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Anime Relations: Oishinbo, Oishinbo: Nichibei Kome Sensou, Oishinbo: Kyuukyoku tai Shikou, Chouju Ryouri Taiketsu!!, Koufuku Graffiti, Shokugeki no Souma, Amaama to Inazuma, Isekai Shokudou, Isekai Izakaya: Koto Aitheria no Izakaya Nobu, Yuru Camp△, Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san, Yuru Camp△ Specials, Meng Qi Shi Shen, Yuru Camp△ Season 2, Yuru Camp△ Movie, Nu Wushen de Canzhuo, Nu Wushen de Canzhuo II, Nu Wushen de Canzhuo Spring Festival Special, Isekai Shokudou 2, Yuru Camp△ Season 2 Specials, Meng Qi Shi Shen: Zaijie Liangyuan, Meng Qi Shi Shen: Huanxi Zhui Hun

This is to keep track of the number of foodie anime I've watched as I'm quite a big fan of that genre.
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Amaama to Inazuma (Sweetness & Lighting)


Childhood memories of "Mom's cooking" are strong enough to make a single father learn to cook to help his daughter get over missing her mom's home cooked food.

• 06/10 Visual appeal of food - it looks mouthwatering, could be better with better art.
  
• 06/10 Reaction of characters to food - there's a happy face, the kid has the biggest reactions
  
• 07/10 Difficulty or complexity of food featured - easy, as the Daddy is learning to cook.
  
• 10/10 Preparation or Cooking Instructions - Detailed instructions
  
• 07/10 Desire of viewer to cook or buy dishes featured after watching show - It honestly doesn't look that difficult to make, I mean, the anime is practically a tutorial, and the food looks tasty!
  

7.2/10 Foodie Rating - this is a good food anime.
7.0/10 Anime Rating - Reviewed here. This was a nice, feel-good anime.

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Isekai Izakaya: Koto Aitheria no Izakaya Nobu (Japanese Food From Another World)


A girl doesn't want to get married, so she opens a restaurant where the main door opens to another fantasy world, which is mostly human populated.

• 10/10 Visual appeal of food - there's a real life section at the end that shows even more mouth watering examples of the food cooked in the show.
  
• 07/10 Reaction of characters to food
  
• 07/10 Difficulty or complexity of food featured - some of these ones are still hard, even with the below
  
• 10/10 Preparation or Cooking Instructions - Half the episodes show a short cooking instructions video done by a good host, who makes it seem accessible and simple
  
• 09/10 Desire of viewer to cook or buy dishes featured after watching show - I made several of the dishes thanks to the easy instructions. Also, the other half of the real life show has a host take us to various places in Japan, to eat the dishes in the anime and drink beer. Features the name of the restaurants and nearest subway stop. If you weren't hungry after the anime, watching this might tip you over the edge. The food looked even tastier in real life. If I lived in Japan, I'd be visiting those restaurants. Even the expensive one.
  

8.6/10 Foodie Rating - this is a superior foodie anime.
7.0/10 Anime Rating - An enjoyable Isekai anime with an emphasis on food.

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Isekai Shokudou (Restaurant to Another World)


Japanese restaurant opens up to another world, and serves both their humans and creatures, with each episode featuring a different person/creature and why the food is important to them.

• 08/10 Visual appeal of food
  
• 07/10 Reaction of characters to food
  
• 06/10 Difficulty or complexity of food featured - middle of the road in difficulty
  
• 01/10 Preparation or Cooking Instructions - no instructions
  
• 05/10 Desire of viewer to cook or buy dishes featured after watching show - The S1 Omurice episode was mouth watering.
  

Isekai Shokudou S1: 5.4/10 Foodie Rating - The food is pretty mediocre to be honest.
Isekai Shokudou S1: 6.5/10 Show Rating - Reviewed here. Okay story, the food was relevant and it tied in nicely.

Isekai Shokudou S2: 5.4/10 Foodie Rating - The food is pretty mediocre to be honest, slightly worse than S1.
Isekai Shokudou S2: 7.0/10 Show Rating - Reviewed here. Okay story, the food was relevant and it tied in nicely.

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Koufuku Graffiti (Gourmet Girl Graffiti)


Slice of Life with heavy emphasis on food. Ryou Machiko learned cooking from her grandmother but lives alone. Discovers food tastes better when you have someone to cook for and eat with. Wholesome with a good message.

• 07/10 Visual appeal of food
  
• 05/10 Reaction of characters to food
  
• 05/10 Difficulty or complexity of food featured - middle of the road in difficulty
  
• 01/10 Preparation or Cooking Instructions - except for the Oden episode, there's very little instructions
  
• 03/10 Desire of viewer to cook or buy dishes featured after watching show
  

4.2/10 Foodie Rating - The food looks good but there's no educational value.
5.0/10 Show Rating - Food is relevant to friendship! Still feels like consuming empty calorie sweet snacks.

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Meng Qi Shi Shen (Adorable Food Goddess)


Also known as Cinderella Chef, a modern day chef is poisoned and ends up in the body of a young girl about to be married, in Ancient China! And then bandits waylay her bridal procession. There's food, drama, action, comedy and romance.

• 10/10 Visual appeal of food - mouth watering
  
• 09/10 Reaction of characters to food - the reactions are pretty over the top and quite creative, but not ecchi.
  
• 08/10 Difficulty or complexity of food featured - Has a good mix of simple and complex - some of these recipes are not for beginners.
  
• 05/10 Preparation or Cooking Instructions - it's show, don't tell. I could figure out some of them but a narration would have helped a lot.
  
• 08/10 Desire of viewer to cook or buy dishes featured after watching show - Now craving fried rice, and cold desserts.
  

Meng Qi Shi Shen S1: 8.0/10 Foodie Rating - superior food anime!
Meng Qi Shi Shen S1: 7.0/10 Anime Rating - Meng Qi Shi Shen S1 review here.

Meng Qi Shi Shen S2: 8.0/10 Foodie Rating - superior food anime! Lantern and Popsicle highlights!
Meng Qi Shi Shen S2: 7.0/10 Anime Rating - Meng Qi Shi Shen S2 review here.

Meng Qi Shi Shen S2: 8.0/10 Foodie Rating - superior food anime! Squirrel Fish, Rising Peacock highlights!
Meng Qi Shi Shen S2: 8.0/10 Anime Rating - Meng Qi Shi Shen S3 review here.

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Nu Wushen de Canzhuo (Cooking with Valkyries) Season 1
Nu Wushen de Canzhuo II (Cooking with Valkyries) Season 2
Nu Wushen de Canzhuo (Cooking with Valkyries) Spring Festival Special




Based off a game, many episodes of food preparation, cooking and eating with recipes and instructions at the end.

• 08/10 Visual appeal of food - tasty looking food, very accurate
  
• 07/10 Reaction of characters to food - Characters enjoy the food and make satisfied faces especially the "piggy" of the group. No sparkles or clothes flying off, but a more realistic approach.
  
• 05/10 Difficulty or complexity of food featured - a few simple recipes, with the rest of medium difficulty.
  
• 10/10 Preparation or Cooking Instructions - they actually show the preparation and cooking as this takes up the majority of the anime time. There are recipes with the ingredients and instructions at the end. Some are simple enough you can make them at home.
  
• 10/10 Desire of viewer to cook or buy dishes featured after watching show - Will motivate you to cook if you have the ingredients available, especially for the simple, accessible dishes like Watermelon Pizza.
  

Cooking With Valkyries Season 1: 8.0/10 Foodie Rating - excellent, one of the best for preparation and cooking with instructions and recipes.
Cooking With Valkyries Season 1: 7.0/10 Anime Rating - Reviewed here. Not much story, great gourmet anime.

Cooking With Valkyries Season 2: 8.0/10 Foodie Rating - still excellent for prep, instructions and recipes.
Cooking With Valkyries Season 2: 7.0/10 Anime Rating - Anime Rating - Reviewed here. Not much story, great gourmet anime.

