List of cooking anime and mangaW
List of cooking anime and manga

This is a list of cooking anime, manga, OVAs, ONAs, and films.

1-nichi Gaishutsuroku HanchōW
1-nichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchō

1-nichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchō is a Japanese manga series written by Tensei Hagiwara and illustrated by Motomu Uehara and Kazuya Arai. It is a spin-off of the main series Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It has been published in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine since December 2016.

Addicted to CurryW
Addicted to Curry

Addicted to Curry is a cooking manga series, containing full professional recipes for all dishes at the end of each chapter, written and illustrated by Kazuki Funatsu, published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump between 2001 and 2012.

Aji Ichi MonmeW
Aji Ichi Monme

Aji Ichi Monme is a Japanese cooking manga series written by Zenta Abe and illustrated by Yoshimi Kurata. The series chronicles the lives of the staff and customers of a restaurant called Fujimura, owned by veteran chef Kumano. It was published by Shogakukan in Big Comic Superior from 1986 to 1999. After the death of author Abe in 1999, other authors have writing the scripts, and other series have been released since. The sixth series Aji Ichi Monme: Tsugi Aji began in 2018

Angel's FrypanW
Angel's Frypan

Angel's Frypan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etsushi Ogawa. It was serialized in Kodansha's Comic Bom Bom, which was aimed at elementary-aged boys. The manga received the 2007 Kodansha Manga Award for the children's category.

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Bambino!

Bambino! is a Japanese cooking manga written and illustrated by Tetsuji Sekiya. The manga has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen magazine Big Comic Spirits. As of February 2009, Shogakukan has published 14 tankōbon of the manga. It received the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga along with Takeshi Natsuhara's and Kuromaru's Kurosagi.

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A Chef of Nobunaga

A Chef of Nobunaga is a Japanese manga series written by Mitsuru Nishimura and illustrated by Takuro Kajikawa. It was noted to be adapted into a Japanese television drama series in January 2013.

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Chūka Ichiban!

Chūka Ichiban! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etsushi Ogawa. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 1995 to May 1999. From 1995 to 1996 it was serialized as Chūka Ichiban!, however, during serialization, the character '真' was added, so from 1997 to 1999, it was serialized as Shin Chūka Ichiban! . The story is centered on a boy whose aim is to become the best chef he could be.

Cooking mangaW
Cooking manga

Cooking manga , also known as gourmet manga , is a genre of Japanese manga and anime where food, cooking, eating, or drinking is a central plot element. The genre achieved mainstream popularity in the early 1980s as a result of the "gourmet boom" associated with the Japanese bubble economy.

Cooking PapaW
Cooking Papa

Cooking Papa is a seinen manga series written and illustrated by Tochi Ueyama. The series has been serialized in the Kodansha manga anthology Weekly Morning since 1985. Kodansha collects individual chapters into tankōbon volumes, with the first one published on January 18, 1986, and 154 volumes total it is one of the longest manga series by number of volumes. The manga won a Special Award at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards. Full recipes for the dishes featured in each chapter are provided at the end of the chapter. The story revolves around a salaryman who can cook well.

Dagashi KashiW
Dagashi Kashi

Dagashi Kashi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kotoyama. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 2014 to April 2018. It has been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes. A light novel adaptation titled Dagashi Kashi: Mō Hitotsu no Natsu Yasumi, written and illustrated by Manta Aisora, was published in a single volume by Shogakukan in December 2015 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint.

Delicious in DungeonW
Delicious in Dungeon

Delicious in Dungeon is a Japanese fantasy comedy seinen manga series written and illustrated by Ryōko Kui. The series is published in Enterbrain's Harta magazine. Yen Press has licensed the series in North America.

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Dining Bar Akira

Dining Bar Akira is a manga written and illustrated by Tomoko Yamashita. The manga was published in Japan by Tokyomangasha and in North America by Netcomics. A drama CD was released in Japan by Momogre on September 26, 2007.

Drifting DragonsW
Drifting Dragons

Drifting Dragons is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taku Kuwabara. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine good! Afternoon since June 2016 and has been collected in nine tankōbon volumes as of September 2020. The manga is published digitally in English by Kodansha USA under the Kodansha Comics imprint.

