Nevertheless, Genma’s original voice actor, 82-year-old Kenichi Ogata, is still involved in the project, serving as narrator for the new Ranma series.
Late last month came the surprise announcement that creator Rumiko Takahashi’s Ranma 1/2 is getting a new anime adaptation.
The new Ranma 1/2 anime debuts on October 6 at 12:55 a.m. on Nippon Television, and will stream on Netflix immediately following the TV broadcast.
The original Ranma anime, which consisted of a TV series, theatrical features, and OVA episodes released between 1989 and 1996, had one of the most star-studded vocal casts of any anime ever produced, with multiple cast members going on to become legends of the Japanese voice acting industry.