True Cooking Master Boy
2019 • NAS
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 2019
- Episodes
- 12
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- NAS · Production I.G · DMM pictures · Kodansha
- Genres
- Comedy
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.
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.
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True Cooking Master Boy, released in 2019, serves as a modern revival and adaptation of Etsushi Ogawa’s classic 1990s manga series, Cooking Master Boy. Produced by NAS and animated by Production I.G, the series was designed to revisit the culinary adventures of Liu Maoxing, a young chef in 19th-century China striving to become a legendary cook. This iteration sought to bridge the gap between long-time fans of the original anime and a new generation, employing updated character designs and contemporary animation techniques while maintaining the exaggerated, high-stakes spirit of the original cooking battles.
The production aimed to modernize the visual storytelling of the 1997 source material, focusing on vibrant depictions of food and the intense, almost supernatural competitive nature of the culinary world. While the original series remains a cult classic for its blend of shonen tropes and gourmet drama, the 2019 reboot was received as a stylistic continuation. It was crafted to honor the legacy of the original work while providing a fresh lens on the iconic 'legendary kitchenware' quest, ultimately reflecting a broader trend in the animation industry of revisiting nostalgic titles for international streaming audiences.
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