Fighting FoodonsW
Fighting Foodons

Fighting Foodons is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoto Tsushima and serialized in Comic BonBon in 1998. It was adapted into an anime television series which aired on NHK-BS2 satellite channel from December 11, 2001 to June 25, 2002. It also received two Game Boy Color video games released in 1999 in Japan, as well as a WonderSwan game.

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no SomaW
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma is a Japanese manga series written by Yūto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki. Yuki Morisaki also works as a Contributor, providing the recipes for the series. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 2012 to June 2019. Its chapters were compiled in 36 tankōbon volumes published by Shueisha. The manga is licensed by Viz Media in North America, who has been releasing the volumes digitally since March 2014, and released the first volume in print in August 2014.

Gokudō MeshiW
Gokudō Meshi

Gokudō Meshi is a Japanese manga series by Shigeru Tsuchiyama. It has been adapted into a live action film also known as Sukiyaki in 2011.

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Gourmet Girl Graffiti

Gourmet Girl Graffiti, known in Japan as Happy Cooking Graffiti , is a four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Makoto Kawai. It was serialized in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Miracle! magazine between the March 2012 and November 2016 issues. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Shaft aired between January and March 2015.

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Himitsu no Recipe

Himitsu no Recipe is a Japanese romance yuri manga series written and illustrated by Milk Morinaga and serialized in Tsubomi and later in Tsubomi Web by Houbunsha. It's published in French by Taifu Comics.

Internet Shopping Prince Yoshimi IdaW
Internet Shopping Prince Yoshimi Ida

Internet Shopping Prince Yoshimi Ida is a manga series written and illustrated by Shiho Takase.

Iron Wok JanW
Iron Wok Jan

Iron Wok Jan is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Shinji Saijyo. The manga was licensed in English by ComicsOne before the license was transferred to DrMaster.

Isekai Izakaya "Nobu"W
Isekai Izakaya "Nobu"

Isekai Izakaya "Nobu" is a Japanese light novel series written by Natsuya Semikawa and illustrated by Kururi. It began serialization online in 2012 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It won the site's Ni Narō Con Taishō award before being acquired by Takarajimasha, who have published four volumes since 2014 under their Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Virginia Nitōhei began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Young Ace from July 2015. It has been collected in five tankōbon volumes. Udon Entertainment announced during their panel at San Diego Comic-Con International that they have licensed the manga. An original net animation adaptation by Sunrise premiered from April 13 to September 14, 2018.

Kirakira Pretty Cure a la ModeW
Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode

Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode , stylized as Kirakira☆PreCure a la Mode and shortened as PreAla is a 2017 Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation and the fourteenth installment in Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure metaseries, featuring the twelfth generation of Cures. It is directed by Kohei Kureta and Yukio Kaizawa. Jin Tanaka wrote the script, and Marie Ino designed the characters. The cake and sweets designs were handled by pâtissière Junko Fukuda. The series began airing on all All-Nippon News Network stations in Japan on February 5, 2017, succeeding Witchy PreCure! in its initial timeslot. It was then succeeded by Hugtto! PreCure on February 4, 2018. The series' main topic is happiness, while desserts and animals serve as the motif.

Kitchen PrincessW
Kitchen Princess

Kitchen Princess is a shōjo cooking, romance manga series written by Miyuki Kobayashi and illustrated by Natsumi Andō. Appearing as a serial in the manga magazine Nakayoshi from the September 2004 issue to the October 2008 issue, the forty-seven chapters were compiled into ten bound volumes by Kodansha, and published from February 2005 to November 2008. It also includes recipes for each featured dish at the end of each chapter. The series marked the first time that Ando illustrated a manga that was not also written by her. Set in modern-day Japan, Kitchen Princess follows Najika Kazami, a cheerful thirteen-year-old who searches for her "flan prince," a boy who rescued her from drowning as a young girl and brought a little happiness to her life after her parents' death. In March 2008, Kodansha published a related light novel, Kitchen Princess: Search for the Angel Cake, written by Kobayashi and illustrated by Ando.

