All of our past news bits are held here. Japanese news is at the top and English news is at the bottom.
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• August 29- Here's an update on the DVD collection "Special Video". It contains convention footage pretaining to Ranma ½.
• August 20- The Ranma ½ DVD collection mentioned below will also contain "Ranma ½ Special Video". So far we have no info on what this contains. Also, Kappei Yamaguchi, the seiyuu that played Ranma-male has been cast to play Inu-Yasha and Satsuki Yukino (Trigun) has been picked to Kagome. Congrats to both of these great actors!
• August 1- A little late news, Kaneto Shiozawa, the seiyuu for Kirin from the first Ranma film passed away on May 10 due to injuries suffered from a fall down a flight of stairs in his home. Some of his other roles included D from Vampire Hunter D and Prince Diamond in Sailor Moon R. Our condolenses go out to his family.
• June 14 2000- The Ranma ½ Television DVD boxset will be released in Japan on Aug. 19. It will contain 40 volumes and is priced at ¥201,600.
•November 5- I managed to contact Teryl Rothery (the former English voice of Kodachi Kuno), and give her our best wishes. I asked her about the chances of her coming back to Ranma ½, and mentioned the fans missing her. She had the following to say..."Thank you for missing me in that cartoon! Kodachi was fun to play, but time just didn't permit me to continue...but who knows? Thank you again for writing in...."If anyone out there would like to get in touch with Ms. Rothery, she has a website www.terylrothery.com. She answers all questions left to her on the messageboard as well, so be sure to express how much we miss her on Ranma ½. And I shouldn't have to tell you, but be polite!
• September 12- The first tape in the 6th season of the Ranma ½ anime has been announced as "Who Do? Voodoo". The title of the season has yet to be revealed.
• July 23- Rumiko Takahashi will attend the San Diego Comic-Con July 20-23. Due to the large number of people, Viz is holding a lottery in order for fans to be able to meet Ms. Takahashi. Winners are allowed to get one item signed and recieve a small drawing (!) from her.