“Yeah? then why did you watch it?”
Because it's an Isekai of course ......
Let's face it, This is not the first isekai food anime, I doubt any genre is left unscathed by the isekai Truck (hehe :p) so let's just jump into why this exists and Actually make a compelling watch.
All food-based anime does have a general formula:-
1)Have Mascots/ Hot girls
2)Make said Mascots/Hot girls Cream themselves while eating the “very superior Japanese Cuisine” (Seriously I am Indian so any Cuisine other than Indian is basically Weak AF salt and pepper bs).
3)The animation used in the food scenes Is equivalent to food porn.
Now an Isekai setting is very clever for this kind of requirement, The Isekai setting makes the Creative allowance to have mascots basically limitless, here we have a God-tier legendary Wolf , a cute protectable, and very adorably voiced baby slime, Along with, obviously hot isekai goddesses who love sweets. The ability to anticipate and potentially look forward to the reaction of these mythical creatures reacting to our seemingly ‘Alien for them’ food, and the very spectacular animation and art in the cooking scenes does improve the watching experience and makes the otherwise dull setting into an actual passable and enjoyable watch.
the absolutely loyal Isekai community, or rather, the unyielding evil sludge that would consume anything isekai (yeah that's how they look at us) was an easy sell which was a smart move by both mappa, who are running dry of cash, and the author who certainly made a buck with this, knew what they were doing when they made this one.
The whole anime initially feels like a commercial for Japanese restaurants, I really can't think of any in-depth review, the Characters the Story, and the plot is easily just an average 5/10, No real story is in the makes and no character development is in sight for the already mediocre characters. it's just that the MC meets either a new character X makes some food with some weird-looking monster, Fel and Sui kill them monsters while the MC is cowering or running with fear, or the eat and cream moments.
Sound and VA 9/10
Surprisingly well-made Ost along with really nice OP and ED which are chill and Upbeat, THe VOice acting of Fenrir and Sui is done well, and THe cooking is accompanied by really good gourmet sounds of sizzling and an ensemble of cookware clattering. As expected of mappa, many say that their animation needs work, but a few only know that the real magic that mappa brings with them is the OST and Music. (ever seen anyone hate chainsaw man or AOT OST? Those are just a few examples)
Animation and art 8/10
I personally loved the art that was used in the ED, the art in the anime in general is ok at best but the budget climbs sharply during the cooking sessions with a real jump in animation as well. The fight scenes are never the focus but are done reasonably well.
This is good popcorn fun for anyone, but I would definitely suggest bringing something more satisfying than popcorn when you are watching this, It will definitely make you crave some Food.
