The Ranma1/2 anime remake has received a trailer for its second season, which begins this October and is coming to Netflix.
New cast additions were also announced:
• Toshihiko Seki as Mousse
• Kaori Nazuka as Ukyo Kuonji
• Kazuhiko Inoue as Happosai
• Mayama Ako as Cologne
• Akira Ishida as Hikaru Gosunkugi
The new Ranma 1/2 anime first started broadcasting in Japan in October 2025. The synopsis of the romantic action-comedy anime reads:
Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo of Tendo Dojo are betrothed to each other by their parents. But Ranma faces a unique problem… Ever since he fell into the cursed springs of Jusenkyo while training in China, his body has acquired the peculiar trait of transforming into a girl when doused with cold water and reverting to a boy with hot water.
Ranma 1/2 is based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi, which debuted in the 36th 1987 issue of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday and ended in the 12th 1996 issue of the magazine. The manga originally inspired an 18-episode anime that began airing in 1989 and was followed by Ranma ½: Nettou-hen, which ran from 1989 to 1992 with 143 episodes.
The previous anime were produced by Studio Deen and had Atsuko Nakajima (Komi Can’t Communicate, Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto, Trinity Blood) as character designer. Tsutomu Shibayama (Chibi Maruko-chan co-director) directed the first series while Koji Sawai (.hack//Legend of the Twilight) and Junji Nishimura (Vlad Love, Extreme Hearts) co-directed Nettou-hen.
Staff (returning unless stated otherwise)
• Director: Konosuke Uda
• Character designer and co-chief animation director: Hiromi Taniguchi
• Series composer: Kimiko Ueno)
• Main animator: Nao Naito
• Main animator: Rie Aoki
• Main animator: Masahiro Kurio (new)
• Music composer: Kaoru Wada
• Animation production: MAPPA
Cast
• Kappei Yamaguchi as Ranma Saotome
• Megumi Hayashibara as female Ranma
• Noriko Hidaka as Akane Tendo
• Minami Takayama as Nabiki Tendo
• Kikuko Inoue as Kasumi Tendo
• Akio Otsuka as Soun Tendo
• Cho as Genma Saotome
• Koichi Yamadera as Ryoga Hibiki
• Rei Sakuma as Shampoo
• Kenichi Ogata as the Narrator
• Tomokazu Sugita as Tatewaki Kuno
• Ayane Sakura as Kodachi Kuno
• Toshiyuki Morikawa as Tofu Ono
• Mamoru Miyano as Mikado Sanzenin
• Aoi Yuki as Azusa Shiratori
Source: @ranma_pr
