Kakuriyo Yadomeshi Anime's Full Promo Video Previews Nao Tōyama's Opening Theme

Tōyama also stars in series premiering in April
The official website for the television anime of writer Midori Yūma and illustrator Laruha's Kakuriyo Yadomeshi (Afterlife Inn Cooking) light novel began streaming the show's full first promotional video on Thursday. The video previews Nao Tōyama's opening theme song "Tō no Manimani."




The anime will premiere in April on Tokyo MX, BS Fuji, and other networks.

The show stars:

Nao Tōyama as Aoi Tsubaki


Katsuyuki Konishi as Ōdanna


Shun'ichi Toki as Ginji


Ai Kakuma as Oryō


Yūma Uchida as Akatsuki


Atsushi Tamaru as Byakuya


Additionally, Manaka Iwami will play the kappa (water spirit) character Chibi.


Yoshiko Okuda (animation director for The Perfect Insider, Casshern Sins) is directing the anime at GONZO. Tomoko Konparu (Utano☆Princesama Legend Star, Kimi ni Todoke) is in charge of series composition, and Youko Satou (Saiyuki Reload Blast, Dog & Scissors) is designing the characters. Takurō Iga (Fuuka, Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA) is composing the music, and Flying Dog is handling the music production. Manami Numakura is performing the ending theme song "Sai -color-."


The series centers on a female college student named Aoi, who inherited the ability to see spirits from her late grandfather. Aoi prides herself on her cooking. One day she's feeding some agricultural spirits when suddenly a god and the master of the "Tenshinya" (Heavenly Inn) appears and takes Aoi away. He says that due to her grandfather's debts, she must become his bride. Aoi hates this idea and instead declares that she will pay back her grandfather's debt by working at the Tenshinya.


Yūma launched the novel series in Kadokawa's Fujimi L Bunko imprint in 2015, and Kadokawa published the seventh novel last November. As of October, the series has more than 340,000 copies in print.

Wako Ioka is drawing a manga adaptation in Kadokawa's B's Log Comic magazine, and the manga's third volume shipped last November.