The official website for Piace: Watashi no Italian ( Piacevole! My Italian Cooking ), the anime adaptation of Atsuko Watanabe 's Piacevole ! manga, began streaming a character and cast introduction trailer on Thursday. The anime will premiere in January. (Note: the YouTube video on the website is region-locked in some territories.)





The cast, in order of appearance in the video, includes:

Hiroaki Sakurai ( Kodocha , Di Gi Charat , Maid Sama! ) is directing the anime at Zero-G , with Watanabe herself drawing the anime's character designs. Reiji Kasuga ( Sasami: Magical Girls Club , Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu , GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class ) is credited as art director.

Crunchyroll licensed the manga in April, and the first volume is available digitally in English. Crunchyroll describes the manga:

High schooler Morina Nanase starts work at Trattoria Festa, an Italian restaurant filled with various and sundry quirky characters...and where through its unique cuisine, she will begin to mature as a person.

Watanabe ( Heavy Object , Hanayamata ) has worked as an animator and character designer on numerous anime projects before starting Piacevole ! in the Comico manga app in 2013 (under the pen name Nab_At.) Taibundou released the first compiled book volume last September.

Thanks to Dennis R. for the embedded video.