The 22nd episode of the completely new anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's hit manga "Ranma 1/2," titled "Juliet Game," will be broadcast on Nippon Television late at night on December 6th. This episode is highly popular in the original work, and sees Akane appear in a drama competition. It has also been announced that Jun Fukuyama will play a new character, the president of the drama club, who will appear in the 22nd episode.
Akane is cast in the role of Juliet, a role she has always dreamed of, and is invited to perform in a drama competition. Kuno, Gosunkugi, and Happosai all volunteer to play the role of Romeo, who will share a kissing scene with Juliet. Ranma also joins the competition, hoping to win the grand prize of a trip to China. A battle royale unfolds on stage, with each man claiming to be the real Romeo.
"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.
