Los
Angeles based food truck Okamoto Kitchen launched a Kickstarter campaign on Monday to fund a 10-episode English-dubbed
comic "webtoon" series. The project seeks to raise US$48,000. Okamoto
Kitchen also streamed an "episode 0" for the project. The campaign
will run until March 7.
Takuya Saito, Azusa "ASA" Saito, and PN 'Kotobukisuzu' are drawing the character designs. Takuya Saitopreviously designed the food truck's mascot character Haru-chan, who is the lead character in the proposed series. Cristina Vee voices Haru-chan. Musical duo Layla Lane are in charge of the music and also performed the theme song featured in episode 0. Mykal Williams and Rafael HernĂ¡n are penning the story.
Each
episode of the planned series will be three to five minutes in length, and will
have limited animation. The campaign's stretch goals include extending the
series to 24 episodes at US$98,000, extended episode length to eight to 10
minutes at US$149,000, and a 22-minute fully animated OVA at US$340,000.
Shown below are
the character designs for Haru-chan. The project page shows designs for other
characters in the story.
Okamoto
Kitchen is operated by Chef Chizuru Okamoto Abraham, her husband Gerald
Abraham, and Shidosha Hodges. Chef Chizuru Okamoto Abraham graduated from Le
Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Los Angeles and has studied under
celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa. According to Gerald Abraham, the staff
"consists of hardcore anime fans and pro gamers." Gerald Abraham and
Hodges met in the professional gaming community.
Okamoto Kitchen
frequently attends anime conventions and events in the Los Angeles area,
including the Anime Expo convention.
Source:
Okamoto Kitchen Kickstarter page
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