"Kiki's Delivery Service," Megumi Hayashibara, Yuki Kaji And Bump Of Chicken All Turn Up For Cup Noodle Ads

This month, instant meal Cup Noodle has been running a youth-themed "Hungry Days" ads where the art of illustrator/manga artist Eisaku Kubonouchi is directed and animated by Masanobu Hiraoka. The first had the voice of the legendary Megumi Hayashibara (Evangelion's Rei, and a large part of the heroines of 90s anime) and the music of Bump of Chicken (Blood Blockade Battlefront, March Comes in like a Lion anime themes).

 

A follow-up is now showcasing a now 17-year-old Kiki (of Delivery Service fame - the Eiko Kadono novel that inspired Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli) fame, voiced by Minami Hamabe (leads in live-action AnoHana and Saki), with Yuki Kaji (Attack on Titan's Eren) as Tombo.

 

日清カップヌードルCMでキャラクターデザインを担当しまた。『アオハルかよ』始まります。#魔女の宅急便 #窪之内英策 #BUMPOFCHICKEN #バンプ #梶裕貴 #浜辺美波 #アオハルかよ pic.twitter.com/A3BAP0Hu7T

— 窪之内 Eisaku 英策 (@EISAKUSAKU) June 19, 2017

彼女のヒミツ。それは…https://t.co/SkXhsSheoH pic.twitter.com/79R8lmj0SG

— 窪之内 Eisaku 英策 (@EISAKUSAKU) June 18, 2017

【情報解禁だす】今夜(8日)のアメトークにご注目を。一度きりのオンエアです。お見逃しなく！#カップヌードル #林原めぐみ #アメトーク pic.twitter.com/j3fMUT9Ypg

— 窪之内 Eisaku 英策 (@EISAKUSAKU) June 8, 2017

鉛筆の手描きです。 pic.twitter.com/WxyzlbKCWx

— 窪之内 Eisaku 英策 (@EISAKUSAKU) June 9, 2017

 

 

 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.