Jun 23, 2012
I've only watched the Cantonese dub of this anime when I was a child but the memories of this anime is still fresh in my mind.
This is a type of anime which makes a normal profession seem like magic. You will see people chopping food in outrageous fashion, the critics' food reactions are hilarious and down right over the top. That was what made me fall in love with this anime and also attempting to cook like they have although my cutting skills still can't make cabbage fly yet.
Plot wise it's like Pokemon to be honest. Main character goes off to venture the country,
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meet memorable characters then fight bad guys to a cook off death match. Then main character goes to a gym, in this case it's a cooking competition; wins and then venture some more with more new companions on the way plus more baddies. All set in China so expect to see and learn about Chinese culture but also their food.
The art style is what made this show unique and the cooking scenes were always a great watch. The detail on the food was mouth watering, looks nothing like that in reality. Seeing as it's a 52 episodes anime, the animation staff did have to repeat quite a lot of reaction scenes to save money. It's quite annoying at some parts.
Sound, well going by the voice actors in the Cantonese-dub, it was outstanding and great fitting voices for the main characters. The bgm is classical traditional Chinese music, which I really enjoyed listening to, however they really do repeat it a lot. The Opening songs and ending songs were not localised in Cantonese, thank god. The songs are fitting for this anime and highly catchy. I still hum the tunes from time to time.
Characters in this anime are all special to me. I don't know what the characters' actual names are in Japanese but every single one of them is remember able and each have a story related to their passion to cooking. The character development the main three under go is amazing, it's like you're watching them mature into young adults, but I think the manga shows more of their development a lot more.
Enjoyment. Through out my childhood, this anime stuck with me forever. I watched it with my family and could recall that everyone enjoyed it. I could still to this day remember the food they cooked and I called remember feeling jealous of the critics eating it. The lobster cook off. *drools*
Okay I'm salivating now, but overall I didn't give it a perfect 10 because of the animation repetition and how much they cut down on some major plot but also the alternative ending for this anime was just not up to the standards as in the manga. I highly recommend this anime if you enjoy cooking and little slice of drama on the side.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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