The 19th episode of the completely new anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's hit manga "Ranma 1/2," "Instant Man Drowning Spring," will be broadcast on Nippon Television late at night on November 15th.
Soun and Genma pretend to be dojo challengers in an attempt to deepen the relationship between Ranma and Akane, but the real dojo challenger appears and steals the Tendo Dojo sign. Ranma and Akane prepare for the dojo challenger who is scheduled to return on Saturday, but Ranma ends up going on a date with Shampoo in search of the source of an instant male-drowning spring that will turn him back into a man. However, the dojo challenger is no match for Akane.
"Ranma ½" was serialized in the manga magazine "Weekly Shonen Sunday" (Shogakukan) from 1987 to 1996 by Takahashi, who is also known for "Urusei Yatsura Maison Ikkoku" and "Maison Ikkoku." The series depicts the hectic daily life of high school martial artist Ranma Ranma Saotome, who turns into a woman when splashed with water, and his fiancee Akane Akane Tendo. While training in the indiscriminate fighting style with his father, Genma, Ranma, while training in the Chinese Jusenkyo, develops a unique condition that causes him to turn into a woman when splashed with water and revert to a man when splashed with hot water. Upon returning to Japan, Ranma and his son end up staying with Genma's best friend, Soun Tendo, and by chance, he becomes engaged to Soun's daughter, Akane.
The series was adapted into a TV anime series that aired from 1989 to 1992, and this marks the first time it has been adapted into a TV anime series in approximately 32 years. The first season aired on Nippon Television from October to December 2024. The second season will air on the same station every Saturday at 12:55 a.m.
