Ranma 1/2

Ranma 1/2 is a Japanese Animated series that from from 1989-1992 in Japan and from 1993-2001 on MTV in America for 7 seasons and an OAV series on VHS and DVD. It follows the story of teenager Ranma Saotome, a martial artist who is engaged to the violent tomboy Akane Tendo in which they were set up by their parents to join their two schools together as one. To make matters even worse Ranma fell into a cursed spring and whenever he is splashed with cold water he turns into a girl while hot water turns him back. Ranma had two dubs during its run, the first was a VHS dub from Ocean Productions and Viz Video, the other dub (and most famous dub) is from MTV and Amblin Entertainment with Walter F Parkes, Laurie MacDonald and Steven Spielberg as executive producers. The show is based off of the manga by Rumiko Takahashi the creator of other works such as Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Rin-Ne and Inuyasha. Ranma 1/2 was pretty well known in Japan but in America it became one of MTV's highest rated shows up there with The Real World, Beavis and Butt-Head, Daria and Celebrity Deathmatch, Ranma's popularity earned the show 25 Emmy nominations with 10 award wins, 7 Cable Ace awards, 14 Annie awards with 21 nominations, 6 Kids Choice Awards with 12 nominations, video games, an attraction at Universal Studios Japan, 3 movies and an upcoming remake with Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Amblin created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMatino the creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender.