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Shin Oishinbo TV Anime Reveals 6 New Cast Members, Theme Song Artists
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official website for Shin Oishinbo (New Oishinbo), the new television anime series of storywriter Tetsu Kariya and artist Akira Hanasaki's Oishinbo manga, revealed six new cast members and the artists for the anime's theme songs on Friday. Yui Makino will perform the opening theme song "PROMISE ME," and the band Skoop on Somebody will perform the ending theme song "Akashi" (Proof).
The newly announced cast members are:
Tōru Furusawa as Hideo Tanimura, Tōzai Shimbun's deputy editor-in-chief and Culture Department manager
Kōsuke Echigoya as Tomio Tomii, Tōzai Shimbun's Culture Department deputy manager
Nobuo Tobita as Taizō Ōhara, the owner of Tōzai Shimbun
Hiroshi Naka as Kyōichi Koizumi, Tōzai Shimbun's director and editor-in-chief
Kyō Yaoya as Kinue Arakawa, reporter for Tōzai Shimbun's Culture Department
Hiroko Ushida as Noriko Mitani, another reporter for Tōzai Shimbun's Culture Department
The anime will star:
- Yōhei Azakami as Shirō Yamaoka
- Hitomi Sasaki as Yūko Kurita
- Akio Ōtsuka as Yūzan Kaibara
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 two seasons, Plannosaurus Gachi Koseibutsu Bu) is in charge of series scripts, and Nozomi Kawashige (Good Bye, Dragon Life) is designing the characters. Shinei Animation is in charge of production.
The duo originally launched the manga in 1983. Shogakukan published the 111th volume in December 2014. The manga has been on hiatus since 2014.
The manga depicts the "fierce food showdown" between the newspaper Tōzai Shimbun's "Ultimate Menu" and gourmand Yuzan Kaibara's "Supreme Menu."
A previous television anime adaptation from Shinei Animation aired for 136 episodes from 1988 to 1992. The anime also includes two additional specials.
Viz Media has published five volumes of Oishinbo on its VizManga.com digital manga service and Viz Manga App, and has also published the volumes in print.
The manga has also inspired several live-action series and a live-action film.
Sources: Shin Oishinbo anime's website, Comic Natalie