Maiko-san chi no Makanai-sanW
Maiko-san chi no Makanai-san

Maiko-san chi no Makanai-san is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aiko Koyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine since December 2016, with its chapters collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes as of July 2020.

Mister AjikkoW
Mister Ajikko

Mister Ajikko is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Terasawa about a young boy cook. It was later adapted into anime series, produced by TV Tokyo and Sunrise. This show was broadcast from October 8, 1987 to September 28, 1989 with a total of 99 episodes and one TV Special.

Mixed VegetablesW
Mixed Vegetables

Mixed Vegetables , also known as Mix Vegetable, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ayumi Komura. It was serialized in Japan by Shueisha in the shōjo manga magazine Margaret from 25 October 2005 to 22 November 2007, and collected in eight bound volumes. It is licensed in English in North America by Viz Media.

Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen NoodlesW
Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles

Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles is a Japanese manga series by Naru Narumi. It began serialization in Takeshobo's Manga Life Storia magazine in September 2013. A live-action drama series adaptation aired from June 2015 to December 2016. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation co-animated by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ aired in Japan from January to March 2018.

Muteki Kanban MusumeW
Muteki Kanban Musume

Muteki Kanban Musume is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jun Sadogawa. It was serialized between May 2002 and February 2006 in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion and was collected in 17 volumes. A continuation titled Muteki Kanban Musume N was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Champion between March 2006 and April 2007 and was collected in five volumes. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation animated by Telecom Animation Film aired in Japan between July and September 2006. The original manga was licensed in North America as Noodle Fighter Miki, and the anime was licensed in North America as Ramen Fighter Miki. The series premiered on Toku in the United States on January 2016.

OishinboW
Oishinbo

Oishinbo is a long-running cooking manga written by Tetsu Kariya and drawn by Akira Hanasaki. The manga's title is a portmanteau of the Japanese word for delicious, oishii, and the word for someone who loves to eat, kuishinbo. The series depicts the adventures of culinary journalist Shirō Yamaoka and his partner, Yūko Kurita. It was published by Shogakukan between 1983 and 2008 in Big Comic Spirits, and resumed again on February 23, 2009, only to be put on an indefinite hiatus after the May 12, 2014 edition in the weekly Big Comic Spirits as a response by the publisher to harsh criticism of Oishinbo's treatment of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

Restaurant to Another WorldW
Restaurant to Another World

Restaurant to Another World is a Japanese light novel series written by Junpei Inuzuka, with illustrations by Katsumi Enami. Shufunotomo released five volumes of the series. An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired from July 3 to September 18, 2017.

Ristorante ParadisoW
Ristorante Paradiso

Ristorante Paradiso , also known as Rispara , is a manga series by Natsume Ono, detailing the daily lives of the staff of a restaurant in Rome. The first iteration of the series was serialized in Ōtashuppan's Manga Erotics F manga magazine between May 2005 and March 2006; it spanned one volume. A continuation, Gente ~Ristorante no Hitobito~, was serialized in the same magazine. An anime adaptation, produced by David Production, aired on Fuji TV's late night Noise programming block from April 5, 2009, the anime was also officially streamed with English subtitles by Crunchyroll. Both manga, Ristorante Paradiso and Gente, have been licensed by Viz Media for an English North American release.

Shin'ya ShokudōW
Shin'ya Shokudō

Shin'ya Shokudō , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yarō Abe. It is about a late-night diner, open from midnight to dawn, and its eccentric patrons. The manga has been serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original since 2006, with its chapters compiled into 22 wide-ban volumes as of September 2020.

Shōta no SushiW
Shōta no Sushi

Shōta no Sushi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Terasawa about a teen boy Sekiguchi Shota (関口将太) and his journey from an apprentice to become a sushi chef. It was later adapted into TV series, produced by Fuji TV. The manga series ended when Shota won the regional sushi competition in Tokyo. A sequel continued with him being the Tokyo representative in the national competition, to keep a promise for a re-match with his rival Saji Yasuto.

