The upcoming spring 2025 TV anime Food for the Soul announced at the Aniplex AnimeJapan 2025 panel today that singer-songwriter Reira Ushio will provide her 2023 song “Miso Soup and Butter” as the anime’s ending theme. A new trailer featuring the ending song is now available on Aniplex’s official YouTube channel.
Reira Ushio made her major debut from Sony Music Labels in August 2023, and “Miso Soup and Butter” was released digitally on October 27 that year. This is the first time that she has provided a song for an anime series.
“You can’t feel ‘happiness’ all the time, because you get used to it. But you can’t get used to the happiness of eating food. I thought it was strange, and thought it was a story that only God knows, so I wrote this personal happy song about Miso soup,” said Ushio. “‘Miso Soup and Butter’ was released over a year ago, and it is one of my favorite songs. I’m looking forward to releasing it again in this form so that many people can listen to it. And I’m really looking forward to listening to it on TV along with the anime visuals!”
Reira Ushio artist photo
To commemorate its use as the theme song, “Miso Soup and Butter” will newly release as a CD single on April 23.
“Mososhiru to Butter” CD jacket
The TV anime Food for the Soul is set to premiered in Japan at 24:30 on April 12 JST (effectively at 0:30 on April 13 at 0:30). Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs for members worldwide excluding Japan, China, Korea and Mongolia.
With an original story and character designs by Non Non Biyori creator Atto, Shinya Kawatsura (Non Non Biyori) and Toru Shunsui jointly direct Food for the Soul at studio P.A.WORKS, with series composition by Yoshihiro Hiki (Akiba Maid War), character designs adapted for animation by Hajime Mitsuda (Akiba’s Trip The Animation) and music by Hitomi Mizutani (Non Non Biyori). asmi sings the anime’s opening theme song “Sonna Mon ne.”
Main voice cast members include:
Mako Kawai voiced by Hana Shimano
Kurea Furutachi voiced by Ai Kakuma
Shinon Ogawa voiced by Yoshino Aoyama
Tsutsuji Higa voiced by Natsune Inui
Nana Hoshi voiced by Saya Aizawa
Mokotaro voiced by Azuki Moeno
Sources: “Food for the Soul” Tv anime official X (formerly Twitter), Aniplex official YouTube channel, Press Release
