Tadakoi: Tada Never Falls in Love 多田くんは恋をしない (Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai)

Alternative Name: 多田君不恋爱 (Duō Tián Jūn Bù Liàn Ài )

 

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life, School, Cafe

 

Description: 

 

Mitsuyoshi Tada, a boy who has never known love, is taking pictures of the cherry blossoms in full bloom when he meets Teresa Wagner, a transfer student from Larsenburg. Upon arriving in Japan, she got lost, and separated from her travel companion. Mitsuyoshi helps her and brings her to his grandfather's coffee shop.

 

Episode: 13

 

Original Run: April 5, 2018 – June 28, 2018

Studio: Doga Kobo

The Bistro of Li Lin Ke 李林克的小馆儿 (Lǐ Lín Kè De Xiǎo Guǎn Er)

Genre: Slice of Life, Restaurant, Culinary,

 

Description: 

 

In Beijing, a city full of opportunities and pressures where modernity and traditional culture echo each other, the small pavilion located in a quiet alley at the foot of the CBD is the gathering place where various elements collide and ferment. It has no eye-catching signs and luxurious decoration, making it easy to overlook it when passing by. But familiar guests know that in this small warm space, you can unload the fatigue of the day and enjoy a comfortable time. As a result, there are many dusty stories in everyone's heart quietly flowing out.

 

Episode: 10

 

Original Run: April 27, 2021 – June 22, 2021

Studio: Delight Animation

 

Restaurant to Another World 異世界食堂 (Isekai Shokudou)

Alternative Name: 异世界食堂 (Yì Shì Jiè Shí Táng)

 

Genre: Fantasy, Slice of Life, Restaurant, Isekai, Mystery, Comedy, 

               Culinary

 

Description: 

 

A restaurant called "Yōshoku no Nekoya" (Western Cuisine Cat Restaurant), which is located on the first basement floor of a building at a corner of a shopping district near an office area. While it normally feeds salarymen, there is a secret in Nekoya. Every Saturday when the shop takes a day off, Nekoya is teeming full of "special customers." For the office workers, it is a familiar place with familiar dishes, but for these Saturday customers — "people from that world" — it is nothing but cuisine never seen or heard before.

 

Episode: 12

 

Original Run

Season 1: July 3, 2017 – September 19, 2017

Season 2: October 2, 2021 – December 18, 2021

Studio: SILVER LINK (S1) / OLM (S2)

Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori 鹿楓堂よついろ日和

Alternative Name: 鹿枫堂四色日和 (Lù Fēng Táng Sì Sè Rì Hé)

Genre: Slice of Life, Cafe/Restaurant, Bishounen, Culinary

Description: 

 

Four specialists work at a popular Japanese-style tea house called Rokuhōdō. Sui makes the tea, Gure creates latte art, Tsubaki makes the sweets, and Tokitaka cooks. In addition to serving their customers, they sometimes help them solve their problems.

Episode: 12

 

Original Run: April 10, 2018 – June 26, 2018

Studio: Zexcs

Television Drama: January 15, 2022 - March 19, 2022 (10 Episodes)

Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits かくりよの宿飯 (Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi)

Alternative Name: 妖怪旅馆营业中 (Yāo Guài Lǚ Guǎn Yíng Yè Zhōng)

Genre: Drama, Supernatural, Demons, Isekai, Adventure, Romance,

               Restaurant, Youkai

Description: 

A female college student named Aoi inherits the ability to see spirits from her late grandfather. Aoi prides herself on her cooking, and one day she's feeding some agricultural spirits when suddenly a god and the master of the "Tenshinya" (Heavenly Inn) appears and takes Aoi away. He says that due to her grandfather's debts, she must become his bride. Aoi hates this idea and instead declares that she will pay back her grandfather's debt by working at the Tenshinya.

Episode: 26

Original Run

Season 1: April 2, 2018 – September 24, 2018

Season 2: TBA

Studio: Gonzo

Dagashi Kashi だがしかし

Alternative Name: 粗點心戰爭 (Cū Diǎn Xīn Zhàn Zhēng)

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Ecchi, Fanservice, Gothic, Lolita, Café

Description: 

Kokonotsu “Coconuts” Shikada dreams of becoming a famous manga artist. The only problem—he’s terrible. His real talent is selling the complex and delicious snacks in his father’s “dagashi” shop. He never thought much about the family business until the trendy, eccentric Hotaru showed up. As a lover of “dagashi,” she can’t let his talent go to waste and decides she won’t stop ‘til she’s sold him on sweets.

Episode: 12 + 12 

Original Run
Season 1: January 7, 2016 – March 31, 2016
Season 2: January 12, 2018 – March 30, 2018

Studio: feel. (S1) / Tezuka Productions (S2)

Time of Eve イヴの时间 (Eve no Jikan)

Alternative Name: EVE的时间 (EVE De Shí Jiān)

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Androids, Café, Slice of Life, Mecha

Description: 

Sometime in future Japan, androids have been involved in every aspect of peoples lives. One day, upon checking his android's behavioral log, Rikuo, a student, noticed his android's returning times have been odd recently. With his friend Masaki, they found out the place where his android, Sammy, have been visiting: a small cafe called Eve no Jikan where androids and human are not seen as different. Upon talking with the "people" in the cafe and discovering more of Sammy's behavior, Rikuo changed his view about androids and treat them as friends rather than tools. At the same time, elsewhere in Japan, the Ethics committee is trying to impose policies to reduce the involvement and use of androids in society.

