Ranma 1/2 Season 3 airs on Nippon TV on Saturdays at 24:55 and streams on Netflix, with MAPPA producing and Konosuke Uda directing. Bandai Spirits has opened an Ichiban Kuji lottery for December 18 and Studio CLIP released a tableware line in September.
The new Ranma 1/2 anime is now three seasons into an annual October run. Season 3 premiered October 3 on Nippon TV, airing Saturdays at 24:55, with fastest streaming on Netflix. MAPPA returns as the production studio and Konosuke Uda returns to direct. The season opens with episode 25, titled Training DE Dinner, in which Ryoga sends a challenge letter just before summer vacation.
Cast and staff announcements arrived through the summer. Masako Nozawa, Jun Fukuyama, and Minami Tanaka joined the cast. Riko Kaneda and Haruki Miura joined as chief animation directors, and Atsuko Ishida and Yoshihiro Takeda were added as main animators. Comedian Seiya of Shimofuri Myojo will guest star in an unannounced role and act as promotional ambassador; an advanced screening was held on the premiere date with three voice actors.
Merchandise followed the broadcast schedule. A Studio CLIP tableware and accessory collection went on sale September 18, priced from 880 yen to 4,400 yen, including a ramen bowl, a Nekohanten delivery-box-style insulated bag, and a P-chan cooking mitt. Kujibikido ran an online lottery from August 26 through September 30 with an A Prize changing mug whose artwork shifts when hot water is added, priced at 770 yen per draw, and shipping estimated between early December and early January. Bandai Spirits' Banpresto brand showed prize figures at the 84th Prize Fair. A separate Ichiban Kuji lottery, Chinese Collection, opens December 18 at 790 yen per draw with an acrylic board, a Ranma figure, and a Shampoo Last One Prize, leaving other tiers unrevealed.
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Bandai Spirits has published the prize page for "Ichiban Kuji TV Anime 'Ranma 1/2' ~Chinese Collection~" on the Ichiban Kuji Club site. Each draw costs 790 yen including tax, with in-store sales planned from Friday, December 18, 2026. The A Prize is an original illustration acrylic board, the B Prize is a Ranma figure, and the Last One Prize is a Shampoo figure. Other prize tiers are listed as unrevealed placeholders.
Kadokawa is running an all-volumes-free fair for Mine Yoshizaki's manga Sgt. Frog on October 1 and 2, 2026, ending at 23:59 each day. Volumes 1 through 35 are readable at no cost on BOOK☆WALKER, BookLive, honto, Rakuten Kobo, au Book Pass, Reader Store, DMM Books, Comic Cmoa, LINE Manga, ebookjapan, Piccoma, and U-NEXT. The promotion is timed to the new Sgt. Frog anime, which begins airing Saturday, October 3, 2026. The manga has run in Monthly Shonen Ace since 1999 and is still ongoing. It follows an alien frog from Planet Keron who arrives to invade Earth, is captured by the Hinata siblings Fuyuki and Natsumi, and ends up living with the family as a lodger. A theatrical anime screened in June 2026. The fair notes that store end times, prices, and eligible products may differ by retailer.
Ranma 1/2 Season 3 begins broadcasting on the Nippon TV network from October 3, every Saturday at 24:55, with fastest streaming on Netflix immediately after broadcast. MAPPA handles production. Season 1 aired from October 2024 and Season 2 from October 2025. Episode 25, titled "Training DE Dinner," opens the season with a challenge letter from Ryoga arriving just before summer vacation.
Studio CLIP announced a Ranma 1/2 tableware collection on Friday. The line includes a ramen bowl, Chinese soup spoon, chopsticks, a two-tier steamer basket, tea pot, teacup with lid, lunch mats, water bottles, plate, beer glass, and highball glass. Accessories include a P-chan cooking mitt, a Nekohanten delivery-box-style insulated bag, reusable shopping bags, an umbrella, hand towels, cushions, and satin kung-fu-style room shoes. Items go on sale on the studio CLIP website starting September 18, priced from 880 yen to 4,400 yen.
The staff for the third season of the new Ranma 1/2 anime announced that Seiya of comedy duo Shimofuri Myojo will guest star in an unannounced role and serve as promotional ambassador. The season premieres on NTV on October 3 and streams on Netflix. An advanced screening will be held that day with three voice actors.
KADOKAWA's online lottery service Kujibikido is running a Ranma 1/2 lottery starting Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 12:00 JST, with newly drawn Arabian-style illustrations. The lottery has five prize tiers, from S to D, and every draw guarantees a prize. The S Prize is a choice of five BIG acrylic stand figures. The A Prize is a changing mug whose artwork shifts from Ranma to Ramma when hot water is added, a nod to the series' signature transformation trope. Other tiers include five acrylic stand figures, fifteen keychains, and twenty can badges. Each draw costs 770 yen including tax, with a flat shipping fee of 660 yen nationwide for up to twenty items per order. The sales period runs through September 30, 2026 at 11:59. Shipping is estimated for early December 2026 to early January 2027. A repost campaign on X gives three winners a full set of the twenty D Prize can badges. Purchasers of a ten-draw set receive one random heart-shaped can badge from five types as a guaranteed bonus. Nijimen reports that social media comments include reactions to the Arabian theme and the figure scale of the acrylic stands.
Digital manga platform emaqi expanded its Premium subscription catalog on August 7 with 18 series from VIZ Media, including Komi Can't Communicate, Ranma 1/2, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, Fly Me to the Moon, Fushigi Yûgi, Goodnight Punpun, Hirayasumi, and How Do We Relationship?. The additions bring the service's catalog to over 400 manga series across more than 2,000 volumes. Alongside the VIZ Media titles, emaqi is rolling out seven exclusive English releases throughout August, six of which are included with Premium. The lineup spans action, fantasy, horror, mystery, and romantic comedy, with publishers including Kodansha, Shonengahosha, Nihonbungeisha, and Coamix. Notable debuts include Ironfist Chinmi, a martial arts adventure by Takeshi Maekawa receiving its first official English release more than three decades after its Japanese debut, and She's Out of My League: Takane no Hana-san, a workplace rom-com by Koji Murata. Other exclusives are Devil of a Saint, Searching for Skeletons, Black Terror, Climax Necromance, and Plus-sized Love. Subscribers also gain access to more than 75 new volumes from ongoing series, including volume 8 of Sengoku Komachi Kurotan and volumes 3 and 4 of The Gene of AI. emaqi Premium costs $6.99 USD or $9.99 CAD per month and is available in the United States and Canada.
The third season of the new Ranma 1/2 anime revealed additional cast members including Masako Nozawa, Jun Fukuyama, and Minami Tanaka, along with a debut date of October 3 on NTV. The season will stream exclusively on Netflix after broadcast. Kōnosuke Uda returns to direct at MAPPA with returning and new staff.
MAPPA released a second trailer for the third season of the new Ranma 1/2 anime, confirming an October premiere on NTV and Netflix. Director Kōnosuke Uda and most staff return, with Riko Kaneda and Haruki Miura joining as chief animation directors and Atsuko Ishida and Yoshihiro Takeda added as main animators.
At the 84th Prize Fair in Tokyo, Bandai Spirits' Banpresto brand displayed upcoming prize figures for release from October to December 2026. The lineup includes figures for Blue Archive, Ultraman Series, Baki, Witch Hat Atelier, Ranma 1/2, Dandadan, Naruto, Gintama, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.