Anime like Mister Ajikko

Oishinbo

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Oishinbo is a drama about newspaper reporters. The main character is a cynical food critic named Yamaoka. Oishinbo is a popular mainstream comic for adults in Japan. It is even mentioned in an episode of "Iron Chef".



Tags: Food , Episodic , Educational , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Politics , Class Struggle , Female Protagonist , Office , Office Lady , Heterosexual

Cooking Papa

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The story of Mr. Araiwa and his family. He is a model employee in a large enterprise, but becomes a completely different character at home. He is very keen on cooking and lets pass no occasion to cook delicious dishes for his wife, who is frequently occupied by her work as a journalist, or his young son.



Tags: Work , Food , Family Life , Seinen

Shokugeki no Souma

Also known as Food Wars!.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Dentsu , Sentai Filmworks , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Warner Bros. Japan , KLOCKWORX , Shueisha , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi

Ever since he was little, Souma Yukihira’s main goals have been to beat his father in a cooking contest and take over the family diner. That’s why, when his dad suddenly announces that he’s shutting the restaurant down and sending Souma to cooking school, Souma is shocked. However, Totsuki Academy is no ordinary cooking school. This elite institution is filled with culinary giants like Erina “God Tongue” Nakiri, who does her best to keep a lowly short-order like Souma from even making it inside the door. However, if the snobs can dish it out, Souma can serve it up, and when he learns that only a handful of the students manage to graduate every year, he swears that the only way he’ll leave is as number one!



Tags: Food , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Shounen , School , Nudity , Tsundere , Educational , Large Breasts , Tanned Skin , Tentacles , Found Family

Ippon Bouchou Mantarou

Studio: Taikong Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Based on the manga by Big Joe, the OVAs retell the adventures of Kazami Mantarou to improve his culinary skills and to prove to his cantankerous father that he’s a worthy chef.

Tags: Food , Shounen

Yakitate!! Japan

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Aniplex , d-rights
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Kazuma Azuma wants to make bread. Not just any kind of bread, though. He wants to make a bread that represents Japan itself and can stand toe-to-toe with rice as a national food. Thanks to his legendary "Hands of the Sun," unnaturally warm hands that allow dough to ferment faster, Kazuma's bread is like a slice of Heaven.

And when the Pantasia Rookie Competition arrives, everyone will get a taste of his skill! Along with his friend Kawachi (who's only in it for the dough), he’ll go up against koala karate masters, Harvard bread scientists, samurai with rolling-pin swords, and more! Can Kazuma create bread like naan other and bake his way to glory, or should he quit before he's toast?



Tags: Food , Meta , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Time Manipulation , Isekai , Educational , Magic