Cooking With Valkyries Spring Festival Rating: 9.0/10 Foodie Rating - Mouthwatering Nostalgia Food.
Cooking With Valkyries Spring Festival Rating: 8.0/10 Anime Rating - Reviewed here. It's a grand gourmet anime that has 100% focus and respect to the food traditions around preparation, cooking and eating the food during the Chinese New Year Spring festival period.

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Oishinbo (The Gourmet or A La Carte)
Oishinbo: Kyuukyoku tai Shikou, Chouju Ryouri Taiketsu!! (Oishinbo: Ultimate vs. Supreme)
Oishinbo: Nichibei Kome Sensou (Oishinbo: The Japan-America Rice War)


Also known as The Gourmet, this is a true hidden gem and hands down the best Cooking anime out there bar none. Unfortunately is old, not well known, and has dated graphics plus none of the ecchi food-gasm reactions that are currently what this genre has become about. The worst thing is only 34 episodes have been subbed, so I might never be able to finish watching the best cooking series made.

• 07/10 Visual appeal of food - Not that great as the animation from the 1990s is super dated.
  
• 10/10 Reaction of characters to food - REALITY. This is probably how real people would react when eating those types of food under those circumstances.
  
• 09/10 Difficulty or complexity of food featured - Even simple recipes take time.
  
• 10/10 Preparation or Cooking Instructions - 100% legitimate and educational, learned a lot.
  
• 09/10 Desire of viewer to cook or buy dishes featured after watching show - Very high, only stopped by ingredients or cooking tools not being easily available.
  

Oishinbo Series: 9.0/10 Foodie Rating - Best food anime series yet. Waiting for subs :(
Oishinbo Series: 0/10 Anime Rating - To Be Reviewed if the subs ever come up! Hoping for this soon.
Oishinbo Movie Gourmet vs. Supreme: 9.0/10 Foodie Rating - Best food anime movie yet.
Oishinbo Movie Gourmet vs. Supreme: 0/10 Anime Rating - Reviewed.
Oishinbo Movie Japan vs. America Rice War: 0/10 Foodie Rating - To Watch
Oishinbo Movie Japan vs. America Rice War: 0/10 Anime Rating - To Be Reviewed.


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Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san (Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles)


Was eating Ramen one day and typed in Ramen, to discover this show about Ms. Koizumi, a school girl whose foodie obsession with Ramen really takes it to the next level.

• 08/10 Visual appeal of food - It's glorious and gorgeous, designed to make you crave ramen.
  
• 106/10 Reaction of characters to food - there's satisfied sighs on completion of the ramen with pretty little stars and sparkles around the characters. Very PG but nice.
  
• 07/10 Difficulty or complexity of food featured - Some of the ramen stock is not going to be easy for beginners to do. But there are also depictions of simple, packet or convenience store ramen which we can easily do.
  
• 06/10 Education, Preparation or Cooking Instructions - Very few preparation or cooking instructions, but there is quite a lot of educational facts about the different origins and history of various types of ramen. I learned a TON about ramen.
  
• 10/10 Desire of viewer to cook or buy dishes featured after watching show - Impossible to resist as packet ramen is accessible, so this reviewer ended up eating packet ramen (modified with various additions) every other episode. I know for a fact some of the restaurants featured in this anime are real (Pineapple Ramen Restaurant, Junk Story etc.) and would have gone there to eat after watching this show if I lived in Japan.
  

7.4/10 Foodie Rating - this show is great for Ramen Lovers.
06/10 Anime Rating - Reviewed, the food was great the story made me a little uncomfortable.

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Shokugeki No Souma (Food Wars)


Soma, a talented, young genius neighborhood diner chef is the son of a genius traveling gourmet chef. He enrolls in his father's alma mater, a prestigious cooking school where the name of the game is shokugeki (food wars). Five Seasons, several Ovas and specials. Yet the food and reactions just get more and more over the top.

