What is this genre all about? Cooking, baking or otherwise producing food.
We present you the list of Cooking anime you should watch right now.
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Top 20 Cooking anime you should watch right now. [2024 List]
- 20. Dungeon Meshi
- 19. Shokugeki no Souma
- 18. Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi
- 17. Bartender
- 16. Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara
- 15. Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara
- 14. Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi
- 13. Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara - Toutsuki Ressha-hen
- 12. Shokugeki no Souma: Gou no Sara
- 11. Tamako Market
- 10. Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2
- 9. Okashi na Tensei
- 8. Amaama to Inazuma
- 7. Shokugeki no Souma: Shin no Sara
- 6. Elf-san wa Yaserarenai.
- 5. Isekai Shokudou 2
- 4. Isekai Shokudou
- 3. Ben-To
- 2. Toriko
- 1. Shinmai Maou no Testament OVA
20. Dungeon Meshi
Dungeons, dragons...and delicious monster stew!? Adventurers foray into a cursed buried kingdom to save their friend, cooking up a storm along the way.
Note: A world premiere screening of Episode 1 was shown in the Studio TRIGGER panel at Anime Expo on July 1, 2023.
Delicious in Dungeon is currently airing and will have 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: ダンジョン飯, Dungeon Food, Dungeon Meal, Tragones y Mazmorras, Gloutons et Dragons, Подземелье вкусностей, 던전밥, สูตรลับตำรับดันเจียน, Mỹ vị hầm ngục, Підземелля смакоти, 迷宫饭, מבוכים ומטעמים
19. Shokugeki no Souma
Ever since he was a child, fifteen-year-old Souma Yukihira has helped his father by working as the sous chef in the restaurant his father runs and owns. Throughout the years, Souma developed a passion for entertaining his customers with his creative, skilled, and daring culinary creations. His dream is to someday own his family's restaurant as its head chef.
Yet when his father suddenly decides to close the restaurant to test his cooking abilities in restaurants around the world, he sends Souma to Tootsuki Culinary Academy, an elite cooking school where only 10 percent of the students graduate. The institution is famous for its "Shokugeki" or "food wars," where students face off in intense, high-stakes cooking showdowns.
As Souma and his new schoolmates struggle to survive the extreme lifestyle of Tootsuki, more and greater challenges await him, putting his years of learning under his father to the test.
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ, Shokugeki no Soma, Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma
18. Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi
Mukoda Tsuyoshi, an ordinary salaryman, is suddenly transported to another world one day. The unique skill he gains upon arrival in this world is the seemingly useless "Online Grocery." Mukoda is discouraged at first, but the modern foods he's able to bring to his new world using this skill prove to have some unbelievable effects!
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: とんでもスキルで異世界放浪メシ, Regarding the Display of an Outrageous Skill Which Has Incredible Powers, Gourmet Adventure of Legendary Tamer
17. Bartender
Genius bartender, Sasakura Ryuu makes the most incredible cocktails anyone has ever tasted. Seeking his "Glass of God", individuals from all different walks of life visit his bar. With both a compassionate ear and a godly drink, Ryuu helps people with their problems.
Bartender has finished airing and it has 11 Episodes. It is also Known as: バーテンダー, Bartender
16. Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara
The third season of Shokugeki no Souma.
Food Wars! The Third Plate has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ 餐ノ皿, Shokugeki no Souma 3rd Season, Shokugeki no Soma 3, Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma 3, Shokugeki no Soma 3rd Season
15. Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara
The second season of Shokugeki no Souma.
Food Wars! The Second Plate has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ 弍ノ皿, Shokugeki no Souma 2nd Season, Shokugeki no Soma 2, Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma 2, Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate
14. Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi
After losing her grandfather, Aoi—a girl who can see spirits known as ayakashi—is suddenly approached by an ogre. Demanding she pay her grandfather’s debt, he makes a huge request: her hand in marriage! Refusing this absurd offer, Aoi decides to work at the Tenjin-ya bed and breakfast for the ayakashi to pay back what her family owes.
Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: かくりよの宿飯, Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi
13. Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara - Toutsuki Ressha-hen
The second course of Shokugeki no Souma season 3.
Food Wars! The Third Plate – Totsuki Railway Arc has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ 餐ノ皿 遠月列車篇, Shokugeki no Soma 4th Season, Food Wars! 4th Season, Food Wars! The Third Plate 2nd cour, Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara 2nd cour, Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara (2018)
12. Shokugeki no Souma: Gou no Sara
In the heated final season of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Yukihira Soma and the Totsuki Academy compete in The Blue!
Food Wars: The Fifth Plate has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ 豪ノ皿, Shokugeki no Soma 5th Season
11. Tamako Market
Tamako knows everything about mochi, the traditional Japanese dessert treats - she even works at Tama-ya, her family’s mochi shop. However, friendships, rivalries, and strange new feelings are beginning to make her life a sticky, complicated mess!
Tamako Market has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: たまこまーけっと, Tamako Market
10. Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2
Second season of Princess Connect! Re:Dive.
Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2 has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: プリンセスコネクト! Re:Dive Season 2, Princess Connect! Re:Dive 2nd Season, Priconne 2nd Season
9. Okashi na Tensei
Pastry Mille Morteln, age 9, is both his father's heir and the reincarnation of an unfulfilled pastry chef. While he dreams of a land filled with sweet treats, there's a lot to be done first! From learning how to fight, to controlling his new magical talents and doing his best to defend his village from bandits, and yet all he really wants to do is bake the perfect apple pie... Pastry Mille Morteln has his work cut out for him in Sweet Reincarnation.
