It has been announced that the TV anime "Kami no Shizuku," based on the popular wine manga, will begin airing on TOKYO MX and other stations from April 10th. It will run for two seasons. This is the first time the work has been adapted into an anime, and it has been much talked about that Kazuya Kamenashi, who played the main character, Shizuku Kamisaki, in the TV drama version that aired on Nippon TV in 2009, will also star in the anime.
The key visual and promotional video showing Shizuku Kanzaki and Issei Tomine meeting each other were also released. It was also announced that Yuko Kaida will play Ryoko Kiryu, Hide Fujima will play Shiro Fujieda, Misa Watanabe will play Maki Saionji, Yuya Uchida will play Soichiro Mishima, and Jin Urayama will play Robert Doi.
"Kami no Shizuku" is a wine manga written by manga author Shin Kibayashi, who has worked on many hit works such as "Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo," and others under the pen name "Aki Nao," and illustrated by Okimoto Shu, who also worked on "Psycho Doctor Kai Kyosuke." "Kami no Shizuku" was serialized in "Morning" (Kodansha) from 2004 to 2014, and the final chapter, "Mariage: Kami no Shizuku Final Chapter," from 2015 to 2020. The sequel to the series, "Kami no Shizuku deuxième," began serialization in the same magazine in September 2023. The series has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.
Shizuku Kamisaki, whose father is the world-famous wine critic Toyotaka Kamisaki, has received special education in wine since she was a child. She rebelled against her father and got a job at a beer company, avoiding drinking wine, but after her father's death and his will, she is drawn into a showdown over the legendary wine "Drops of God" and enters the world of wine. The anime will be directed by Masashi Itoso and produced by Satelight.
◇Staff (titles omitted)
Director: Itoso Masashi▽Series Composition & Script: Mitsuru Yu▽Character Design: Suwa Sota▽Chief Animation Directors: Hara Masaharu, Ehime Sudako, Akamatsu Kaho▽Art Setting: Furumiya Yoko, Hosoi Tomoyasu▽Art Director: Takasu Ami▽3D Art Modeling: Uehara Ryuta, Momouchi Tsutomu▽Color Design: Uchibayashi Hiromi (Graphinica)▽3DCG Director: Goto Hiroyuki▽Director of Photography: Kawada Tetsuya (Graphinica)▽2D Works: Yumeta Company▽Editing: Kaneshige Ryoko▽Sound Director: Yokota Chikako▽Sound Production: Studio Sound Bee▽Music: Segawa Hidefumi▽Music Production: Pony Canyon▽Animation Production: Satelight▽Animation Production Cooperation: YANCHESTER▽Production: TV Anime "Kami no Shizuku" Production Committee▽Opening Theme: HOKUTO "Hate you? Love you?"▽Ending Theme: Uchida Maaya "Kamino Shizuku"
◇Cast (titles omitted)
Shizuku Kamisaki: Kazuya Kamenashi▽Issei Tomine: Takuya Sato Sato▽Miyabi Murasakinohara: Maaya Uchida▽Ryoko Kiryu: Yuko Kaida▽Shiro Fujieda: Hide Fujima▽Maki Saionji: Misa Watanabe▽Soichiro Mishima: Yuya Uchida▽Robert Doi: Jin Urayama▽Toyotaka Kamisaki: Banjo Ginga
