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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Oishinbo
| image           = Oishinbo.jpg
| caption         = 102nd ''[[tankōbon]]'' volume cover, featuring Shirō Yamaoka (top right), Yūzan Kaibara (top left), and Yūko Kurita (center bottom)
| ja_kanji        = 美味しんぼ
| ja_romaji       =
| genre           = {{ubl|[[Cooking manga|Cooking]]<ref name="BN">{{cite web |last1=Alverson |first1=Brigid |title=7 Mouthwatering Manga About Food |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/7-mouth-watering-manga-food/ |website=[[Barnes and Noble]] |access-date=December 5, 2019 |date=December 8, 2016}}</ref>|[[Comedy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.viz.com/oishinbo |title=The Official Website for Oishinbo |publisher=Viz Media |access-date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = {{ill|Tetsu Kariya|ja|雁屋哲}}
| illustrator     = {{ill|Akira Hanasaki|ja|花咲アキラ}}
| publisher       = [[Shogakukan]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher| NA= [[Viz Media]]}}
| demographic     = ''[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]''
| magazine        = [[Big Comic Spirits]]
| first           = October 1983
| last            = May 12, 2014 (indefinite hiatus)
| volumes         = 111
| volume_list     =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = Yoshio Takeuchi
| producer        = Hidehiko Takei (NTV)<br>Yoshio Katō (Shin-Ei Animation)
| writer          = Ryūzō Nakanishi<br>Yasuo Tanami<br>Haruya Yamazaki
| music           = Kazuo Otani
| studio          = [[Shin-Ei Animation]]
| network         = [[Nippon Television Network System|NNS]] ([[Nippon Television|NTV]])
| first           = October 17, 1988
| last            = March 17, 1992
| episodes        = 136
| episode_list    = List of Oishinbo episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv film
| title           = Oishinbo: Kyūkyoku Tai Shikō, Chōju Ryōri Taiketsu!!
| director        = Iku Suzuki
| producer        =
| writer          = Haruya Yamazaki
| music           = Kazuo Otani
| studio          = [[Studio Deen]]
| network         = NNS (NTV)
| released        = December 11, 1992
| runtime         = 90 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv film
| title           = Oishinbo: Nichibei Kome Sensō
| director        = Iku Suzuki
| producer        =
| writer          = Haruya Yamazaki
| music           = Kazuo Otani
| studio          = [[Studio Deen]]
| network         = Nippon TV
| released        = December 3, 1993
| runtime         = 89 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| director        = [[Azuma Morisaki]]
| producer        = Shigehiro Nakagawa<br>Renji Tazawa<br>Junichirō Hisaita<br>Katsuhiko Takemasa<br>Osamu Kamei<br>Hisaomi Saitō
| writer          = Toshiharu Maruuchi<br>Masao Kajiura
| music           = Takayuki Inoue
| studio          = [[Shochiku]]
| released        = April 13, 1996
| runtime         = 105 minutes
}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Oishinbo'''''|美味しんぼ||lit. "The Gourmet"|lead=yes}} is a long-running Japanese cooking [[manga]] series written by {{ill|Tetsu Kariya|ja|雁屋哲}} and drawn by {{ill|Akira Hanasaki|ja|花咲アキラ}}. The manga's title is a [[portmanteau]] of the Japanese word for "delicious", {{nihongo||美味しい|oishii}}, and the word for someone who loves to eat, {{nihongo||食いしん坊|kuishinbō}}.<ref name="Gastronomica">{{cite journal | title=Oishinbo's Adventures in Eating: Food, Communication, and Culture in Japanese Comics | first=Lorie | last=Brau | journal=[[Gastronomica]] |date=Fall 2004 | volume=4 | issue=4 | pages=34–45 | doi=10.1525/gfc.2004.4.4.34| jstor=10.1525/gfc.2004.4.4.34 }}</ref> The series depicts the adventures of culinary journalist Shirō Yamaoka and his partner (and later wife), Yūko Kurita. It was published by [[Shogakukan]] between 1983 and 2008 in ''[[Big Comic Spirits]]'', and resumed again on February 23, 2009,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-16/oishinbo-cuisine-manga-to-resume-in-japan-next-week | title=Oishinbo Cuisine Manga to Resume in Japan Next Week | publisher=Anime News Network | access-date=March 1, 2009}}</ref> only to be put on an indefinite hiatus after the May 12, 2014, edition in the weekly Big Comic Spirits, following harsh criticism of ''Oishinbo''{{'}}s treatment of the [[Fukushima Daiichi disaster]].<ref name="ajw.asahi.com">[http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201405170047 'Oishinbo' manga on hold after criticism of Fukushima episodes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518012959/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201405170047 |date=May 18, 2014 }} -- [[Asahi Shimbun]]</ref>

