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Happy Cooking Graffiti Anime's 1st Promo Previews Characters

The official website for the television anime adaptation of Makoto Kawai's four-panel manga Happy Cooking Graffiti (Kōfuku Graffiti) began streaming the first promotional video for the series on Friday. The slogan in the video reads, "I want to be full with you."

The series will star Rina Satō (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal, A Certain Scientific Railgun S) as Ryō Machiko, Asuka Ōgame (Vividred Operation, Kokoro Connect) as Kirin Morino, and Mikako Komatsu (Nisekoi, K) as Shiina.

The story follows Ryō, a middle school girl who lives by herself. She has a knack for cooking, and she makes friendships with everyone through her food. The cooking manga is "full of detailed cuisine art to whet the appetite and slightly erotic meal scenes." The "kōfuku" in the title is a wordplay on two Japanese homonyms — one which means "happiness," and another that means "appetite."

Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Monogatari series director Akiyuki Shinbo will helm Happy Cooking Graffiti as chief director at Shaft. Mari Okada (Selector Infected Wixoss, AKB0048) will be in charge of series composition and Kazuya Shiotsuki (Nisekoi chief animation director, Madoka Magica animation director) will design the characters.

The series will premiere this winter.

Thanks to Kagayaki for the embedded video.