The official website for the television anime adaptation of Tetsu Kariya's Oishinbo manga, titled Shin Oishinbo, revealed additional cast and theme songs on Thursday. The anime is scheduled to premiere in 2027.
CastHideo Tanimura: Tohru Furusawa (Toradora!)
Tomio Tomii: Kousuke Echigoya (Akane-banashi)
Taizou Oohara: Nobuo Tobita (World Is Dancing)
Kyouichi Koizumi: Hiroshi Naka (Saigo ni Hitotsu dake Onegai shitemo Yoroshii deshou ka)
Kinue Arakawa: Kyou Yaoya (Tefuda ga Oome no Victoria)
Noriko Mitani: Hiroko Ushida (Liar Game)
Japanese singer Yui Makino (Poputepipikku) will perform the opening theme "PROMISE ME," while Skoop On Somebody (Bleach) will perform the ending theme "Akashi."
Kenichi Nishida (Sayounara Ryuusei, Konnichiwa Jinsei) is directing the anime at SynergySP and Vega Entertainment. Takahiro Nagano (Tensei shitara Ken deshita) is handling the series composition, while Nozomi Kawashige (Deatte 5-byou de Battle) is designing the characters.
Kariya began writing Oishinbo in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine in 1983, featuring art by Akira Hanasaki. Shogakukan published the 111th and latest volume in December 2014. The manga has been on hiatus since May 2014.
VIZ Media licensed the manga in English and published seven themed compilation volumes under its VIZ Signature imprint from January 2009 to January 2010.
Shin-Ei Animation produced a television anime based on the manga that ran for 136 episodes from October 1988 to March 1992.
Source: Comic Natalie
