Ranma ½ Fans Rejoice! New Anime Confirmed for October 6!Get ready for a nostalgic blast from the past! The Ranma ½ anime is back, and it’s packed with exciting new announcements! The official livestream on X revealed the production staff, cast, key visual, opening theme, and the first promotional video. The new anime will premiere on October 6 at 12:55 a.m. on NTV.

Meet the Team!

Director, Sound Director: Kounosuke Uda (One Piece)
Series Composition: Kimiko Ueno (Dungeon Meshi)
Character Design: Hiromi Taniguchi (Youjo Senki sub-character design)
Chief Animation Director: Hiromi Taniguchi, Takeshi Yoshioka (Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai), Yoshiko Saitou (Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu), Nao Ootsu (Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi)
Main Animators: Nao Naitou (Spriggan (ONA) chief animation director), Rie Aoki (Chainsaw Man animation director)
POP Artwork: Minami Kitamura
Art Director: Chihiro Ookawa (Vanitas no Karte background art)
Color Design: Yukiko Kakita (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)
Director of Photography: Atsushi Kanou (Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi)
Editing: Keisuke Yanagi (Jujutsu Kaisen)
Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa (Vinland Saga)
Music Selection: Makiko Kayahara (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal)
Sound Production: dugout
Music: Kaoru Wada (InuYasha)
Planning, Production: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Studio: MAPPA

Meet the New Cast!

Ranma Saotome: Kappei Yamaguchi (Death Note), Megumi Hayashibara (Shinseiki Evangelion)
Akane Tendou: Noriko Hidaka (InuYasha)
Nabiki Tendou: Minami Takayama (Meitantei Conan)
Kasumi Tendou: Kikuko Inoue (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
Soun Tendou: Akio Ootsuka (Vinland Saga)NEW
Genma Saotome: Cho (One Piece)NEW
Ryouga Hibiki: Kouichi Yamadera (Cowboy Bebop)
Shampoo: Rei Sakuma (Majo no Takkyuubin)
Narration: Kenichi Ogata (Ranma ½)NEW

Note: New cast replacing the previous cast of the anime series are denoted with the legend NEW.

Opening Theme Revealed!

Singer-songwriter ano (Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction, Chainsaw Man) will perform the opening theme!

Rumiko Takahashi’s beloved romantic comedy manga is finally getting a new anime adaptation! The new series will adapt the original manga, which was serialized in Weekly Shounen Sunday from August 1987 to February 1996.

Want to catch up on the original series? Studio Deen adapted the manga into a television anime that aired in 161 episodes from April 1989 to September 1992. The manga also received multiple movies and original video anime over the years!

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