>Q: How do you thing Ken, Shen, etc. from Fist of the North Star would fare
>against the Ranma 1/2 cast?

Against Ranma himself, Shin would lose--Ranma's fast enough to avoid his
fingers--and so would everybody else that Ken beat.  The big metal guy
(um...forget his name) might be tough, but should be beatable...somehow.
As for Ken himself, his speed punch versus the tenshin amaguriken would
simply be scary.  Hiryu Shoten Ha (or Shishi Hokodan) or the chi blasts
would beat him though, simply by the fact that Ken wouldn't get close
enough to blow their heads up.  Then again, Ranma might be strong enough to
resist anyway.  In which case he'd win.
As for the rest of the cast, Ryouga would probably be able to do just as
good as Ranma.  Kuno would do well against everybody except Shin who'd just
slice his bokken and I don't know what he'd do then.  Other than that, the
Ranma crew would do pretty badly unless Akane's the cook for the FOTNS ppl.
Kimo