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Food for the Soul Anime's Video Reveals Ending Song by Reira Ushio

The AnimeJapan 2025 panel for the original anime Hibi wa Sugiredo Meshi Umashi (Food for the Soul or literally, Days Goes By But Food Is Delicious) anime revealed a new promotional video for the anime on Saturday. The video reveals and previews the anime's ending theme song "Misoshiru to Butter" (Miso Soup and Butter) by Reira Ushio.

The anime's cast includes:

Hana Shimano as Mako Kawai

Ai Kakuma as Kurea Furudate

Yoshino Aoyama as Shinon Ogawa

Natsune Inui as Tsutsuji Higa

Saya Aizawa as Nana Hoshi

Azuki Moeno as Mokotarō

The anime will premiere on the Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11 channels on April 12 at 24:30 (effectively, April 13 at 12:30 a.m. or April 12 at 11:30 a.m. EDT), and it will also run on Nagoya TV, ABC TV, and AT-X. ABC TV is launching a new anime programming block on Sunday evenings to air the anime. The new block will technically air on Mondays at 12:40 a.m. This is the second anime programming block on ABC TV aside from "Animazing!!!" The new programming block does not yet have a name.

The anime centers on five girls who enjoy each other's company, eating good food, hanging out, and studying a little bit.

Non Non Biyori's Shinya Kawatsura and Yū Harumi (The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie unit director) are co-directing the new anime at P.A. Works (Shirobako). Hajime Mitsuda (Akiba's Trip: The Animation, Kiratto Pri☆Chan) is adapting Atto's character designs for animation and serving as chief animation director. Yoshihiro Hiki (Akiba Maid War) is overseeing the series scripts. Takeshi Takadera (Oshi no Ko) is directing the sound, and Hiromi Mizutani (Non Non Biyori) is composing the music.

Sources: Food for the Soul AnimeJapan 2025 panel, official X/Twitter account