EPISODETSThe Strange Stranger from China1989
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The Strange Stranger from China
24m episode runtime
From Ranma 1/2
A 24-minute anime episode from Ranma 1/2, Season 1, Episode 1.
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Series Progress: Episode 12 of 1727% Completed
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Soun Tendo, head of the Tendo Dojo, is overjoyed by the news that Ranma and his father, who have been training in the arts of Kung Fu in China, are returning to fulfill the promise of wedding one of his three daughters.
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FAQ
How long is The Strange Stranger from China?
The Strange Stranger from China runs for 24m for this episode.
What language is it available in?
The primary language listed for this title is English.
What kind of episode is this?
It is tagged under anime, action/adventure, comedy.
How big is the series commitment?
This series currently shows 172 episodes across 7 seasons, about 69h 10m total.
Episodes (172)
- Ranma, Look My Way! 24m
- The One Who Inherits Mom's Recipes Will Be Me! 24m
- Reawakening Memories - Part 2 27m
- The Curse of the Contrary Jewel 29m
- Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix 28m
- Oh, Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love! Let My Love Be Forever 28m
- The Evil Ogre 28m
- Reawakening Memories Pt 1 26m
- The One Who Carries On 24m
- The Tendo Family's Christmas Scramble 24m
- Growing Up with Miss Hinako 24m
- S01E01 The Strange Stranger from China 24m Viewing
- S01E10 P-P-P-Chan! He's Good for Nothin 24m
- S01E11 Ranma Meets Love Head-On! Enter the Delinquent Juvenile Gymnast! 24m
- S01E12 A Woman's Love Is War! The Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge! 24m
- S01E13 A Tear in a Girl-Delinquent's Eye? the End of the Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge 24m
- S01E14 Pelvic Fortune-Telling? Ranma Is the No. One Bride in Japan 24m
- S01E15 Enter Shampoo, the Gung-Ho Girl! I Put My Life in Your Hands 24m
- S01E16 Shampoo's Revenge! the Shiatsu Technique That Steals Heart and Soul 24m
- S01E17 I Love You, Ranma! Please Don't Say Goodbye 24m
- S01E18 I Am a Man! Ranma's Going Back to China!? 24m
- S01E02 School Is No Place for Horsing Around 24m
- S01E03 A Sudden Storm of Love... Hey, Wait a Minute! 24m
- S01E04 Ranma and...Ranma? if It's Not One Thing, It's Another 24m
- S01E05 Love Me to the Bone! the Compound Fracture of Akane's Heart 24m
- S01E06 Akane's Lost Love... These Things Happen, You Know 24m
- S01E07 Enter Ryoga, the Eternal Lost Boy 24m
- S01E08 School Is a Battlefield! Ranma vs. Ryoga 24m
- S01E09 True Confessions! A Girl's Hair Is Her Life! 24m
- S02E01 The Abduction of P-chan 24m
- S02E10 Danger at the Tendo Dojo! 24m
- S02E11 Ranma Trains On Mt. Terror 24m
- S02E12 The Breaking Point!? Ryoga's Great Revenge 24m
- S02E13 The Abduction of Akane! 24m
- S02E14 Ranma vs. Mousse! to Lose Is to Win 24m
- S02E15 Enter Happosai, the Lustful Lecher! 24m
- S02E16 Assault On the Girls' Locker Room 24m
