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Cooking Master Boy (TV)

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[ adapted from Chūka Ichiban! (manga) ]
Alternative title:
Chuuka Ichiban! (Japanese)
中華一番！ (Japanese)
요리왕 비룡 (Korean)
Genres: action, comedy
Themes: cooking
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: After the death of Mao's mother, who was called the "Fairy of Cuisine", Mao must strive to become a legendary chef himself, in order to take the title as head chef at his mother's restaurant. To do this, he must travel China to learn the many ways of cooking. During his journey, he meets great friends and also fierce rivals.
User Ratings: 120 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Excellent: 18 votes (sub:16, Kor.sub:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 22 votes (sub:21, raw:1)
 Good: 35 votes (sub:28, ?:4, raw:2, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 23 votes (sub:19, dub:2, raw:2)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:7, Tag.dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 274 users, rank: #1510
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.933 (Good-.06), std. dev.: 1.8696, rank: #1856
Weighted mean: 6.706 (Good-.29), rank: #2070 (seen all: 7.18 / seen some: 5.57 / won't finish: 4.16)
Bayesian estimate: 6.768 (Good-.23), rank: #1723
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 52
Episode titles: We have 52
Vintage:
1997-04-27 to 1998-09-13
2003-05-05 (Philippines)
Opening Theme:
#1: "空 (Sora)" by Maki Ohguro (eps 1-18)
#2: "息もできない (Iki mo Dekinai) ~Now I can breath~" by ZARD (eps 19-36)
#3: "君さえいれば (Kimi Sae Ireba)" by DEEN (eps 37-52)
Ending Theme:
#1: "青い空に出逢えた (Aoi Sora ni Deaeta)" by Arisa Tsujio (eps 1-20)
#2: "ミネラル (Mineral)" by Kaori Nanao (eps 21-36)
#3: "風のように自由 (Kaze no You ni Jiyuu; Free Like the Wind)" by Keiko Utoku (eps 37-52)
Official website:
Cooking Master Boy @ Nippon Animation
中華一番！ 制作情報 @ Nippon Animation (Japanese)
In the news 2 times:
2007-05-28   Zard Singer Izumi Sakai, 40, Dies from Staircase Fall
2002-02-05   Vancouver TV Station broadcasting Anime in Cantonese
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Masami Anno

Storyboard: Tadashi Hiramatsu

Music: Hiromoto Tobisawa

Original creator: Etsushi Ogawa

Animation director: Nagisa Miyazaki

Key Animation: Keiji Gotoh (ep 27)

Theme Song Performance:
Arisa Tsujio (ED1)
Deen (OP)
Kaori Nanao (ED)
Keiko Utoku (ED #3)
Maki Ohguro (OP)
Zard (OP)

 

Chika Sakamoto as Shirou

Mayumi Tanaka as Mao

Satsuki Yukino as Meili

Hiroshi Yanaka as Shell

Houko Kuwashima as Ran

Junko Shimakata as Fei child

Maya Okamoto as
Shan
Tia

Ryotaro Okiayu as Fei

Yuko Nagashima as Marin

Yumi Touma as Anri

Yuri Amano as Fei's mother

Akio Ohtsuka

Yukimasa Kishino

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster: Fuji TV

Production: Nippon Animation

Production Assistance: Studio Pierrot

English staff 
English companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: AXN-Asia

English cast 
(none)
Spanish staff 
Spanish companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Cloverway, Inc. (Latin America)

Spanish cast 
(none)

Tagalog cast 
Tagalog staff 
(none)

Donna Alcantara as Meili

Lucky Mar Santos as Lui Mao Xing

Benjie Dorango as Fei

Pocholo Gonzales as
Sanche
Shell

Robert Brillantes as
Chouyo
Sho An

Benjie Dorango as Li Yen

Hazel Hernan as Karin (Mao's Sister)

Virna Pahoyo as Reika

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster:
ABS-CBN
Hero

Dubbing: ABS-CBN

 
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