Oishinbo

Art 10
Overall art of this Food anime is crystal clear, beautiful, classic. You can't expect more from the studio that making top box office movies: Stand By Me. No fan service, oppai, and panty shot
Character and Story 10
Yamaoka and Kurita like befriend everybody, which's making this anime become episodic-slice of life similar to Natsume Yuujinchou, Dr. Ramune, Kobato, etc. Yamaoka is like a gastronimical Saitama of One Punch Man and Gourmet's or F&B Professor: as a reporter, he is unremarkable and often outright lazy. Several scenes feature him picking his nose while working. However with food, he is 'impossible,' doing CT Scan for sushi's ... rice, turning bamboo into sashimi, defeating foie gras, flaking fish with a broken glass when a knife is too dull, or parading enough esoteric information about Japanese cooking to make even an expert jealous.
Sound 7
Seiyuu and sound effect is the typical old anime: people falling whenever shocked, exaggerating laugh, etc. Despite of it, the Op and Ed is special because It will bring you travelling time.
Enjoyment and Overall 10
It's an anime that you want to watch slowly and curiously, to watch it everytime you want some break from heavy plot anime, to watch it everytime you need to learn and savor food.
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. Slightly frustratingly, some episodes are taken down, they’re each being uploaded in two parts but considering its free and someone had to shell out for the subtitle translation, who are we to complain?

As I've gone along with this show, I started off merely just enjoying it as an old school anime with some pretty good art and a mildly interesting story. As it's gone on, I've become more invested in the story and really enjoying the overarching quest of Shiro to prove that he is a better gourmet than his father, the arrogant and ill-tempered Kaibara. Perhaps one of the earliest examples of anime that paved the way for culinary focused shows like Food Wars. My only complaint really is that there are only about 40 episodes that have English subtitles and no English dub whatsoever, so ... I've had to pace myself watching in the hopes that eventually the entire series will have been English subbed so that I can someday finish it. It's definitely a great anime from the late 80s and if you're an English speaker like I am and can pace yourself watching, you'll find it a very fulfilling experience to watch, I think. The character development of Shiro and of Kurita are worth it alone.