Before this suspension, ''Oishinbo'' was collected in 111 ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes, making it the 18th [[List of manga series by volume count|longest manga]] released and among the [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series]] in history. The series was a perennial best-seller, selling 1.2 million copies per volume,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au334.html | title=Hanasaki Akira 花咲アキラ | publisher=The Ultimate Manga Guide | access-date=June 13, 2008}}</ref> for a total of more than 135 million copies sold.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000042.000036036.html | date=October 2, 2020|title=お探しのページは移動もしくは削除された可能性があります。| work=PR TIMES | access-date=April 24, 2021 | language=ja}}</ref>

The series received the 1986 [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for [[seinen]]/general manga.<ref name="ShogakukanAward">{{cite web|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 |publisher=Shogakukan |language=ja |access-date=June 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109115811/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |archive-date=January 9, 2010 }}</ref> It was adapted as a 136-episode [[anime]] television series broadcast on [[Nippon Television]] from October 17, 1988, to March 17, 1992, followed by two sequel TV anime film specials in 1992 and 1993.

It was adapted into a live-action film directed by [[Azuma Morisaki]], starring [[Kōichi Satō (actor)|Kōichi Satō]] and [[Rentarō Mikuni]], which premiered on April 13, 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=152834|publisher=allcinema|title=美味しんぼ (1996)}}</ref> The manga is licensed in [[English language|English]] in [[North America]] by [[Viz Media]].

In March 2016, writer Tetsu Kariya announced on his blog that he wanted to end the manga after it returned from hiatus. He wrote that "30 years is too long for many things" and that he believed "it's about time to end it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-03/tetsu-kariya-plans-oishinbo-manga-end-after-returning-from-hiatus/.100113#:~:text=Oishinbo%20manga%20creator%20Tetsu%20Kariya,he%20returns%20it%20from%20hiatus.&text=Kariya%20said%20he%20plans%20to,so%20far%20in%20the%20manga.|title=Tetsu Kariya Plans Oishinbo Manga's End After Returning From Hiatus|last=Blyden|first=Jabulan|date=April 4, 2016|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref>

==Plot==
''Oishinbo'' is a drama featuring journalist Shirō Yamaoka who works for Tōzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by the newspaper's owner, along with the young Yūko Kurita, to provide recipes for the "ultimate menu". During their search, they encounter Yamaoka's fastidious and demanding father, Yūzan Kaibara, a famous gourmand who tries to sabotage Yamaoka's project.

==Characters==
The character names listed here are in western order of family name last. The official English language manga volumes use the Japanese naming order of family name first.

