(CR) Shin Chuuka Ichiban!

[Stark700]

Manga series “Shin Chuuka Ichiban!” is getting an anime adaptation.

Plot Summary

After passing the Guangzhou Special Chef Trials, Mao decided to travel around China, to learn more about the unique preparation of food. Upon his return, he will learn that the real battle has only just begun. The Underground Cooking Society has already begun to move...

Official site
http://cookingmaster-anime.jp/

Source
http://moetron.net/post/182542893405...i-ogawas-manga

[LoweGear]

... wait a sec, WHAT

The show that introduced me to cooking anime is making a comeback now?! What

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Wait, Cooking Master Boy? This Shokugeki no Souma's predecessor cooking anime is getting a reboot? Man, they need to continue the old anime first. It ended on a freakin' cliffhanger!

*sigh* I guess they prefer to take the Hunter x Hunter (2011)-route. But if they don't get many episodes from the start like HxH (11), JoJo & Captain Tsubasa (18) then what's the point?

Other than that, the new designs make the characters look funnier compared to the "serious designs" of the 97-98 anime.



It's not necessarily a bad thing. Just different. Kinda like the more-cartoony HxH (11) compared to the older HxH (99).

[LoweGear]

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

Wait, Cooking Master Boy? This Shokugeki no Souma's predecessor cooking anime is getting a reboot? Man, they need to continue the old anime first. It ended on a freakin' cliffhanger!

Is it really a reboot though? The fact that they already feature Mao in his Super Chef outfit, and that they already show Shilou in the character design sheet, not to mention the fact that it's Shin Chuuka Ichiban kinda makes me think that it's an actual sequel to the previous anime. Also, the synopsis pretty much goes straight to mentioning the Underground Cooking Society already.

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Is it really a reboot though? The fact that they already feature Mao in his Super Chef outfit, and that they already show Shilou in the character design sheet, not to mention the fact that it's Shin Chuuka Ichiban kinda makes me think that it's an actual sequel to the previous anime.

And there was a "Shin" sequel manga, wasn't there? I just assumed this was a straight adaptation of that.

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Is it really a reboot though? The fact that they already feature Mao in his Super Chef outfit, and that they already show Shilou in the character design sheet, not to mention the fact that it's Shin Chuuka Ichiban kinda makes me think that it's an actual sequel to the previous anime. Also, the synopsis pretty much goes straight to mentioning the Underground Cooking Society already.

Not sure. This new anime could just skip the earlier parts and directly go to confront the Underground Cooking Society. I mean, Mao was already quite far into battling the secret society, spoiling their plans and defeating quite a number of their members in the original anime, right? But the synopsis said that the society just "begun to move".

Still, I hope you're right and this new show will pick up the story that's left in 1998.

[Guardian Enzo]

As someone who's never read or seen the original, I'd like a reboot myself.

This trend of adapting long-finished manga is certainly interesting, given how many great current manga are out there crying out to be adapted. Nothing against this series, and obviously stuff like UshiTora and Kiseijuu is great to have around, but it's interesting.

[Tactics]

I prefer older design, that serious design is what hooked me into the manga, after all.

As someone who watched the old anime, I do wish they continue from the cliffhanger ending but given how they did old anime nowadays, I'm certain this is reboot.

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by Tactics

I prefer older design, that serious design is what hooked me into the manga, after all.

Yeah, that 90s art is really appealing for me, even to this day.

Originally Posted by Tactics

As someone who watched the old anime, I do wish they continue from the cliffhanger ending but given how they did old anime nowadays, I'm certain this is reboot.

I'm afraid so. But let's hope it gets enough episodes to go past the first anime story.

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

As someone who's never read or seen the original, I'd like a reboot myself.

I prefer a continuation myself though I can understand that newcomers want to follow this story from the beginning and producers also want to get some new viewers & fans.

But hey, if it turns out to be a continuation, you can always watch the old anime to catch up .

Btw, wasn't this work popular enough to get a Chinese live-action drama back in 2005? Anyone has seen it? Is it good?

[AP24]

Will probably cover the rest of the original manga's story

[frodonk]

WTF?! this is unexpected, to say the least.

We didn't even know what the other utensils were in the anime, or what happened to Fei when he was in the underground.

Hope they continue the series beyond where the old one stopped

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

Btw, wasn't this work popular enough to get a Chinese live-action drama back in 2005? Anyone has seen it? Is it good?

I did search for it recently, not much info about it other than it finished quickly? At least that's what I can gather from my limited google-fu (almost all the results I found are in chinese )

[MeoTwister5]

I watched this show way back when in 2 languages. I would probably prefer a continuation, as I'm almost pretty sure the anime ended with a lot of things unresolved.

[mistress_kisara]

They will probably have a new OP song for the reboot/sequel but DEEN’s Kimi Sae Ireba is one of my favorite anime OPs of all time!

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by mistress_kisara

They will probably have a new OP song for the reboot/sequel but DEEN’s Kimi Sae Ireba is one of my favorite anime OPs of all time!

It's this one, right? Yeah, I still keep that in my playlist even after all these years.

[LoweGear]

Kimi Sae Ireba is a great song yes, and actually the only song from the show that I remember (due to being in my playlists since time immemorial).

Hoping the OP's for the new anime are just as good.

Edit: You know, I never realized just how awesome that rotating panning shot of Mao on the cliff overhang was until I saw it today, hot damn

[eisai_haramasukoi]

Woah, I didn't expect this. Looking forward to it.

[Stark700]

New key visual

[LoweGear]

Yup, this definitely continues on from where the previous anime left off if that image is any indication.

[Stark700]

Preview

[Guardian Enzo]

Can someone just waltz right into this, or do you need to have read/seen the earlier material?