"I had so much Ranma stuff rumbling around in my head, I just had to get it out, all the minutiae, all the little things I had discovered and couldn't wait to share."

- Harley Acres

Ranma ½

Aimed primarily at boys from elementary to junior high school, Ranma ½ is one of Takahashi's most successful series.

The comedy manga centers around a boy named Ranma Saotome, who is cursed to become a girl whenever he touches cold water, but turns back to a boy when splashed with hot water. The story chronicles Ranma's misadventures with his fiance Akane Tendo and a large cast of other wacky characters.

Introduction

Ranma ½ Perfect Edition is Harley Acres' contribution to Rumic World.

Already a Ranma ½ fan, Harley created Ranma ½ Perfect Edition on June 5, 1998 as a site on Geocities. Although Ranma ½ Perfect Edition wasn't as polished as some of its competitors (there were tons of Ranma ½ fansites at the time), it grew as Harley's skill with web design grew.

In October of 2001, Perfect Edition moved to furinkan.com, which eventually became the address for Rumic World. After Rumic World launched in May 2002, Perfect Edition became its home page until early 2003, when Perfect Edution was redesigned and moved to its own subsection so that Rumic World could move front and center.

Layouts

Ranma Perfect Edition 1998-? Ranma Perfect Edition 1999 June 28th
Ranma Perfect Edition 1998-? - The index used for the Geocities site. Ranma Perfect Edition 1999 June 28th
Ranma Perfect Edition 2000 June 29th Ranma Perfect Edition 2000 September 1st
Ranma Perfect Edition 2000 June 29th - 2000 July index. Ranma Perfect Edition 2000 September 1st - 2000 September index.
Ranma Perfect Edition 2000 September 30th Ranma Perfect Edition 2000 November 1st
Ranma Perfect Edition 2000 September 30th - 2000 October index. Ranma Perfect Edition 2000 November 1st - 2000 November index.
Ranma Perfect Edition 2000 December 1st Ranma Perfect Edition 2001 January 31st
Ranma Perfect Edition 2000 December 1st - 2000 December index. Ranma Perfect Edition 2001 January 31st - 2001 February index.
Ranma Perfect Edition 2001 February 19th Ranma Perfect Edition 2001 May 22nd
Ranma Perfect Edition 2001 February 19th - 2001 February "tea" index. Ranma Perfect Edition 2001 May 22nd - 2001 "Kasumi" index.
Ranma Perfect Edition 2001 December 12th Ranma Perfect Edition 2002 May-August
Ranma Perfect Edition 2001 December 12th - 2001 anniversary index, celebrating 10 years of Ranma in the US and 100,000 hits for the Ranma site. Ranma Perfect Edition 2002 May-August - "Wistful" index.
Ranma Perfect Edition 2002 May-August Ranma Perfect Edition 2002 May 28th
Ranma Perfect Edition 2002 May-August - "Ippatsu" index. Ranma Perfect Edition 2002 May 28th.
Ranma Perfect Edition 2002 August 3rd Ranma Perfect Edition 2002 October 3rd
Ranma Perfect Edition 2002 August 3rd - "Herb" index. Ranma Perfect Edition 2002 October 3rd - "Herb ½ perfect edition".
Harley's comment on the secodn "Herb" Index:
I was really proud of this index and used an image from my rare color pages that I imported from Japan. Some of the people on the messageboard complained they couldn't go to the site at their school lab due to the nudity. I got mad and made this next index for their private use (its address was only given to those that complained).
Ranma Perfect Edition 2003 January 22nd Ranma Perfect Edition 2003 - 2004
Ranma Perfect Edition 2003 January 22nd - Was part of the redesign when Rumic World started. Ranma Perfect Edition 2003 - 2004.
Ranma Perfect Edition 2004 January 12th Ranma Perfect Edition 2004 September 18th
Ranma Perfect Edition 2004 January 12th. Ranma Perfect Edition 2004 September 18th.
Ranma Perfect Edition 2005 November Ranma Perfect Edition 2006 Winter
Ranma Perfect Edition 2005 November. Ranma Perfect Edition 2006 Winter.
Ranma Perfect Edition 2007
Ranma Perfect Edition 2007.