ʕु-̫͡-ʔु”-- Hey, How's It Goin! Welcome To The CoolAnimeHustler
Blogspot! I'm The CoolAnimeHustler And Today I Want To Talk About My Hobby And Love Of Watching And Collecting Anime VHS Tapes! A-Yo Peeps! I Want To Thank You For Coming To This Little Blog In The Vast World Of The Internet! I, CoolAnimeHustler, aka 'CAH', Has Been Around This Blog Here For Quite Sometime... You Know... Just Chillin, Youknowhatimsayin!? Today Tho, I'm Trying Something New On My Blog! For The First Time Ever On My Blog, I Will Discuss, Showcase, Tell Jokes (Pfft), And Provide Stories About My Love And Collecting Of Anime Physical Media! You Know Like... A Fun Journal Of Sorts! To Be Honest With Ya... I'm An Old School Anime Loving Otaku! LOL! The Anime Physical Media That I Will Be Discussing Is On VHS (aka Video Home System) And That Title Is...
Ranma 1/2 Anything Goes Martial Arts - The Breaking Point (1990)
This VHS Tape Right Here... Introduced Me To The World Of Anime And Manga
Ranma 1/2 Is A Japanese Action/Comedy Series That Was Written And Illustrated By Rumiko Takahasi. The Story Revolves Around A Teenager Named Ranma Saotome Who Has Trained In Martial Arts With His Father Genma Saotome Since Childhood. Ranma's Life Changes During A Training Journey Accident With His Father In Jusenkyo In Which They Both Accidentally Fell Into The Cursed Springs Of Drowned People And Animals. Ranma Is Cursed to Be A Girl When Splashed With Cold Water And Changes Back Into A Boy When Splashed With Hot Water! Too Add More Drama For Ranma, His Father Genma Meets And Agrees With His Best Friend Soun Tendo For A Forced Engagement Between Ranma Saotome And Akane Tendo! Ranma And Akane Do Not Like This Forced Arrangement But Nevertheless The Story Begins! Throughout The Series, Ranma Seeks Out A Way To Rid Himself Of His Curse, While Fighting To Prove He's The Best Martial Artist And Somewhat Improve His Relationship With Akane Tendo. He Meets Many Friends, Rivals, Enemies, And Many Fiancées That Constantly Hinder and Interfere With His Goals Of Being Top Martial Artist And His Relationship With Akane Tendo. Rumiko Takahasi's Manga Series Was Serialized In Weekly Shonen Sunday Magazine From August 1987 To March 1996 And Produced A Total Of 38 Manga Volumes By Shogakukan! Eventually, An Anime Was Then Created For Takahashi's Hit Manga And Was Produced By Studio Deen In 1989! The Ranma 1/2 Anime Series Ran In Japan From 1989 To 1992 And Became A Huge Hit In Japan And America As Well! The American Company Known As Viz Media, Was Able To License The Ranma 1/2 Anime Series In 1993 And It Was One Of The First Anime titles That Viz Media Licensed! Ranma 1/2 Made A Huge Impact In The Anime Genre For It's Slapstick Comedy And This Show Certainly Had An Impact In My Life!
Ranma 1/2 Is A Fun Series To Watch And Have A Good Laugh! (o^.^)-b
This Ranma 1/2 Anime VHS Tape That I Presented Above Is Very Dear And Special To Me! Why Is It So Special And Dear To CAH's Heart? Well... This Was The Very First Japanese Anime I Ever Watched When I Was A Kid Back In The 90's, G! Not Only That, But This Anime VHS Tape Is The Same Exact Tape That I Rented From A Video Store Called Hastings Back In The Day! I Was Later Blessed To Buy The Same VHS Tape Four Years After When Hastings Was Getting Rid Of Some Their VHS Tapes To Make Room For New Inventory! I Remember Paying In All Spare Change That I Found On The Street But It Felt Great That I Could Finally Buy The VHS Tape That Introduced Me To Anime! I Think I Was Like Nine Years Old At The Time When I First Rented And Watched This! I Remember My Mom And I Used To Take Walks To The Hastings Video Store On Weekends Talking About Life, Telling Jokes, And Renting Tapes For $0.49. Growing Up In A Single Parent Household We Didn't Have Much But We Had Each Other And Made The Most Of It, You Know! We Worked As A Team To Save Up For Things! The New Goal Was To Buy A New TV And A New VCR. Our Previous TV Was Made In The 80s And It Fizzled Out And Died. The Previous VCR We Had Would Eat VHS Tapes You Put Into It And Overheated All The Time! We Decided At The Time That We Would Save Up For A New TV And A New VCR! My Mom Would Work Her Job On The Weekdays And Occasionally On The Weekends And I Would Try My Best To Find Any Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, And Quarters I Could Find On The Street To Contribute Towards The Goal! I May Have Been Nine Years Old At The Time But I Knew Where To Look And Find Money On The Ground! When I Searched For Those Coins On The Ground Whether It Be On Streets, Sidewalks, School, And Stores... It Always Felt Like a Treasure Hunt To Me! To See The Happy Look On My Mom's Face When I Brought Back Those Coins... Those Were Some Great Memories I'll Always Cherish! I Remember That Fateful Day When We Saved Up The Money Goal Towards Buying That Bulky TV And That VCR! It Was A Very Happy Day Because We Could Now Watch TV And Movies With No Problems!
