Cooking Papa
Cover of Cooking Papa volume 89, published by Kodansha.
クッキングパパ (Kukkingu Papa)
Genre	Slice of life
Manga
Author	Tochi Ueyama
Publisher	Kodansha
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Weekly Morning
Original run	1984 – ongoing
Volumes	105
TV anime
Director	Toshitaka Tsunoda
Studio	Eiken
Network	TV Asahi
Original run	April 1992 – May 1995
Episodes	151
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Cooking Papa (クッキングパパ, Kukkingu Papa^?) is an ongoing seinen slice of life manga series written and illustrated by Tochi Ueyama. The series has been serialized in the manga anthology Weekly Morning since 1984.^[1] Kodansha collects individual chapters into tankōbon volumes, with the first one published on January 18, 1986,^[2] and 105 volumes total as of July 23, 2009 (2009 -07-23)^[update],^[3] making it the fifth-longest manga series by number of volumes. Full recipes for the dishes featured in each chapter are provided at the end of the chapter.^[4] The story revolves around a salaryman who can cook well.

The series has been adapted into a 151-episode anime television series of the same name by Eiken and directed by Toshitaka Tsunoda. The anime series was originally broadcast in Japan on TV Asahi between April 1992 and May 1995,^[5] and has also been aired in Taiwan and Hong Kong.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

1. ^ "Tomomitsu Yamaguchi becomes "Cooking Papa"". Tokyograph. June 5, 2008. http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-3324. Retrieved July 9, 2009. 
2. ^ "クッキングパパ(1) [Cooking Papa (1)]" (in Japanese). Kodansha. http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3000044. Retrieved June 24, 2009. 
3. ^ "クッキングパパ(105) うえやまとち [Cooking Papa (105) Tochi Ueyama]" (in Japanese). Kodansha. http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3003108. Retrieved August 15, 2009. 
4. ^ Corkill, Edan (March 20, 2009). "Manga's reach is long". The Japan Times Online. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fq20090320a1.html. Retrieved July 9, 2009. 
5. ^ Duffield, Patricia (June 1999). "Cooking Anime". Animerica Extra 2 (7). http://www.mindspring.com/~theduffields/resume/articles/features/cooking.htm. Retrieved July 9, 2009. 

[edit] External links

• Cooking Papa official site at Weekly Morning (Japanese)
• Cooking Papa (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia

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