; {{nihongo|Shirō Yamaoka|山岡 士郎|Yamaoka Shirō}} {{Voiced by|[[Kazuhiko Inoue]]}}
: Played by [[Toshiaki Karasawa]] (1994 show), [[Masahiro Matsuoka]] (2007 show)
: Shirō Yamaoka a 27-year-old journalist for the {{nihongo|''Tōzai News''|東西新聞社|Tōzai Shinbun}}'s culture division and the head of its ''Ultimate Menu'' project. He is the only son of the world-famous potter and gourmand Yūzan Kaibara. He was forced to cook in his father's ''Gourmet Club'' when he was still at school and he resents his father, blaming him for his mother's early death. He once destroyed his father's paintings and ceramics because he believed his father cared more about food and his reputation than his family. Yamaoka appears lazy and uninterested unless it concerns food where he possesses a deep knowledge. 
; {{nihongo|Yūko Kurita|栗田 ゆう子|Kurita Yūko}} {{Voiced by|[[Mayumi Shō]]}}
: Played by [[Yuriko Ishida]] (1-3), [[Yasuko Tomita]] (4-5) (1995 show), [[Yūka (actress)|Yuka]] (2007 show)
: Kurita is Yamaoka's co-worker and assists him in the ''Ultimate Menu'' project. She is often seen with Noriko Hanamura and Kinue Tabata, and together they are referred to as the "Culture Department Flower Trio". Kurita later marries Shirō Yamaoka and they have two children together, {{nihongo|Yōji|陽士}} and {{nihongo|Yumi|遊美}}.
; {{nihongo|Yūzan Kaibara|海原 雄山|Kaibara Yūzan}} {{Voiced by|[[Chikao Ōtsuka]]}}
: Played by [[Yoshio Harada]] (1), [[Tōru Emori]] (2-5) (1994 show); [[Ken Matsudaira]] (2007 show)
: Kaibara is Yamaoka's father and rival. Kaibara trained Yamaoka, but the two had a falling-out. The relationship worsens when Kaibara begins to work for the ''Supreme Menu'' project of the {{nihongo|''Teito Times''|帝都新聞|Teito Shinbun}}, a rival newspaper. Kaibara is the founder and director of the ''Gourmet Club''. He is also an artist and the author of the ''Dictionary of Poetic References''. He is modelled after [[Kitaoji Rosanjin]].<ref>L. Brau, Oishinbo's Adventures in Eating: Food, Communication, and Culture in Japanese Comics, Gastronomica. The Journal of Food and Culture 4 (2004), p. 34-45, at p. 39.</ref>
; {{nihongo|Daizō Ōhara|大原 大蔵|Ōhara Daizō}} {{Voiced by|[[Osamu Saka]]}}
: Ōhara is the publisher of the Tōzai News and initiates the ''Supreme Menu'' project.
; {{nihongo|Kyōichi Koizumi|小泉 鏡一|Koizumi Kyōichi}} {{Voiced by|[[Seizō Katō]]}}
: Editor-in-chief of the Tōzai News.
; {{nihongo|Hideo Tanimura|谷村 秀夫|Tanimura Hideo}} {{Voiced by|[[Shunsuke Shima]]}}
: Tanimura is the director of the arts and culture department of the Tōzai News.
; {{nihongo|Tomio Tomii|富井 富雄|Tomii Tomio}} {{Voiced by|Osamu Katō}}
: Tomii is the deputy director of the arts and culture department. He is known for his buck teeth and baldness. His son's name is Hitoshi, who's known for his glasses, bowlcut hair and freckles and he studies in Class 5-B alongside classmate Masashi, who is the victim of this class' bullying.
; {{nihongo|Tōjin Tōyama|唐山 陶人|Tōyama Tōjin}} {{Voiced by|[[Kōsei Tomita]]}}
: Tōyama is a famous ceramicist and gourmet and is married to the much younger woman, Ryoko.
; {{nihongo|Seiichi Okaboshi|岡星 精一|Okaboshi Seiichi}} {{Voiced by|[[Norio Wakamoto]]}}
: Okaboshi is a talented young chef and the owner of Yamaoka's preferred place to socialize.
;{{nihongo|Fuyumi Okaboshi|岡星 冬美|Okaboshi Fuyumi}} {{Voiced by|[[Yōko Asagami]]}}
