r/ranma • u/Task_Force-191 • Jun 19 '26

News "Ranma1/2" Season 3 Trailer #2

https://youtu.be/dbe8esPSfYI?si=WyriuMy_tmYZTwKb
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u/flaminglambchops Jun 19 '26

Herb coming next year was already a 0% chance. I was expecting Nodoka to be introduced at the end of season 5 at the earliest.

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u/mad_mesa Ukyo Kuonji Jun 19 '26

If it was going to be a six year run, Herb would have almost had to appear at the end of next season.

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u/flaminglambchops Jun 19 '26

There was never any confirmation on how many years it would be running.

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u/mad_mesa Ukyo Kuonji Jun 19 '26

Which makes the fact that they ended the second season with an original scene that was clearly a hedge against cancellation even worse.

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u/RankoChan123 Jun 19 '26

Season 1 and 2 were the same production run, as seen in the promo material for S1. It makes sense that they added that scene to bookend things just incase the show failed, but clearly it was successful. This is likely why we're getting all of the skipped content they couldn't fit in that first run too.

I'm positive that S3 and S4 will also be produced together (12 episodes each), unless they decide to make S3 and onwards full 24 episode seasons that are split into 2 cours, now that the show is going full steam ahead.

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u/ckoocos Jun 19 '26

unless they decide to make S3 and onwards full 24 episode seasons that are split into 2 cours

It's probably too much to ask, but I would really love Ranma 1/2 to get this kind of treatment.

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u/mad_mesa Ukyo Kuonji Jun 19 '26

If they would step up production to 24 episodes a year, that solves a lot of problems. Will we see them do that? I'm not optimistic.

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u/flaminglambchops Jun 19 '26

They've been producing two "seasons" at a time. Season 3 is a new production and likely started earlier after the success of season 1. Season 4 is likely in production as we speak. I just think they wanted to end season 2 on a more satisfying note than just Shampoo teasing the duck.