Miso company Marukome has released the 14th installment in its Ryotei no Aji animated commercial series. The 90-second anime short, titled Watashi no Obaa-chan-hen, follows a 97-year-old grandmother who lives alone in Sapporo, Hokkaido and her loving but physically distant grown-up granddaughter.
The CONTRAIL-produced animation was directed and storyboarded by the company’s Yasuyuki Kitazawa. Kitazawa was also one of the key animators.
Other credits include:
• Creative director: ROBOT’s Takashi Yaguchi
• Supervision: CONTRAIL’s Sunao Katabuchi (director of In This Corner of the World and the upcoming The Mourning Children)
• Character designer, animation director, and co-key animator: WIT STUDIO’s Satoshi Kadowaki (Seraph of the End character designer)
• Background art director: CONTRAIL’s Miyabi Shiraki
• Color designer: MAPPA’s Iku Onishi
• Compositing director: MAPPA’s Kaori Yoneda
The Ryotei no Aji animation series began in 2014 and features a family theme. Ryotei no Aji is also the name of Marukome’s miso with dashi stock product line, which was introduced in 1982. Marukome translates the name as “premium, restaurant-quality taste.”
Sources: Marukome official channel, press release
