Ranma 1/2:1989 anime character song "Letters from China" music video released Karaoke-style video of Reiwa anime

The music video (MV) for the completely new anime version of Rumiko Takahashi's hit manga Ranma 1/2, "Letters from China," has been released on YouTube. "Letters from China" is a character song by Ranma, played by Kappei Yamaguchi and Megumi Hayashibara, and was created from the 1989 TV anime. The MV is a karaoke-style video that plays the Reiwa-era anime, produced by MAPPA.

The series was originally 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 as it will feature the same voice actors as Ranma Yamaguchi, Ranma Akane Tendo Akane Noriko Hidaka. The first season will air from October to December 2024, and it has also been announced that a second season will be produced. A music video was released to commemorate the decision to produce a second season and the release of the first season on platforms other than Netflix. The song is available on Apple Music, Spotify, and other music streaming services.

Ranma 1/2 was serialized in the manga magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday (Shogakukan) from 1987 to 1996 by Takahashi, who is also known for Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku. It depicts the hectic daily life of high school martial artist Ranma Saotome, who turns into a woman when splashed with water, and his fiancee Akane Tendo. While training in the indiscriminate fighting style with his father Genma, Ranma develops a unique constitution in China, where 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 at the home of Genma's best friend Soun Tendo, and by chance he becomes engaged to Soun's daughter Akane.

The new anime will be directed by Konosuke Uda, who has worked on such works as "One Piece," and will be produced by MAPPA, who has worked on "Jujutsu Kaisen" and "Chainsaw Man."