Ranma ½ Kissing Is Such Sweet Sorrow! The Taking of Akane's Lips (Season 1, Episode 21)
TV-14
TV Episode | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

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Ranma ½

Kissing Is Such Sweet Sorrow! The Taking of Akane's Lips (Season 1, Episode 21)

TV-14

TV Episode | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Akane agrees to play Juliet in the Drama Club's performance of Romeo and Juliet. Ranma, Kuno and Happosai, meanwhile, battle it out for the role of Romeo, causing the play to take a surprising turn!

Directors

Junji Nishimura | Kôji Sawai

Writer

Rumiko Takahashi (based on the graphic novel by) (original manga)

Editor

Seiji Morita

Casting Director

Sarah-Anne Dafoe

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Updated Apr 6, 1990

Release date

Apr 6, 1990 (Japan)

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28 cast members

Name	Known for
Shigeru Chiba Sasuke Sarugakure (voice) Sasuke Sarugakure (voice) See fewer	Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)
Ted Cole Tatewaki Kuno (voice) (version: English) Tatewaki Kuno (voice) (version: English) See fewer	Watchmen (2009)
Angela Costain Nabiki Tendo (voice) (version: English) Nabiki Tendo (voice) (version: English) See fewer	Ranma ½ (1989)
Paul Dobson Happosai (voice) (version: English) Happosai (voice) (version: English) See fewer	Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011)
Megumi Hayashibara Ranma Saotome Female (voice) Ranma Saotome Female (voice) See fewer	Paprika (2006)
Noriko Hidaka Akane Tendo (voice) Akane Tendo (voice) See fewer	Ranma ½ (1989)
Kikuko Inoue Kasumi Tendo (voice) Kasumi Tendo (voice) See fewer	Code Geass (2006)
Willow Johnson Kasumi Tendo (voice) (version: English) Kasumi Tendo (voice) (version: English) See fewer	Inuyasha (2000)
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Masami Kikuchi Additional voices Additional voices See fewer	Tenchi Muyo! (1992)
Andrea Kwan Ranma Saotome (Female) (Animax Asia dub) (voice) (version: English) Ranma Saotome (Female) (Animax Asia dub) (voice) (version: English) See fewer	Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (1992)
Ichirô Nagai Happosai (voice) Happosai (voice) See fewer	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Tadashi Nakamura Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Summer Wars (2009)
Tomohiro Nishimura Additional voices Additional voices See fewer	Gungrave (2002)
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Robert O. Smith Genma Saotome / Sasuke Sarugakure (voice) (version: English) Genma Saotome / Sasuke Sarugakure (voice) (version: English) See fewer	Ranma ½ (1989)
Sarah Strange Ranma Saotome Male (voice) (version: English) Ranma Saotome Male (voice) (version: English) See fewer	ReGenesis (2004)
Hirotaka Suzuoki Tatewaki Kuno (voice) Tatewaki Kuno (voice) See fewer	Rurouni Kenshin (1996)
Minami Takayama Nabiki Tendo (voice) Nabiki Tendo (voice) See fewer	Detective Conan (1996)
Venus Terzo Ranma Saotome Female (voice) (version: English) Ranma Saotome Female (voice) (version: English) See fewer	Beast Wars: Transformers (1996)
Kappei Yamaguchi Ranma Saotome Male (voice) (version: English) Ranma Saotome Male (voice) (version: English) See fewer	One Piece (1999)
Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi Soun Tendo (voice) Soun Tendo (voice) See fewer	Serial Experiments Lain (1998)