The Ranma 1/2 remake has announced a weekly release schedule on Netflix starting from October 5, along with an English-subbed trailer. They recently introduced the Tendo Family members with visuals and cast comments. Studio MAPPA is animating, and you can watch the English-subbed trailer below.
The anime remake is coming over 30 years after the original adaptation ended. The announcement was made shortly after another adaptation of the legendary mangaka Rumiko Takahashi’s, URUSEI YATSURA, finished its reboot broadcast. They revealed the first visual, trailer and cast in July.
Rumiko began the Ranma 1/2 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 the manga in English, describing the story:
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. In addition, it released 12 OVAs and three films. In 2011, the franchise also received a live-action TV special. The new anime was a part of the big Netflix leaks earlier this month.
Source: Netflix on X
©Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan/Ranma1/2 Project
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