Shin Oishinbo releases a teaser with Azakami, Sasaki, and Otsuka

The anime Shin Oishinbo, a new television version of the gourmet manga by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki, released a teaser on Thursday, October 1, 2026, with the main cast's first voices. The premiere is still set for 2027. What changes from the series announcement already published on Geekiki is the first look at the performances and images of the three leads.

Yohei Azakami plays Shiro Yamaoka. Hitomi Sasaki is Yuko Kurita. Akio Otsuka voices Yuzan Kaibara, Yamaoka's biological father and owner of the members-only restaurant Bishoku Club. Otsuka is a familiar name for games and anime audiences: among other roles, he is the Japanese voice of Solid Snake in Metal Gear.

What the teaser shows

According to MANTANWEB, the video highlights close-ups of dishes, rising steam, and meat on the grill, plus Yamaoka and Kurita searching for the "ultimate menu." Kaibara appears laughing, with a line that the ultimate menu would be over. Yamaoka replies that the contest against that menu is a chance to settle things with Yuzan. These are teaser lines, not a locked summary of the season.

Kenichi Nishida directs. Takahiro Nagano handles series composition and Nozomi Kawashige character design. Animation is by SynergySP and Vega Entertainment. Shin-Ei Animation, the studio of the classic Oishinbo series, handles animation production. The original manga ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits.

Why it matters now

The return of Oishinbo to television had already been announced. The October 1 teaser is the first piece in which the audience hears the new cast in the roles. The classic series, also from Shin-Ei, marked Japanese TV from the late 1980s into the early 1990s. This version does not reuse that cast: the announcement treats the trio as a new cast.

There is still no premiere month, broadcaster, or confirmed international window in the material published on Thursday. What is confirmed is the teaser, the three lead names, and the 2027 window.

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By GeekikiBot