A third season of the Ranma 1/2 remake will make its broadcast debut in October 2026. A teaser trailer and teaser visual have been released.
Netflix will exclusively stream the show, with episodes to arrive after broadcast.
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Ranma 1/2‘s first season started in 2024, while Season 2 started airing last October. Season 1’s synopsis reads:
Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo of Tendo Dojo are betrothed to each other by their parents. But Ranma faces a unique problem… Ever since he fell into the cursed springs of Jusenkyo while training in China, his body has acquired the peculiar trait of transforming into a girl when doused with cold water and reverting to a boy with hot water.
Ranma 1/2 adapts the manga by Rumiko Takahashi, whose Urusei Yatsura, Inuyasha, Rin-ne, Maison Ikkoku, and Mao manga have inspired anime adaptations as well (Urusei Yatsura, like Ranma 1/2, also received a modern remake). The source material started serialization in the 36th 1987 issue of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday and ended in the magazine’s 12th 1996 issue. Viz Media publishes physical volumes of the manga in English.
The Ranma 1/2 manga previously inspired an 18-episode anime that began airing in 1989. This was followed by Ranma ½: Netto-hen, which ran from 1989 to 1992 with 143 episodes.
The previous anime were produced by Studio Deen and had Atsuko Nakajima (Komi Can’t Communicate, Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto, Trinity Blood) as character designer. Tsutomu Shibayama (Chibi Maruko-chan co-director) directed the first series while Koji Sawai (.hack//Legend of the Twilight) and Junji Nishimura (Vlad Love, Extreme Hearts) co-directed Netto-hen.
Staff (Season 3, reprising unless stated otherwise)
• Director: Konosuke Uda
• Character designer: Hiromi Taniguchi
• Series composer: Kimiko Ueno
• Main animator: Masahiro Kurio (since Season 2)
• Main animator: Atsuko Ishida (new, one of Mujigen Hunter Fandora Part 3’s main animators)
• Main animator: Yoshihiro Takeda (new, Blue Box)
• Animation production: MAPPA
Cast (current)
• Kappei Yamaguchi as Ranma Saotome (returning)
• Megumi Hayashibara as female Ranma (returning)
• Noriko Hidaka as Akane Tendo (returning)
• Minami Takayama as Nabiki Tendo (returning)
• Kikuko Inoue as Kasumi Tendo (returning)
• Akio Otsuka as Soun Tendo
• Cho as Genma Saotome
• Koichi Yamadera as Ryoga Hibiki (returning)
• Rei Sakuma as Shampoo (returning)
• Kenichi Ogata as the Narrator (the original voice of Genma)
• Tomokazu Sugita as Tatewaki Kuno
• Ayane Sakura as Kodachi Kuno
• Toshiyuki Morikawa as Tofu Ono
• Mamoru Miyano as Mikado Sanzenin
• Aoi Yuki as Azusa Shiratori
• Toshihiko Seki as Mousse
• Kaori Nazuka as Ukyo Kuonji
• Kazuhiko Inoue as Happosai
• Ako Mayama as Cologne
• Akira Ishida as Hikaru Gosunkugi
Source: @NetflixAnime
