MAPPA’s official YouTube channel has released a new trailer for the upcoming Ranma 1/2 anime remake.
The trailer, which focuses on the dynamics between Ranma and Akane, features the opening song “許婚っきゅん” (Iinazukkyun) performed by ano. The J-pop artist is known for performing the theme song of Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction.
The Ranma 1/2 anime remake is set to begin airing on Oct 5, 2024, and will stream on Netflix. Check out the trailer below.
The trailer also introduced previously revealed cast members who will be joining the series.
- Koichi Yamadera as Ryoga Hibiki
- Tomokazu Sugita as Tatewaki Kuno
- Ayane Sakura as Kodachi Kuno
- Mamoru Miyano as Mikado Sanzenin
- Aoi Yuki as Azusa Shiratori
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Tofu Ono
Ranma and Akane’s voice actors were introduced previously. Kappei Yamaguchi and Megumi Hayashibara will voice Ranma’s male and female versions, reprising their roles from the previous adaptation. Meanwhile, Noriko Hidaka will return to voice Akane Tendo.
The staff working the anime at MAPPA includes:
- Director: Konosuke Uda
- Series Composition: Kimiko Ueno
- Character Design: Hiromi Taniguchi
- Chief Animation Directors: Hiromi Taniguchi, Takeshi Yoshioka, Yoshiko Saito, Sunao Otsu
- Main Animators: Nao Naito, Rie Aoki
- POP Artwork: Minami Kitamura
- Art Director: Chihiro Okawa
- Color Design: Yukiko Kakita
- Director of Photography: Atsushi Kano
- Editor: Keisuke Yanagi
- Music: Kaoru Wada
- Sound Director: Konosuke Uda
- Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa
- Music Selection: Makiko Chihara
- Sound Production: dugout
- Planning and Production: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Originally created by Rumiko Takahashi, Ranma 1/2 first aired as a TV anime from 1989 to 1992. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday. Before Ranma 1/2, Takahashi’s Urusei Yatsura anime too got a remake.
The story falls into the gender bender sphere, and follows Ranma Saotome, a high school martial artist who transforms into a girl when splashed with cold water. His daily life, along with his fiancée Akane Tendo, is filled with martial arts, love triangles, and comical misunderstandings.
Over the years, Ranma 1/2 has been adapted into films, OVAs, and even a live-action drama in 2011, starring Aragaki Yui as Akane.
Source: YouTube