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Shin Oishinbo Anime Adds Six Cast Members and Names Theme Song Artists
The Shin Oishinbo anime announced six new cast members on Friday, including Toru Furusawa as Tōzai Shimbun deputy editor-in-chief Hideo Tanimura and Nobuo Tobita as paper owner Taizo Ōhara.
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Why it matters
The cast additions are almost all Tōzai Shimbun staff, which puts the newspaper itself at the center of the new adaptation rather than treating it as a backdrop to the food showdown.
Key Facts
- Shin Oishinbo will debut in 2027.
- Yui Makino performs the opening theme "PROMISE ME" and Skoop on Somebody performs the ending theme "Akashi."
- Toru Furusawa plays Hideo Tanimura and Nobuo Tobita plays Taizo Ōhara among six new cast members.
- Ken'ichi Nishida directs the anime at Synergy SP and Vega Entertainment, with Shinei Animation in charge of production.
- The Oishinbo manga launched in 1983 and has been on hiatus since 2014.
Yui Makino performs the opening theme "PROMISE ME," and Skoop on Somebody performs the ending theme "Akashi." The series, directed by Ken'ichi Nishida at Synergy SP and Vega Entertainment, debuts in 2027.
The six new roles are workplace positions at the Tōzai Shimbun, the paper whose "Ultimate Menu" faces Yuzan Kaibara's "Supreme Menu." Alongside Furusawa and Tobita, the additions are Kosuke Echigoya as culture department deputy manager Tomio Tomii, Hiroshi Naka as director and editor-in-chief Kyoichi Koizumi, Kyo Yaoya as culture department reporter Kinue Arakawa, and Hiroko Ushida as reporter Noriko Mitani.
Ken'ichi Nishida directs at Synergy SP and Vega Entertainment, with Takahiro Nagano on series scripts and Nozomi Kawashige designing characters. Shinei Animation handles production. Yōhei Azakami and Hitomi Sasaki lead the cast as Shirō Yamaoka and Yūko Kurita, with Akio Ōtsuka as Yūzan Kaibara.
- Toru Furusawa as Hideo Tanimura: Tōzai Shimbun deputy editor-in-chief and Culture Department manager
- Kosuke Echigoya as Tomio Tomii: Tōzai Shimbun Culture Department deputy manager
- Nobuo Tobita as Taizo Ōhara: owner of Tōzai Shimbun
- Hiroshi Naka as Kyoichi Koizumi: Tōzai Shimbun director and editor-in-chief
- Kyo Yaoya as Kinue Arakawa: reporter for Tōzai Shimbun's Culture Department
- Hiroko Ushida as Noriko Mitani: reporter for Tōzai Shimbun's Culture Department
- Yui Makino: performs opening theme "PROMISE ME"
- Skoop on Somebody: performs ending theme "Akashi"
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- Anime News Network Shin Oishinbo TV Anime Reveals 6 New Cast Members, Theme Song Artists