Red Cat Ramen
First tankōbon volume cover
ラーメン赤猫
(Ramen Aka Neko)
Genre
Manga
Written byAngyaman
Published byShueisha
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runMarch 14, 2022 – present
Volumes6
Anime television series
Directed byHisatoshi Shimizu
Written byToru Kubo
StudioE&H Production
Original networkJNN (TBS)
Original run July 2024 – scheduled

Red Cat Ramen (ラーメン赤猫, Ramen Aka Neko) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Angyaman. It began serialization as an independent comic published on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga website in March 2022. It later became a full-fledged series in October 2022. An anime television series adaptation by E&H Production is set to premiere in July 2024.

Plot

Red Cat Ramen centers around the titular establishment, a ramen shop established and run by talking cats. Focusing on Tamako Yashiro, a human woman who is working as a part-timer behind the scenes, the series focuses on the day-to-day antics of her and her fellow feline employees: Bunzo, the general manager of the shop; Sasaki, the finance and business expert; Sabu, the head chef; Hana, the customer service manager; and Krishna, a tiger who makes ramen noodles.

Characters

Bunzo (文蔵)
Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda[3]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Angyaman, Red Cat Ramen was originally published on Shueisha's Jump Rookie website from November 26, 2021 to February 20, 2022.[4] It later began serialization as an independent comic published on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga website on March 14, 2022.[5] It later got promoted to a regular serialization on October 2, 2022.[6] Its chapters have been collected into six volumes as of December 2023.[7]

The series is published digitally in English on Shueisha's Manga Plus app. The series is also published in France by Kurokawa.[2]

No. Release date ISBN
1 October 4, 2022[8]978-4-08-883279-1
2 December 4, 2022[9]978-4-08-883398-9
3 February 3, 2023[10]978-4-08-883402-3
4 June 2, 2023[11]978-4-08-883619-5
5 September 4, 2023[12]978-4-08-883713-0
6 December 4, 2023[7]978-4-08-883811-3

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced on November 27, 2023.[13][14] It was later confirmed at Jump Festa 2024 to be a television series produced by Good Smile Company and E&H Production and directed by Hisatoshi Shimizu, with Toru Kubo overseeing series scripts, and Michinori Chiba designing the characters. It is set to premiere in July 2024 on TBS and its affiliates.[3]

Reception

The series was nominated for the eighth Next Manga Awards in 2022 for the web manga category and was ranked fifth out of 50 nominees.[15] The series was also ranked fifteenth in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2023.[16] It ranked nineteenth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2024 for male readers.[17]

References

  1. ↑ 猫が営むラーメン屋で働くことになった人間の仕事とは…「ラーメン赤猫」1巻. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 4, 2022. Archived from the original on October 15, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kurokawa publiera le manga Ramen Akaneko". manga-news.com (in French). October 27, 2023. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 16, 2023). "Red Cat Ramen Anime Reveals Main Cast, Staff, July 2024 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  4. ↑ ラーメン赤猫. Jump Rookie (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ ラーメン赤猫／インディーズ版. Shōnen Jump+ (in Japanese). Shueisha. March 14, 2022. Archived from the original on October 15, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  6. ↑ ラーメン赤猫. Shōnen Jump+ (in Japanese). Shueisha. October 2, 2022. Archived from the original on October 15, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  7. 1 2 ラーメン赤猫 6 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  8. ↑ ラーメン赤猫 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 30, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  9. ↑ ラーメン赤猫 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  10. ↑ ラーメン赤猫 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  11. ↑ ラーメン赤猫 4 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  12. ↑ ラーメン赤猫 5 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  13. ↑ アンギャマン「ラーメン赤猫」アニメ化決定！猫が営むラーメン屋が舞台のお仕事物語. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 27, 2023. Archived from the original on November 26, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  14. ↑ Loo, Egan (November 26, 2023). "Red Cat Ramen Manga Gets Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 26, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  15. ↑ Loveridge, Lynzee (August 31, 2022). "Medalist, WITCH WATCH, Akane-banashi Win Next Manga Awards 2022 Results". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 31, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  16. ↑ Harding, Daryl (February 2, 2023). "RuriDragon is Japanese Bookstores No. 1 Manga Recommendation of 2023". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  17. ↑ Pineda, Rafael; Cayanan, Joanna (December 13, 2023). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Editors Unveil 2024 Rankings (Updated)". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
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