On the official website of the new anime adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi“Ranma 1/2“, the first promotional video of the project was revealed. The video confirms that the studies MAP are responsible for the project, which The premiere is scheduled for October 5th in Japan.and that the voice cast from the original series returns for this remake.

For its part, Rumiko Takahashi The manga began publication through the magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday from the publisher Shogakukan in August 1987 and finished it in March 1996, compiling the work into a total of thirty-eight volumes. The work was adapted into an anime in April 1989 by Deen Studioand was followed by a new 143-episode adaptation in October-1989produced by the same studio.

Recently, "Urusei Yatsura“, another of the works of Rumiko Takahashialso had a new anime adaptation forty years after its original broadcast.

voice cast

• Megumi Hayashibara as Ranma Saotome (female).
• Kappei Yamaguchi as Ranma Saotome (male).
• Noriko Hidaka like Akane Tendou.
• Kouichi Yamadera like Ryouga Hibike.
• King Sakuma as shampoo.
• Minami Takayama like Nabiki Tendou.
• Kikuko Inoue like Kasumi Tendou.
• Akio Ootsuka like Soun Tendou.
• choo as Genma Saotome.
• Kenichi Ogata like the Narrator.

Production team

• Kounosuke Uda (ONE PIECE, Lovely★Complex, DAYS) is in charge of directing the anime at the studios MAP.
• Kimiko Ueno (Little Witch Academia, Dungeon Meshi, Carole and Tuesday) is responsible for writing and supervising the scripts.
• Hiromi Taniguchi (PSYCHO-PASS, Deca-Dence, Youjo Senki) is responsible for character design and animation direction.
• Kaoru Wada (Inuyasha, Princess Tutu, Hanyou no Yashahime) is responsible for composing the soundtrack.

Ranma 1/2 Synopsis

Ranma Saotome is a top-class martial artist and prodigy of the Saotome school of martial arts, “Anything Goes.” During his training in China, he and his father face a terrible fate when they accidentally fall into a cursed spring. Now, Ranma is cursed to turn into a girl when cold water is thrown on him, and only hot water can turn him back into a boy.

Things get even more complicated when Ranma discovers that his father has arranged for him to marry one of Soun Tendo's three daughters in order to secure the future of the Tendo dojo. Although Soun knows of Ranma's situation, he remains determined to go through with the engagement and chooses his youngest daughter, Akane, who turns out to be an expert martial artist and has a reputation for hating men.

Source: Natalie in comics

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