I really appreciate when an anime is upfront about what it is. I didn’t get too far before I had to go check if this level of torture and violence is what can be expected going forward, and it looks like yes, it’s an ongoing theme. I tend to be sensitive to that sort of thing, so I ended up closing out of the episode in the middle of the fingernail scene. I’m seeing good things about the source material and fans seem happy with the adaptation so far, so I’d expect people who are interested will enjoy(?) it, but personally I have to pass. No rating since I didn’t even come close to finishing the episode, lol.
Not as good as I’d hoped, but probably still worth watching. I’d hoped they’d do a bit more to update the writing / pacing / etc to a more modern aesthetic, but it seems like that’s not really how these remakes want to do things. Thankfully, the source material I think still holds up for the most part (unlike Sailor Moon, which I thought suffered a lot from not being reworked to modern storytelling). There are parts of the story that we haven’t gotten to yet (mostly the gross sex creep dudes and the female-on-male violence as comedy) that were common at the time but I think very much did not age well that I’m worried we may end up keeping for the sake of faithfulness, but time will tell. Also, and it’s a small gripe, but I felt like some of the voices, particularly girl Ranma’s, seemed unnatural or out of place. Maybe I’ll just get used to them. It did make me laugh though - the quick gag with the sisters after the table gets stolen out from under them was excellent. Overall, unfortunately, I think I have to give the premiere a 3/5.