Editing Ranma ½ (section)

=== Manga ===
{{Main|List of Ranma ½ chapters}}

Written and illustrated by [[Rumiko Takahashi]], ''Ranma ½'' began publication in the [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] anthology ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' issue #36 published on August 19, 1987,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 1987/08/19 表示号数36|url=http://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazines/356908|website=Bunka.go.jp|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=August 1, 2019|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802091238/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazines/356908|archive-date=August 2, 2019}}</ref> following the ending of her series ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]''. From August 1987 until March 1996, the manga was published on a near weekly basis with the occasional colored page to spruce up the usually black and white stories. After nearly a decade of storylines, the final chapter was published in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issue #12 on March 6, 1996.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 1996/03/06 表示号数12|url=http://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazines/356476|website=Bunka.go.jp|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=August 1, 2019|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802024303/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazines/356476|archive-date=August 2, 2019}}</ref> The 407 chapters were periodically collected and published by [[Shogakukan]] into a total of 38 black and white {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes from 1988 to 1996. They were reassembled in 38 {{Transliteration|ja|[[shinsōban]]}} from April 2002 to October 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091265014|script-title=ja:らんま１／２〔新装版〕 / 1|website=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=May 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091265383|script-title=ja:らんま１／２〔新装版〕 / 38|website=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=May 18, 2014}}</ref> A ''Shōnen Sunday'' Special edition for all 20 volumes was published from 2016 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=らんま１／２の既刊一覧 – 小学館コミック|url=https://shogakukan-comic.jp/book-series?cd=44915|access-date=July 18, 2024|website=shogakukan-comic.jp|language=ja}}</ref> This edition included a series of interviews with Rumiko Takahashi called ''The Making of Ranma.''

North American publisher [[Viz Media]] originally released ''Ranma ½'' in a monthly [[comic book]] format that contained two chapters each from 1992 to 2003, and had the images "flipped" to read left-to-right, causing the art to be mirrored. These were periodically collected into graphic novels. On March 18, 2004, after releasing 21 volumes, Viz announced that it would reprint a number of its graphic novels. The content remained the same, but the novels moved to a smaller format with different covers and a price drop.<ref name="viz-secondeditionmanga">{{cite news|url=http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2004/03_secondedition.php|website=Viz Media|title=2004 Press Releases|date=April 25, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230134551/http://viz.com/news/newsroom/2004/03_secondedition.php|archive-date=December 30, 2009}}</ref> Each volume covers roughly the same amount of material as the Japanese volumes, but retained its left-to-right format and had minor differences in grouping so that it spans 36 volumes rather than the original 38. The final volume was released in stores on November 14, 2006,<ref name="viz-vol36page">{{cite news|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5766|date=October 20, 2006|website=Viz Media|title=Product page for volume 36|access-date=October 20, 2006|archive-date=February 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208113454/http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5766|url-status=live}}<!-- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5766 |date=*}}--></ref> thus making it Viz's longest running manga, spanning over 13 years. At [[Anime Expo]] on July 7, 2013, Viz Media announced re-release of the manga in a format that combines two individual volumes into a single large one, and restores the original right-to-left reading order (a first in North America for this series).<ref name="2in1">{{cite news|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=July 7, 2013|title=Viz Media Adds Deadman Wonderland, Gangsta. Manga|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-07/viz-media-adds-deadman-wonderland-gangsta-manga|access-date=July 7, 2013|archive-date=September 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913121110/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-07/viz-media-adds-deadman-wonderland-gangsta-manga|url-status=live}}</ref> The first 2-in-1 book (volumes 1–2) was published on March 11, 2014; the final (volumes 35–36) on March 14, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=VIZ: Read a Free Preview of Ranma 1/2 (2-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/ranma-12-2-in-1-edition-volume-1/product/3395/paperback|access-date=October 7, 2024|website=www.viz.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=VIZ: Read a Free Preview of Ranma 1/2 (2-in-1 Edition), Vol. 19|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/ranma-12-2-in-1-edition-volume-19/product/5066/paperback|access-date=October 7, 2024|website=www.viz.com|language=en-US}}</ref> On July 27, 2021, Viz released all 19 2-in-1 books digitally.<ref>[https://www.viz.com/read/manga/ranma-12-2-in-1-edition-volume-1/product/3395/digital Ranma 1/2 (2-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815035846/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/ranma-12-2-in-1-edition-volume-1/product/3395/digital |date=August 15, 2021 }} – [[VIZ Media]]</ref><ref>[https://www.viz.com/read/manga/ranma-12-2-in-1-edition-volume-19/product/5066/digital Ranma 1/2 (2-in-1 Edition), Vol. 19] – [[VIZ Media]]</ref> [[Madman Entertainment]] publishes the two-in-one version in Australasia.

Together with ''[[Spriggan (manga)|Spriggan]]'', it was the first manga published in Portugal, by [[Texto Editora]] in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bedeteca.com/index.php?pageID=recortes&recortesID=1555|title=Fenómeno Manga ameaça explosão|author=Pedro Cleto|date=November 15, 2004|access-date=December 14, 2014|work=bedeteca.com|language=pt|archive-date=December 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214155320/http://www.bedeteca.com/index.php?pageID=recortes&recortesID=1555|url-status=live}}</ref>