• 10/10 Visual appeal of food - mouth watering
  
• 10/10 Reaction of characters to food - the food is so orgasmically tasty, character make sex type sounds as their clothes fly off giving this anime the dubious honor of exemplifying the term Food Porn
  
• 08/10 Difficulty or complexity of food featured - this stuff is hard.
  
• 05/10 Preparation or Cooking Instructions - there's some explanation of how the food problem is solved, so there's a few instructions that may not be easily achieved in real life.
  
• 10/10 Desire of viewer to cook or buy dishes featured after watching show - Will make you hungry for sure, and if you can't cook you'll probably go buy whatever is easily available.
  

8.6/10 Foodie Rating - this show is pretty much synonymous with food anime.
07/10 Anime Rating - this was a good anime

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Yuru CampΔ (Laid Back Camp)
Yuru CampΔ Season 2 (Laid Back Camp Season 2)



Iyashikei camping anime was the surprise hit of Winter 2018, the wholesome friendship and some cooking reinvigorated interest in winter camping especially at sites near Onsen (Hot Springs) around Mt. Fuji. Season 2 features more food.

Yuru Camp Season 1 // Season 2

• 05/10 Visual appeal of food - some have basic animation, could have been better. // Season 2 08/10 as it has a lot more food and made it look much more delicious too.
  
• 05/10 Reaction of characters to food - laid back reaction. Characters enjoy the food and make moe faces. Nothing over the top.
  
• 03/10 Difficulty or complexity of food featured - none this stuff is too hard, due to equipment restrictions.
  
• 06/10 Preparation or Cooking Instructions - there's some instructions of how to cook this food in a camp setting, and in one episode they actually say "if you follow instructions, you can do it", which will give viewers the confidence to do this in real life.
  
• 08/10 Desire of viewer to cook or buy dishes featured after watching show - Will make you want to go camping and try to cook those dishes. Especially if you have the gear, and friends and a spot to go camping at.
  

Yuru Camp Season 1: 5.4/10 Foodie Rating - need more food.
Yuru Camp Season 1: 08/10 Anime Rating - Yuru Camp S1 Review here. This is a great Iyashikei anime

Yuru Camp Season 2: 6.0/10 Foodie Rating - featured way more food!
Yuru Camp Season 2: 09/10 Anime Rating - Yuru Camp S2 Review here. Even better than Season 1

Anime Relations: Koukaku Kidoutai, Akira, .hack//Sign, Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island, Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island Final, Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, Bubblegum Crisis, Cyber City Oedo 808

The Merger of Man & Machine

There's a whole genre of animation devoted to this concept, a genre, we will, for lack of a better term, call Cyberpunk. Not because I think the word is descriptive of what the genre encompasses, but because it's a generally acceptable and well known word. Depending on who you ask, there is a different story about the origin and definition of cyberpunk. However they all agree on a few things

1. The term cyberpunk was coined by Bruce Sterling, But it is Gardner Dozois (editor of IASFM - Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction magazine) who was responsible for popularizing the term "cyberpunk". Gotta admit, it has a nice ring to it!

2. The literary definitive work is William Gibson's Neuromancer

3. The movie definitive work will always be Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (based on Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep)

Cyberpunk Defined

WordIQ has a nice definition. http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk (a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk) is a sub-genre of science fiction which focuses on computers or information technology. The plot of cyberpunk literature often revolves around the conflict between hackers, artificial intelligences, and megacorps. It is the result of a self-correction in the science fiction genre, which classically had ignored the importance of information technology.

The only thing it leaves out is the blending of man and machine! Which is THE most important part of cyberpunk. In Neuromancer the concept of cyberware (hardware) and cyberspace (like the Matrix, the machine's reality) was introduced. If you just get the hardware, you become a cyborg, i.e. artificial eyes, limbs. If you get the wetware (plug into brain) and dive into cyberspace/the Matrix etc. that's a whole other level of engagement, which may cause the blurring of individuality. If you die in the net, do you die in real life? What if your body dies, but your soul lives on in the net?

My definition of Cyberpunk is when there is true spiritual (more than just physical) blending of man and machine, resulting in (created?) sentience, in an era ruled by mega-corps..

