Ranma 1/2 Season 2 Premieres on October 4, Reveals New Theme Song Artists

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The primary opening and closing theme song artists have been announced for the upcoming second season of Ranma 1/2, which is set to premiere in Japan on October 4, 2025. The anime will also be available for streaming on Netflix globally following its television broadcast in Japan. 
The Japanese music group Wednesday Campanella is performing the new opening theme song “Wo Aini,” while singer-songwriter Nishina will be delivering the ending theme song “Panda Girl.”

In addition, a brief recap video summarizing the first season has also been published. 

Some returning staff for the second season include Konosuke Uda as director, Hiromi Taniguchi as character designer and co-chief animation director, Kimiko Ueno as series screenwriter, and Kaoru Wada as music composer. MAPPA is overseeing the animation production. 
Nao Naito and Rie Aoki are recognized as main animators, with Masahiro Kurio also joining as a new main animator. 
Meanwhile, the anime’s voice cast includes: 

• • Kappei Yamaguchi as Ranma Saotome 
• • Megumi Hayashibara as female Ranma 
• • Noriko Hidaka as Akane Tendo
• • Minami Takayama as Nabiki Tendo
• • Kikuko Inoue as Kasumi Tendo 
• • Akio Otsuka as Soun Tendo
• • Cho as Genma Saotome
• • Koichi Yamadera as Ryoga Hibiki
• • Rei Sakuma as Shampoo 
• • Kenichi Ogata as the Narrator 
• • Tomokazu Sugita as Tatewaki Kuno
• • Ayane Sakura as Kodachi Kuno 
• • Toshiyuki Morikawa as Tofu Ono 
• • Mamoru Miyano as Mikado Sanzenin 
• • Aoi Yuki as Azusa Shiratori

New voice cast additions for the second season include: 

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• • Toshihiko Seki as Mousse 
• • Kaori Nazuka as Ukyo Kuonji
• • Kazuhiko Inoue as Happosai
• • Mayama Ako as Cologne
• • Akira Ishida as Hikaru Gosunkugi

The first 12-episode season launched in Japan on October 5, 2024, concluding on December 22, 2024. It has been streaming exclusively on Netflix. The new adaptation is the second remake of a Takahashi manga, succeeding the four-cour Urusei Yatsura anime series. 
Rumiko Takahashi’s original Ranma 1/2 manga series was serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday from August 19, 1987, to March 6, 1996. A total of 38 tankobon volumes were published during its run. 
The manga initially inspired an 18-episode anime that debuted in 1989, followed by Ranma 1/2: Nettou-hen, which aired from 1989 to 1992 with a total of 143 episodes.