{"rewrite":{"id":"r_1293eb7954edf0d9e57ca541","clusterId":"c_d41d1f9a4fcd51f39fd7c38d","slug":"mazenchu-food-characters-get-tv-anime-on-october-7","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Mazenchu Food Characters Get TV Anime on October 7","summary":"Torch announced on Wednesday that its Mazenchu character brand will receive a TV anime airing as the first original anime within Kansai TV's morning news and lifestyle program Yoidon!, starting October 7. Mazenchu is set in a school where all kinds of food live out their youth and form friendships, rivalries, and bittersweet romances. Obara Rea plays Sume, a sushi rice girl, Sakura Hayashi plays Abo, an avocado girl, Uki Nashiki plays Akami, a tuna boy, and Kokoro Kikuchi plays Shinko, a pickled vegetable boy. Ebi created the Mazenchu characters.","whyItMatters":"The series puts a character brand built for graphic design into a morning news and lifestyle slot rather than a dedicated late-night anime block, which is where TV anime based on mascot properties usually land.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe show is directed by Yuusuke Takase at Studio Nanahoshi, whose credits include CG work on Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King and Halo Legends, and Detroit Metal City. Liberty Animation Studio handled the opening animation, Studio dugout produced the sound, and Aiin produced the music. Bonjin is the offline editor, Sayo Kawase is the executive producer, and Torch is planning and producing the project.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mazenchu lands inside Yoidon!, Kansai TV's morning news and lifestyle program, which makes it a food-character anime built for a slot where viewers are already awake and eating breakfast.","twitterPost":"Mazenchu airs inside Yoidon!, Kansai TV's morning news and lifestyle block, so the food characters are slotted for breakfast viewers, not late-night anime fans.","threadsPost":"Mazenchu is Kansai TV's first original anime inside Yoidon!, its morning news and lifestyle program. That places the food characters in a breakfast slot rather than the late-night anime block, and Torch and Ebi are building for the audience that is already watching.","newsletterBlurb":"Torch's Mazenchu food characters are getting a TV anime that begins airing October 7 as the first original anime within Kansai TV's morning news and lifestyle program Yoidon!. The cast includes Obara Rea as Sume, Sakura Hayashi as Abo, Uki Nashiki as Akami, and Kokoro Kikuchi as Shinko. Yuusuke Takase directs at Studio Nanahoshi, with Torch planning and producing.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-16/mazenchu-food-characters-get-tv-anime-on-october-7/.241833\",\"title\":\"Mazenchu Food Characters Get TV Anime on October 7\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4180,"outputTokens":643,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789544669,"createdAt":"2026-09-16T07:38:38.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-16T07:43:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T07:43:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_d41d1f9a4fcd51f39fd7c38d","canonicalTitle":"News\nMazenchu Food Characters Get TV Anime on October 7","representativeArticleId":"a_34998dc0f6d0aa713145c4fe","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Mazenchu\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Torch\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-16T06:04:38.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-16T06:04:38.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T07:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-16/mazenchu-food-characters-get-tv-anime-on-october-7/.241833","title":"News\nMazenchu Food Characters Get TV Anime on October 7"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Mazenchu"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Torch"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}