Silver Spoon (manga)W
Silver Spoon (manga)

Silver Spoon is a Japanese coming-of-age manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa, serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from April 2011 to November 2019. The story is set in the fictional Ooezo Agricultural High School in Hokkaido, and depicts the daily life of Yuugo Hachiken, a high school student from Sapporo who enrolled at Ezo fleeing from the demands of his strict father. However, he soon learns that life on an agricultural school is not as easy as he initially believed. Unlike his new classmates, he has no intention of following an agricultural career after graduating, although he envies them for already having set goals for their lives and the pursuit of their dreams.

Sweetness and LightningW
Sweetness and Lightning

Sweetness and Lightning is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gido Amagakure. The manga began serialization in Kodansha's Good! Afternoon magazine from March 2013 and has been compiled into twelve tankōbon volumes so far. An anime television series adaptation animated by TMS Entertainment aired in Japan between July and September 2016.

Today's Menu for the Emiya FamilyW
Today's Menu for the Emiya Family

Today's Menu for the Emiya Family is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by TAa. The series has been serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace Up website since January 26, 2016, and has been collected in three tankōbon volumes as of September 22, 2018. The manga is licensed in North America by Denpa. They released its first English volume on March 13, 2019. It is a spin-off of Type-Moon's Fate/stay night series, set in an alternate universe where the Fifth Holy Grail War resolved with most of the characters surviving and later becoming friends and neighbours. The series revolves around the protagonist Shirō Emiya's daily life cooking various types of Japanese cuisine for his family and friends. A thirteen-episode original net animation adaptation by Ufotable aired monthly from January 25, 2018, to January 1, 2019.

TorikoW
Toriko

Toriko is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro. It follows the adventures of Toriko, a Gourmet Hunter, as he searches for rare, diverse foods to complete a full-course meal. On his journey, he is accompanied by a timid chef who wants to improve his skills. Toriko was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 2008 to November 2016, with the chapters collected into 43 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha.

Tsukiji Uogashi SandaimeW
Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime

Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime (築地魚河岸三代目) is a Japanese manga series by Masaharu Nabeshima with art by Mitsuo Hashimoto. It has been adapted into a 2008 Japanese film directed by Shingo Matsubara. The film was intended to be part of a series.

WakakozakeW
Wakakozake

Wakakozake is a Japanese seinen manga series by Chie Shinkyu. It is serialized by Tokuma Shoten on Monthly Comic Zenon magazine beginning with the September 2011 issue; it is also available on Web Comic Zenyon. The series has thirteen volumes so far; the first volume was released in May 2013, and the latest upcoming release in August 2019.

The Way of the HousehusbandW
The Way of the Househusband

The Way of the Househusband is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kousuke Oono. Published in the online manga magazine Kurage Bunch since 2018, The Way of the Househusband follows an ex-yakuza boss who retires from crime to become a househusband. The series was adapted into a live-action television drama by Nippon TV in 2020, and will be adapted into a Netflix original net animation (ONA) anime series produced by J.C.Staff set for a 2021 premiere.

What Did You Eat Yesterday?W
What Did You Eat Yesterday?

What Did You Eat Yesterday? is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. The slice of life series focuses on the relationship between Shiro Kakei and Kenji Yabuki, a middle-aged gay couple living in Tokyo, Japan. The manga has been serialized in the manga magazine Morning since 2007, and was adapted into a live-action television drama by Shochiku that aired on TV Tokyo in 2019; a film sequel to the television drama is slated for release in 2021. Both the manga and its live-action adaption have received widespread critical acclaim, winning a Kodansha Manga Award, a Galaxy Award, and multiple Television Drama Academy Awards.

Yakitate!! JapanW
Yakitate!! Japan

Yakitate!! Japan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Hashiguchi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 2002 to January 2007. The manga has spanned 26 tankōbon volumes.

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Yumeiro Patissiere

Yumeiro Patissiere is a shōjo manga and anime series by Natsumi Matsumoto. It began serialization on September 3, 2008, in the October 2008 issue of Ribon. The individual chapters have been collected into nine tankōbon volumes by Shueisha as of May 2011. The series ended on June 3, 2011, with a total of 12 volumes. The manga won the 56th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Children's category.