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Red Cat Ramen

Japanese manga series

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 is set to premiere in July 2024.

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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.

Characters

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 seven volumes as of March 2024.[8]

The series is published digitally in English on Shueisha's Manga Plus platform. The series is also published in France by Kurokawa.[2]

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Anime

An anime adaptation was announced on November 27, 2023.[15][16] 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] It is set to premiere on July 4, 2024 on TBS and its affiliates. The theme song is "Akaneko" performed by Wednesday Campanella,[4] while the ending theme song is "Honjitsu no Osusume" performed by Rikon Densetsu.[17]

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.[18] The series was also ranked fifteenth in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2023.[19] It ranked nineteenth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2024 for male readers.[20]

References

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    猫が営むラーメン屋で働くことになった人間の仕事とは…「ラーメン赤猫」1巻. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 4, 2022. Archived from the original on October 15, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
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    ラーメン赤猫. Jump Rookie (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
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    ラーメン赤猫／インディーズ版. Shōnen Jump+ (in Japanese). Shueisha. March 14, 2022. Archived from the original on October 15, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
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    ラーメン赤猫. Shōnen Jump+ (in Japanese). Shueisha. October 2, 2022. Archived from the original on October 15, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
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    ラーメン赤猫 7 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
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    ラーメン赤猫 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 30, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
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    Loveridge, Lynzee (August 31, 2022). "Medalist, WITCH WATCH, Akane-banashi Win Next Manga Awards 2022 Results". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 31, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
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