The TV Was Amazing
And The VCR Was Spectacular
With This Newfound Equipment, We Would Rent A Movie That We Would Watch Together And Rent One Personal Movie We Would Watch Alone For Ourselves. I Remember It Was On A Saturday! The Video/Music Store Known As Hastings Was Jammed Packed With People! My Mom Went InTo The Music Department And I Went To The Movie Department! To Be Honest With Ya... I Wanted To Rent An American Cartoon Called Heathcliff But It Was Already Rented Out! Being Nine Years Old At The Time I Wanted To Watch A Cartoon That Was Action Packed! I Then Saw It... At The Very End Of The Aisle Of The Cartoon Section.. Rumiko Takahashi 's Ranma 1/2 Anything Goes Martial Arts - The Breaking Point Attack VHS Tape! The Artwork On The Box Looked Different Somehow... It Didn't Look Like Your Typical Standard American Cartoon... The Image Of A Guy Looking Tough Holding A Backpack While Little Black Pigs Swarmed Around Him... It Looked Weird But... It Looked So Cool And Unique, Youknowwhatimsayin!? I Grabbed The VHS Tape And Checked The Back Of It! There Were No Images But Only Text Explaining The Two Episodes That Were On The Tape. My Curosity Got The Best Of Me And I Decided That I'm Going To Watch This Cartoon! LOL! Thinking Back On It, I Remember Showing My Mom This Tape That I Was Going To Rent At The Checkout Line. My Mom Looked At This And Said "This Man Looks A Little Pissed Off. Why Does It Say The Breaking Point? Is He Mad At Those Pigs?" Because You Know... Parents Just Watching Out For Kids, You Know. I Was Confused Myself Because I Didin't Know Either But I Said... " I Think This Man Might Be A Martial Artist Like Bruce Lee Or Jim Kelly. I Think His Martial Art Comes From A Pig And It Might Resemble Power. Like Enter The Dragon Or Somethin." I'm Telling You I Just Didn't Know! LOL! My Mom Looked At the Tape Again And Said..." Aight. That's Pretty Cool!" My Mom Gave It To The Cashier And Rung It Up! That's Why I Love You Mom! You Was Always Pretty Chill And That's Why You'll Always Be The Best! Little Did I Know That This Ranma 1/2 VHS Tape Would Change My Life Forever! I Remember Getting Home And My Mom And Said I Can Watch My Personal Movie First. I Was So Excited Because I Wonder What This Ranma 1/2 Tape Was All About! I Pulled The VHS Tape From The Sleeve And Inserted Into The New VCR... Then... I Was Blown Away! It Was About Martial Arts But It Was Funny And Had A Lot Action At the Same Time! The Fighting Was Really Detailed And It Was The First Time Hearing Japanese While Reading English Subtitles On The Screen! It Was Kind Of Like Reading A Comic Book But It Moved! The Animation Style, The Plot, The Characters, The Detailed Fighting... It Was So Cool And So Amazing! The Story Of An Martial Artist That Fell In A Chinese Cursed Spring And Changed Into A Girl When Splashed With Cold Water Was So Hilarious To Me! This Wasn't Your Cheesy Normal Cartoon From America! Oh No! This Was Cartoons That Came from Japan! I Was Hooked! It Was So Intriguing To Me That I Wanted To Watch More Of This Show And Others Like It! Each Ranma 1/2 VHS Tape Had Two Episodes Each And As Long As I Could Find More Spare Change On The Street... The More I Could Rent More $0.49 Ranma 1/2 VHS Tapes! After Watching So Much Ranma 1/2 I Definitely Fell In Love With The Ranma 1/2 Anime Series And The Whole Anime Genre As A Whole! There Was A Lot Of Video Stores Like Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, Hastings, Sam Goody, Suncoast, Family Video, Camelot Music, FYE, And Many Others Including Mom And Pop Stores! Each Store Had Their Own Different Anime VHS Tapes To Rent And Buy From! If I Never Rented This Ranma 1/2 Tape, I Wouldn't Have Explored The Exciting World Of Japanese Animation! Thank You Mom, Thank You God And Thank You Rumiko Takahashi! You're The Best! (o^.^)-b
Yep... This Is What A VHS Tape Looks Like! Behold It's Retro Glory, Yo!
