Ranma 1/2 - The Movie 2, Nihao My Concubine
The second theatrical feature in this popular series, based on  Rumiko  Takahashi'smanga, continues the comic adventures of a clutch of  mismatched teenaged martial artists and their families. In the best anime  tradition,  the girls are buxom and long-legged, and sport minimal outfits that  cover  less of them than do their cascades of hair; the guys are slim, cute,  and  somewhat thick-witted.The gang wrecks a yacht on the mysterious floating island of  Togenkyo, ruled by Prince Toma, who's been seeking a bride by  kidnapping  girls wherever he drifts. Naturally, Toma is attracted to Akane,  Ranma's  fractious girlfriend. Ranma sets out to rescue her, but the dark-haired boy  is transformed into a busty, red-haired girl whenever he's splashed  with cold  water. When the inevitable transformation occurs, Ranma finds  him/herself as  a bridal candidate, competing doggedly in such off-the-wall events as  "survival flower-arranging" and "obstacle-course cooking."Some Western viewers may take offense at the lighthearted treatment  of kidnapping and the lecherous little old man who steals the tops from  the girls' bathing suits. But Takahashi and Iuchi play everything for  laughs,  including a subplot involving the water from an enchanted spring that  turns everything it touches irrevocably male--the obvious solution to Ranma's  problem. The results are fast-paced and zany, but don't always make  much  sense.--Charles Solomon