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Jujutsu Kaisen's popular studio MAPPA rebooted manga legend Rumiko Takahashi's iconic Ranma 1/2 series with an October 5 premiere on Netflix..
With most of the voice cast of the original action-fiction TV show returning for the third anime adaptation 28 years after the previous iteration, the series jumped back into the awkward hilarity of gender-swapping curses and whatnot from the get-go.A)..
The Ranma pilot episode, Heres Ranma, establishes the foundation of the series and Ranma and his fathers side-splitting curse, which means that when splashed with water, Ranma transforms into a girl, and his father, Genma, becomes a panda..
Netflix describes the slapstick martial arts rom-com anime: Akane Tendo meets her new fianc, Ranma Saotome, a martial arts prodigy with a twist: he magically transforms into a girl upon touching cold water...
The official synopsis of Ranma Episode 2 hints at an upcoming dysfunctional love-at-first-sight twist in the story as the titular character enrols in Furinkan High School..
