Mister Ajikko
Mister Ajikko / Born to CookSummary
Ajiyoshi Yoichi is a culinary prodigy who manages the eating house together with his mother. One day, Murata Genjiro appears in the eating house and is surprised at the delicious taste and delicate culinary skills of the katsu-don prepared by Youichi. Subsequently, Youichi is being invited to the Aji-oh Building in which he is involved in a spaghetti match with the in-house Italian chef, Marui. Youichi's novel culinary ideas, coupled with his enthusiasm of serving the best for his guests, allow him to defeat Marui in the match. From then on, Youichi begins to compete with other rivals in the race for the best tastes and dishes.
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 99
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 39 h 36 min (99 × 24 min)
- Season
- Fall 1987
- Start date
- October 8, 1987
- End date
- September 28, 1989
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Sunrise
- Romaji title
- Mister Ajikko
- Native title
- ミスター味っ子
- Other titles
- Born to Cook
Characters 7
Main characters
- Youichi Ajiyoshi味吉陽一Main
- Murata GenjirouMain
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- Heita Nakae中江兵太Supporting
- Marui YoshioSupporting
- Shigeru YamaokaSupporting
- Mitsuko YamaokaSupporting
- TaremeSupporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Yasuhiro ImagawaDirector
- Daisuke TerasawaOriginal creator
- Kazuaki MouriCharacter design
- Masahiro KaseCharacter design
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- Hiroshi WatanabeAnimation Director (eps 14, 17)
- Toshifumi KawaseStoryboard (ep 42)
- Kazuyoshi KatayamaStoryboard (eps 38, 44, 46, 49, 52, 55, 62, 67, 74, 75, 82, 84, 89, 93, 95, 98, 99)
- Hitoshi NanbaStoryboard (eps 56, 60, 63, 72, 78, 85)
- Tetsurou AminoStoryboard (eps 21, 27)
- Toshifumi KawaseEpisode Director (eps 32, 37, 42, 48)
- Yuuji YamaguchiChief Episode Director (eps 51-99)
- Yuuji YamaguchiStoryboard (eps 7, 13, 17, 23, 26, 33, 35, 41, 54, 66, 73, 80, 91, 93, 97)
- Yuuji YamaguchiEpisode Director (eps 7, 13, 17, 23, 28, 44, 59, 73, 80, 97)
- Noriyuki NakamuraChief Episode Director (eps 51-99)
- Keiji GotouKey Animation (eps 76, 94, 96, 98, 99)
- Tadashi HiramatsuKey Animation (eps 43, 48, 53, 59, 64, 69, 74, 81, 86, 91, 99)
- Yoshinori KanadaKey Animation (ep 44)
- Norimoto TokuraKey Animation (eps 47, 52)
- Mamoru KurosawaKey Animation (eps 13, 18, 22, 49, 54, 70, 76, 81, 82, 85, 90, 91, 95, 99)
- Shinsaku KouzumaKey Animation (ep 57)
- Kouichi HashimotoKey Animation (eps 33, 37, 42)
- Kouji MorimotoKey Animation (ep 99)
- Shinichi SakumaKey Animation (eps 63, 67, 71, 75, 79, 83, 88, 92, 96)
- Masahiko ItojimaKey Animation (eps 31, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 76)
- Akitoshi YokoyamaKey Animation (eps 95, 97)