We’re going to ignore that they’re skipping doing things in order by passing over Maison Ikkoku to talk about the formal reveal that a Ranma 1/2 remake is in the works. Coming after the successful conclusion of the Urusei Yatsura remake (coming in at barely a quarter of the length), Ranma 1/2 is in the works with a planned October 5th, 2024 premiere date for the remake.
With Netflix bringing this out when it arrives for streaming, the latest update is the first preview of the seventh episode just ahead of its November 17th, 2024 debut.
Check out our review of the first episode here.
The show has Konosuke Uda directing it from the series composition by Kimiko Ueno. Hiromi Taniguchi is handling the character designs with MAPPA on the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Kappei Yamaguchi as Ranma Saotome (male)
- Megumi Hayashibara as Ranma Saotome (female)
- Noriko Hidaka as Akane Tendō
- Akio Ōtsuka as Sōun Tendō
- Chō as Genma Saotome
- Kikuko Inoue as Kasumi Tendō
- Kōichi Yamadera as Ryōga Hibiki
- Minami Takayama as Nabiki Tendō
- Rei Sakuma as Shampoo
- Kenichi Ogata as Narrator
- Tomokazu Sugita as Tatewaki Kunō
- Ayane Sakura as Kodachi Kunō
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Tōfū Ono
- Mamoru Miyano as Mikado Sanzenin
- Aoi Yūki as Azusa Shiratori
The Ranma 1/2 manga from Rumiko Takahashi began in 1988 and completed with thirty-eight volumes in its original run and had a twenty-volume wideban edition later on. Viz Media releases the series in English and they also released the original anime series, OVAs, and movies in English.
Check out the official site, Twitter, and TikTok.
Plot Concept: Being a teenage martial artist isn’t easy, especially for Ranma Saotome, who went through a major transformation on a training mission with his father. After an accidental dunk into a legendary cursed spring in China, Ranma now changes into a girl every time he’s splashed with cold water. That would be enough to complicate anyone’s life, even without the arranged fiancée who doesn’t like him (or says she doesn’t) and the constant stream of rivals and suitors for both his male and female forms. What’s a half-guy, half-girl to do?
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