Sequel to Cup Noodles x One Piece collaboration CM! HUNGRY DAYS ONE PIECE Nami Arc" is released today!

HUNGRY DAYS One Piece Nami Arc," the latest in the Cup Noodles "HUNGRY DAYS" commercial series, began airing nationwide today, September 13, 2019 (Friday).

The first "Zorro Arc," which began airing in May of this year as the newest addition to the "HUNGRY DAYS" series in collaboration with the globally popular manga "ONE PIECE," is a surprising depiction of a popular "ONE PIECE" character with the touch of a coming-of-age anime, and the entire commercial is filled with small details about "ONE PIECE" and the numerous "ONE PIECE" related quips in the commercial, the commercial became a hot topic of conversation, recording 21 million views (total of Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube), the most in Nissin Foods' history. The total number of views of the series, including the "Trailer," exceeded 25 million.
The "Zorro Arc" was also ranked No. 1 among all Japanese corporate commercials in a CM favorability survey conducted in June by the CM Research Institute, marking the first time in 20 years that Nissin Foods has achieved such a feat.
⇒ Cup Noodle's Aoharu CM is back with "ONE PIECE! HUNGRY DAYS One Piece Zorro Arc" started airing today, May 22!

The latest "HUNGRY DAYS One Piece Nami Arc", which began airing today, is set in the same parallel world as the previous "Zoro Arc", where the "Straw Hat Gang" led by Luffy lives in a high school, and follows Nami, a high school girl who aims to become a navigator. The story focuses on the daily efforts and emotional struggles of Nami, a high school girl who aspires to become a navigator.

The number of characters appearing in the background is also a highlight, surpassing the number in the "Zoro Arc".

The series will also feature the same splendid voice cast as the anime version of "One Piece," including Mayumi Tanaka as Luffy and Akemi Okamura as Nami, as well as character design by Eisaku Kubonouchi, known as the author of "Tsurumoku bachelor dormitory," and music by "Bump of Chicken" throughout the series. Please check out the new TV commercials.

New TV commercial information
HUNGRY DAYS One Piece Nami Arc
Release date: September 13, 2019 (Friday) 11:00 AM
The video will be on view until May 16, 2020.

Brand website

<Story>
I want to be an excellent navigator someday... Nami is a 17-year-old high school girl who devotes her youth to daily efforts toward her big dream. Nami's heart is on the verge of breaking under the harsh life of all-night studying, daily school life, and a hard part-time job.... Will her youth be rewarded someday? Nami was on the verge of losing her mind. Nami, trapped in a corner, says, "Help me..." The film picks up on the voice in her heart. Luffy, who has listened to the voice in her heart, and the smiles of her cheerful and kind friends bring Nami one step closer to her dream.

＜HUNGRY DAYS ONE PIECE Nami 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: Snow Koyama
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 : Taku Kudo
VFX Artist : Kenichi Sasaki
Sound Designer : Shigeto Ayashiro
Finishing Cooperation: JHOSON / Takumi Kudo / Takehiro Shibano / Kazuki Yoshida
Animation Character Designer/Layout/Drawing Supervisor : Yasuhiro Nakura
Art direction/background: Yuki Funagakure
Color Design and Finish Work: Yasuko Watanabe
Key Animation: Nagisa Sekiguchi / Asami Ueno / Shinya Nishizawa / Yoshikatsu Matsuzaki / Kumiko Kawashima / Yugo Ohashi / Nobuyuki Takeuchi / Hirotoshi Arai
/Aimi Shinohara / Yasuhiro Nakura
2nd Key Animation: Hiroko Morikawa
Animation: Yumena Tokudome / Ryo Shimura / Yoichiro Otani / Shintaro Kawakami / Moemi Sakurai / Sachika Mori / Toshina Takenawa / Yumiko Sakaki / Mayu Nakamura / Ka-ring Taniguchi / Fumi Murata
Video inspection: Kaho Katsuji
Coloring: Yuko Kawakami / Chihiro Ohno / Michiko Kaku
Compositing: Takayuki Aizu
Animation Cooperation Production: Anime R / Studio L / reboot
Animation Producer: Ryusuke Suzuki
Cooperation: Mayu Sato
Casting: Dentsu Music and Entertainment
Music Production Company: Toys Factory
Narration: Megumi Hayashibara
Music: BUMP OF CHICKEN

Original Story: "ONE PIECE" by Eiichiro Oda (serialized in Shueisha's weekly "Shonen Jump")
Supervision: Shueisha, Toei Animation