The third season of the anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi’s Ranma 1/2 manga will debut on October 3 on NTV, airing at 24:55 JST.
The third season of the anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi’s Ranma 1/2 manga will debut on October 3 on NTV, airing at 24:55 JST. The series will stream on Netflix after its broadcast.
On July 26, the production announced a key visual and revealed five new voice actors. Masako Nozawa will voice the character Grand Master, Jun Fukuyama will voice Sentarō Daimonji, Mayumi Tanaka will voice an unnamed role, Saori Hayami will voice an unnamed role, and Minami Tanaka will voice Tsubasa Kurenai.
Kōnosuke Uda returns as director for MAPPA. The season adds animation directors Yoshiko Saitō, Kōsuke Kawamura, Riko Kaneda, and Haruki Miura, as well as main animator Masahiro Kurio. Atsuko Ishida, who worked on the original 1989 series, and Yoshihiro Takeda also join the staff.
The first season premiered in October 2024 across Japan and streamed on Netflix. The second season aired in October 2025 on NTV and was later available on Netflix. Most of the first‑season staff returned, with Kawamura and Ryūta Hayashi joining for the second season.
- Publisher
- animenewsnetwork
- Reliability
- high
- Published
- 7/27/2026, 10:00:21 AM
- Retrieved
- 7/27/2026, 10:00:21 AM
- Relevance
- 80%
- Confidence
- 85%

