The menus for the first four discs let you play the episodes, setup your language and subtitle preferences, or select where you want to begin watching an episode. The menu on the fifth disc contains these features, as well as an option to view the special features. In the setup menu, you can choose to watch the episodes with either the Japanese language track or the English language track, and you can choose whether to have the subtitles on or off.The special features menu contains six options: "Line Art Gallery," "Textless Opening," "Textless Ending," "Cast List," "Actor Profiles," and "Maison Ikkloku Trailer." As expected, the textless opening and ending are just the opening and ending credits without the text.
The line art gallery contains 18 pages of model sketches of the characters that appear in this DVD box set. The cast list is a list of the English and Japanese voice actors for each character. The actor profiles are selected filmographies for the English voice actors. The "Maison Ikkoku Trailer" is a trailer for the Maison Ikkoku DVD box sets that were released by Viz Media.
Ranma 1/2 Random Rhapsody is a rather "low frills" DVD set, and the extras are similar to what can be found on Ranma 1/2 Anything-Goes Martial Arts, Ranma 1/2 Hard Battle, Ranma 1/2 Outta Control, and Ranma 1/2 Martial Mayhem. While these features are better than what appeared on the first Ranma 1/2 DVD box set, I wish more of an effort had been made with the special features.
Ideas for special features that could have been done include interviews with the English voice actors, any commercials done in Japan for Ranma 1/2, a featurette comparing the manga and the anime, and a promo for the Ranma 1/2 manga. I just wish Viz Media had put a little more effort into these DVD box sets.
Ranma 1/2 Random Rhapsody tends to run between $40 and $50 at retail. While this could be considered a little high-priced for what you get, the episodes are worth the cost. This series is very enjoyable for an older audience (16 and up), and really should be in an anime fan’s DVD collection.
I wrote this review after watching a copy of this DVD box set that my husband and I purchased.
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