Red Cat Ramen

Japanese manga series
Manga
Written byAngyaman
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics+
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runMarch 14, 2022 – present
Volumes8
Anime television series
Directed byHisatoshi Shimizu
Written byToru Kubo
Music byHirotaka Matsuoka
StudioE&H Production
Licensed byCrunchyroll
  • SEA: Medialink
Original networkJNN (TBS)
Original run July 4, 2024 – present
Episodes3

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

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

The cast of Red Cat Ramen. From the rear: Krishna, Hana and Tamako. From the front: Sabu, Bunzo and Sasaki.
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

Manga

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]

Red Cat Ramen collections
No. Release date ISBN
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

An anime adaptation was announced on November 27, 2023.[17][18] It was later confirmed at Jump Festa 2024 to be a television series produced by Good Smile Company and 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, Red Cat), performed by Wednesday Campanella,[4] while the ending theme song is "Honjitsu no Osusume" (本日のおすすめ, 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

No.Title [24][25]Directed by [a]Storyboarded by [a]Animation directed by [a]Original air date [26]
1"A Closed-Door Hire"
Transliteration: "Kōkai Motome ka" (Japanese: ⾮公開求⼈)		Hisatoshi ShimizuHisatoshi ShimizuMichinori Chiba &
Masataka Akai		July 4, 2024 (2024-07-04)
"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 AoshimaKouki AoshimaShiori Hosaka & Min HuiJuly 11, 2024 (2024-07-11)
"The Tiger in the Noodle Room"
Transliteration: "Sei Menshitsu no Tora" (Japanese: 製麺室の虎)		Hisatoshi ShimizuAzuma Tozawa
3"Nothing Wrong With That"
Transliteration: "Ijan" (Japanese: いいじゃん)		Chie NishizawaChie NishizawaChie NishizawaJuly 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)
"Service First"
Transliteration: "Sekkyaku Ichiban" (Japanese: 接客⼀番)		Masataka AkaiHisatoshi ShimizuMasataka Akai
"The Masked Handyman"
Transliteration: "Masukudo Enjinia" (Japanese: マスクドエンジニア)		Takayuki SanoHisatoshi ShimizuTakayuki Sano
4"The Gentle Tiger"
Transliteration: "Funwari Taigā" (Japanese: ふんわりタイガー)		TBATBATBAJuly 26, 2024 (2024-07-26)[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

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

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

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

  1. ^ a b c Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
  2. ^ This episode aired at 12:06 a.m. JST, 10 minutes after the original air time on Japan News Network.[27]

References

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