Cup Noodle's AOHAL commercial is back with "ONE PIECE! HUNGRY DAYS ONE PIECE Zorro Arc" will start airing today, May 22!

HUNGRY DAYS One Piece Zorro Arc," the latest in the Cup Noodle commercial series "HUNGRY DAYS," began airing nationwide today, May 22 (Wednesday).

The episode is based on the famous "AOHARU" copy. The "HUNGRY DAYS" series of commercials for Cup Noodles, which has become well-known for its copy "AOHARU?", began airing in June 2017, and all four of the commercials, " Witch's Delivery Service Arc", " Heidi, Girl of the Alps Ar c", " Sazae-san Arc " and "Final Episode", have won the top position (food industry) in terms of CM favorability, and the videos have been viewed a total of 1,800 times. The series has become a major topic of conversation, with a cumulative total of more than 18 million video views.

Now, about a year after the series ended, a sequel will be launched in collaboration with the globally popular "ONE PIECE" animation series.

The latest work, "ONE PIECE: Zorro Arc," is set in a parallel world of "What if the characters from ONE PIECE lived in high school? The story is set in the parallel world of "What if the characters of ONE PIECE lived in high school?

As in the previous episode, Eisaku Kubonouchi, known as the author of "Tsurumoku Bachelor Dormitory," was chosen to design the characters, and "Bump of Chicken" was chosen to play the music. The voice cast of the anime version of "ONE PIECE," including Mayumi Tanaka (Luffy) and Kazuya Nakai (Zoro), will appear in the new TV commercial, and popular voice actress Megumi Hayashibara will narrate.

New TV commercial information
HUNGRY DAYS One Piece Zorro Arc

Release date: May 22, 2019
The video will be released until May 16, 2020.

＜HUNGRY DAYS One Piece Zorro Arc (30 seconds) Story

*A 15-second version is also available.
Zoro is a 17-year-old high school student who belongs to the kendo club. At a national tournament, he is severely defeated by Mihawk, a senior in the same high school.
Since then, Zoro devotes himself to kendo in class, during breaks, and after school.
In Zoro's room, there are pictures of Zoro and Kuina from his childhood.
Zoro continues to swing his shinai even as the seasons change. He thrusts his shinai into the sky and vows, "I'll never lose again.
And the student who heard him say that vow...

HUNGRY DAYS One Piece Zorro Arc (30 seconds)

HUNGRY DAYS One Piece Zorro Arc (15 seconds)

＜HUNGRY DAYS ONE PIECE Zorro Arc Staff
Advertising Company : DENTSU INC.
Production Company:Geek Pictures
Animation Production Company : Shaft
ECD : Kazunori Saito
CD/PL/CW : Yusuke Sato
AD : Aya Maeda
PL/CW:Hayato Akita/Hiroki Takeda
D: Mai Ishikawa
AE: Yuichiro Shimada/Atsuo Sobashima/Tsuyoshi Unoki
Content Producer: Junzen Kosugi
AgPr: Takao Fukushima
Main Character Design: Hidesaku Kubonouchi
Director: Yusuke Takase
Producer: Masahiro Hayasaka / Takenori Hasegawa
Production Manager: Reiru Baba / Taku Kudo / Mizuki Ohno
VFX Artist: Kenichi Sasaki
Mixer: Shigeto Ayashiro
Sound Effects: Naoko Asanashi
Finishing Cooperation: JHOSON / Takumi Kudo / Takehiro Shibano / Kazuki Yoshida / JACKY
Animation Character Design/Layout/Drawing Supervisor: Yasuhiro Nakura
Art direction/background: Yuki Funagakure
Color Design/Finish Work: Yasuko Watanabe
Key Animation: Asami Ueno / Hirotoshi Arai / Yugo Ohashi / Kumiko Kawashima / Shinya Nishizawa / Masatoshi Tsuji / Yoshikatsu Matsuzaki / Yasuhiro Nagura
2nd key animation: Nagisa Sekiguchi / Mina Otaka / Kazumasa Ishikawa / Hiroko Morikawa
Animation: Yumena Tokudome / Shintaro Kawakami / Toshina Takenawa / Papaya / Yumiko Sakaki / Mayu Nakamura / Ka-ring Taniguchi / Fumi Murata / Daishi Yamakawa
Video inspection: Katsuya Kaho
Coloring: Yuko Kawakami / Chihiro Ohno / Michiko Kado / Hiroshi Moriwaki
Compositing: Takayuki Aizu
Animation Cooperation Production: Anime R / Studio L / reboot
Animation Producer: Ryusuke Suzuki
3DCG Producer: Hiroyuki Watanabe
3DCG: Takeshi Sanada / Kazushi Goto / Hidenori Fujitani
Cooperation: Mayu Sato / Seiko Tamagawa / Takahiro Komino
Casting: Dentsu Music and Entertainment
Music Production Company: Toys Factory
Narration: Megumi Hayashibara
Music: BUMP OF CHICKEN CM song title: "Commemorative Photo

[Graphic Production
CD/CW: Yusuke Sato
AD : Aya Maeda
Graphic Designer: Mai Ishikawa/Yasuhiro Ogusu/Yuki Koyama
CW: Hayato Akita/Hiroki Takeda
Illustrator: Hidesaku Kubonouchi
Background coloring: Dari Yamada
Retouching: Eika Hamanaka
Original story: "ONE PIECE" by Eiichiro Oda (serialized in Shueisha's weekly "Shonen Jump")
Supervision: Shueisha, Toei Animation