The second season of the new Ranma 1/2 anime series will get an advance screening on June 22 at Shinjuku Wald 9, according to the anime’s official website. The Ranma 1/2 Season 2 advanced screening will be accompanied by a live dubbing session and “more…?”
The cast of the anime series will be in attendance, including Kappei Yamaguchi, Megumi Hayashibara, Noriko Hidaka, and Rei Sakuma. A new visual was also released, revealing the character Mousse, whose voice actor has not yet been confirmed.
The first season of the new Ranma 1/2 anime premiered on October 5, 2025 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?
