Ranma 1/2 is getting a new anime

[Pepperoni]

Originally Posted by Gowho

Netflix

Ugh. Another show stuck in Netflix jail. I hate that they gobble up so much content.

[mysticwaterfall]

Trailer seems to indicate it's covering the beginning of the series, pretty much the original series before Nettōhen (What Viz considers S1).

Hopefully we still get a physical eventually even with it being Netflix

[Marisa Umino]

Aiyaaaaaa that trailer makes me fangirl so hard, I need this so bad. I love that it's subtly closer to the look of the manga for character designs and the returning actors sound great as ever! Please let this get a physical release T^T

[Dragon78]

I hate Netflix.....with that being said looks meh like most remakes.

[Nothing371]

looks similar to Urusei Yatsura (2022). Where it looks a little weird and jarring when upgrading 90's hand-drawn anime style to whatever are these modern, digitized techniques.

I think it looks pretty good! But I also think that we often don't realize is that what we want is the original look. That's a huge proportion of the charm. All that hand-drawn detail. Much of its spirit is lost in translation following the automated, homogenizing processes. Then you get that Uncanny Valley feeling, but with anime (instead of humans). It looks and feels sooo much like the original, but then something is off. and it instinctually feels WAY off.

[Yuukaa_Sa]

I'm excited, since I never watched the Original.

However now I see Netflix has the right which is so lame. I don't support streaming, so basically I'm going to be stuck here waiting for a physical release if that ever happens.

I wish people just stopped supporting streaming and bought stuff physically. You pay money to those corporations and don't own anything. Cable, streaming...all money down the drain.

[darkness2918]

I love Ranma hopefully even though it’s on Netflix it still gets a BD release.

[InuYashaCrusade]

VIZ has licensed the new series and will debut the world premiere at Anime NYC

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ust-24/.213334

[BigOnAnime]

Part of the crisis averted then. So we'll get discs in a (hopefully) timely manner, but what about dub cast consistency?

[kk1]

Meh, kind of unnecessary like the UY remake though I guess they are just trying to make it more accessible to younger anime fans who refuse to watch "old" anime. Whatever. Rather have a Slayers remake, that animation needed an upgrade the moment it was made.

[BigOnAnime]

"Why is it so grainy and why are there those black bars on the sides?! I can't stand it!"

"Why is it so badly animated?"

https://www.sakugabooru.com/post?tag...2F2_%281989%29
https://www.sakugabooru.com/post?tag...1%2F2_nettohen

[DTGee]

Originally Posted by BigOnAnime

Part of the crisis averted then. So we'll get discs in a (hopefully) timely manner, but what about dub cast consistency?

If it's Viz, then it's nearly guaranteed since they had no problem getting the original Canadian cast back for Yashahime.

[Odius]

Originally Posted by Yuukaa_Sa

I wish people just stopped supporting streaming and bought stuff physically. You pay money to those corporations and don't own anything. Cable, streaming...all money down the drain.

I understand the sentiment, but the viewer revenue/advertising is what allows projects to continue to exist. It’s why shows that don’t hit certain viewer numbers get axed. In the US, a show gets like $1M per viewer. Restricting media to a physical only format will not yield anywhere near the same level revenue. I’d argue that Netflix obtaining all this anime allows it to reach a much wider audience and bring in new fans/followers that will help sustain the industry.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by DTGee

If it's Viz, then it's nearly guaranteed since they had no problem getting the original Canadian cast back for Yashahime.

David Kaye recently said on Twitter that he would be interested in returning for his role.

[GeoffOliver]

Thank god this won’t be in Netflix jail. Since this is Viz, I expect they will at least try to maintain cast consistency. They might just send it to Ocean since a huge chunk of the cast would be reprising from Vancouver (and Kaye, Donovan, Fitzgerald, etc could maybe reprise remotely). Yashahime was mostly a new cast of characters, with the originals in smaller roles. But I could also see this as another Bang Zoom dub since they’ve already worked with the Vancouver studio/actors for Yashahime, and there will still be plenty of roles to recast.

If this was Netflix, we’d have a completely new cast, unless the studio really wanted Kaye back as Soun like with the Shaman King cast.

[mysticwaterfall]

Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

VIZ has licensed the new series and will debut the world premiere at Anime NYC

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ust-24/.213334

Well that's good news. Now I just have to hope it's actually good enough to buy and not a pointless retread. I've watched Ranma so many times being my favorite series all time that I really need something more then just a modern retelling. I dropped the new UY after 2 episodes. On the other hand, I did like Sailor Moon Crystal.

[PGW]

"I dropped the new UY after 2 episodes."

Me, too. It wasn't bad, but there seemed to be no point since I'd recently watched the original.

[Pepperoni]

Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

VIZ has licensed the new series and will debut the world premiere at Anime NYC

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ust-24/.213334

Best news of the day, I was really worried the Netflix deal would screw everyone outside of Japan over.

[Nothing371]

I think it's actually really smart revitalizing these all-time great classics for modern audiences. It will sell manga, generate discussion, and get all sorts of people interested in old series again, through public discourse.

It also means that some of our other few remaining older shows might be more likely to see a release again. Rights' holders are more likely to take action if some brand is newly seen as profitable or culturally relevant.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Some news on the dub:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ranma/s/7uWa3cEItS

It is already appearing on the SAG-AFTRA Signatory Search.

A producer on the original Ranma dub has recently been in contact with Richard Ian Cox and he has not been contacted about reprising his role yet. Kelly Sheridan also said she hasn't heard anything about the dub yet on her Instagram stories.