Only Problem Is That VHS Tapes Are An Endangered Product And Movie Companies Stopped Putting Media On Them Back In The Mid 2000s. Even Some Of Those Movie Chains Would Throw These VHS Tapes Away To Make Way For The DVDs That Was On The Rise At The Time! The VHS Tapes Also Had Their Flaws As Well! If Not Kept In A Proper Climate Setting, The Black Film Which Is The Life Blood Of The VHS Can Start to Mold, Deteriorate, Break Off, And Many Other Factors That Could Prevent You From Watching This Tape Forever! What's Also Sad About The VHS Genre As A Whole Is That There's A Lot Of Shows And Movies That Only Had A VHS Release And Never Got a DVD Release! There's Probably Thousands Upon Thousands Of Titles Lost Through Time Because Of How Fragile The VHS Tape Is! So I, Ya Boi, The CoolAnimeHustler, Has Been Finding And Searching For Lost And Rare Anime For A Very Long Time! I Decided To Go Down The Path Of The Otaku! My Adventures Of Finding, Watching, And Collecting Anime Titles That Are Known And Not Known Gives Me Great Pleasure! You Never Know... Maybe I Can Help Somebody Out There Learn And Discover Some New Things About Anime Or An Artist That Might Interest Them! Why? Because Anime Is In My Middle Name, Youknowwhatimsayin!?
A-Yo! Lets Take A Trip And Slide Into The Anime Side Of The Game, Youknowwhatimsayin!? (Memes Included)
Ranma 1/2 Anything Goes Martial Arts Is Actually The 2nd Season Of The
Ranma 1/2 Series! When I Watched This For The First Time As A Kid I
Didn't Know What Episode This Was! I Just Dove Right Into It Blindly! I Learned Later That The Two Episodes On The VHS Tape Are Episode 10 And 11 Of Season 2! Episode 10 Aired On January 10th 1990 And Episode 11 Aired On January 19th 1990! To Be Honest With Ya, I Thought The
Character Surrounded By The Black Pigs On The VHS Box Was
The Main Character! Oh Boy... Was I Totally Wrong! Fortunately For The Viewer That Watches This Show For The First Time, The Show Gives A Brief Introduction Of The Two Main Characters Ranma And Akane And What The Plot Is All About! That's Really Refreshing To Know What's Going On o That's A Major Plus And All That! But You Know What...
That Opening Intro To The Anime And Opening Song Called Little ☆
Date By A Group Called Ribbon Does Get You Hyped To Watch This Anime! Ever
Since I Heard That Song, It Sometimes Pop In My Head When I Make Video Game Stages For All Of You Awesome MUGEN Fans Out There! It's A Fun Little Song To Hum And It's Like Happy Feel Good Music, You
Know. if You Didn't Know, The Music Trio Group, Known As Ribbon, Was A Japanese Pop Group That Consisted Of Members Hiromi Nagasaku, Arimi Matsuno, And Aiko Satoh! Ribbon Jumped On The Music Scene In 1989 And Guess What Their 1st Single Was...Little ☆
Date! That's Pretty Cool If Your First Music Single Went On An Iconic Anime! I'll Call That A Win!
The Opening Song Called Little☆Date By Ribbon Is A Lowkey Banger!
Stevie Wonder's Hit Song "Skeletons" Comes To Mind When Seeing This Intro!
Episode 10: Ranma Trains On Mt. Terror
Episode 11: The Breaking Point!? Ryoga's Great Revenge
Sometimes To Write Your Thoughts, One Must Doodle To Explain The Thoughts!
Never Caught Lackin Ryoga Hibiki! Actually Body Slammed A Wild Boar! Whoa!
(Sigh) Man... I Ain't Worried About Ryoga's Challenge Letter Because I Know He Can't Find His Way Out Of a Straight Hallway! Why Is My Rival So Dumb!?
No Sense Of Direction Ryoga Hibiki! Being Lost For A Week For A Challenge You Sent Is A Whole New Type Of Art In Itself! Wow! LOL!
Hey it's Shampoo! Her Hair Game Is On Fleek!
Hey It's Cologne! Um... She Has A Very Big Cane!
Can't Be Touched, Can't Be Stopped, Can't Be Moved, Can't Be Rocked!
I Feel Ya Homie... We've All Been There In Some Point In Our Lives...
