The official website of the new Ranma ½ anime series revealed additional cast and a key visual (pictured) for its third season on Saturday. The anime series adapting Rumiko Takahashi's romantic comedy manga will premiere on Nippon Television at 12.55 a.m. on October 4.

Cast
Headmaster: Masako Nozawa (Sentai Daishikkaku)
Sentarou Daimounji: Jun Fukuyama (Grand Blue)
Tsubasa Kurenai: Minami Tanaka (Kill Ao)
Mayumi Tanaka (Dandadan)
Saori Hayami (Sakamoto Days)

Kounosuke Uda (Days) is returning to helm the anime at MAPPA. Returning key staff include series composer Kimiko Ueno (Dungeon Meshi), character designer Hiromi Taniguchi (Youjo Senki sub-character design) and music composer Kaoru Wada (InuYasha).

Produced by MAPPA, the first season premiered in Fall 2024, followed by a second season in Fall 2025. Netflix streamed the anime worldwide with subtitles.

Rumiko serialized the manga in Weekly Shounen Sunday magazine in August 1987 and ended in February 1996. Shogakukan published the manga in 38 volumes from April 1988 to June 1996 and later released it in two new editions in 2002–2003 and 2016–2018.

VIZ Media licensed the manga in English and released 21 volumes from May 1993 to March 2003. In May 2003, the company began publishing a second edition and released the 36th and final volume in November 2006. VIZ Media also released a 2-in-1 omnibus edition between March 2014 and March 2017.

Source: Comic Natalie