Appare-Ranman!

Appare-Ranman! is an original Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works, and directed by Masakazu Hashimoto. The series aired from April to September 2020. A manga adaptation by Ahndongshik was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine from April 2020 to January 2022.

Plot

Set around the start of the Meiji era in Japan, an eccentric inventor and second son of a respected merchant family, Appare Sorano, decides one day to set off on an adventure. However, the samurai Kosame Isshiki is tasked with keeping Appare's eccentric behavior in check. While trying to drag Appare back to Japan, Kosame accidentally strands them both at sea, until they are saved at the last moment by a passing American steamship. Now stuck in Los Angeles with no money and no easy way to return to Japan, Appare and Kosame decide to enter the "Trans-America Wild Race," where Appare gets the chance to build a custom automobile and Kosame gets the opportunity to earn enough money to return home. The two of them will have to work together while fighting off other rival racers, bandits, and other challenges as they try to win the race.

Characters

;Appare Sorano
;Kosame Isshiki
;Hototo
;Jing Xialian
;Al Lyon
;Sofia Taylor
;Seth Rich Carter
;Dylan G. Oldin
;TJ
;Tristan the Bad
;Chase the Bad
;Richard Riesman / Gil T. Cigar

Production and release

On October 12, 2019, P.A. Works announced that they were producing the 13-episode original anime television series directed and written by Masakazu Hashimoto. Yurie Oohigashi designed the characters based on the original designs by Ahndongshik, with Shiho Takeuchi handling mechanical designs, and Evan Call composing the series' music. Mia Regina performed the series' opening theme song "I got it!" while the ending song was performed by Showtaro Morikubo. It aired from April 10 to September 25, 2020, on AT-X and other networks. On April 17, 2020, it was announced that airings of episode 4 and onward were delayed due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 9, 2020, it was announced that the anime would restart on July 3, 2020, and the fourth episode premiered on July 24, 2020.

Episodes

Manga adaptation

A manga adaptation by Ahndongshik was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine from April 3, 2020, to January 4, 2022. It has been collected in three volumes. At Anime NYC 2022, Yen Press announced that they licensed the manga for English publication.