The new Ranma 1/2 anime revealed the first trailer for its Season 2, along with five new voice cast members and an October 2025 release date. Studio MAPPA is again animating, with the sequel announced right after the first season’s finale.
The new voice cast includes:
- Toshihiko Seki as Mousse
- Kaori Nazuka as Ukyo Kuonji
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Happosai
- Mayama Ako as Cologne
- Akira Ishida as Hikaru Gosunkugi
You can hear them all in the first trailer below.
Most of the original voice cast from the original returned, with new additions including Akio Otsuka as Soun Tendo (replacing Ryusuke Obayashi, Cho as Genma Saotome (replacing Kenichi Ogata) and Kenichi Ogata as Narrator (replacing Tadashi Nakamura, who passed away in 2019).
The anime is directed by Konosuke Uda, 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, while Chihiro Okawa leads the art direction.
Rumiko Takahashi began the Ranma 1/2 manga 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. VIZ Media licensed it in English.
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, the series also got 12 OVAs and three films. A live-action TV special was released in 2011.
The story Ranma and Genma Saotome, a father-son duo who end up falling in a cursed lake and getting cursed. Ranma’s curse has him turning into a girl every time he is splashed with cold water (and reverting when splashed with warm water), while his father turns into a panda under the same conditions. The fact that Ranma is set to marry Akane complicates this further, as she is does not end up liking her fiance at their first meeting.
Source: Ranma 1/2 Official Website
©Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan/Ranma1/2 Project
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