Fighting Foodons
Fighting Foodons, known in Japan as Bistro Recipe, is a Japanese manga series written by Shuntarō Ashida and illustrated by and serialized in Comic BonBon from September 1999 to September 2000. The story was adapted into an anime television series which aired on NHK-BS2 satellite channel from December 11, 2001, to June 25, 2002. The manga ran simultaneously with a video games series of the same name, two on Game Boy Color are released in 1999 in Japan, as well as a WonderSwan game.
In the United States, the anime was dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment in cooperation with Enoki Films; Enoki Films held the license and contracted the dubbing to 4Kids. This show originally aired on the FoxBox on September 14, 2002, and was discontinued from their lineup on August 30, 2003. The Chinese version was premiered as Kung Fu Snacks and it aired on TVB Jade in Hong Kong. It had also aired on Fairchild TV in Canada starting on May 22, 2005.
The series was released on DVD by Discotek Media on April 25, 2017.
Its English dub's theme song is based on Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld.
Plot
It all started some years ago when a culinary-confused king asked a question to his chefs. Which would be stronger: tofu surprise or stuffed duck? The king's chefs thought the king had "gone a little too heavy on the nutmeg". One mysterious chef knew what the king was talking about and presented him with magical cards called Meal Tickets which turns the food into monsters called Fighting Foodons. Since that day, regular food recipes have been turned into Foodons when the art of culinary combat is concocted.One day, King Gorgeous Gorge and his Gluttons cook up a devious plan to rule the world and they sprinkled an extra dash of destruction. They plan to rule the world by kidnapping the best chefs & forcing them to make powerful, evil Foodons. A boy named Chase, a young apprentice chef with an appetite for action, thinks he has what it takes to become an Elite Master Chef like his dad Chef Jack. Chase believes that he, his friends, family, and Foodons can change the world, one at a time, even if it involves going into battle against the Glutton Gormandizers, King Gorge's Big 4, and King Gorge's female cat-like servant Clawdia. Then, he'd have a final showdown with King Gorge.
Characters
Protagonists
; Zen Makunouchi / Chase; Karin Makunouchi / Kayla
; Tsukiji Makunouchi / Chef Jack
; Haoji / Oslo
; Pi-tan / Pie Tin
; Natsume / Coco
; Ash / Albert
Glutton Empire
; Don Cook / King Gorgeous Gorge; Mia-Mia / Clawdia
; Kima / Cinnamonkey
; Masa / Cole Slawter
; Chu-Nyan / Rose Marinade
; Grill
; Mussels Marinara
; Glutton Gormandizers
Other characters
; Master Flambé; Barb & Cue
; Chef Salvador
; Chet
; E. Claire
; Kima
; Jambalydia
; Tureen
; Crock Pop
; Mayor Slim Rations
; King Hungry the Ate
; Davey Gravy
; Olive