Episode: 6 ONA + 1 Movie

Original Run

ONA: August 1, 2008 – September 18, 2009

Movie: March 6, 2010

Studio: Studio Rikka 

Shining Hearts シャイニング・ハーツ (Shainingu Hātsu)

Alternative Name: 光明之心 (Guāng Míng Zhī Xīn)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Harem, Bakery,  

               Alternative Version

Description: 

Rick lives on the island of Windaria, inhabited by various races such as elves and beast-people. Amnesiac, he is rescued by three young ladies and taken to work in their bakery. But when a red moon rises and a deathly wind blows, they'll all be engulfed in strange events.

Episode: 12 + 6 Special

Original Run: 
Series: April 13, 2012 – June 30, 2012
Special: July 27, 2012 – December 21, 2012

Studio: Production I.G

Ramen Fighter Miki 無敵看板娘 (Muteki Kanban Musume)

Alternative Name: 无敌看板娘 (Wú Dí Kàn Bǎn Niáng)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Slice of Life, Fighting, Parody, Restaurant

Description: 

Miki Onimaru is a poster girl that works at her mother's Chinese ramen restaurant. She appears to be a normal girl, but she can become very violent if provoked. She picks a fight with her mother and acquaintances as a result on an almost daily basis, causing a series of troubling mishaps in their otherwise normal lives.

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 4, 2006 – September 19, 2006

Studio: Telecom Animation Film

The Devil Is a Part-Timer! はたらく魔王さま! (Hataraku Maō-sama)

Alternative Name: 打工吧! 魔王大人 (Dǎ Gōng Ba! Mó Wáng Dà Rén)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Demons, Superpowers,

               Restaurant, Workplace

Description: 

In another dimension the Devil King Sadao is only one step away from conquering the world when he is beaten by Hero Emilia and forced to drift to the other world: modern-day Tokyo. As "conquering the world" are the only skills the Devil King possesses - and are obviously unnecessary in his new situation - he must work as a freeter to pay for his living expenses.

Episode

Season 1: 13 Episodes

Season 2a: 12 Episodes +  1 Special + 24 ONA

Season 2b: 12 Episodes

Original Run

Season 1: April 4, 2013 – June 27, 2013

Season 2a: July 14, 2022 – September 29, 2022 

ONA: July 17, 2022 – October 1, 2023

Special: July 6, 2023

Season 2b: July 13, 2023 – September 28, 2023

Studio: White Fox (S1) / Studio 3Hz (S2)

Working!! ワーキング!!

Alternative Name: WORKING!!迷糊餐廳 (WORKING!! Mí Hú Cān Tīng)

Genre: Slice of Life, Comedy, Moe, Restaurant/Cafe, Workplace, 

               Culinary, Romance,  Alternative Version

Description: 

Set in a family restaurant in Hokkaido, the northern prefecture of Japan, 16-year-old high school student Sōta Takanashi works part-time along with his strange co-workers: Popura Taneshima, a high school girl who—despite being a year older than Sōta—is easily mistaken for a elementary/middle schooler, and Kyoko Shirafuji, the 28-year-old store manager who does not bother to do any work at all.

Episode

Season 1: 13 Episodes

Season 2: 13 Episodes + 2 ONA
Season 3: 13 Episodes + 1 Special
Alternative Version: 13 Episodes + 2 ONA

Original Run

Season 1: April 4, 2010 – June 26, 2010

Season 2: October 1, 2011 – December 24, 2011
ONA: April 1, 2011 – April 2, 2011
Season 3: July 4, 2015 – September 26, 2015
Special: December 26, 2015
Alternative Version:  October 1, 2016 – December 24, 2016

Studio: A-1 Pictures 

Antique Bakery 西洋 骨董 洋菓子店 (Seiyō Kottō Yōgashiten)

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Shounen-Ai, Slice of Life, Culinary,

               Bishounen, Bakery, Workplace

Description: 

Antique Bakery, is a small bakery that's run by four handsome man. Tachibana, the owner of Antique Bakery. Chikage, who was send by Tachibana's family to watch over his childhood friend, Tachibana. Ono, the "demonically charming" gay master pastry chef. Lastly, Kanda, a former boxer and Ono's apprentice.

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 3, 2008 – September 18, 2008

Studio: Nippon Animation, SynergySP & Shirogumi

Television Drama

Japan: October 8, 2001 – December 17, 2001 (12 episodes)

Thailand: November 24, 2021 – Ongoing

Live-Action Film: November 13, 2008

Yakitate!! Japan 焼きたて!! ジャぱん

Alternative Name: 日式面包王 (Rì Shì Miàn Bāo Wáng)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Tournaments, Culinary, Bakery

Description: 

Azuma Kazuma isn't terribly clever, but he's got a good heart and great skill - at baking. Since childhood, he's been on a quest to create the perfect bread to represent Japan internationally. Now, he seeks to enter the famous bakery Pantasia, in hopes of reaching his goal. But plots abound...

Episode: 69

Original Run: October 12, 2004 – March 14, 2006

Studio: Sunrise

Maid Sama! 会長はメイド様! (Kaichō wa Maid-sama!)

Alternative Name: 会长是女仆大人! (Huì Zhǎng Shì Nǚ Pū Dà Rén!)

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Butlers/Maids, School, Reverse Harem,

               Tsundere, Cafe, Workplace

Description: 

Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female student council president at a once all-boys school turned co-ed. She rules the school with strict discipline demeanor. But she has a secret—she works at a maid cafe due to her families circumstances. One day, the popular A-student and notorious heart breaker Takumi Usui finds out her secret and makes a deal with her to keep it hush from the school in exchange for spending some time with him.

Episode: 26 + 1 Special + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: April 1, 2010 – September 23, 2010
Special: July 24, 2010
Special: May 11, 2011

Studio: J.C.Staff