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New Ranma 1/2 Anime's 2nd Season Gets Advanced Screening, Live Dubbing on June 22
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The official website for the new anime of Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga announced on Friday that the second season will get an advanced screening on June 22 at Shinjuku Wald 9. The cast will also be in attendance, including Kappei Yamaguchi (male Ranma), Megumi Hayashibara (female Ranma), and Noriko Hidaka (Akane), and Rei Sakuma (Shampoo). They will perform a live dubbing session. The website teases "& more...?" voice actors, and the visual for the event features the character Mousse (pictured below on far left), whose voice actor has not yet been announced.
Kōichi Yamadera reprises his roles as Ryōga Hibiki and Jusenkyo Guide from the previous anime. Minami Takayama and Kikuko Inoue reprise their roles from the previous anime as Nabiki Tendō and Kasumi Tendō, respectively. Akio Ōtsuka plays the role of Sōun Tendō in the new anime, replacing Ryunosuke Ohbayashi. Chō plays the role of Genma Saotome in place of Kenichi Ogata, who is the new anime's narrator, replacing the late Tadashi Nakamura.
New cast members (not reprising roles from previous anime projects) include:
- Tomokazu Sugita as Tatewaki Kunō
- Ayane Sakura as Kodachi Kunō
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Tōfū Ono
- Mamoru Miyano as Mikado Sanzenin
- Aoi Yūki as Azusa Shiratori
- Tomokazu Seki as Ichiro
Kōnosuke Uda (One Piece: Dead End film, DAYS) directed the new series at MAPPA. Kimiko Ueno (Delicious in Dungeon, Astro Note) is in charge of series scripts, and Hiromi Taniguchi (Kurage no Shokudō) is designing the characters. Ano is performing the anime's opening theme song "Iinazukekkyun." Singer-songwriter Riria. is performing the anime's ending theme song "Anta Nante."
Twelve episodes of the new anime were leaked last August.
Source: Ranma 1/2 anime's website
