From Walkure to the ramen row, Ms. Suzuki is bringing her songs to countless worlds.
On September 30, voice actress Minori Suzuki took to Twitter to announce that she’s performing the opening theme for the upcoming Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles (Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san) anime. The song will be Suzuki’s solo debut single.
そして私、鈴木みのり…！
ソロデビューさせていただくことになりました✨
来年１月放送開始の『ラーメン大好き小泉さん』のOPテーマを担当させていただきます。
声優としても、歌手としても、一歩一歩成長できるよう頑張ります。
こちらも詳しくはブログに書かせてください。(みのり)— 鈴木 みのり (@minoringo_staff) September 30, 2017
Rough Translation: And I, Minori Suzuki…! Am going to make my solo debut! I will be in charge of the OP theme song for “Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles”, which airs next January. As a voice actor and a singer, I will do my best as I try to grow, step by step. Please follow my blog for details. (Minori)
Kenji Seto (The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water, Saki Biyori) is directing the title at Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ, with Takuya Tani (Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn) providing character designs. Tatsuya Takahashi (Eromanga Sensei, The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls) is in charge of series composition for the title.
Other confirmed staff members include:
- Scenario: Tatsuya Takahashi
- Scenario: Tatsuhiko Urahata
- Scenario: Akiko Sekine
- Chief Animation Director: Takuya Tani
- Chief Animation Director: Masaaki Sakurai
- Art Director: Risa Wakabayashi (Atelier PLATZ)
- Color Design: Aiko Matsuyama
- Director of Photography: Yasuhiro Asaki
- Editing: Akinori Mishima
- Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
- Sound Production: Groove
- Music: Takashi Tanaka
- Music: Shinichi Hosono
- Sound Producer: Masao Fukuda
- Music Production: Flying Dog
- Casting Producer: Makoto Tanimura
- Video Editing: Imagica
The series will star the following:
- Ms. Koizumi: Ayana Taketatsu
- Yū Ōsawa: Ayane Sakura
- Misa Nakamura: Akari Kitō
- Jun Takahashi: Yumi Hara
The Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san manga kicked off in the pages of Manga Life Storia in September 2013. To date, five collected volumes have been produced, with the most recent hitting stores today.
The manga received a live-action TV drama series, which ran for a four episodes in 2015. Tsukuru Matsuki directed the show at Kyoto Television. Fuji TV aired the show, as well as a New Year’s special that debuted on January 4, 2016, and a New Year’s Eve special that aired on December 30, 2016.
Visuals for each character were unveiled on September 28. You can check them out below:
