MAPPA released a new trailer for the new Ranma 1/2 anime series, confirming that the series was renewed for Season 2. To celebrate the announcement, Ranma 1/2 character designer Hiromi Taniguchi released a new illustration on the anime’s official Twitter/X account.
Watch the new trailer below:
The first season of the new Ranma 1/2 anime premiered on October 5 via Netflix. It’s streaming with English, Spanish (Latin America), Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional) subtitle options.
The cast for Ranma 1/2 includes the following:
- Kappei Yamaguchi as (male) Ranma Saotome
- Megumi Hayashibara as (female) Ranma
- Noriko Hidaka as Akane Tendō
- Minami Takayama as Nabiki Tendō
- Kikuko Inoue as Kasumi Tendō
- Kōichi Yamadera as Ryōga Hibiki
- Rei Sakuma as Shampoo
The first anime adaptation for Ranma 1/2 premiered in April 1989. In Japan, the anime ran until September 1992, which includes the Ranma 1/2: Nettō-hen series. The anime also received two movies, a theatrical anime release, and multiple OVAs. What’s more, the most recent Ranma 1/2 anime adaptation was Ranma 1/2: Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep special from September 2008.
Here’s an overview of the original Ranma 1/2 manga series from VIZ Media, via Crunchyroll:
Years ago, Genma promised his old friend Soun Tendo that Ranma would marry one of Soun’s three daughters and carry on the family’s martial arts school. Except that the girl picked to be Ranma’s bride doesn’t seem to like him, Ranma keeps getting into fights…and did we mention that whole changing into a girl thing?
