{"id":151434,"date":"2026-03-26T03:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=151434"},"modified":"2026-03-26T03:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:55:38","slug":"ranma-1-2-season-3-begins-airing-this-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/03\/26\/ranma-1-2-season-3-begins-airing-this-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranma 1\/2 Season 3 Begins Airing this October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">A third season of the <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/09\/16\/ranma-1-2-season-2-reveals-2nd-trailer-key-visual-ahead-of-next-months-premiere\/\"><em>Ranma 1\/2<\/em> <\/a>remake will make its broadcast debut in October 2026. A teaser trailer and teaser visual have been released.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ranma1\/2: Season 3 | Official Teaser | Netflix\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X9KBMnlR1ME?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Netflix will exclusively stream the show, with episodes to arrive after broadcast.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ranma-12-Season-3-teaser-visual.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"984\" data-attachment-id=\"151438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/03\/26\/ranma-1-2-season-3-begins-airing-this-october\/ranma-12-season-3-teaser-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ranma-12-Season-3-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=707%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"707,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ranma 12 Season 3 teaser visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ranma-12-Season-3-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ranma-12-Season-3-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ranma-12-Season-3-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=696%2C984&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151438\" style=\"width:609px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ranma-12-Season-3-teaser-visual.jpg?w=707&amp;ssl=1 707w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ranma-12-Season-3-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ranma-12-Season-3-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ranma-12-Season-3-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=297%2C420&amp;ssl=1 297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9\u9ad8\u6a4b\u7559\u7f8e\u5b50\u30fb\u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\uff0f\u300c\u3089\u3093\u307e1\/2\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>Ranma 1\/2<\/em>&#8216;s first season started in 2024, while Season 2 started airing last October. Season 1&#8217;s synopsis reads:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo of Tendo Dojo are betrothed to each other by their parents. But Ranma faces a unique problem\u2026 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.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>Ranma 1\/2 <\/em>adapts the manga by <b>Rumiko Takahashi<\/b>, whose <em>Urusei Yatsura<\/em>,<em>\u00a0Inuyasha<\/em>, <em>Rin-ne<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Maison Ikkoku<\/em>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/03\/02\/mao-anime-reveals-trailer-april-4-premiere-2-cours-length-and-more\/\"><em>Mao<\/em><\/a> manga have inspired anime adaptations as well (<em>Urusei<\/em> <em>Yatsura<\/em>, like<em> Ranma 1\/2<\/em>, also received a modern remake). The source material started serialization in the 36th 1987 issue of Shogakukan\u2019s Weekly Shonen Sunday and ended in the magazine&#8217;s 12th 1996 issue. Viz Media publishes physical volumes of the manga in English.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The <em>Ranma 1\/2 <\/em>manga previously inspired an 18-episode anime that began airing in 1989. This was followed by<i>\u00a0Ranma \u00bd: Netto-hen<\/i>, which ran from 1989 to 1992 with 143 episodes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The previous anime were produced by\u00a0<b>Studio Deen<\/b>\u00a0and had\u00a0<b>Atsuko Nakajima<\/b>\u00a0(<i>Komi Can\u2019t Communicate<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Haven\u2019t You Heard? I\u2019m Sakamoto<\/i>,<i>\u00a0Trinity Blood<\/i>) as character designer.\u00a0<strong>T<\/strong><b>sutomu Shibayama\u00a0<\/b>(<i>Chibi Maruko-chan<\/i>\u00a0co-director) directed the first series while\u00a0<b>Koji Sawai\u00a0<\/b>(<i>.hack\/\/Legend of the Twilight<\/i>) and\u00a0<b>Junji Nishimura<\/b>\u00a0<i>(Vlad Love<\/i>,<i>\u00a0Extreme Hearts<\/i>) co-directed\u00a0<i>Netto-hen<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Staff (Season 3, reprising unless stated otherwise)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Director:\u00a0<strong>Konosuke Uda<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Character designer:\u00a0<strong>Hiromi Taniguchi<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Series composer:\u00a0<strong>Kimiko Ueno<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 Main animator:\u00a0<strong>Masahiro Kurio<\/strong> (since Season 2)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Main animator:\u00a0<strong>Atsuko Ishida\u00a0<\/strong>(new, one of <i>Mujigen Hunter Fandora <\/i>Part 3&#8217;s main animators)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Main animator: <strong>Yoshihiro Takeda<\/strong> (new, <em>Blue Box<\/em>)<br \/>\u2022 Animation production: <strong>MAPPA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 16px\">Cast (current)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Kappei Yamaguchi<\/strong>\u00a0as Ranma Saotome (returning)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Megumi Hayashibara<\/strong>\u00a0as female Ranma (returning)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Noriko Hidaka<\/strong>\u00a0as Akane Tendo (returning)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Minami Takayama<\/strong>\u00a0as Nabiki Tendo (returning)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Kikuko Inoue<\/strong>\u00a0as Kasumi Tendo (returning)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Akio Otsuka<\/strong>\u00a0as Soun Tendo<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Cho<\/strong>\u00a0as Genma Saotome<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Koichi Yamadera<\/strong>\u00a0as Ryoga Hibiki (returning)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Rei Sakuma<\/strong>\u00a0as Shampoo (returning)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022<strong>\u00a0Kenichi Ogata<\/strong>\u00a0as the Narrator (the original voice of Genma)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><b>\u2022 Tomokazu Sugita\u00a0<\/b>as Tatewaki Kuno<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><b>\u2022 Ayane Sakura<\/b>\u00a0as Kodachi Kuno\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><b>\u2022 Toshiyuki Morikawa<\/b>\u00a0as Tofu Ono\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><b>\u2022 Mamoru Miyano<\/b>\u00a0as Mikado Sanzenin\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><b>\u2022 Aoi Yuki<\/b>\u00a0as Azusa Shiratori<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><b>\u2022 Toshihiko Seki\u00a0<\/b>as Mousse\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><b>\u2022 Kaori Nazuka<\/b>\u00a0as Ukyo Kuonji<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><b>\u2022 Kazuhiko Inoue<\/b>\u00a0as Happosai<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><b>\u2022 Ako\u00a0Mayama\u00a0<\/b>as Cologne<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><b>\u2022 Akira Ishida<\/b>\u00a0as Hikaru Gosunkugi<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ranma_pr\/status\/2037092204330836181\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@NetflixAnime<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. Ranma 1\/2&#8216;s first season started in 2024, while Season 2 started airing last October. Season 1&#8217;s synopsis reads: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":151439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14,90,9337],"class_list":["post-151434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-anime","tag-mappa","tag-ranma-1-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ranma-12-Season-3-teaser-visual-1-e1774522510413.jpg?fit=706%2C398&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-Dou","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151434"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151440,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151434\/revisions\/151440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}