: Fuyumi becomes Okaboshi's wife and runs the restaurant with him.
; {{nihongo|Ryōzō Okaboshi|岡星 良三|Okaboshi Ryōzō}} {{Voiced by|[[Toshihiko Seki]]}}
: Seiichi's younger brother who works as a chef in Kaibara's ''Gourmet Club''.
; {{nihongo|Mantarō Kyōgoku|京極 万太郎|Kyōgoku Mantarō}} {{Voiced by|[[Takeshi Watabe]]}}
: A wealthy businessman and a gourmet who lives in Osaka.
; {{nihongo|Noriko Hanamura|花村 典子|Hanamura Noriko}} {{Voiced by|[[Rei Sakuma]]}}
: She is a friend of Yūko Kurita and one of the "Culture Department Flower Trio".
; {{nihongo|Kinue Tabata|田畑 絹江|Tabata Kinue}} {{Voiced by|[[Rin Mizuhara]]}}
: She is a friend of Yūko Kurita and one of the "Culture Department Flower Trio".
; {{nihongo|Inspector Nakamatsu|中松警部|Nakamatsu-keibu}} {{Voiced by|Norio Fukutome}}
: A Police Inspector with a gruff exterior, but he is quite soft-hearted and forms a friendship with Yamaoka.
; {{nihongo|Tatsu-san|辰さん}} {{Voiced by|[[Reizō Nomoto]]}}
: A homeless man who collects leftovers from various restaurants in [[Ginza]], so he knows which ones have the highest quality food. He introduced Yamaoka to Okaboshi's restaurant.<ref name="KariyaIzakaya269">Kariya, Tetsu and Akira Hanasaki. Oishinbo à la Carte Izakaya: Pub Food. 269. [[Viz Media]].</ref> His full name is {{nihongo|Tatsunojō Hanamikōji|花見小路 辰之丈|Hanamikōji Tatsunojō}}.
; {{nihongo|Tokuo Nakagawa|中川 得夫|Nakagawa Tokuo}} {{Voiced by|Ryūji Nakagi}}
: He is the head chef of the ''Gourmet Club''.
; {{nihongo|Kairakutei Black|快楽亭ブラック|Kairakutei Burakku}} {{Voiced by|[[Takeshi Aono]]}}
: An American food writer and researcher who gets acquainted with Yamaoka and Kurita when he is in Japan studying [[tofu]] dishes. He later becomes a [[rakugo]] artist and takes the name Kairakutei. His original name is Henry James Black but he also uses the [[pen name]] Stan Black.
; {{nihongo|Terue Yumemi|夢見テルエ|Yumemi Terue}} {{Voiced by|[[Minami Takayama]]}}
: One half of a [[manzai]] comedy duo. She marries Kairakutei Black and they have a daughter together.
; {{nihongo|Mariko Niki{{efn|In the Viz Media translation her family name is transcribed as ''Futaki''}}|二木 まり子|Niki Mariko}} {{Voiced by|[[Saeko Shimazu]]}}
: Mariko Niki is a co-worker of Yamaoka and Kurita who writes for Touzai Graph a weekly pictorial magazine. Her family is very wealthy. Her father is Takashi Niki, the president of one of Japan's biggest banks. She studied at a university in Paris and transferred back to Japan from the Touzai Paris office. To the dismay of Yūko Kurita, she pursues Yamaoka romantically but he is not interested in marrying her. Later, she marries a freelance photographer named {{nihongo|Kinjō|近城}}.
; {{nihongo|Teruko|輝子}} {{Voiced by|[[Rihoko Yoshida]]}}
: Teruko is Mariko's aunt. Mariko believes her difficult personality is the reason she's still unmarried. However, eventually she marries a novelist called Katamori.
; {{nihongo|Chairman Niki|二木会長|Niki-kaichō}} {{Voiced by|[[Hisashi Katsuta]]}}
: Mariko's grandfather and chairman of the Nito Financial Group. He believes he should have a say in who Mariko chooses as a husband.
; {{nihongo|Arthur Brown|アーサー・ブラウン|Āsā Buraun}} {{Voiced by|[[Akira Murayama]]}}
:A friend of Kairakutei Black and an editor for an American magazine. He often asks Yamaoka and his colleagues for help when he writes articles about Japan. His Japanese is strange as he uses archaic words and odd expressions.

