What You Need to Know:
- Shin-Ei Animation and AlphaBoat have begun a collaborative effort to create and operate an official YouTube channel for the immensely popular anime series Oishinbo (The Gourmet) based on the original manga written by Tetsu Kariya and drawn by Akira Hanasaki. AlphaBoat will be managing the official YouTube channel and the official Twitter, as well as providing copyright management services.
- Oishinbo is a very popular cooking manga by Tetsu Kariya and drawn by Akira Hanasaki. The main characters are the culinary journalist Shirō Yamaoka and his partner (and later wife), Yūko Kurita. The manga was about solving various people's problems through food while aiming to create "the ultimate menu". The series was serialized in "Big Comic Spirits" published by Shogakukan and sold a total of 135 million copies, sparking Japan's gourmet manga boom which we still experience today with other anime and manga like Food Wars, Kakuriyo, Restaurant to Another World, and more.
- The new official Oishinbo YouTube channel will be used to distribute (at no cost) all 121+ episodes (subtitled in English) of the anime series that have been aired since October 17, 1988 on the Nippon Television Network in their original order. In addition to the regular episodes, special videos that will only be available on the official YouTube channel will also be shared!
- To commemorate the launch of the channel, the creator of the series, Tetsu Kariya, has made a commented expressing his hopes for its distribution on YouTube.
- According to the official YouTube channel for Oishinbo, the story is as follows: Yamaoka Shiro and Kurita Yuko, culture desk journalists at Tozai News, take part in inventing the "Ultimate Menu" for the company's anniversary. However, Teito Times, their rival company, starts a "Supreme Menu" project under Kaibara Yuzan, the chief writer of "Gourmet Club." Thus begins "Ultimate" vs "Supreme," "Yuzan" vs "Shiro," a father-on-son cuisine duel! Sounds familiar?
- The Official Oishinbo YouTube Channel Schedule
- First Episode : October 2, 18:30
- First Month: 3 episodes each on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Ensuing months: 2 episodes each on Wednesday, and Friday
- Oishinbo YouTube channel.
- Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/oishinbo_ch
Finally, you can watch "Oishinbo" on YouTube.
With the digital remastering, the scenes are extremely beautiful
Fans, please enjoy it. I'm going to enjoy it as well.Tetsu Kariya
Oishinbo Episode 1
Source: Official Press Release
About Tetsu Kariya (Original Story)
Born in 1941, manga artist and essayist. Graduated from the University of Tokyo's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and in 1974 began serializing Otoko-gumi (drawn by Ryoichi Ikegami) in Shukan Shonen Sunday, and began his career as a dramatist) The book became a huge hit, with a cumulative total of over 135 million copies sold.
About Akira Hanasaki (Art)
Born in 1956, manga artist. She made her debut as a manga artist in 1981 with The Voyage of Shinpei, which was selected for the 11th Shogakukan Newcomer Comic Award. Her other works include Nobo no Shiro (original story by Ryu Wada) and so so.
About Shin-Ei Animation Co., Ltd.
Founded in Tokyo in 1976, Shin-Ei Animation is a Japanese animation studio with deep roots that will be celebrating its 45th anniversary in 2021.
Shin-Ei Animation creates various TV series, movie adaptations, video distributions as well as various anime works. Major works include Doraemon, Crayon Shin-chan, and Atashin’chi.
Shin-Ei Animation is also involved in licensing, such as managing both the international and domestic sales of created works and their distribution in video form.
Shin-Ei Animation focuses its efforts on creating video content that people of all ages can enjoy and derivative projects involving not only works currently being aired but past works as well. Official Website: https://www.shin-ei-animation.jp/
