In a single day, a livestream occasion was held in Japan to announce the primary particulars on a brand-new anime adaptation of comedy motion manga Ranma 1/2. The information of the revival anime additionally follows the success of the Urusei Yatsura revival anime adaptation, which is at present in its fourth and remaining half, premiering earlier this 12 months in April. This additionally marks the second up to date revival anime for a Rumiko Takahashi penned title. The primary trailer is featured beneath.
Each Urusei Yatsura and Ranma 1/2 acquired long-running anime variations within the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties respectively, with characteristic movie variations and residential video unique episodes. Ranma 1/2 was additionally one of many first anime and manga to be launched within the US by Viz Communications, now VIZ Media.
Because the anime is meant to be a revival, a number of unique solid members have been confirmed to reprise their unique roles, whereas different roles will characteristic replacements, both because of the unique solid members not being accessible, or having handed away because the unique TV collection.
The brand new collection will characteristic the next solid members returning to reprise their unique roles:
- Ranma Saotome (Male) Kappei Yamaguchi
- Ranma (Feminine) Megumi Hayashibara
- Akane Tendo Noriko Hidaka
- Nabiki Tendo Minami Takayama
- Kasumi Tendo Kikuko Inoue
- Ryoga Hibiki Koichi Yamadera
- Shampoo Rei Sakuma
Newly solid roles embody Soun Tendo now being performed by Akio Otsuka and changing former solid member Ryunosuke Ohbayashi. Genma Saotome will now be performed by comic and actor Chō instead of Kenichi Ogata, who will now be solid within the new anime because the Narrator and changing unique actor Tadashi Nakamura. The workers is featured beneath.
- Director: Konosuke Uda
- Collection 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 art work : Minami Kitamura
- Artwork Director : Chihiro Okawa
- Coloration Designer : Yukiko Kakita
- Compositing Director : Atushi Kano
- Modifying : Keisuke Yanagi
- Sound Director : Konosuke Uda
- Sound Results：Takuya Hasegawa
- Music Choice：Makiko Chihara
- Sound Manufacturing：dugout Inc.
- Music : Kaoru Wada
- Planning: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd.
- Animation Manufacturing : MAPPA
- Offered by Ranma1/2 Challenge
The anime is ready for an October 5 premiere in Japan, the place the collection will air first on TV earlier than streaming on Netflix. The opening theme shall be carried out by ano and the anime is described beneath.
Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo of Tendo Dojo are betrothed to one another by their mother and father. However Ranma faces a singular downside…Ever since he fell into the cursed springs of Jusenkyo whereas coaching in China, his physique has acquired the peculiar trait of reworking into a lady when doused with chilly water and reverting to a boy with sizzling water.
Prepare for the slapstick, action-packed rom com that includes Ranma, Akane, and a vibrant solid of distinctive characters!
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