Cyberpunk In Anime

Bubblegum Crisis
Classic - Yes, Masterpiece - No, Cyberpunk - Yes

The original Babes In Battle Armor Anime set to Epic 80s music generated a strong Yuri fandom. Soundtrack was good enough that each episode (8 total) generated it's own OST. Yes, embarrassingly enough I actually used to own one of them. I love "Konya Wa Hurricane" till today.

Although the action, music and concept are great this anime does not stand the test of time well. The animation (which was great for those days) is very dated and the soundtrack sounds very 80s (I still love it). Also production wars plauged the series so the plot felt kind of rushed and incomplete in places. I wish I could call this a masterpiece, but I can't.

Sadly, I have to agree with Orion. I looked at my definition and had to refresh my memory on whether there was "machine sentience" in story. There was with the boomers suddenly developing their own identity. So, evil megacorp? Check. Renegade mercs? Check. Cyber-hardware? Check. Machines developing sentience? Check.

Akira
Classic - Yes, Masterpiece - No, Cyberpunk - No

Akira is set in a post-nuclear war society where anarchy, nihilism and illegal human experimentation with ESPers was rife. It was so epic as to be responsible for a resurgence of interest in Anime, but isn't really cyberpunk since virtually all the elements (in my definition) are missing.

Ghost In the Shell GITS
Classic - Yes, Masterpiece - Close to Yes, Cyberpunk - Yes

What can I say, this is the definitive anime about artificial intelligence developing in cyberspace. When it came out it it caused a resurgence of interest in anime, and will always be one of the landmark anime classics that everyone should see. What made this excellent wasn't that it broke tremendous new ground (plot wise) but that as an anime, this was beautifully executed to generate maximum discussion thus fueling the interest of non-anime fans to watch it just to see what the fuss was about. And of course, let's not forget that Major Makoto is super-hot.

The other GITS sequels are all cyberpunk, some are masterpiece but none will ever be classic except for the original.

Cyber City Oedo 808
Classic - No, Masterpiece - No, Cyberpunk - Yes

Aah a blast from the past featuring future era criminals doing police work to lessen their sentences go against cyber organisms. Nothing very groundbreaking and animation isn't crash hot, story was average (predictable) but I wasn't bored. Cyberpunk elements were all there though.

The Animatrix
Classic - No, Masterpiece - No, Cyberpunk - Yes

Short stories based off "The Matrix" universe. Nothing groundbreaking that wasn't already done by the original Matrix Movie (which is a Classic).

Serial Experiments Lain
Classic - No, Masterpiece - No, Cyberpunk - Yes

Lain didn't generate enough controversy or interest to be a classic. I found the concept exciting but the execution was horribly done. Although the art is still good this got very boring very fast. There was the appropriate amount of philosophizing about merging with the Wired but 7 episodes of the same old stuff got a little tiring. I still finished it but couldn't call this a masterpiece. I guess this is one of the love them or hate them anime. It does have all the cyberpunk elements though.

Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island, Greed Island Final
Classic - No, Masterpiece - Yes, Cyberpunk - No

Boy(s) go inside a game and will not be able to log out until they win (or die). No cyberware, or evil corporations so not Cyberpunk. However, the virtual world created was very well done, story was engaging and art style will be ok to stand the test of time. Entertaining enough to be a Masterpiece, but lacking enough originality to be a classic.

.hack//SIGN series
Classic - No, Masterpiece - No, Cyberpunk - Yes

Story about a roleplayer(s) stuck inside the cyberworld of a game isn't original. First few episodes were good then it got really boring. Many other series released of which only 2 were ok, the rest weren't that great. Yes I'm a completionist, I actually watched all 11 of them and reviewed two. If only they could have executed this as well as Hunter x Hunter. Hack differs because in "The World" (you have to pronounce it as "DUH WHIIRRLD" like they do in the anime) it is obvious that something in there is becoming sentient.


Yet to see - will edit blog when watched

Ergo Proxy, Vexille any others you want to suggest?