Where is Ranma ½ set?

Japanese manga series

Ranma ½ (1987) — 4 real places Wikidata records as its setting in Japan, China. Where the manga takes place, not where it was made: a manga is drawn and filmed nowhere, so this is the only kind of location it has.

Part of the Ranma ½ franchise

See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data

Where it is set

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  🏞 Landscapes & nature

  Shikoku

  🇯🇵 Japan

  fourth largest island of Japan

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  🏞 Landscapes & nature

  Okinawa

  🇯🇵 Japan

  smallest of the five main islands of Japan

• 🎭 Fictional places

  Furinkan

  🇯🇵 Japan

  fictional suburbia

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  🏞 Landscapes & nature

  Bayan Har Mountains

  🇨🇳 China

  mountain range near the source of the Yellow River in Kokonor or Qinghai Province, China.

Also per Japanese Wikipedia — “練馬区を舞台としたアニメ作品” category

Japanese Wikipedia’s “練馬区を舞台としたアニメ作品” category lists 1 more place. A category is an editor’s judgement rather than a sourced statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.

Places whose own article says it is set there

1 place whose own Wikipedia article names this manga, where Wikidata records nothing and this manga’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.

• Shakujii Park Japan

  “Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½ takes place in Nerima ward, and there are a number of episodes of the manga/anime in which the characters visit the park.” Wikipedia

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