Ranma 1/2 Season 3 TV anime has officially been announced, set to premiere on Netflix in October 2026. Studio MAPPA is back to handle the animation, with Konosuke Uda returning to direct alongside most of the core staff. Season 2 aired in the Fall 2025 season.
Kimiko Ueno is back in charge of series composition. The character design is handled by Hiromi Taniguchi, who also serves as chief animation director alongside Yoshiko Saito, Kosuke Kawamura, Riko Kaneda, and Haruki Miura. Kaoru Wada returns to compose the music, while Chihiro Okawa leads the art direction.
You can watch the first trailer for the new season below.
The voice cast is all returning and includes:
- Kappei Yamaguchi as Ranma Saotome
- Megumi Hayashibara as Ranma
- Noriko Hidaka as Akane Tendo
- Minami Takayama as Nabiki Tendo
- Kikuko Inoue as Kasumi Tendo
- Akio Otsuka as Soun Tendo
- Cho as Genma Saotome
- Koichi Yamadera as Ryoga Hibiki
- Rei Sakuma as Shampoo
- Toshihiko Seki as Mousse
- Kaori Nazuka as Ukyo Kuonji
- Tomokazu Sugita as Tatewaki Kuno
- Ayane Sakura as Kodachi Kuno
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Happosai
- Ako Mayama as Cologne
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Tofu Ono
- Mamoru Miyano as Mikado Sanzenin
- Aoi Yuki as Azusa Shiratori
- Akira Ishida as Hikaru Gosunkugi
- Tomokazu Seki as Ichiro
- Kenichi Ogata as Narrator
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. Her Mao series also has an upcoming anime adaptation, set to premiere next month.
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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