==Media==

===Manga===
Volume List{{Graphic novel list/header
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{{Graphic novel list
 | VolumeNumber    = 01
 | RelDate         = November 30, 1984<ref name="Oishinbo_JapVol1">{{cite web|url=http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_4091807518|script-title=ja:美味しんぼ 1|trans-title=Oishinbo 1|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=August 21, 2011|date=November 29, 1984}}</ref>
 | ISBN            = 4-09-180751-8
 | ChapterListCol1 =
* 001. {{Nihongo| "Tofu and water" | 豆腐と水 | "tōfu to Mizu" }}
* 002. {{Nihongo| "A Battle of Flavors!!" | 味で勝負（アンコウの肝） | "aji de Shōbu (ankō no kimo)" }}
* 003. {{Nihongo| "The Heart for Sushi" | 寿司の心（にぎり寿司） | "Sushi no Kokoro (nigirizushi)" }}
* 004. {{Nihongo| "The Exceptional in The Unexpectional" | 平凡の非凡（ご飯、ミソ汁、イワシの丸干し） | "Heibon no Hibon (Gohan, Misoshiru, Iwashi no Maruboshi)" }}
* 005. {{Nihongo| "The Pride of a Chef" | 料理人のプライド（バター） | "Ryōrinin no Puraido (Batā)" }}
 | ChapterListCol2 =
* 006. {{Nihongo| "The Sound of Oil" | 油の音（天プラ） | "Abura no Oto(Tempura)" }}
* 007. {{Nihongo| "The Secret to Dashi" | ダシの秘密（カツオブシ、昆布） | "Dashi no Himitsu (Katsuobushi, Kombu)" }}
* 008. {{Nihongo| "The Freshness of Vegetables" | 野菜の鮮度（ダイコン） | "Yasai no Sendo (Daikon)" }}
* 009. {{Nihongo| "The Taste in Her Memories" | 舌の記憶（水たき） | "Shita no Kioku (Mizutaki)" }}
 | Summary         =
}}
{{Graphic novel list
 | VolumeNumber    = 02
 | RelDate         = March 30, 1985<ref name="Oishinbo_JapVol2">{{cite web|url=http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_4091807526|script-title=ja:美味しんぼ 2|trans-title=Oishinbo 2|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=February 28, 2014|date=March 29, 1985}}</ref>
 | ISBN            = 4-09-180752-6
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* 001. {{Nihongo| "The Value of Patience" | 手間の価値 | "Tema no kachi" }}
* 002. {{Nihongo| "A fish That's Alive" | 活きた魚 | "Ikita sakana" }}
* 003. {{Nihongo| "The Depth of Soba Tsuyu" | そばツユの深味 | "Soba Tsuyu no Fukami" }}
* 004. {{Nihongo| "The Ingredients of Japan" | 日本の素材 | "Nihon no sozai"}}
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* 005. {{Nihongo| "The Fundamentals of Knifework" | 包丁の基本 | "Hōchō no kihon"}}
* 006. {{Nihongo| "The Memories in The Menu" | 思い出のメニュー | "Omoide no menyū" }}
* 007. {{Nihongo| "The Fish of Legend" | 幻の魚 | "Maboroshi no sakana" }}
* 008. {{Nihongo| "Life with Chuka Soba" | 中華そばの命 | "Chūka soba no inochi" }}
 | Summary         =
}}
{{Graphic novel list
 | VolumeNumber    = 03
 | RelDate         = May 30, 1985<ref name="Oishinbo_JapVol3">{{cite web|url=http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_4091807534|script-title=ja:美味しんぼ 3|trans-title=Oishinbo 3|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=February 28, 2014|date=May 29, 1985}}</ref>
 | ISBN            = 4-09-180753-4
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* 001. {{Nihongo| "The Magic of Charcoal" | 炭火の魔力 | "Sumibi no maryoku" }}
* 002. {{Nihongo| "The Originality in Wagashi" | 和菓子の創意 | "Wagashi no sōi" }}
* 003. {{Nihongo| "The Power of Claypots" | 土鍋のカ | "Donabe no ka"}}
* 004. {{Nihongo| "The Rules of Cuisine" | 料理のルール | "Ryōri no rūru"}}
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* 005. {{Nihongo| "The Miracle of Soy Sauce" | 醤油の神秘 | "Shōyu no shinpi"}}
