The synopsis and preview cuts for episode 8, “My Darling Charlotte,” of the fall anime “Ranma 1/2,” which will air on Saturday, November 23, 2024, have been released.
“Ranma 1/2” is a fighting romantic comedy that was serialized in “Weekly Shonen Sunday” from issue 36 in 1987 to issue 12 in 1996 by Rumiko Takahashi, who is also known for “Urusei Yatsura,” “Maison Ikkoku,” “Inuyasha,” “Rin-ne,” and “MAO,” and is still immensely popular today.
The story begins when Saotome Genma and his son Ranma, who had been training in China, come to the Tendo family. However, what appears there is a giant panda and a cute girl. After training in China, Ranma has a strange constitution that turns him into a woman when he is splashed with water, and turns him back into a man when he is splashed with hot water. Ranma and his friends get involved with the unique people around them, and they cry, laugh, and sometimes fall in love.
Episode 8 “My Lovely Charlotte” Synopsis
P-chan was kidnapped at the skating rink!?
The one who kidnapped her was Shiratori Azusa, one of the golden pair in the free skating division of the Kolkhoz Academy.
Azusa challenges Akane to a pair skating contest, with P-chan at stake.
Meanwhile, Ranma prevents Azusa’s partner, Tei Sanzenin, from kissing Akane. Ranma and Akane train hard to skate together in preparation for the competition, but…
Episode 8 of “Ranma 1/2”, “My Beloved Charlotte”, will begin airing on Nippon TV on Saturday, November 23rd. It will be available exclusively on Netflix immediately after the broadcast.
■ TV anime “Ranma 1/2” work summary
● Broadcast / distribution information
Broadcast every Saturday from 24:55 on Nippon TV from October 5, 2024
Nationwide broadcast on Nippon TV network
Exclusive distribution on Netflix immediately after broadcast
Original story
: Rumiko Takahashi’s “Ranma 1/2” (published by Shogakukan’s “Shonen Sunday Comics”)
STAFF
Director: Uda Konosuke
Series Composition: Ueno Kimiko
Character Design: Taniguchi Hiromi
Chief Animation Director: Taniguchi Hiromi, Yoshioka Takeshi, Saito Yoshiko, Otsu Nao
Main Animators: Nao Naito, Aoki Rie
POP Artwork: Kitamura Minami
Art Director: Okawa Chihiro
Color Design: Kakita Yukiko
Director of Photography: Kano Atsushi Editor:
Yanagi Keisuke
Sound Director: Uda Konosuke
Sound Effects: Hasegawa Takuya Music
Selection: Kayahara Makiko
Sound Production: dugout
Music: Wada Kaoru
Planning and Production: Shogakukan Shueisha Productions
Production: MAPPA
Production: “Ranma 1/2” Production Committee
●CAST
Ranma Saotome: Kappei Yamaguchi
Ranma: Megumi Hayashibara
Akane Tendo: Noriko Hidaka (the kanji for “high” is pronounced “hashigodaka”)
Nabiki Tendo: Minami Takayama
Kasumi
Tendo: Kikuko Inoue
Soun Tendo: Akio Otsuka Genma Saotome: Cho
Hibiki Ryoga: Koichi Yamadera
Shampoo: Rei
Sakuma Kunou Tatewaki: Tomokazu Sugita
Kunou Kodachi : Ayane Sakura
Kono Tofu: Toshiyuki Morikawa
Emperor Sanzenin: Mamoru Miyano
Azusa Shiratori: Aoi Yuki
Ichiro: Tomokazu Seki
Narration: Kenichi Ogata
●MUSIC
Opening theme: ano “Yukonkkyun” (TOY’S FACTORY)
Ending theme: Riria. “Anata Nante.” (VIA / TOY’S FACTORY)
(C) Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan / “Ranma 1/2” Production Committee
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