The new version of the Ranma ½ anime confirmed
Through a image official has been confirmed production of one new version animated from the manga Rank ½. The image reveals that the next July 17th at 6 in the evening Japanese time, more information about this animated project will be revealed through a stream in straight. Furthermore, the image indicates that soon will be published a promotional video of this series.
Rumiko Takahashi’s iconic manga of martial arts, comedy and romance already has an anime adaptation in the form of a television series, as well as several films and OVAs. The series aired between 1989 and 1992, accumulating a total of 161 episodes divided, although actually the first 18 episodes correspond to Rank ½ and the rest to Ranma ½ Nettōhen. Studio Deen He was in charge of the animation of the entire series with Tomomi Mochizuki and Tsutomu Shibayama as directors of the first and Koji Sawai and Junji Nishimura of the second. the anime of Rank ½ has a total of 7 seasons of 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 24 and 25 episodes, respectively.
In addition to the animated series, Rank ½ has a total of 3 movies screened in Japan between 1991 and 1994, as well as a total of 12 OVAs ranging from 1993 to 2008, the last of them being Akumu! Shunminko. Added to all this 9 special episodes which were released in format Home Video in Japan except for the last one, Ranma ½ Live-action Specialwhich aired on television in December 2011.
Rumiko Takahashi published the original manga of Rank ½ in the magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday of Shogakukan between 1987 and 1996, being compiled in a total of 38 volumes tankoubon. The work went on to place 55 million copies on the market, becoming one of the best-selling titles in history.
Rank ½ is well known in Spain, since both the manga was published by several publishers and the animated series was broadcast on television and edited in Home Video on several occasions. Initially the manga was edited oor Planet DeAgostini in comic-book format in a total of 7 installments, leaving the work incomplete between 1993 and 1998. The extinct Glénat Editions He would recover the series in tankoboun format, publishing all 38 volumes. Later the same publisher recovered the series in kanzenban format but it was canceled in 9 volumes. In 2016 Comic Planet He recovered the license and published the work again in Kanzenban format but this time in full, being published in 19 volumes. In addition to the manga, the art book also arrived in 2003 by Glenat/EDT.
As for the anime, it was broadcast in Spain in Antenna 3. Broadcast that, despite the censorship, was a real success. Later it was broadcast on regional channels. Regarding its physical edition, Jonu Media He released the series on DVD in 8 volumes. Later in 2021, Select Vision recovered the animated series by publishing it on both DVD and Blu-ray in 6 packs in its entirety and without censorship, since it comes from the original Japanese master, as well as dubbing both the new one from 2021 and the 1993 classic of the series that issued in Antenna3.
Relive the legendary martial arts romantic comedy about the crazy daily life of Ranma, the boy who transforms into a girl every time he gets wet! Akane is a young woman who has been engaged without her knowledge to Ranma, a boy who transforms into a girl every time he takes a dip. Akane Tendo is a young martial arts practitioner who intends to succeed her father as head of the family dojo. Unfortunately, her father believes that her successor must be a man and long ago betrothed her to Ranma Saotome, a boy who has been practicing kung fu for years with her father Genma in China. However, when Ranma and his father return to Japan and appear at the Tendo dojo, they do so in the form of a girl and a panda bear… And after falling into a cursed pond in China, Ranma transforms into a girl every time he meets! Wet it with cold water and Genma makes it into a panda bear! Despite being engaged, Akane and Ranma are not very attracted to the idea of getting married nor do they seem crazy about each other… or maybe they are?
Source: SugoiLite
