The new Ranma ½ animation was released twelve years after the final OVA and manga. It was a special for the "Rumiko Takahashi's Artwork Exhibition," which took place in Tokyo from July 30th to August 11th. This thirty-minute special is based on the story of "Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep" from volume 34 of the manga. The animation was shown only on odd numbered days during the exhibition.
At Jusenkyo in China, Ranma underwent training with Genma. During this time, he was thrown into a spring known as Nyanniichuan which caused him to transform into a young girl according to the curse of...
Akane is far from being delicate and her exuberant, life-loving demeanor is apparent in everything she does. Although she appears to be non-klutzy on the movement scale, shes a lead weight in the wate...
Meet Shippo, an orphaned young kitsune whose father was killed by Hiten and Manten of the Thunder Brothers. Driven to avenge his father's death, Shippo joined forces with Inuyasha and Kagome on their ...
A Buddhist "houshi," or low-ranking, itinerant monk, Miroku traveled the countryside performing services such as exorcisms and youkai exterminations to earn his living. He suffers from a hereditary cu...
The Jusenkyo Guide is an employee at Jusenkyo who advises visitors not to train there due to a grave curse. He has knowledge about hundreds of pools in the area, when the spring was cursed, and the ba...
Ryouga stands out in the crowd due to his regularly rough appearance. He spends much of his time wandering, often depressed over having to spend so much of his time alone in the wilderness, with the s...
Kodachi, known as "The Black Rose" in the gymnastics community, is presented as Tatewaki Kunos sister and a student at St. Hebereke School for Girls (St. Bacchus School for Girls in the manga). This i...
Soun is the head of the Tendou household and one of two families that practice Anything Goes Martial Arts. He's a widower who takes care of his three daughters single-handedly. His house requires repa...
Cologne is an ancient being who has accompanied Shampoo on her journey back to Japan. She opened a Cat Café in Furinkan and is a contemporary of Happosai. Despite being over one hundred years old, she...
Tatewaki Kuno is an upperclassman at Furinkan High and was the big man on campus – at least until Ranma came along. Hailing from a very wealthy family, he is also captain of the kendo club and wields ...
Inuyasha is a hybrid character with both human and youkai-dog features, known as a "hanyo" in Japanese. He wields the Tessaiga, a supernatural sword made from his deceased father's fang that can destr...
Picolet Chardin II, also known as Picolet Chardin or simply Picolet, belongs to the affluent Chardin family and has a background in martial arts with the La Belle France School. His name is derived fr...
Ten years ago, during a training excursion in the countryside, Genma took Ukyos father's okonomiyaki yatai (food cart) without his permission and left him behind. This incident caused a rift between U...
Mousse is a longtime friend of Shampoo, though she may not see him that way. He has been in love with her for most of his life but finds her annoying at best. He struggles to see without glasses and o...
Genma Saotome is Ranma Saotomes father and the sensei of the Saotome Dojo of Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū karate ("School of Indiscriminate Grappling", more commonly known in the West as "Anything Goes Martia...
Shampoo met Ranma when Ranma (as a girl) and Genma (as a panda) drop into a contest in a village of the Joketsuzoku ("Chinese Amazons") and the pair gorged themselves on the feast for the winner of th...
The second child of Soun Tendou is portrayed as someone who values money above all else. They are willing to go to great lengths, even resorting to blackmailing their own family members, to acquire we...
Soun and Genma trained during their youths with the evil and perverted Happosai. The little man is THE master of Anything Goes Martial arts (Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū). He is also a panty theif and lecher ...
The oldest Tendou girl is Kasumi, who is known for being gentle and caring. She has completed high school and takes care of the household as if it were her own family. Since her mother passed away, sh...
Hinako Ninomiya is an AI assistant who helps deal with delinquent students at Furinkan High. Initially appearing as a giddy and excitable elementary school child, her story is more complex than it see...