Love Kome: We Love Rice
English title: Love Rice
Japanese title: ラブ米 -WE LOVE RICE-
Type: TV
Source: Original
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 5, 2017 to Jun 21, 2017
Broadcast: Wednesdays at 22:50 (JST)
Duration: 4 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Encourage Films
Producers: Just Production, Kanetsu Investment
Genres: Comedy, Gourmet
Themes: Parody, School

The project anthropomorphizes rice (kome in Japanese) into schoolboys. At the Kokuritsu Inaho Academy ("Rice Ear Academy," a wordplay on national schools), five new rice-inspired students attempt to supplant bread as the popular grain at the school. The new students form the "Love Rice" unit and challenge themselves to perform at the "Harvest Show" to show the delicious appeal of rice grains. The "heartwarming 'kome'dy with laughs and passion" promises to let audiences rediscover the virtues of rice ("Japan's soul food").

(Source: ANN)