I Guess Grandma Had Genghis Khan Living In Fear Back In The Day With This Technique! How Really Old Are You Grandma?
WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA!? LMAO!! (0_0;)
Well I'll Be... He Mastered The Breaking Point! I Guess Getting Hit By Boulders Brings Out That Dog In Ya!
Oh Here We Go! The Revenge Rematch We've Been Waiting For! Poke Vs Punch!
Oh Yeah, It Also Wouldn't Be A Fight Without Some Smack Talk Either!
Whoa! He's Right! That's A High IQ Move Right There!
Only Problem... Getting Hit By Boulders Constantly In Training Makes You Super Tough! Brawn Overs Brains Right There!
Speed Vs Power! A Common Yet Fascinating Anime Trope That's Been Around Since Day 1!
Lame Name... But Killer Martial Art Technique! Throwing Your Fist So Fast That You Hit The Same Spot Hundreds Of Times But It Seems Like One Punch! OUCH! There's No Way Someone's Getting Up After That! Am I Right!? LOL!
Hahaha... N-NANI? He Actually Got Up From That!? Yikes! (0_0;)
Damn! He Took All That Head On! He's Built Different! He's... HIM!
Wait... So Ranma Was Connecting 100 Punches Each Time He Used His Special Technique? That Means... Ryoga Must Of Ate 200 Or 300 Shots At Best At The Same Spot! That's True Grit, Youknowwhatimsayin!?
Spoken Like A True Protagonist! Because When All Else Fails In Anime Plots... IT'S TIME TO PUT ALL OF YOUR CHIPS IN AND RISK EVERYTHING BECAUSE ANIME PLOT ARMOR IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!! I've Seen This Situation So Many Times In Anime... LOL!
Ah... The Good Ol' Dodge Move While Using Your Enemy's Attack Against Them And Striking With Your Ultimate Finishing Blow One Last Time! It's The Best!
This Scene Right Here Is How Anyone Should Handle A Fight After Taking An L! Seriously! Although You May Have Lost The Fight, You Won Valuable Wisdom Of Your Actions, You Walk Away, And You Live To Fight Another Day! Life Will Have Many Ls And Many Ws But It's Important Because It Will Make You Stronger As You Keep Moving Forward! Some True Poetic Type Stuff, Yo! ⊂(▀¯▀⊂)
Looking Back At It, This Ranma 1/2 VHS Tape Changed My Life And Helped Me Become The Anime Fan I Am Today (For Better Or For Worse! LOL!) It Helped Me Learn Some Things About Japanese Culture, Made Me Dive Deeper Into Discovering Old And New Artist That Made Stories For The Genre And Made Me Appreciate An Art Form That Was Unique From Another Country! Growing Up Back In The Day, If You Watched Anime And Read Manga, You Were Considered Weird And Labeled An Outcast. Looking Back At It Now... It Made Me A Stronger Person Because It Gave Me The Courage To Try New Things! If I Didn't Watch Anime, I Wouldn't Have Created This Blog! If I Didn't Watch Anime, I Wouldn't Have Discovered The Fighting Game Engine Known As MUGEN And Eventually Make Fighting Game Stages For It! If I Didn't Watch Anime... Your Boi, CoolAnimeHustler, Wouldn't Exist At All! Watching Anime Even Taught Me About Fighting Through Adversity Despite Your Background And The Stories It Told Gave Me An Vivid Imagination! On Some Deep Personal Level Type Stuff, Yo... After Watching My Moms Pass Away Two Years Ago... Watching Anime Makes Me Think About The Good Times With My Mom Because We Would Watch A Lot Of Movies Together! We Loved Watching Comedy Movies And We Love To Tell Jokes No Matter How Corny It Was! Laughter Is The Best Medicine After All And It Really Got Us Through Some Really Tough Times! I Believe That's Why I Loved Watching Ranma 1/2 So Much Because No Matter How Goofy It Was... It Made Us Laugh! Watching Anime Even Gave Me The Will To Collect Physical Media And Find Lost Titles Because There's Many Anime And Manga Stories Out There That's Yet To Be Discovered! The CoolAnimeHustler (aka "CAH"), Will Continue His Quest To Showcase Anime, Create MUGEN Stages, And Provide More Of That Hot And Ready Madd Flava Of Memes, Yo! I Wanted To Try Something New On This Blog And It's Fitting That It's April Fools Day! I Hope You Enjoyed My First Post Of CAH's Anime VHS! Stay Tuned For More! *Peace* ⊂(▀¯▀⊂)
Well, it's nice talking to yall. If you want to leave a post, feel free
to do so. Until we meet again...Its All Cool! You Knowwhatimsayin!
ʕु-̫͡-ʔु”♬ !