* 006. {{Nihongo| "The Subtleties of Public Relations" | 接待の妙 | "Settai no myō" }}
* 007. {{Nihongo| "The Source of Her Singing Voice" | 美声の源 | "Bisei no minamoto" }}
* 008. {{Nihongo| "The Succulence of Beef" | 肉の旨味 | "Niku no umami" }}
* 009. {{Nihongo| "The Consequence of Having Lunch" | 昼メシの効果 | "Hiru meshi no kōka" }}
 | Summary         =
}}
{{Graphic novel list
 | VolumeNumber    = 04
 | RelDate         = October 30, 1985<ref name="Oishinbo_JapVol4">{{cite web|url=http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_4091807542|script-title=ja:美味しんぼ 4|trans-title=Oishinbo 4|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=February 28, 2014|date=October 29, 1985}}</ref>
 | ISBN            = 4-09-180754-2
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* 001. {{Nihongo| "The Power of Direct Flame" | 直火の威力 | "Chokubi no iryoku" }}
* 002. {{Nihongo| "The Elegance of Women" | 女の華 | "On'na no hana" }}
* 003. {{Nihongo| "The Ingenuity for Travel" | 旅先の知恵 | "Tabisaki no chie"}}
* 004. {{Nihongo| "The Qualities of Liquors" | 酒の効用 | "Sake no kōyō"}}
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*
 | Summary         =
}}
{{Graphic novel list
 | VolumeNumber    = 05
 | RelDate         = April 30, 1986<ref name="Oishinbo_JapVol5">{{cite web|url=http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_4091807550|script-title=ja:美味しんぼ 5|trans-title=Oishinbo 5|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=February 28, 2014|date=April 29, 1986}}</ref>
 | ISBN            = 4-09-180755-0
 | ChapterListCol1 =
* 001. {{Nihongo| | 味噌の仕込み | "Miso no shikomi" }}
* 002. {{Nihongo| | 青竹の香り | "Aodake no kaori" }}
* 003. {{Nihongo| | 技巧の極致 | "Gikō no kyokuchi"}}
* 004. {{Nihongo| | スパイスの秘密 | "Supaisu no himitsu"}}
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* 005. {{Nihongo| | 臭さの魅力 | "Kusa-sa no miryoku" }}
* 006. {{Nihongo| | 牛なべの味 | "Gyūnabe no aji" }}
* 007. {{Nihongo| | サラダと美容 | "Sarada to biyō"}}
* 008. {{Nihongo| | もてなしの心 | "Motenashi no kokoro"}}
* 009. {{Nihongo| | 鮮度とスピード | "Sendo to supīdo"}}
 | Summary         =
}}
{{Graphic novel list
 | VolumeNumber    = 06
 | RelDate         = July 30, 1986<ref name="Oishinbo_JapVol6">{{cite web|url=http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_4091807569|script-title=ja:美味しんぼ 6|trans-title=Oishinbo 6|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=March 10, 2014|date=July 29, 1986}}</ref>
 | ISBN            = 4-09-180756-9
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* 001. {{Nihongo| | 江戸ッ子雑煮 | "Edokko zōni" }}
* 002. {{Nihongo| | 卵とフライパン | "Tamago to furaipan" }}
* 003. {{Nihongo| | 春のいぶき | "Haru no ibuki"}}
* 004. {{Nihongo| | 真冬の珍味 | "Mafuyu no chinmi"}}
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* 005. {{Nihongo| | 辛味の調和 | "Karami no chōwa" }}
* 006. {{Nihongo| | 日本のコンソメ | "Nihon no konsome" }}
* 007. {{Nihongo| | 牛肉の力 | "Gyūniku no chikara"}}
* 008. {{Nihongo| | 究極の作法 | "Kyūkyoku no sahō"}}
 | Summary         =
}}
{{Graphic novel list
 | VolumeNumber    = 07
 | RelDate         = October 30, 1986<ref name="Oishinbo_JapVol7">{{cite web|url=http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_4091807577|script-title=ja:美味しんぼ 7|trans-title=Oishinbo 7|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=March 10, 2014|date=October 29, 1986}}</ref>
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===Anime===
{{main|List of Oishinbo episodes}}

