BS-TBS revealed more cast for the live-action series adaptation of Ai Tanaka’s Tengu no Daidokoro (Tengu’s Kitchen) manga on Wednesday.
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The new cast includes: (Top row, left to right in image above)
Yōko Asaji as Shikiko, Motoi and On’s grandmother, Taizō Harada as Eris, Motoi and On’s father living in New York Makiko Watanabe as Ichino, Motoi and On’s mother, Hirotaro Honda as Rentarō, Motoi and their grandfather On, who is also the leader of all the tengu descendants (Bottom row, from left to right in the image above) Kirari Murayama as Tamao, a girl who has a crush on Motoi Haruto Shiratori as Motoi as 14-year-old Yūta Ichimura in Yui as 14-year-old Akihiro Kakuta voices Mugi, Izuna’s family dog 
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The cast includes Kiita Komagine (center in the image above) as Motoi Izuna, Akihisa Shiono (left) as Yui Atago and Keitatsu Koshiyama (right) as On Izuna.
The series will premiere on BS-TBS and BS-TBS 4K on October 5. The series will have 10 episodes.
Kakeru Nagashima, Hikota Shimoda, Hirokawa Hayashida and Hayato Kawai will direct the film with a script by Yukiko Sode, Yoshitatsu Yamada, Chihiro Amano, Hiromu Kumamoto and Miharu Nara. VaVa (SUMMIT, Inc.) is composing music.
The comic revolves around two brothers On and Motoi. Both are descendants of tengu, flying goblin-like creatures of Japanese folklore, and On learned about his heritage only recently when he was 14 years old. Together, On lives with his brother, separate from normal society, with the story closely following their everyday lives.
Tanaka launched the manga in Kodansha’s Afternoon magazine in September 2021. Kodansha published the manga’s second compilation volume on February 21.
Tanaka’s Apple Children of Aeon (Sennen Mannen Ringo no Ko) manga ran in Kodansha’s ITAN magazine from 2011 to 2014. Kodansha USA is publishing the manga in English.
Tanaka’s King in Limbo manga ran in ITAN magazine from 2016 to June 2018, when the magazine ceased publication. The manga moved to Kodansha’s Comic Days app in August 2018 and ended in August 2019. Publisher Kodansha USA is releasing the manga in English.
Source: Natalie Comics
