by It has been announced that an event for a completely new anime based on Takahashi Rumiko’s hit manga Ranma 1/2 will be held at AnimeJapan 2025, one of the world’s most significant anime events, held at Tokyo Big Sight (Koto-ku, Tokyo).
A stage event will be held at the ShoPro booth from 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on March 22nd. Yamaguchi Kappei, who plays Saotome Ranma, Hidaka Noriko, who plays Tendo Akane, and Sakuma Rei, who plays Shampoo, will appear.
At the ShoPro booth, Genma Panda will appear on stage on March 22 and 23 and hold a photo session. AnimeJapan-exclusive novelties will also be distributed.
“Ranma 1/2” was broadcast as a TV anime from 1989 to 1992, and this is the first time it has been adapted into a TV anime in about 32 years.
The new anime is also attracting attention because the voice actors Yamaguchi Kappei, who plays Saotome Ranma, Hayashibara Megumi, who plays Ranma, and Hidaka Noriko, who plays Tendo Akane, are reprising their roles. The first season will air from October to December 2024, and it has also been announced that a second season will be produced.
The series was serialized in the manga magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday (Shogakukan) from 1987 to 1996 by Takahashi, also known for works such as Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku. It depicts the hectic daily life of high school martial artist Saotome Ranma, who turns into a woman when splashed with water, and his fiancee, Tendo Akane.
While training in the indiscriminate fighting style with his father, Genma, Ranma develops a unique constitution in China. He trains in Jusenkyo, where he turns into a woman when splashed with water and reverts to a man when splashed with hot water. When Ranma returns to Japan, he and his son end up staying with Genma’s best friend, Tendo Soun, and by chance, he becomes engaged to Soun’s daughter, Akane.