- S02E17 Kuno's House of Gadgets! Guests Check in, But They Don't Check Out 24m
- S02E18 Goodbye Girl-Type 24m
- S02E19 It's a Fine Line Between Pleasure and Pain 24m
- S02E02 Close Call! the Dance of Death...On Ice! 24m
- S02E20 S.O.S.! The Wrath of Happosai 24m
- S02E21 Kissing Is Such Sweet Sorrow! The Taking of Akane's Lips 24m
- S02E22 Bathhouse Battle! We're in Some Hot Water Now 24m
- S02E03 P-chan Explodes! The Icy Fountain of Love! 24m
- S02E04 Clash of the Delivery Girls! the Martial Arts Takeout Race 24m
- S02E05 You Really Do Hate Cats! 24m
- S02E06 This Ol' Gal's the Leader of the Amazon Tribe! 24m
- S02E07 Behold! The Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire Technique 24m
- S02E08 Enter Mousse! The Fist of the White Swan 24m
- S02E09 Cool Runnings! The Race of the Snowmen 24m
- S03E01 Ranma Gains Yet Another Suitor 24m
- S03E10 Final Facedown! Happosai vs. the Invisible Man 24m
- S03E11 Les Misérables of the Kuno Estate 24m
- S03E12 Ghost Story! Ranma and the Magic Sword 24m
- S03E13 All It Takes Is One! the Kiss of Love Is the Kiss of Death 24m
- S03E14 Ultimate Team-Up!? the Ryoga/Mousse Alliance 24m
- S03E15 Back to the Happosai! 24m
- S03E16 Kodachi the Black Rose! the Beeline to True Love 24m
- S03E17 The Last Days of Happosai? 24m
- S03E18 Two, Too Violent Girls: Ling-Ling & Lung-Lung 24m
- S03E19 Ranma and the Evil Within 24m
- S03E02 Ryoga & Akane: 2-Gether, 4-Ever 24m
- S03E20 Enter Ken and His Copycat Kerchief 24m
- S03E21 Ryoga's Miracle Cure! Hand Over That Soap 24m
- S03E22 Fight! the Anything-Goes Obstacle Course Race 24m
- S03E23 Ranma Goes Back to Jusenkyo at Last 24m
- S03E03 Sneeze Me, Squeeze Me, Please Me! Shampoo's Recipe for Disaster 24m
- S03E04 Rub-a-Dub-Dub! There's a Pervert in the Tub 24m
- S03E05 I Love You! My Dear, Dear Ukyo 24m
- S03E06 The Witch Who Loved Me: A Japanese Ghost Story 24m
- S03E07 Transform! Akane the Super Duper Girl 24m
- S03E08 The Killer from Jusenkyo 24m
- S03E09 Am I...Pretty? Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood 24m
- S04E01 The Return of the Hawaiian Headmaster from Hell 24m
- S04E10 Blow, Wind! to Be Young Is to Go Gung-Ho 24m
- S04E11 A Formidable New Disciple Appears 24m
- S04E12 Step Outside! 24m
- S04E13 Ryoga's Tendo Dojo Houseguest Diary 24m
- S04E14 Happosai's Happy Heart! 24m
- S04E15 Extra, Extra! Kuno & Nabiki: Read All About It! 24m
- S04E16 Ryoga the Strong& Too Strong 24m
- S04E17 Close Call! P-chan's Secret 24m
- S04E18 The Egg-Catcher Man 24m
- S04E19 Ranma and Kuno's... First Kiss 24m
- S04E02 Enter Kuno, the Night-Prowling Knight 24m
- S04E20 Shampoo's Red Thread of Dread! 24m
- S04E21 Mousse Goes Home to the Country! 24m
- S04E22 The Dumbest Bet in History! 24m
- S04E23 Kuno Becomes a Marianne! 24m
- S04E24 Ranma, You Are Such a Jerk! 24m
- S04E25 Ling-Ling & Lung-Lung Strike Back! 24m
- S04E03 Ranma Gets Weak!! 24m
- S04E04 Eureka! the Desperate Move of Desperation 24m
- S04E05 Showdown! Can Ranma Make a Comeback? 24m
- S04E06 Ukyo's Skirt! The Girly-Girl Gambit 24m
- S04E07 Here Comes Ranma's Mom! 24m
- S04E08 From Ryoga With Love 24m
- S04E09 My Fiancé, the Cat 24m
