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Shows that feel likeRanma ½ (1989–1992)

Ranma Saotome, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the 'cursed training ground' of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the warnings of the Chinese guard, they fall into the cursed springs. From now on, whenever Ranma is doused in cold water, he turns into a girl and a cute, well-built redhead at that. Hot water changes him back into a man again, but only until the next time. To make matters worse, his father engages him to Akane Tendo, a girl who hates boys.

If you loved Ranma ½, the closest series we have are Ranma1/2 (2024), Fairy Tail (2009) and Dr. STONE (2019). All three share Ranma ½'s witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009).

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If Ranma ½ hit the spot, these will too

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Ranma1/2
2024– · 1 season · Nippon TV
★ 7.9animation · action & adventure · comedyNetflix

The same two preoccupations: harem, and romcom

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Akane Tendo meets her new fiancé, Ranma Saotome, a martial arts prodigy with a twist: he magically transforms into a girl upon touching cold water.

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Fairy Tail
2009–2019 · 8 seasons · TV Tokyo
★ 7.8animation · action & adventure · comedy

Rowdy found-family brawlers whose fights are half gag, half spectacle

The difference: Long arcs and power-ups — it wants epic, not domestic farce

Lucy is a 17-year-old girl, who wants to be a full-fledged mage. One day when visiting Harujion Town, she meets Natsu, a young man who gets sick easily by any type of transportation. But Natsu isn't just any ordinary kid, he's a member of one of the world's most infamous mage guilds: Fairy Tail.

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Dr. STONE
2019–2026 · 4 seasons · TOKYO MX
★ 8.1animation · action & adventure · comedyNetflixHulu

Shounen momentum spent on jokes and ingenuity instead of brooding

The difference: One long survival project — the romance and farce are gone

One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost in a world of statues. However, he’s not alone! His science-loving friend Senku’s been up and running for a few months and he's got a grand plan in mind—to kickstart civilization with the power of science!

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High School DxD
2012–2018 · 4 seasons · AT-X
★ 7.5animation · action & adventure · comedy

An overwhelmed teen at the center of an ever-growing pile of suitors

The difference: Much raunchier fanservice — what Ranma implies, this one shouts

Issei Hyodo is your average perverted high school student whose one wish in life is to have his own harem, but he's got to be one of the unluckiest guys around. He goes on his first date with a girl only to get brutally attacked and killed when it turns out the girl is really a vicious fallen angel. To top it all off, he's later reincarnated as a devil by his gorgeous senpai who tells him that she is also a devil and now his master! One thing's for sure, his peaceful days are over. In a battle between devils and angels, who will win?

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Rurouni Kenshin
1996–1998 · 3 seasons · Fuji TV
★ 8.5action & adventure · animation · comedy

A gifted fighter dodging duels and feelings in roughly equal measure

The difference: Historical stakes and real bloodshed sit underneath the comedy

The Meiji Era was one of great renewal for Japan, where swords and killing were outlawed. However, many survivors from the time of Revolution still live, lurking in the shadows and waiting for a chance to use their killing blades again. Only Kenshin Himura, formerly one of the most brutal of killers, hopes to keep his swordsman's honor and still live in the new era.

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Digimon: Digital Monsters
1999–2001 · 2 seasons · Fuji TV
★ 7.4animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

Saturday-morning adventure where transformation is the whole engine

The difference: Earnest kids-on-a-quest storytelling with barely a joke in sight

While at summer camp, seven kids come across seven Digivices and are transported to a strange digital world. In this new world they make friends with creatures that call themselves Digimon who were born to defend their world from various evil forces.

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Sailor Moon
1992–1997 · 5 seasons · tv asahi
★ 7.7action & adventure · animation · comedyHulu

Nineties anime where slapstick, romance and transformation magic coexist

The difference: Monster-of-the-week heroics — the romance is destiny, not screwball

One day, Usagi Tsukino, clumsy 2nd-year middle school student, stumbles upon a talking cat named Luna. Luna tells her that she is destined to be Sailor Moon, "champion of love and justice", and she must search for the fabled Moon Princess. Usagi finds friends that turn out to be destined senshi as well, and together they fight to save the world from the certain doom brought upon by the Dark Kingdom.

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Fullmetal Alchemist
2003–2004 · 1 season · TBS
★ 8.5animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

A body changed by one reckless act, and the long search to undo it

The difference: Genuinely tragic — the transformation here is grief, not a running gag

Two young brothers are raised as alchemists, but when they are severely injured trying to perform a forbidden act, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them; the fabled philosopher's stone.

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Dragon Ball Z Kai
2009–2015 · 6 seasons · Fuji TV
★ 8.3sci-fi & fantasy · animation · action & adventureHulu

Both keep coming back to the same thing: based on manga

Rejoin Goku and his friends in a series of cosmic battles! Toei has redubbed, recut, and cleaned up the animation of the original 1989 animated series. The show's story arc has been refined to better follow the comic book series on which it is based. The show also features a new opening and ending. In the series, martial artist Goku, and his various friends, battle increasingly powerful enemies to defend the world against evil. Can Earth's defender defeat demons, aliens, and other villains?

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Fighting Spirit
2000–2014 · 3 seasons · Nippon TV
★ 8.8animation · comedy · dramaNetflix

Both are working the same pair: shounen, anime

The difference: Easier on the ideas than Ranma ½

Makunouchi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn't get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school (the family fishing business grants him a distinct odor), Ippo's life is one of hardship. One of these after-school bullying sessions turns Ippo's life around for the better, as he is saved by a boxer named Takamura. He decides to follow in Takamura's footsteps and train to become a boxer, giving his life direction and purpose. Ippo's path to perfecting his pugilistic prowess is just beginning...

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Jackie Chan Adventures
2000–2005 · 5 seasons · The WB
★ 7.4action & adventure · animation · comedy

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

Archaeologist Jackie Chan joins forces with his adventurous 11-year-old niece, Jade, to race around the world in search of twelve powerful magical talismans before they fall into the hands of the sinister Dark Hand crime syndicate. Along the way, they're aided by Uncle, Jackie's eccentric yet brilliant uncle, whose ancient knowledge and mystical expertise often prove to be the key to defeating dark forces.

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Saint Seiya
1986–1989 · 1 season · tv asahi
★ 8.4animation · drama · action & adventure

Eighties-inked martial arts mythos where every fight is an event

The difference: Deadly serious tournament grind — no laughs to cut the melodrama

Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints with Cloths of their own to fight for Athena.

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