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- MAPPA's faithful remake of Rumiko Takahashi's martial-arts comedy classic continues with Season 3, following Ranma Saotome, who turns into a girl whenever he's splashed with cold water, through more chaos at the Tendo dojo.
- Ranma ½ Season 3's episode schedule runs weekly every Saturday on Netflix, with all 12 episodes streaming worldwide in both Japanese audio with subtitles and an English dub the moment each one premieres — no separate cable or disc release.
- Streaming options in the United States, updated Nov 9, 2026.
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- Anime
- Comedy
- Martial Arts
MAPPA's faithful remake of Rumiko Takahashi's martial-arts comedy classic continues with Season 3, following Ranma Saotome, who turns into a girl whenever he's splashed with cold water, through more chaos at the Tendo dojo.
- Creators
- Rumiko Takahashi (original manga) · Kōnosuke Uda (director)
- Stars
- Kappei Yamaguchi · Megumi Hayashibara · Noriko Hidaka
Images: Netflix
Streaming Ranma ½: Netflix
Ranma ½ Season 3’s episode schedule runs weekly every Saturday on Netflix, with all 12 episodes streaming worldwide in both Japanese audio with subtitles and an English dub the moment each one premieres — no separate cable or disc release.
Streaming options in the United States, updated Nov 9, 2026. More from finalweapon.net.
- Episodes aired
- 6 of 12
- Episodes
- 12
- Premiere
- Oct 3, 2026
- Finale
- Dec 19, 2026
- Studio
- MAPPA
Ranma ½ episodes 12
Ranma ½ Season 3 has 12 episodes, releasing weekly on Netflix every Saturday from the October 3, 2026 premiere through the December 19, 2026 finale, with no confirmed breaks.
Season 3 · 12 episodes · 6 aired · Oct 3, 2026 to Dec 19, 2026
S3.E1 ·
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After intense training with Cologne, Ranma's speed becomes almost impossible to read, and a humiliated Ryoga takes Cologne up on a dangerous new technique to catch up.
S3.E2 ·
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Armed with his new Breaking Point technique, Ryoga challenges Ranma to a high-stakes rematch, with Akane's affection on the line.
S3.E3 ·
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Happosai steals a golden bangle loaded with love-potion gems from Shampoo's village, and half the cast risks swallowing one by accident.
S3.E4 ·
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A chance encounter pulls Ranma into a bizarre martial-arts tea ceremony contest after a stranger named Sentaro turns up facing an arranged marriage to a trained monkey.
S3.E5 ·
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Akane pushes Ranma to finally eat her homemade cookies, and Kodachi Kuno turns the moment into blackmail material.
S3.E6 ·
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The fallout from Kodachi's doctored photo escalates, forcing Ranma to talk his way out of trouble before Akane's temper gets the better of everyone.
S3.E7 · · Up next
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S3.E8 ·
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S3.E11 ·
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S3.E12 ·
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Netflix has not published individual episode titles for Season 3 yet, so every episode is listed TBA here rather than guessed; all 12 dates are confirmed and cross-checked across two independent release calendars plus Anime News Network’s own weekly review schedule.
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Our Take: A Faithful Remake Betting on Nostalgia and Pace
Twelve episodes in twelve straight weeks is a brisk clip for a show this episodic — Ranma ½ has always worked in short, self-contained gags and rival introductions rather than serialized arcs, and MAPPA’s version leans into that rhythm instead of fighting it. The real hook for longtime fans isn’t the animation budget, it’s hearing Kappei Yamaguchi and Megumi Hayashibara drop back into Ranma’s two forms more than three decades after they originated the roles.
Netflix dropping all 12 episodes one at a time, every single Saturday, with no confirmed break, is also a bet that a gag-a-week structure can hold a weekly audience the way a serialized mystery or thriller does. It is the kind of pacing that rewards checking in on a schedule rather than discovering a surprise binge drop.
Netflix and MAPPA still haven’t published individual episode titles for this run, which is unusual for a show with this much archival goodwill — worth watching whether that changes once the back half of the season, and likely a bigger rival-tournament arc, gets underway in December.
Ranma ½ cast 7
- Kappei YamaguchiRanma Saotome (male form)Main
- Megumi HayashibaraRanma Saotome (female form)Main
- Noriko HidakaAkane TendoMain
- Minami TakayamaNabiki TendoMain
- Kikuko InoueKasumi TendoMain
- Koichi YamaderaRyoga HibikiMain
- Rei SakumaShampooMain
- Director
- Kōnosuke Uda
- Based on
- Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½ manga
- Studio
- MAPPA
- Network
- Netflix
Ranma ½ trivia 2
- Trivia
Netflix's official announcement billed the Japanese cast as "returning after 32 years" — most of the main voice actors, including Kappei Yamaguchi and Megumi Hayashibara as Ranma's two forms, reprise the roles they first played on the original 1989-1992 Studio Deen anime. Source
- Trivia
Season 3 is MAPPA's version of the long-running manga, which Rumiko Takahashi serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1987 to 1996 — the same manga the original 1989 TV series and several theatrical films also adapted. Source
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Frequently Asked Questions
When does Ranma 1/2 Season 3 come out?
Season 3 premiered October 3, 2026 on Netflix, with new episodes every Saturday through the December 19, 2026 finale.
How many episodes does Ranma 1/2 Season 3 have?
12 episodes, releasing weekly with no confirmed breaks from October 3, 2026 through December 19, 2026.
Where can I watch Ranma 1/2 Season 3?
Netflix exclusively, worldwide, with both the original Japanese audio and an English dub available at release.
Is the original Japanese voice cast back for Season 3?
Yes. Most of the main cast — including Kappei Yamaguchi and Megumi Hayashibara, who together voice Ranma’s two forms — returned for the full MAPPA remake, Netflix says for the first time in 32 years.
Who directs Ranma 1/2 Season 3?
Kōnosuke Uda directs the MAPPA adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi’s manga.
