Anime like Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san

Koufuku Graffiti

Also known as Gourmet Girl Graffiti.

Studio: Shaft , flying DOG , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Although Ryou Machiko is still only in middle school, both of her parents work overseas and her beloved grandmother recently passed away, so she lives in a big apartment all by herself. To keep herself occupied in that big empty space, Ryou practices her cooking, something that she thought she excelled at… but nothing ever seems quite right anymore. There’s something missing, but what could it be?

The answer unexpectedly arrives with her runaway cousin Kirin, who’s looking for a place to stay while she attends cram school. Much to Ryou’s surprise, her cooking seems to improve when they eat together! Food, it turns out, always seems tastier when it’s made for and shared with people you care about, and things only get more appetizing when Ryou’s friend Shiina joins in the culinary adventures!



Tags: Food , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Family Life , Seinen , Drawing , Maids , Time Skip

Isekai Shokudou 2

Also known as Restaurant to Another World 2.

Studio: OLM , DMM pictures , flying DOG , DAX Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

The second season of Isekai Shokudou.

The restaurant is opening up again with new characters and new dishes.

There is a certain restaurant in the first basement level of a multi-tenant building in one corner of a shopping street near the office district. The historical restaurant, marked by a sign with a picture of a cat, is called "Western Cuisine Nekoya." This restaurant looks completely normal through the week, but on Saturdays, it opens in secret exclusively to some very unique guests. During these hours, doors in various areas of a parallel world open to allow customers of many different races and cultures into the restaurant.



Tags: Food , Episodic , Isekai , Work , Monster Girl , Restaurant , Elf , Dragons , Heterosexual , Fairy , Iyashikei , Demons , Tomboy , Anthropomorphism , Mermaid , Monster Boy , Urban Fantasy , Vampire

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 , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , School , Tsundere , Nudity , Educational , Tanned Skin , Gyaru , Twins , Female Harem , Tentacles , Found Family

Dagashi Kashi

Studio: feel.
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Shikada Kokonotsu's father owns a rural sweets shop, and his plan is for Kokonotsu to take it over one day. However, Kokonotsu wants to be a manga author instead! One day in summer, the cute but weird girl Shidare Hotaru, from the famous sweets company, comes to pay a visit. Apparently, Kokonotsu's father is famous and she wants him to join her family's company. However, he will only agree if she can convince Kokonotsu to take over the family business!



Tags: Food , Episodic , Work , Rural , Educational , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Shounen , Heterosexual , Economics , Primarily Female Cast

Isekai Izakaya: Koto Aitheria no Izakaya Nobu.

Also known as Isekai Izakaya: Japanese Food From Another World.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Izakaya “Nobu” is a modest establishment, staffed by only two people: master, Nobuyuki Yazawa, and server, Shinobu Senke.

Despite its humble appearance, its entrance is mysteriously connected to an ancient city from another world: “Aitheria.” Nobu’s patrons consist of lazy palace guards, incognito clergymen, and the Waterworks Guildmaster – certainly not your average clientele!

But once they enter Nobu’s doors, they are greeted with the finest alcohol they’ve ever tasted and dishes the likes of which they’ve never seen. With the food plentiful and the drinks flowing, the patrons leave their troubles at the door as they call, “Give me a cold ale, master!”



Tags: Food , Bar , Isekai , Work , Primarily Adult Cast

Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro

Also known as Chio's School Road.

Studio: diomedéa
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Miyamo Chio, a first-year at the completely ordinary high school Samejima Academy. Chio just wants to get through her school life without standing out too much, but for some reason, all kinds of obstacles await her along the path she takes to school. Her long-time friend Nonomura Manana, who's trying to quit being an otaku; the flawless Hosokawa Yuki, who occupies the top caste in the school; and lots of nameless people about town find themselves in Chio's path as she employs the (useless) techniques she's acquired from her Western video games in her daily efforts to get to school.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Urban , Otaku Culture , Video Games , Seinen , Chuunibyou , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Konbini