending three years before the manga itself concluded]]. The dearth of new material caused the show to become [[Monster of the Week|somewhat repetitious]] as the production team resorted to cookie-cutter [[filler]] episodes that were unrelated to the original manga plot (of the final season's twenty-five episodes, only ten were based on the manga). This reflected a change in the manga itself, which had also abandoned an overarching plot in favor of smaller arcs and episodic comedy. The artistic quality of the show began to suffer noticeably early in its run (there is a visible decline in quality of animation, music and writing starting in the second season), but around the fourth or fifth season, this tendency had begun to reverse itself; the final seasons showed considerable improvement in the animation department, and the [[OVA]]s and movies are of superb quality.
Even with these problems, the ''Ranma ½'' anime was quite popular in its day: a popularity that surprisingly carried over to North America. It was one of the first major crossover hits that helped usher in the explosion of anime importation in the early-to-mid-1990s. The dub by Viz Video is thought by some to be one of the first decent efforts in the history of English anime adaptation. Cultural translation, bowdlerization and localization were all minimized, in marked contrast to its near-contemporary ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' (most likely because it was released direct-to-video rather than syndicated broadcast). It was even briefly optioned for a live action Hollywood film in the late 1990s, although nothing ever came of it. It was also fortunate to arrive in the the English language market at about the same time that the internet emerged from academia into public life and rapidly acquired one of the first online fan communities (the [[Fan Fiction
Despite its age, ''Ranma ½'' still has a remarkably large and vigorous North American fan community and is still responsible for a significant fraction of the anime [[fanfic]]tion on the web, including a wide variety of [[Intercontinuity Crossover|crossovers]]. ''Ranma ½'' is probably one of the most crossed-over series on the internet: on [[Fanfiction.net]] alone, it has nearly 2,200 crossovers listed as of 2021 (with hundreds, if not thousands, listed elsewhere, not even counting ''un''listed crossovers, either there or elsewhere). One sub-type of these crossovers—the [[Fuku Fic]]—is common enough that it has its own trope entry. The series' length and fanbase has predictably resulted in copious amounts of [[Fanon]]. It was even the main inspiration for the comic series ''[[Ninja High School]]'', among many others.
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