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The Ranma ½ Remake

MAPPA’s remake is the faithful pass: twelve episodes a year, the manga adapted straight, with the voices of 1989 back in the booth.

The remake premiered on October 6, 2024 on Nippon Television, streaming worldwide on Netflix. It is produced by MAPPA and directed by Konosuke Uda, with series composition by Kimiko Ueno, character designs by Hiromi Taniguchi and music by Kaoru Wada. Season one ran twelve episodes to December 22, 2024; season two ran twelve more from October 5 to December 21, 2025; a third season began on October 4, 2026. Much of the 1989 anime’s principal voice cast returned to their roles.

The contrast with the Deen series is the point of the exercise. The 1989 adaptation expanded, rearranged and improvised across 161 episodes; the remake adapts the manga in order and at speed, its first two seasons cover roughly the manga’s first hundred chapters with no filler at all.

Ranma 1/2 (2024), official logo

The official logo of the 2024 MAPPA remake, the first new Ranma television anime in 28 years.

THE REMAKE, DOCUMENTED

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The Staff

Director Konosuke Uda; series composition Kimiko Ueno; character design Hiromi Taniguchi; music by Kaoru Wada, the Inuyasha anime’s composer, returning to Takahashi.

The Seasons

12 episodes (2024), 12 episodes (2025), a third from October 2026: a steady annual cadence instead of a single marathon.

The Returning Cast

The principal voices of 1989 reprise their parts, a continuity no other Takahashi remake has attempted at this scale.

The Straight Adaptation

No filler, no rearrangement: the remake’s fidelity is its argument for existing alongside a beloved earlier version.

The 1989 Anime The History

The Ranma ½ Remake

THE REMAKE, DOCUMENTED

THE FIRST WORD