Mister Ajikko (1987)
Original title: ミスター味っ子
Mister Ajikko is a 1987 Japanese-language animation series. It stars Minami Takayama, Chieko Honda and Takkô Ishimori.
Mister Ajikko is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Terasawa about a young boy cook. It was later adapted into anime series, produced by TV Tokyo and Sunrise. This show was broadcast from October 8, 1987 to September 28, 1989 with a total of 99 episodes. One of the earliest cooking/battle related manga and anime of its kind, there are some indications that this series is the inspiration for the live action competitive cooking show, Iron Chef.
Cast
- Minami Takayama as Youichi Ajiyoshi
- Chieko Honda as Minmin
- Takkô Ishimori as Bravo Ojisan
- Saeko Shimazu as Shoukichi
- Takaya Hashi as Robot Cook Sally
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Takao Ajiyoshi
- Shozo Iizuka as Chef Marui
- Hochu Otsuka as Takao Ajiyoshi
- Mari Yokoo as Noriko
- Yoko Kawanami as Yamaoka Mitsuko
- Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Genichiro Murata
- Kenyu Horiuchi as Chef shimonaka