Chuuka Ichiban!
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  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. Drama
  4. Gourmet
  1. Nippon Animation
Apr 27, 1997 at 6:30am EDT

The story takes place in 19th century China during the Qing Dynasty, where the Emperor was weakened and the country was close to chaos. It is also during a fictitious era called "The Era of the Cooking Wars". It was an era in which top chefs with different cooking styles tried their best to improve their skills and to become the best chef in China. It is a country where insulting a high-grade chef or fooling around with cooking could land a person in a jail, and impersonating a top-chef is as good as usurpation of authority. Chefs compete with each other in order to gain respect and even power, but also with the risks of losing everything.

The country of China has four major regions: Beijing, Szechuan, Shanghai, and Guangdong.

The beginning of the story takes place in Szechuan, Mao's birthplace.

After the death of Mao's mother, Pai, who was called the 'Fairy of Cuisine', Mao becomes a Super Chef in order to take the title as Master Chef of his mother's restaurant. However, before he takes his mother's place as Master Chef, he continues to travel China in order to learn more of the many ways of cooking, in the hopes of becoming a legendary chef, just like his mother. During his journey, he meets great friends and fierce rivals who wish to challenge him in the field of cooking.

[Source: Wikipedia]

  1. Comedy
  2. Gourmet
  1. Production I.G
Oct 11, 2019 at 1:40pm EDT

During the 19th century China, the protagonist, Liu Maoxing, wins the title of Super Chef and is the youngest to do so in history. His master, Zhou Yu, suggests that he broaden his skills as a chef even more, so he goes on a journey around China with his friends Shirou and Meili. After returning, he also teams up with Xie Lu and Lei En to fight the Underground Cooking Society. He then learns the secret about the 8 Legendary Cooking Tools. In the past, Mao’s mother, Bei, had wished for everyone’s happiness and fought against the Underground Cooking Society. In order to continue his mother’s wishes and protect the Legendary Cooking Utensils from the Underground Cooking Society, Mao and his friends go on a journey...

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Comedy
  2. Gourmet
  1. NAS
Jan 11, 2021 at 11:10am EST

This is the story of the youngest super chef in history, Liu Mao Xing, as he travels the world in search of the eight Legendary Cooking Utensils while fighting The Five Tiger Stars from the Dark Cooking Society to achieve victory with his extraordinary culinary skills and righteous heart.

[Source: iQIYI; emended]

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