It has been announced that an event for a completely new anime version of Rumiko Takahashi 's hit manga "Ranma 1/2" will be held at the world's largest anime event, "AnimeJapan 2025," to be held at Tokyo Big Sight (Koto-ku, Tokyo). A stage event will be held at the ShoPro booth from 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm on March 22nd, and Kappei Yamaguchi , who plays Ranma Saotome , Hidaka Noriko, who plays Akane Tendo, and Rei Sakuma, who plays Shampoo, will appear.
At the ShoPro booth, Genma Panda will appear on stage on March 22 and 23, and will also 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 Kappei Yamaguchi , who plays Ranma Saotome , Hayashibara Megumi Hayashibara , who plays Ranma, and Hidaka Noriko Hidaka , who plays Akane Tendo , 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, who is also known for works such as Urusei Yatsura Genma and Maison 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 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 with Genma's best friend Soun Tendo, and by chance he becomes engaged to Soun's daughter Akane.
