It has been announced that the "Great Joy Anime Presentation" event for the "completely new anime" of Rumiko Takahashi's hit manga "Ranma 1/2" will be held at Shinjuku Wald 9 (Shinjuku, Tokyo) on June 22nd. A specially drawn key visual for the event has been released, depicting Ranma, Akane, Shampoo, and Mousse holding a script.
Voice actors Kappei Yamaguchi(Ranma), Megumi Hayashibara(Ranma), Noriko Hidaka(Akane), and Rei Sakuma ( Shampoo) will appear and talk and do live dubbing, as well as an advance screening of the second season of the anime. Event goods will also be on sale. As an admission bonus, attendees will receive a special pamphlet exclusive to the event. Advance ticket lottery applications have started on ePlus.
"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 Yamaguchi, who plays Ranma Saotome, Hayashibara, who plays Ranma, and 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.