Sweet Reincarnation has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: おかしな転生, Treat of Reincarnation
8. Amaama to Inazuma
Since the death of his wife, Kouhei Inuzuka has been caring for his young daughter Tsumugi to the best of his abilities. However, with his lack of culinary knowledge and his busy job as a teacher, he is left relying on ready-made meals from convenience stores to feed the little girl. Frustrated at his own incapability to provide a fresh, nutritious meal for his daughter, Kouhei takes up an offer from his student, Kotori Iida, to come have dinner at her family's restaurant. But on their very first visit, the father and daughter discover that the restaurant is often closed due to Kotori's mother being away for work and that Kotori often eats alone. After much pleading from his pupil, Kouhei decides to continue to go to the restaurant with Tsumugi to cook and share delicious homemade food with Kotori.Amaama to Inazuma follows the heartwarming story of a caring father trying his hardest to make his adorable little daughter happy, while exploring the meanings and values behind cooking, family, and the warm meals at home that are often taken for granted.
Sweetness & Lightning has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 甘々と稲妻, Amaama to Inazuma
7. Shokugeki no Souma: Shin no Sara
Fourth season of Shokugeki no Soma.
Food Wars! The Fourth Plate has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ 神ノ皿, Shokugeki no Soma 4th Season
6. Elf-san wa Yaserarenai.
Naoe-kun, a massage therapist, is about to head home for the day when he's saddled with a rather strange patient. This lovely lady has emerald eyes, pointy ears, and grew up in the forest–everything about her screams “elf,” except for one thing: her bodacious body. It turns out she left her world but loves junk food in this one, and now her obsession has caught up with her. Can Naoe-kun help this loveable elf girl lose the weight–and keep it off?
Plus-Sized Elf has not yet aired. It will air on July 31, 2024. It is also Known as: エルフさんは痩せられない。, Elf can't on a diet, Miss Elf Can't Lose Weight
5. Isekai Shokudou 2
The restaurant is opening up again with new characters and new dishes.
There is a certain restaurant in the first basement level of a multi-tenant building in one corner of a shopping street near the office district. The historical restaurant, marked by a sign with a picture of a cat, is called "Western Cuisine Nekoya." This restaurant looks completely normal throughout the week, but on Saturdays, it opens in secret exclusively to some very unique guests. During these hours, doors in various areas of a parallel world open to allow customers of many different races and cultures into the restaurant.
Restaurant to Another World 2 has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 異世界食堂 2, Isekai Shokudou 2
4. Isekai Shokudou
At the bottom floor of the building with a dog signboard, in the shopping district near the office street, there lies a cafeteria called "Youshoku no Nekoya," that has an illustration of a cat on the door. It's been open for fifty years and has satisfied various salarymen from nearby offices. Despite it being called a Western cuisine cafeteria, it also provides other varieties of menus. For the people of this certain world, it's their one-and-only special cafeteria.
There is, however, one secret to "Nekoya." The cafeteria is closed to the public every Saturday in order to make way for special guests. When a bell rings, customers from different places of birth and races appear who ask for mysterious and delicious dishes. They are actually the same dishes served to the salarymen, but these special guests find them to be more exotic than to what they are used to. As the cafeteria aims to serve masterpieces, it is usually referred as "Isekai Shokudou."
And so, the bell rings again this week.
Restaurant to Another World has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 異世界食堂, Isekai Shokudou
3. Ben-To
April 6th, 2011—that was the day that 15-year-old You Satou was knocked unconscious while reaching for a half-priced bento, a prepackaged meal sold at the supermarket. By the time he woke up on the ground, all the bento boxes were gone. He left the supermarket hungry and in pain, only for the same thing to happen the next day.
You soon learn that, in the world of Ben-To, discounted bentos are sacred and highly-sought after, and in order to get one, you needed to fight your way to the top. These bento brawls are fought by experienced fighters known as “Wolves”, who leave the inexperienced and weak “Dogs” like him lying on the ground in defeat. In a world where the weak are left hungry and only the strong can dine, You must train under the guidance of the silver-haired “Ice Queen”, Sen Yarizui, to become a bento-eating wolf himself.
Ben-To has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ベン・トー, Bento, Ben-Tou
2. Toriko
Welcome to the Gourmet Age, where happiness is measured by what you eat. In an era in which life revolves around fine cuisine, people will go to great lengths to procure special ingredients which have the power to turn a nice meal into a heavenly delight. However, since these delicious additives usually come from rare, powerful creatures, Gourmet Hunters are called upon to gather them.
The International Gourmet Organization has the utmost power in this world, and is responsible for maintaining the balance of the distribution of ingredients worldwide. One day, Chef Komatsu is sent on a mission to locate one of the most renowned Gourmet Hunters in existence, Toriko, and to hire him for a very special job.
However, astounded by Toriko's skill and unbelievable passion, what started out as a simple mission gradually grows into a deep friendship. Combine the talents of Gourmet Hunter Toriko, who dreams of creating the ultimate Full Course meal, and Chef Komatsu, who aspires to one day become a Master Chef, and the recipe for success may just be discovered.
Toriko has finished airing and it has 147 Episodes. It is also Known as: トリコ, Toriko (2011), Toriko (TV), Toriko x One Piece Collabo Special
1. Shinmai Maou no Testament OVA
An unaired episode of Shinmai Maou no Testament, bundled with the eighth light novel volume.
Shinmai Maou no Testament OVA has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 新妹魔王の契約者〈テスタメント〉, The Testament of Sister New Devil OVA, Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha OVA
