The official website for Shin Oishinbo — the new television anime adaptation of the manga by storywriter Tetsu Kariya and artist Akira Hanasaki — announced two additional cast members on Thursday.

Cast

• Yōhei Azakami as Shirō Yamaoka
• Hitomi Sasaki as Yūko Kurita
• Akio Ōtsuka as Yūzan Kaibara
• Tōru Furusawa as Hideo Tanimura
• Kōsuke Echigoya as Tomio Tomii
• Nobuo Tobita as Taizō
• Hiroshi Naka as Kyōichi Koizumi
• Kyō Yaoya as Kinue Arakawa
• Hiroko Ushida as Noriko Mitani

Staff

Ken’ichi Nishida (Good Bye, Dragon Life; Papuwa; Poka Poka Mori no Rascal) is directing the anime at Synergy SP and Vega Entertainment. Takahiro Nagano (Reincarnated as a Sword seasons 1 & 2; Plannosaurus Gachi Koseibutsu Bu) is handling series scripts, while Nozomi Kawashige (Good Bye, Dragon Life) is responsible for character design. Shinei Animation is overseeing production.

Theme Songs

Yui Makino will perform the opening theme “PROMISE ME,” and the band Skoop on Somebody will perform the ending theme “Akashi” (Proof).

About the Manga

Kariya and Hanasaki originally launched Oishinbo in 1983. Shogakukan published the 111th compiled volume in December 2014, after which the manga went on an indefinite hiatus. The story centers on a “fierce food showdown” between the Tōzai Shimbun newspaper’s “Ultimate Menu” project and gourmand Yūzan Kaibara’s rival “Supreme Menu.”

Shinei Animation previously produced a television anime adaptation that aired from 1988 to 1992 for 136 episodes, plus two additional specials. The franchise has also inspired multiple live-action television series and a live-action film. Viz Media has released five volumes of Oishinbo digitally via VizManga.com and the Viz Manga App, as well as in print.