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Animax Asia Airs Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens Anime Starting on July 1
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Animax Asia announced on Wednesday that it will air the television anime of Chiaki Kisaki and Hako Ichiiro's Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens light novel series. The anime will premiere on July 1 at 9:30 p.m. GMT +8, and new episodes will air every weekday in the same time slot.
The anime premiered in January 2018.
Kenji Yasuda (Arata The Legend, Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - The Animation) directed the anime at Satelight. Shogo Yasukawa (Terraformars, Alderamin on the Sky) handled series composition, Hidenori Inoue designed the characters, and Kotaro Nakagawa (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Hayate the Combat Butler) composed the music. Yoshikazu Iwanami (Fate/Zero, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) was the sound director. Kishida Kyōdan & The Akeboshi Rockets performed the opening theme song "Stray." TRI4TH, a five-member male jazz band that formed in 2006, performed the ending theme song "Dirty Bullet."
The story of the novels takes place in Fukuoka. At first glance, the city seems like a peaceful one, but under the surface, crime is running rampant. The city's Hakata ward is home to the professionals of the underworld: professional killers, detectives, informants, professional revenge seekers, those skilled in torture, and more. And according to urban legend, even a "killer of professional killers" exists in the city. When stories of the men in the underworld are told, a "professional killer murderer" appears.
The novel series won the first prize for the 20th Dengeki Novel Awards. Kisaki and Ichiiro launched the novel series in 2014. Kadokawa published the eighth novel in December 2017, and published the "Extra Games" volume in March 2018. The novel series also has a collaboration novel with Ryohgo Narita's Durarara!! novel series.
