The 23rd episode of the completely new anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's hit manga "Ranma 1/2," titled "Abducted Akane," will be broadcast on Nippon Television late at night on December 13th. In the 23rd episode, the popular character Moose will make a reappearance.
Mousse challenges Ranma to a fight in order to get Shampoo back. Mousse summons Ranma and attacks him using the water from the Kamoko-Dokusen spring, taking advantage of an opportunity to trap Akane in an aquarium. Above his head is a giant faucet. The faucet slowly begins to turn, and the water from the Kamoko-Dokusen spring pours down on 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.
