Red Cat Ramen
Red Cat Ramen | |
![]() First tankōbon volume cover | |
ラーメン赤猫 (Ramen Aka Neko) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Angyaman |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Jump Comics+ |
Magazine | Shōnen Jump+ |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | March 14, 2022 – present |
Volumes | 8 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hisatoshi Shimizu |
Written by | Toru Kubo |
Music by | Hirotaka Matsuoka |
Studio | E&H Production |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | JNN (TBS) |
Original run | July 4, 2024 – present |
Episodes | 3 |
Red Cat Ramen (ラーメン赤猫, Ramen Aka Neko) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Angyaman. It began serialization as an independent comic published on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website in March 2022. It later became a full-fledged series in October 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by E&H Production premiered in July 2024.
Plot
[edit]Red Cat Ramen centers around the titular establishment, a ramen shop established and run by talking cats. Focusing on Tamako Yashiro, a human woman who is working as a part-timer behind the scenes, the series focuses on the day-to-day antics of her and her fellow feline employees: Bunzo, the head chef; Sasaki, the owner and finance/business expert; Sabu, the sous-chef; Hana, the customer service manager; and Krishna, a tiger in charge of making the base ramen noodles in-house. The restaurant decides to hire Tamako Yashiro, the sole human employee after she left her previous job.
Characters
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/RCR_cast_anime.jpg)
- Bunzo (文蔵)
- Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda[3]
- Sasaki (佐々木)
- Voiced by: Noriaki Sugiyama[4]
- Sabu (サブ)
- Voiced by: Michiyo Murase[4]
- Hana (ハナ)
- Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya[4]
- Krishna (クリシュナ, Kurishuna)
- Voiced by: Saori Hayami[4]
- Tamako Yashiro (社珠子, Yashiro Tamako)
- Voiced by: Kurumi Orihara[4]
Media
[edit]Manga
[edit]Written and illustrated by Angyaman, Red Cat Ramen was originally published on Shueisha's Jump Rookie website from November 26, 2021, to February 20, 2022.[5] It later began serialization as an independent comic published on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website on March 14, 2022.[6] It later got promoted to a regular serialization on October 2, 2022.[7] Its chapters have been collected in eight volumes as of July 2024.[8]
The series is published digitally in English on Shueisha's Manga Plus platform.[9] The series is also published in France by Kurokawa.[2]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | October 4, 2022[10] | 978-4-08-883279-1 | ||
2 | December 4, 2022[11] | 978-4-08-883398-9 | ||
3 | February 3, 2023[12] | 978-4-08-883402-3 | ||
4 | June 2, 2023[13] | 978-4-08-883619-5 | ||
5 | September 4, 2023[14] | 978-4-08-883713-0 | ||
6 | December 4, 2023[15] | 978-4-08-883811-3 | ||
7 | March 4, 2024[16] | 978-4-08-883859-5 | ||
8 | July 4, 2024[8] | 978-4-08-884056-7 |
Anime
[edit]An anime adaptation was announced in November 2023.[17][18] It was later confirmed at Jump Festa 2024 to be a television series produced by Good Smile Company & E&H Production and directed by Hisatoshi Shimizu, with Toru Kubo overseeing series scripts, Michinori Chiba designing the characters, and Hirotaka Matsuoka composing the music.[3] The series premiered on July 4, 2024, on TBS and its affiliates.[19] The opening theme song is "Akaneko" (赤猫, lit. 'Red Cat') performed by Wednesday Campanella,[4] while the ending theme song is "Honjitsu no Osusume" (本日のおすすめ, lit. 'Today's Recommendation') performed by Rikon Densetsu.[20] Crunchyroll licensed the series.[21][22] Medialink licensed the series for streaming in Southeast Asia and Oceania (except Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam) on its Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.[23]
Episodes
[edit]No. | Title [24][25] | Directed by [a] | Storyboarded by [a] | Animation directed by [a] | Original air date [26] |
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1 | "A Closed-Door Hire" Transliteration: "Kōkai Motome ka" (Japanese: ⾮公開求⼈) | Hisatoshi Shimizu | Hisatoshi Shimizu | Michinori Chiba & Masataka Akai | July 4, 2024 |
"The Athletic Black Cat" Transliteration: "Kuroneko Asurechikku" (Japanese: 黒猫アスレチック) | Yumiko Hara, Miyako Nishida & Jōji Yanase | ||||
2 | "Hana-chan's Professionalism" Transliteration: "Hana-chan no Puro Ishiki" (Japanese: ハナちゃんのプロ意識) | Kouki Aoshima | Kouki Aoshima | Shiori Hosaka & Min Hui | July 11, 2024 |
"The Tiger in the Noodle Room" Transliteration: "Sei Menshitsu no Tora" (Japanese: 製麺室の虎) | Hisatoshi Shimizu | Azuma Tozawa | |||
3 | "Nothing Wrong With That" Transliteration: "Ijan" (Japanese: いいじゃん) | Chie Nishizawa | Chie Nishizawa | Chie Nishizawa | July 18, 2024 |
"Service First" Transliteration: "Sekkyaku Ichiban" (Japanese: 接客⼀番) | Masataka Akai | Hisatoshi Shimizu | Masataka Akai | ||
"The Masked Handyman" Transliteration: "Masukudo Enjinia" (Japanese: マスクドエンジニア) | Takayuki Sano | Hisatoshi Shimizu | Takayuki Sano | ||
4 | "The Gentle Tiger" Transliteration: "Funwari Taigā" (Japanese: ふんわりタイガー) | TBA | TBA | TBA | July 26, 2024[b] |
"Tiger Paw Noodles" Transliteration: "Taiga Damen" (Japanese: ⻁打麺) | |||||
"The Late Night Cat" Transliteration: "Yoru Fukashi Neko" (Japanese: 夜更かし猫) | |||||
"A Story From A Little While Back" Transliteration: "Chotto Mae no Ohanashi" (Japanese: ちょっと前のお話) | |||||
Game
[edit]On July 1, 2024, a licensed game, Ramen Akaneko ~ A Lovely Ramen Shop (ラーメン赤猫 ~ニャンて素敵なラーメン店~, Rāmen Aka Neko ~ Nyante Sutekina Rāmen-ten), was announced for Android and iOS phones.[28] The game will have animated cutscenes for the game and new lines recorded by the cast.[28]
Radio show
[edit]On June 7, 2024, a web radio show, Ramen Akaneko: A Lovely In-Store Announcement (ラーメン赤猫 ニャンて素敵な店内放送, Rāmen Aka Neko Nyante Sutekina Ten'nai Hōsō), began streaming online through Good Smile Company's YouTube channel.[29] Kurumi Orihara, who plays Tamako Yashiro in the anime, serves as the host.[29]
Reception
[edit]The series was nominated for the eighth Next Manga Awards in 2022 for the web manga category and was ranked fifth out of 50 nominees.[30] The series was also ranked fifteenth in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2023.[31] It ranked nineteenth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2024 for male readers.[32]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official independent manga website (in Japanese)
- Official manga website (in Japanese)
- Official website at Manga Plus
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- Red Cat Ramen (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Manga series
- 2022 manga
- 2024 anime television series debuts
- Animated television series about cats
- Anime series based on manga
- Comedy anime and manga
- Comics about cats
- Cooking in anime and manga
- Crunchyroll anime
- Japanese webcomics
- Medialink
- Shōnen manga
- Shueisha manga
- Slice of life anime and manga
- TBS Television (Japan) original programming
- Television series set in restaurants
- Webcomics in print