Maoxing Liu
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Estimated watch time
4h 48m
⚡ 3 days at 5 eps/day
Tags & Tropes
Food79%Shounen79%Foreign79%Historical73%
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Synopsis & Story
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: should you watch it?
At a glance
True Cooking Master Boy has been met with mixed reactions, with an average AniList score of 60/100 — 21% of 1,147 ratings are 8/10 or higher.
Of the 2.7K AniList users who started it, 24.1% dropped it, so it is frequently dropped; 1.5K have finished it.
At about 4 h 48 min in total, it is a short commitment — a weekend binge.
Best for viewers who enjoy Comedy — especially food, shounen, foreign, historical.
Where it fits in the series
- Start here. True Cooking Master Boy is the first entry in its story.
- Watch next: True Cooking Master Boy Season 2 (2021)
- Optional extras: Cooking Master Boy
Episodes
12 episodes are listed.
Main cast & creators
- Original creator
- Etsushi Ogawa
- Director
- Itsurou Kawasaki
- Series composition
- Itsurou Kawasaki
- Character design
- Saki Hasegawa
Opening & ending themes
Openings
- OP1“Koufukuron”
Endings
- ED1“Paradigm Shift” by Brian the Sun
Theme data from AnimeThemes.moe.
True Cooking Master Boy FAQ
- How many episodes does True Cooking Master Boy have?
- True Cooking Master Boy has 12 episodes of about 24 minutes each, roughly 4 h 48 min in total.
- How long does it take to watch True Cooking Master Boy?
- About 4 h 48 min back to back. At two episodes a day it takes 6 days; at one hour a day, about 5 days.
- Is True Cooking Master Boy finished?
- Yes. True Cooking Master Boy has finished airing — the final episode aired December 28, 2019.
- Is there a season 2 of True Cooking Master Boy?
- Yes — the story continues in True Cooking Master Boy Season 2 (2021).
- Where do I start True Cooking Master Boy?
- Start here: True Cooking Master Boy is the first entry, followed by True Cooking Master Boy Season 2.
- Is True Cooking Master Boy based on a manga?
- Yes. True Cooking Master Boy adapts the manga by Etsushi Ogawa.
- Who animated True Cooking Master Boy?
- True Cooking Master Boy was animated by Production I.G and directed by Itsurou Kawasaki.
- Who sings the opening of True Cooking Master Boy?
- The opening, "Koufukuron", is performed by an uncredited artist.
- Where can I watch True Cooking Master Boy?
- True Cooking Master Boy is listed on Crunchyroll, iQ. Availability varies by region — check the streaming links on this page.