TV anime "SUSHI POLICE" to start in January 2016!　A story of Japanese boys' struggle to protect "correct food culture"!

The animated TV series "SUSHI POLICE" will begin in January 2016.

SUSHI POLICE" (SUSHI POLICE) became a hot topic after winning The Hollywood Reporter's THE 2015 CANNES POSTER AWARDS at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival's Film Market. Details have been kept under wraps until now, but we now know that it will be broadcast from January 6, 2016 as an animation commemorating the 20th anniversary of TOKYO MX. The story is about Honda (CV: Akira Yamashita), Suzuki (CV: Masaka Ifumasa), and Kawasaki (CV: Hiromitsu Okamoto) fighting to protect "proper food culture" and is based on the actual Sushipolis riot* that took place in 2006.

In 2006, the Japanese government, concerned about the spread of incorrect Japanese food overseas, announced the establishment of the "Overseas Japanese Restaurant Certification System," a system for certifying correct Japanese restaurants, which was ridiculed as "Sushipolis is coming! The Japanese government decided not to implement the system after the Washington Post and other foreign media outlets simultaneously bashed the system, ridiculing it as "Sushipolis is coming!

Directed by Tatsushi Kiwami, written by Ichiro Kusuno and Kotaro Ando, and produced by SEDIC International and KOO-KI, the film will be broadcast on TOKYO MX every Wednesday from January 6, 2016 from 25:00 to 25:05, and will be available online on Google Play and Amazon Prime Video from January 7. It will also be distributed online via Google Play, Amazon Prime Video, etc. starting January 7.

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With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics just around the corner, the whole world is experiencing an unprecedented sushi boom. The Japanese government, unable to stand the situation, has called on countries around the world to join in!　The Japanese government, out of concern, called on other countries to join the WFCO (World Food-culture Conservation Organization), which was established to protect its own food culture and to promote the exchange of correct food culture with other countries. Section 9, a.k.a. Sushipolis, notorious for its relentless enforcement operations, has set out to clean up the "wrong sushi" that is prevalent in the United States, Russia, France, Germany, China, and other countries. However, the unscrupulous crackdown on sushi restaurants in these countries soon provokes a furious backlash....
This is the story of the relentless battle between those who seek to protect proper culinary culture and those who seek to prevent people from enjoying food freely...