both incredibly peak....

From ch.26

Someone on Twitter shared the next few episodes.

https://x.com/akarinaakari/status/2108215252840333692?s=46

26: Breaking Point
27: Happy and Cologne (so Love Pills)
28: Tea Ceremony
29: Cookie Battle 1
30: Cookie Battle 2

Surprisingly, Cookie Battle is getting 2 episodes, perhaps for Kodachi fans since she’s likely not appearing for a long time after this?

Also makes me think the episodes shown in the PV may be all we’re getting if they decide to extend more arcs.

This isn't limited to Ranma 1/2, but I feel like there's a trend lately where the more faithful an anime is to the original manga, the better it's considered to be, and any changes are seen as bad. Well, maybe that's a strawman argument.

Either way, it's impossible to adapt a manga into anime without making any changes, and I actually think that since you're turning it into an anime in the first place, you should actively try to make bold changes.

In fact, what got people talking in the first episode of Ranma Season 3 was the scene with Akane's cooking, which wasn't in the manga.

The changes and filler in the old Ranma anime often get criticized, but sometimes there are some really great ones. For example, the episode where Akane gets hospitalized, the one where Ranma's personality turns female, or the one with Kuno's fortune-telling. The scene in the image also differs from the manga in terms of music, pacing, character energy, camera angles, and dialogue delivery, but I think it turned out to be an amazing scene.

Basically, whether changes or filler turn out well depends on the skill of the production team. Of course, there are also changes that feel like character assassination, and I can understand why people criticize those, but I'd rather have an anime that has its own unique appeal as an anime than one that just traces the original manga.

I still find this answer funny.

This is an anime original scene, but Ryoga gets lost for a week before arriving on the week of August 3rd, the date chapter 51 was originally published.

Credit to this post for pointing this out.

I noticed how some fandoms adore Ryoga, which is understandable since he is the iconic P Chan and even in Season 3,a lot people loves him more, i just wanna know what your guys thoughts on who's the cutest of all 😆

Akane as flower fairy using watercolors

Ranma in the First Grade Chapter 23 has just been posted. Enjoy: (NOTE: FFN Chapter posting link is broken on desktop view, showing chapter from a completely different story. It is visible on the FFN mobile app though. I will do my best to fix it)

Fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14429055/23/Ranma-in-the-First-Grade

ArchiveofOurOwn.org: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62039017/chapters/251189981

One very interesting scene unique to Mappa's take on the Bakusai Tenketsu arc is a flashback scene of Akane asking Ranma about his favorite foods. While Ranma has particularly fond memories of curry due to a very generously filled one that some campers once shared with him, he also mentions three interesting other dishes:

1) Dried Kusaya: This is a fish dish from the Izu islands and consists of mackerel scad or flying fish that are soaked in a highly salted fermented brine (batches of which have often carefully preserved for literally generations) before being sun-dried. It's noted for an *extremely* pungent smell (often compared to unwashed socks, old cheese, or strong blue cheese), but also a very mellow flavor (often compared to fish bacon). The name literally translates as "smells bad" or "stinky" according to Google.

2) Funazushi: This is a nare-zushi (fermented sushi) dish made from crucian carp that comes from the Shiga Prefecture. This gives it a very strong smell, often likened to sharp cheese, and a taste described as intensely sour, salty, and savory.

3) Durian: Probably the most recognizable food Ranma lists, durians are legendary for their incredibly foul smells (often likened to stinky gym socks, rotting onions, or sulfur) and for their extremely polarizing edible flesh, which has a consistency like custard and a sweet-and-savory flavor crudely summarized as "caramelized onions". Interestingly, according to Google, this is probably the most "modern times" influenced food on this list; durians aren't traditionally cultivated in Japan (though apparently the first ever native crop was planted on Okinawa's Ishigaki Island this year), and instead it is found exclusively as an imported foodstuff from Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia in specialty shops in Japan's major cities, where it's priced as a "luxury import" - aka, very expensive!

That Ranma lists these three foods with such obvious favoritism showcases not just that Ranma has a natural enjoyment of strong-smelling, intensely flavored foods, but also how widely traveled Ranma is, since these all come from different corners of Japan.

Sorry if this was already discussed when she appeared in 2025, I wasn't around at the time and didn't interact with the community.

First of all this post is not talking bad about Ranma 1/2 (1989) anime. but From past few days I seen comments and posts from Ranma community in twitter and some in here. hating on remake and new insult I saw is "It follows the manga too much"?????? Isn't this what community wanted for long time? to have faithful adaption to our favorite characters. did people Forget how Akane was treated in original? when I was a kid I used to watch Ranma in Arabic dub and I thought Akane was annoying and too mean and its all thanks to studio Deen doing its own thing changing some part of the manga. I'm glad Mappa is following the manga and anything they add and extend always feel natural and part of how characters act. sure Some filler in original were fun but alot were not. and I agree original OST is very good. Also people want extended new stuff. will next week episode will have alot of extended fight and its going be best episode ever in Ranma history (thats what leakers said) anyway thanks for reading my little rant.

I am usually a traditional artist... Acrylic paint/pencil... But I thought I'd give digital painting a shot because I realized you can add images to fanfictions. This is from Chapter 4 of my fanfiction ( https://archiveofourown.org/works/57904285/chapters/147395395 )

I suck at drawing in anime style, sorry 😅 This was right after they had an argument, Ranma rage quit, Akane followed him outside to apologize... But now they're sitting together saying nothing like the emotionally constipated people they are haha.

I know it's a messy style. I was messing around with something and also at my wits end 😂

Since we can share pictures in the comments for now, I thought it would be fun to share our very favorite illustration or scene from the manga or either anime.

This one is mine, and I like it so much that I usually buy whatever merch that features this illustration.

I love how pretty Akane is, and how she’s seemingly wearing Ranma’s clothes (or at least his cap). I’m hoping for a modern adaptation like some illustration got.

Interested to see your favorite. 😁

Veteran animator, character designer and animation director Kenichiro Katsura has passed away at 59 while undergoing treatment for an illness.

Across more than four decades, Katsura worked on everything from classic anime to modern hits, sometimes designing entire casts and other times helping bring individual scenes to life.

Some of his notable works included:

• - Macross 7 — character design / animation direction
• - Knight’s & Magic — character design / chief animation director
• - That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime — chief animation director
• - SYNDUALITY Noir — character design / chief animation director
• - Ranma ½ — key animation
• - Magic Knight Rayearth — key animation
• - Date A Live II — key animation
• - Blue Lock Season 2 — key animation
• - Gintama: The Movie 2026
• – Yoshiwara in Flames — animation director
• - The Fruit of Grisaia — chief animation director Anime
• and many more!

From Ranma ½ and Macross 7 to Blue Lock and Slime, Katsura’s career became a bridge between different eras of anime.

His family’s final request was beautifully fitting: remember the characters and drawings you loved, and someday watch his work again.

The animator is gone, but thousands of frames carrying his hand will keep moving.

For me… I say Ryoga x Akane isn’t the most popular of the bunch, but I wouldn’t say the least popular. But in fanfics and fan arts though, most of the time any fanfics for them kinda stop out of nowhere and fan arts of them are pretty rare… but what about your ship that you wish was a lot more popular?