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Viz Media announced that it has acquired merchandising rights to the upcoming anime worldwide, excluding Asia, during a panel and world premiere screening of the new adaptation of Takahashi Rumiko's manga “Ranma 1/2” at Anime NYC on Saturday. Viz Media and Hot Topic have partnered to launch a new apparel line this fall that will include t-shirts, hoodies, pin badges, drinkware, throws, posters and more.
Image courtesy of Viz Media
Image courtesy of Viz Media
Image courtesy of Viz Media
Viz and Hot Topic screened the official world premiere of the first episode at the event.
Image from the Ranma 1/2 anime's X/Twitter account
© Rumiko Takahashi, Battle/”Ranma 1/2″ Production Committee
This anime will be broadcast nationwide for the first time on Nippon Television from 12:55 am on October 5th (actually 12:55 pm on October 6th Japan time). After the broadcast, it will be exclusively distributed on Netflix.
Kappei Yamaguchi, Megumi Hayashibara and Noriko Hidaka will reprise their roles as Saotome Ranma (male), Ranma (female) and Tendo Akane respectively. Yamadera Kouichi will return as Hibiki Ryoga and Sakuma Rei will reprise her role as Shampoo. Takayama Minami and Inoue Kikuko will reprise their roles as Tendo Nabiki and Tendo Kasumi respectively from the previous series. Otsuka Akio will replace Obayashi Ryunosuke as Tendo Soun in the new anime. Cho will play Saotome Genma and Ogata Kenichi will narrate the new anime in place of the late Nakamura Tadashi.
Konosuke Uda (One Piece: Dead End, Days) will be directing the new series for MAPPA, Kimiko Ueno (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, The Astronaut) will be writing the series script, Hiromi Taniguchi (Kurage Shokudo) will be in charge of character design, and Ano will be performing the anime's opening theme.
Episode 12 of the new anime has been leaked.
Takahashi debuted the manga in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine in August 1987 and completed it in March 1996. The series ran for 38 volumes.
The manga was the basis for the anime television series Ranma 1/2, which began airing in April 1989. The anime continued with Ranma 1/2: Nettou-hen in October 1989, and aired until September 1992. The series was also the basis for two films, an anime feature film, and an OVA, with the final OVA episode being released in January 1996. An anime special, Ranma 1/2: Nightmare! The Scent of Spring Sleep, began airing in September 2008. The series was the basis for a live-action television special in December 2011.
Viz Media released the original anime on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray Discs. The company also published the manga.
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