- S05E01 Gimme That Pigtail 24m
- S05E10 A Leotard Is a Girl's Burden 24m
- S05E11 The Mixed-Bath Horror! 24m
- S05E12 The Frogman's Curse! 24m
- S05E13 Revenge! Raging Okonomiyaki...! 24m
- S05E14 Ranma the Lady-Killer 24m
- S05E15 Shogi Showdown 24m
- S05E16 Sasuke's Mission: Improbable 24m
- S05E17 Bonjour, Furinkan! 24m
- S05E18 Dinner at Ringside! 24m
- S05E19 Swimming With Psychos 24m
- S05E02 When a Guy's Pride and Joy Is Gone 24m
- S05E20 Ryoga, Run Into the Sunset 24m
- S05E21 Into the Darkness 24m
- S05E22 Nabiki, Ranma's New Fiancée? 24m
- S05E23 Case of the Missing Takoyaki! 24m
- S05E24 Ranma Versus Shadow Ranma! 24m
- S05E03 Ryoga's Proposal 24m
- S05E04 Genma Takes a Walk 24m
- S05E05 The Gentle Art of Martial Tea Ceremony 24m
- S05E06 And the Challenger Is...A Girl?! 24m
- S05E07 Hot Springs Battle Royale! 24m
- S05E08 Me Is Kuno's Daddy, Me Is 24m
- S05E09 The Matriarch Takes a Stand 24m
- S06E01 Dear Daddy& Love Kodachi! 24m
- S06E10 The Demon from Jusenkyo, Part II 24m
- S06E11 A Xmas Without Ranma 24m
- S06E12 A Cold Day in Furinkan 24m
- S06E13 Curse of the Scribbled Panda 24m
- S06E14 The Date-Monster of Watermelon Island 24m
- S06E15 Legend of the Lucky Panda 24m
- S06E16 Ukyo's Secret Sauce, Part 1 24m
- S06E17 Ukyo's Secret Sauce, Part 2 24m
- S06E18 The Missing Matriarch of Martial Arts Tea! 24m
- S06E19 Akane Goes to the Hospital! 24m
- S06E02 Enter Gosunkugi, the New Rival!? 24m
- S06E20 Mystery of the Marauding Octopus Pot! 24m
- S06E21 Gosunkugi's Paper Dolls of Love 24m
- S06E22 Akane's Unfathomable Heart 24m
- S06E23 A Teenage Ghost Story 24m
- S06E24 Master and Student... Forever!? 24m
- S06E03 Ranma's Calligraphy Challenge 24m
- S06E04 The Secret Don of Furinkan High 24m
- S06E05 Back to the Way We Were...Please! 24m
- S06E06 Ryoga Inherits the Saotome School? 24m
- S06E07 Tendo Family Goes to the Amusement Park! 24m
- S06E08 Case of the Furinkan Stalker! 24m
- S06E09 The Demon from Jusenkyo, Part 1 24m
- S07E01 Tatewaki Kuno, Substitute Principal 24m
- S07E10 The Cradle from Hell 24m
- S07E11 Madam St. Paul's Cry for Help 24m
- S07E12 Meet You in the Milky Way 24m
- S07E13 Wretched Rice Cakes of Love 24m
- S07E14 The Horrible Happo-Mold Burst! 24m
- S07E15 The Kuno Sibling Scandal! 24m
- S07E16 Battle for the Golden Tea Set! 24m
- S07E17 Gosunkugi's Summer Affair! 24m
- S07E18 Bring It On! Love As a Cheerleader, Part 1 24m
- S07E19 Bring It On! Love As a Cheerleader, Part 2 24m
- S07E02 Ranma's Greatest Challenge! 24m
- S07E20 The Battle for Miss Beachside 24m
- S07E21 The Musical Instruments of Destruction 24m
- S07E22 A Ninja's Dog Is Black and White 24m
- S07E23 The Tendo Dragon Legend 24m
- S07E24 Boy Meets Mom, Part I 24m
- S07E25 Boy Meets Mom, Part II: Someday, Somehow... 24m
- S07E03 Nihao! Jusenkyo Guide 24m
- S07E04 Pick-a-Peck O' Happosai 24m
- S07E05 From the Depths of Despair, Part 1 24m
- S07E06 From the Depths of Despair, Part 2 24m
- S07E07 Shampoo's Cursed Kiss 24m
- S07E08 Run Away With Me, Ranma 24m
- S07E09 Let's Go to the Mushroom Temple 24m
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