Ranma 1/2 has revealed a new music video featuring the “Love Letter From China” song performed by Ranma’s two voice actors. His male actor is Kappei Yamaguchi, while Megumi Hashibara voices the female version. The original song was used in the first anime in 1989.
The song, also known as “CHAINA Kara no Tegami,” is a soundtrack that had previously been unreleased outside of Japan. You can hear it below.
Most of the original voice cast from the first anime returned, including:
- Kappei Yamaguchi as Ranma Saotome (male) – Returning
- Megumi Hayashibara as Ranma Saotome (female) – Returning
- Noriko Hidaka as Akane Tendo – Returning
- Minami Takayama as Nabiki Tendo – Returning
- Kikuko Inoue as Kasumi Tendo – Returning
- Koichi Yamadera as Ryoga Hibiki – Returning
- Rei Sakuma as Shampoo – Returning
- Akio Otsuka as Soun Tendo – Replacing Ryusuke Obayashi
- Cho as Genma Saotome – Replacing Kenichi Ogata
- Kenichi Ogata as Narrator – Replacing Tadashi Nakamura (passed away in 2019)
The Ranma 1/2 staff includes:
- Director: Konosuke Uda
- Series Composition: Kimiko Ueno
- Character Designer: Hiromi Taniguchi
- Chief Animation Director: Hiromi Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Yoshioka, Yoshiko Saito, Nao Otsu
- Lead Animators: Nao Naito, Rie Aoki
- POP Artwork: Minami Kitamura
- Art Director: Chihiro Okawa
- Color Designer: Yukiko Kakita
- Compositing Director: Atushi Kano
- Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
- Sound Director: Konosuke Uda
- Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa
- Music Selection: Makiko Chihara
- Sound Production: dugout Inc.
- Music: Kaoru Wada
- Production Planning: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd.
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 follows Ranma and Genma Saotome, a father-son duo who end up falling in a cursed lake on their training journey 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 hot 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: MAPPA via YouTube
©Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan/Ranma1/2 Project
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