This extends to the animated movies of that year. 2002 is the year where traditional 2D animation looked the most polished it had ever been and studios would never allow that to happen again.

This dropping on the same day James Whales’ Frankenstein released in 1931… hell yea #filmsky

agreed on all counts, but i’d like to add that classic ranma is host to some fabulous cartooniness—much superior to anything i've seen from the remake i'd reckon. it's relatively low-key and infrequent, tomomi mochizuki sets a very nice slice of life template that makes the funny stuff even funnier