New Oishinbo Names Yui Makino and Skoop On Somebody as Theme Singers
The TV anime New Oishinbo will air in 2027, with Yui Makino performing the opening theme "PROMISE ME" and Skoop On Somebody performing the ending theme "Akashi". The announcement comes 35 years after the previous Oishinbo TV anime finished airing.
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Why it matters
New Oishinbo arrives with love songs again: the first anime's two opening themes were love songs rather than songs about food or the Yamaoka-Yuzan showdown over the Ultimate Menu.
Key Facts
- New Oishinbo will air in 2027, with Yui Makino performing the opening theme "PROMISE ME".
- Skoop On Somebody performs the ending theme "Akashi" for New Oishinbo.
- The previous Oishinbo TV anime finished airing 35 years ago.
- The first Oishinbo anime used "YOU", sung by Megumi Yuki for episodes 1 to 23, and "Dang Dang Ki ni Naru", sung by Yuma Nakamura for episodes 24 to 136.
- Tetsuji Hayashi composed "Dang Dang Ki ni Naru" and also wrote 1980s city pop songs including Mariya Takeuchi's "SEPTEMBER" and Anri's "Kanashimi ga Tomaranai".
Both openings of that first anime were love songs: "YOU", sung by Megumi Yuki for episodes 1 to 23, and "Dang Dang Ki ni Naru", sung by Yuma Nakamura for episodes 24 to 136.
Tetsuji Hayashi composed "Dang Dang Ki ni Naru", the second opening theme of the first Oishinbo anime, and also wrote 1980s city pop songs including Mariya Takeuchi's "SEPTEMBER" and Anri's "Kanashimi ga Tomaranai". Tsunehiro Izumi composed the first opening, "YOU", sung by Megumi Yuki for episodes 1 to 23, while Yuma Nakamura sang Hayashi's song from episode 24 to episode 136. The manga later moved toward family drama: Shiro Yamaoka and Yuko Kurita gradually grow closer and marry, a child is born, and Yamaoka reconciles with Yuzan Kaibara.
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