The announcement of a new anime adaptation of the popular cooking manga Oishinbo has sparked a wave of reactions on 5ch’s Nandemo Jikkyo G board. The original anime was a long-running hit that scored high ratings, and its strong recent view counts on YouTube and subscription streaming services are believed to have helped push this new adaptation forward. On the thread, attention centered on just how faithfully the new series can reproduce the source material under Reiwa-era compliance standards — especially episodes criticizing food additives or ones heavy with the author’s own opinions — while plenty of commenters also expressed nostalgia for the original anime and the live-action film.
I wonder if they'll do the Tonkatsu Old Man episode again too
The fact he can lock down a university's CT scanner with one phone call says a lot about his connections
It was a monster hit of a series
Just animate what happens afterward as the new series
They'll probably do the wedding and grandchild episodes though
Hope they update it to match modern food knowledge
Just have Tsuda Ken do supplementary narration like they did in Jan, that'll work fine
Can they even pull this off in the Reiwa era?
Guess they figured it could actually work
It's huge on YouTube too
People have been saying "just remake it or make something new already" forever, and it's finally happening
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Wait, the Ramen Three Musketeers was from Oishinbo?
Just found that out right now
No idea what happens after that
Even the reruns have over 10 shelved episodes lol
Whoa… had no idea
What kind of decision is this
Exactly this.
TV standards used to be lax back then, which is how they got away with animating Tetsu Kariya's Oishinbo, but if they remake it now it'll just end up a bland, sanitized, boring anime out of concern for political correctness.
It's ridiculously popular on streaming and such, so it can't be helped
They'll probably cut the episodes with heavy ideological content unrelated to food
I hope they at least make it as far as Yamaoka and Kurita's wedding reception
Well, that was true back then
Tommy's definitely getting written out for sure
It was an anime with incredibly high ratings
Whoever actually cast them like that was out of their mind
They really nailed the acting as an estranged parent and child…
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Oishinbo is a cooking manga that began serialization in 1983, and its 1988 TV anime adaptation was a hit that scored high ratings at the time. In recent years it has been racking up strong view counts on YouTube and streaming platforms, and this momentum is seen as the backdrop for the new anime adaptation. Opinions in the thread were divided over how the production will handle episodes considered hard to reproduce by Reiwa-era standards — such as those featuring food-additive exposés or ones where the author’s personal opinions come through strongly via the characters. Since the series has previously made headlines over some of its depictions, many commenters worried it might end up “sanitized and inoffensive,” while just as many expressed nostalgia for the original anime and the live-action film (starring Koichi Sato and Rentaro Mikuni), with overall praise for the source material remaining high. As of this writing, there’s no confirmed information on how much of the new series will be freshly produced versus based on the old adaptation.
*This article was compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Breaking] Oishinbo Gets an Anime Adaptation.”
