In a message dated 98-07-01 10:59:52 EDT, you write:

<< 
  1. Ranma could never be popular in America because the teenaged cast members
 do not act like they came from Kids.  They don't drink and they don't engage
 in sex.  Compared to teenagers in most American movies and TV shows, Ranma
 teenagers are saints.>>
Yea but what would be the point of them drinking and smoking and having sex?
It doesn't fit with the story.
 
<< 2. Occasionally I feel we (non-Japanese Ranma fans) overanalyze Ranma 1/2.
 Ranma is not amoung the serious mangas and anime in existence and perhaps we
 see it on a deeper level than it really is.   >>
So...? I mean...it's good that we can see it on a deep level.