The manga was adapted into a television anime series that ran from October 1988 to March 1992 for 136 episodes.
The series was followed by two television specials. {{nihongo|'''Oishinbo: Ultimate VS Supreme'''|美味しんぼ　究極対至高　長寿料理対決!!|Oishinbo: Kyūkyoku Tai Shikō, Chōju Ryōri Taiketsu!!}} was aired in December 1992 and {{nihongo|'''Oishinbo: Japan-US Rice War'''|美味しんぼ　日米コメ戦争|Oishinbo: Nichibei Kome Sensō}} was aired a year later in December 1993.

===Video games===
*''Oishinbo: Kyukyoku no Menu 3bon Syoubu'' ([[Family Computer]], 1989, developed by [[Tose (company)|TOSE]])
*''Oishinbo: DS Recipe Shuu'' ([[Nintendo DS]], 2007, published by [[Namco Bandai Games]])

==North American release==
The manga is licensed in [[English language|English]] in [[North America]] by [[Viz Media]],<ref name="ann-manga-viz">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-24/amazon-viz-adds-gaba-kawa-heaven-will-oishinbo|title=Amazon: Viz Adds Gaba Kawa, Heaven's Will, Oishinbo|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 13, 2008}}</ref> which published the first volume in January 2009.<ref name="ann-viz-release">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2009-01-23/viz-media-satisfies-hungry-manga-fans-with-the-release-of-oishinbo|title=Viz Media Satisfies Hungry Manga Fans with the Release of Oishinbo|date=January 23, 2009|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 24, 2009}}</ref> Seven volumes from the {{nihongo|''Oishinbo à la Carte''|美味しんぼア・ラ・カルト|''Oishinbo A Ra Karuto''}} series were published from January 2009 to January 2010. These editions are thematic compilations (and include stories from across the timeline), making the English editions effectively a best of the "best of." These volumes are:

