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Viz Media Screens World Premiere of New Ranma 1/2 Anime at Anime NYC on August 24 (Updated)
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The convention staff also announced that it will host composer SSSS.Dynazenon.
The new Ranma 1/2 anime will Netflix after its broadcast.
Noriko Hidaka will reprise their roles as (male) Ranma Saotome, (female) Ranma, and Akane Tendō, respectively.
Other returning cast includes:
- Minami Takayama as Nabiki Tendō
- Kikuko Inoue as Kasumi Tendō
- Kōichi Yamadera as Ryōga Hibiki
- Rei Sakuma as Shampoo
Kurage no Shokudō) is deg the characters.
Additional staff includes:
- Chief Animation Directors: Hiromi Taniguchi, Nao Ōtsu
- Main Animators: Rie Aoki
- POP Artwork: Minami Kitamura
- Art Director: Chihiro Ōkawa
- Color Key Artist: Yukiko Kakita
- Compositing Director of Photography: Atsushi Kanō
- Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
- Sound Director: Kōnosuke Uda
- Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa
- Music Selection: Makiko Chihara
- Sound Production: dugout
- Music: Kaoru Wada
- Planning Production: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Takahashi debuted the manga in Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine in August 1987, and ended it in March 1996. The series had 38 compiled book volumes.
The manga inspired the Ranma 1/2 television anime series in April 1989. The anime continued into the special in December 2011.
Viz Media released the anime on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc. The company also published the manga.
Anime NYC 2024 will take place on August 23-25. The event will take over the full main building of the Javits Center for the first time in 2024.
Update: Updated new guest list with Shion Wakayama. Source: Anime NYC's X/Twitter
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