The upcoming Ranma 1/2 Season 2 has revealed a key visual and trailer on Wednesday. Studio MAPPA returns on animating the sequel and Netflix will stream it beginning on October 4.
Konosuke Uda is directing, with Kimiko Ueno in charge of series composition. The character design is handled by Hiromi Taniguchi, who also serves as chief animation director alongside Tsuyoshi Yoshioka, Yoshiko Saito, and Nao Otsu. Kaoru Wada returns to compose the music, and Chihiro Okawa leads the art direction. The voice cast consists:
- Kappei Yamaguchi as Ranma Saotome (male)
- Megumi Hayashibara as Ranma Saotome (female)
- Noriko Hidaka as Akane Tendo
- Minami Takayama as Nabiki Tendo
- Kikuko Inoue as Kasumi Tendo
- Koichi Yamadera as Ryoga Hibiki
- Rei Sakuma as Shampoo
- Akio Otsuka as Soun Tendo
- Cho as Genma Saotome
- Kenichi Ogata as Narrator
- Toshihiko Seki as Mousse
- Kaori Nazuka as Ukyo Kuonji
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Happosai
- Mayama Ako as Cologne
- Akira Ishida as Hikaru Gosunkugi
Rumiko began the Ranma ½ as her third major series (following URUSEI YATSURA and Maison Ikkoku) in August 1987. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine until March 1996. It ran for a total of 407 chapters, which were compiled into 38 volumes. VIZ Media licensed it in English and describes it as:
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!
The manga was previously adapted into two anime series by Studio Deen: Ranma 1/2 and Ranma 1/2 Nettohen. The two anime together ran for a total of 161 episodes from 1989 to 1992. Additionally, the series also got 12 OVAs and three films. A live-action TV special was released in 2011.
Source: Ranma 1/2 Official Website
©Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan/Ranma1/2 Project
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