Okamoto Kitchen, a real food truck business based in Los Angeles, has released the trailer for its upcoming crowdfunded comedic food truck anime series. me.
Okamoto Kitchen’s trailer gives fans a glimpse into the cutthroat world of the food truck industry. The OVA series focuses on the famous Okamoto Kitchen food truck crew, including Haru Umesaki, Chef Chizuru, Mickey, and Honey, who must find a way to succeed in their brutal city food truck business. LA.
A synopsis from Okamoto Kitchen’s Kickstarter page reads: “Okamoto Kitchen is the story of the relaxing and friendly life of a food truck owner…yeah, just kidding. The food truck industry is a brutal world! Savage races for parking spots, epic food wars and lots of arcade games! Okamoto Kitchen’s innocent food truck crew of Haru, Chizuru, Mickey and Honey try their best to find their way around the unforgiving landscape of the Los Angeles food truck scene. Our heroes will have to overcome growing pains not only to find a way to thrive in the food truck business, but also to discover who really has their best interests at heart. Surname. Culinary arts can sometimes be difficult to absorb.”
Okamoto Kitchen released its first anime trailer
Okamoto Kitchen will be 10 episodes long, each episode lasting from 3 to 5 minutes. The project’s Kickstarter page further notes that it will not have the same level of animation as a professional anime series and will instead limit movement to specific elements, such as dialogue, facial expressions, and basic joints of limbs. The film was directed by Gerald Abraham, a visual effects artist and co-owner of the real-life Okamoto Kitchen. Veteran voice actress Cristina Vee will serve as voice director, along with voicing the show’s main character, Haru. Co-stars Allegra Clark, Patrick Seymour and Kimlinh Tran will join her as Chizuru, Mickey and Honey, respectively.
Artist Takuya Saito, who previously worked on the main animation for popular games such as My Hero Academia, Vinland Saga and Kill la Kill, also took on the role of character designer for Okamoto Kitchen. When asked how a veteran animator of major Japanese studios came to be involved in this manga-dubbed series, Saito explained how a mutual friend introduced him to Abraham. how. “I mainly work on TV anime and this is my first project specifically focusing on character design,” the artist said. “I contacted Gerald via email and Skype and we finalized the look and design of Haru.”
Okamoto Kitchen will launch on November 23 and will be streamed for free on YouTube.
Source: YouTube