#Narita boy storeroom series#
#Narita boy storeroom tv#

As a result, Itayama changes his supply system and the store becomes a success by selling fresh produce. To salvage the situation, Yamaoka takes Itayama to a farm where he experiences the taste of fresh vegetables he ate as a child. Itayama complains about Yamaoka to Touzai and withdraws his advertising from the paper. However, Yamaoka regards them with disdain and accuses Itayama of selling stale vegetables and exploiting the restaurants who are forced to use substandard ingredients to cover their high rent.

Itayama introduces them to his food court, featuring venues run by famous restaurants across Japan. Yamaoka tastes the vegetables, but although they look good he finds they lack flavor. Yamaoka takes Kurita to the launch of a new department store built by Shuji Itayama, a well known gourmand. Yamaoka is crushed, but later he withdraws his resignation, hoping to prove that he is the equal of his father. Kaibara and Yamaoka each select their chefs, but Kaibara's choice is declared the winner. Kaibara then visits the Touzai office and challenges Yamaoka to a taste test of tempura.

He asks if Yamaoka is the son of Yūzan Kaibara, but Yamaoka denies it and offers his resignation at Touzai to avoid comparisons with his fastidious father. However, Kyogoku is incredibly impressed with the quality of the simple meal. The dinner party arrives and is presented with a meal of rice, miso soup and Tosan-style grilled fish. Yamaoka consults his friend, Tatsu who recommends Okaboshi restaurant which has a new talented young chef. Ohara then asks Yamaoka and Kurita to find a quality restaurant in Ginza. Ohara entertains him at a restaurant in Ginza, but Kyogoku finds the foods substandard and storms out. Ohara decides to start an art section in Touzai and hopes to borrow a Renoir painting from Mantaro Kyogoku. Transcription: 'Shirō tai chichi・Yūzan' (士郎対父・雄山) At the tasting, Ohara declares that the fresh ankimo tastes better than the canned foie gras and dismisses the gourmands. Yamaoka skillfully removes the liver, washes it in sake and steams it, creating ankimo as the ship returns to port. He spends the following week with fishermen who catch a Monkfish. Ohara gathers Japan's most famous gourmands to devise the dishes that will go into the “Ultimate Menu”, but Yamaoka insults their pretentious international choices such as foie gras. When the results are examined, only Yūko Kurita, who has just completed her reporter training, and Yamaoka have correctly identified the samples, which means that they will be to ones to implement the project. Yamaoka is badly hung over and arrives late, so instead of carefully sampling, he drinks all the water and eats the tofu. The assignment will be allocated to the reporters with the best taste in food and as a test, the assembled staff must distinguish the difference between three samples of water and tofu. To commemorate its 100th anniversary of the newspaper Touzai Shimbun, President Ohara announces a plan to publish the 'Ultimate Menu'. Transcription: 'Kyūkyoku no menyū' (究極のメニュー)

#Narita boy storeroom series#

Japanese episode titles and airdates are taken from The Amazon Japan series page. In October 2020 the series started streaming on YouTube with English subtitles. However some episodes are not included in the streamed version of the series. Subsequently, the series was released on streaming platforms in Japan like Amazon Prime and Netflix. The series was released on VHS tapes, but it was not until 2016 the series was remastered in high-definition and released on Blu-ray.

#Narita boy storeroom tv#

The series was followed by two TV specials that aired in 19. For the rest of the episodes the opening theme is Dang Dang ki ni naru and the ending theme is Line both performed by Yuma Nakamura. The series was produced by Shin-Ei Animation and directed by Yoshio Takeuchi.įor the first 23 episodes the opening theme is YOU and the ending theme is TWO OF US both performed by Megumi Yuki. It was broadcast for 136 episodes on Nippon TV and its network affiliates between 17 October 1988 and 17 March 1992. Oishinbo a Japanese anime television series based on the manga series of the same name written by Tetsu Kariya and illustrated by Akira Hanasaki.