*''Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine, Vol. 1'' (January 20, 2009; ''à la Carte'' volume 20) {{ISBN|1-4215-2139-3}}<ref name="OishinboEngvol1">{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/manga/print/oishinbo-volume-1/7489|title=Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine, Vol. 1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=September 3, 2010}}</ref>
*''Oishinbo: Sake, Vol. 2'' (March 17, 2009; ''à la Carte'' volume 26) {{ISBN|1-4215-2140-7}}<ref name="OishinboEngvol2">{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/manga/print/oishinbo-volume-2/7490|title=Oishinbo: Sake, Vol. 2|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=September 3, 2010}}</ref>
*''Oishinbo: Ramen & Gyoza, Vol. 3'' (May 19, 2009; ''à la Carte'' volume 2) {{ISBN|1-4215-2141-5}}<ref name="OishinboEngvol3">{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/manga/print/oishinbo-volume-3/7491|title=Oishinbo: Ramen and Gyoza, Vol. 3|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=September 3, 2010}}</ref>
*''Oishinbo: Fish, Sushi & Sashimi, Vol. 4'' (July 21, 2009; ''à la Carte'' volume 5) {{ISBN|1-4215-2142-3}}<ref name="OishinboEngvol4">{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/manga/print/oishinbo-volume-4/7492|title=Oishinbo: Fish, Sushi and Sashimi, Vol. 4|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=September 3, 2010}}</ref>
*''Oishinbo: Vegetables, Vol. 5'' (September 15, 2009; ''à la Carte'' volume 19) {{ISBN|1-4215-2143-1}}<ref name="OishinboEngvol5">{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/manga/print/oishinbo-volume-5/7493|title=Oishinbo: Vegetables, Vol. 5|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=September 3, 2010}}</ref>
*''Oishinbo: The Joy of Rice, Vol. 6'' (November 17, 2009; ''à la Carte'' volume 13) {{ISBN|1-4215-2144-X}}<ref name="OishinboEngvol6">{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/manga/print/oishinbo-volume-6/7494|title=Oishinbo: The Joy of Rice, Vol. 6|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=September 3, 2010}}</ref>
*''Oishinbo: Izakaya: Pub Food, Vol. 7'' (January 19, 2010; ''à la Carte'' volume 12) {{ISBN|1-4215-2145-8}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/oishinbo-volume-7/product/1683|title=Oishinbo: Izakaya--Pub Food, Vol. 7|website=Viz|access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref>

==Reception==
In the 1980s, Japan had an upsurge in popularity in the ''gurume'' movement, called the "gourmet boom." Iorie Brau, author of ''Oishinbo’s Adventures in Eating: Food, Communication, and Culture in Japanese Comics'', said that this was the largest factor of the increase in popularity of ''gurume'' comics. The series's first volume<!--The journal uses the word "episode"--> sold around one million copies. The popularity of ''Oishinbo'' the comic lead to the development of the anime, the live action film, and many [[fansites]]. The fan-sites chronicle recipes that appeared in the manga.<ref name="Gastronomica"/>

Tetsu Kariya, the writer of ''Oishinbo'', said in a 1986 interview that he was not a food connoisseur, and that he felt embarrassed whenever food experts read the comic.<ref name="Gastronomica"/>

==Controversy regarding Fukushima episodes==
In April 2014, ''Oishinbo'' featured a story about the Fukushima nuclear accident called "The Truth of Fukushima". In this story, characters who visited the nuclear plant suffer nosebleeds that don't stop, and they conclude that the government should help people move away from the area because of the radiation. This prompted an intense backlash, both from local governments in Fukushima and across Japan; even [[Shinzo Abe]] weighed in, calling the claims "baseless rumors". The publisher had included statements along with the story from the Fukushima prefectural government and radiation expert Ikuro Anzai, objecting to the story for misleading people and noting that discrimination against Fukushima residents and products was doing far more harm than any radiation in the area. Despite these statements, Kariya stood by the story in the midst of the controversy, saying he had researched Fukushima for two years and could "only write the truth," but noted that he was not expecting such a strong reaction from the public.<ref name="huffp-may14">[https://web.archive.org/web/20140520105509/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/19/japan-manga-fukushima_n_5351361.html Manga Comic Forces Japan To Discuss Radiation After Fukushima Disaster] -- [[Huffington Post]], updated and accessed May 19, 2014</ref> The following month, Shogakukan Inc. put ''Oishinbo'' on hiatus, its last appearance being the May 12, 2014, edition in the weekly Big Comic Spirits.<ref name="ajw.asahi.com"/> Although the halt of publication coincided with the controversy, the editorial staff claimed they had scheduled the hiatus beforehand.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-16/oishinbo-manga-goes-on-hiatus-after-fukushima-controversy 'Oishinbo Manga Goes on Hiatus After Fukushima Controversy] -- [[Anime News Network]], May 16, 2014</ref><ref name="huffp-may14" />

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.oishinbo.es Oishinbo, a la carte (Spanish)]
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