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Cast Images for Live-Action Ranma ½ Fri, 21 Oct 2011

With NTV’s live-action adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's classic manga Ranma  ½  set to air on the 9th of December news has been slowly released regarding who has been cast as which character. Now Natalie Comic has collected images of the main characters including the eponymous Ranma, the gender switching martial artist.

Kento Kaku who starred in the recent live-action Paradise Kiss is confirmed as the male Ranma Saotome:

ranma-otoko

While Natsuna Watanabe who played Kei Kishimoto in the live-action Gantz will be the female version of Ranma Saotome:

ranma-onna

For more images just head over to Natalie Comic’s site.

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