Joseph Luster
July 17, 2024 
It’s official, the details are in for the new Ranma 1/2 anime, as promised when the fresh adaptation was first announced near the end of June. In addition to the anime’s first trailer and visual, we now know anime studio MAPPA is cooking up the take on Rumiko Takahashi’s classic manga, with Konosuke Uda (early One Piece) directing and Kimiko Ueno (Delicious in Dungeon) handling series composition.
Other staff members announced include Hiromi Taniguchi (FLCL Alternative) on character designs, Kaoru Wada (Inuyasha) on music, Chihiro Okawa as art director, Konosuke Uda as sound director and Keisuke Yanagi as editor, among others.
Ranma 1/2 will kick its broadcast off in Japan on October 5, with Netflix streaming episodes after they air. Check out the trailer below and read on for more about the cast!
Ranma 1/2 Trailer and Visual
Many of the classic Ranma voice actors are returning for the new series, with the major differences being Akio Otsuka in place of Ryusuke Obayashi in the role of Soun Tendo and Cho in place of Kenichi Ogata as Genma Saotome. Instead, Ogata will act as narrator.
Ranma 1/2 Cast
- Kappei Yamaguchi as Ranma Saotome
- Megumi Hayashibara as Ranma
- Noriko Hidaka as Akane Tendo
- Minami Takayama as Nabiki Tendo
- Kikuko Inoue as Kasumi Tendo
- Akio Otsuka as Soun Tendo
- Cho as Genma Saotome
- Koichi Yamadera as Ryoga Hibiki
- Rei Sakuma as Shampoo
- Kenichi Ogata as Narrator
Ranma ½ began in the pages of Weekly Shonen Sunday, which is published by Shogakukan. There are multiple parts of the franchise, including a live-action TV special, movies, and more than one OVA.
VIZ Media, which releases the original manga and anime in English, gave this description for the first volume of the anime on Blu-ray:
Ranma 1/2 Synopsis
From the legendary oeuvre of master creator Rumiko Takahashi, the mixed-up, madcap, martial arts romantic comedy Ranma 1/2 returns!
After taking a surprise dip in a cursed spring while on a training journey in China, martial artist Ranma Saotome and his father, Genma, aren’t quite themselves anymore. Now Ranma turns into a girl whenever he’s splashed with cold water, and Genma turns into a panda! Their new forms cause nothing but confusion at the Tendo dojo, where Soun Tendo is waiting to introduce one of his three daughters to Ranma—as his fiancée! Turns out Genma and Soun arranged the match long ago, but the girl, Akane, and the boy, Ranma, aren’t exactly crazy about the idea, or each other! Or are they? Watch the gender switching, jealous rages, and martial arts battles unfold all over again!
Source: Crunchyroll News
