The Winter 2024 anime season is already underway, and Delicious in Dungeon is already set to be one of the best fantasy anime the year has to offer. With a mix of fantasy adventure and gourmet cooking, Delicious in Dungeon has already made a mark on viewers with its impressive worldbuilding and fantastic art and animation.
With Delicious in Dungeon only a few episodes into its run, fans who have already keyed into the anime’s particular niche might still be hungry for more fantasy cooking action. Here are some more fantasy anime to check for fans who love Delicious in Dungeon.
7 Fighting Foodons
Culinary Combat Between Cuisines
In a world where meals and dishes can be turned into monsters known as Foodons, the evil King Gorgeous Gorge concocts a plan to kidnap chefs from around the world to have them make evil Foodons for him. To bring peace back to the land, a young chef-in-training named Chase plans to use his own Foodons to fight back against the villainous king.
Fighting Foodons is a children’s anime that combines culinary flair with a Pokemon-like premise to create a unique story. While the show may appeal to anime fans that are younger than the average, it’s still interesting to see how common dishes are turned into fighting monsters.
6 ‘Tis Time For “Torture,” Princess
Food-based Frustration As A Torture Technique
The princess of the human world has been captured by the Hellhorde, and they plan on getting information out of her no matter what they have to do. However, conventional torture has been prohibited due to the treaty signed by both parties. And so, grand inquisitor Torture Tortura uses a different strategy to get her to confess: using delicious food from Japan to tempt her into spilling the beans.
‘Tis Time For “Torture,” Princess is another fantasy anime airing in Winter 2024, which means that fans of Delicious in Dungeon can also check out this series as it airs week to week. While it’s a little different in terms of its focus on food, it should still be lots of fun for any anime fans who enjoy food.
5 Isekai Izakaya
Casual Eats In A Fantasy World
Nobuyuki and Shinobu run a restaurant called Izakaya Nobu. For some reason, they find that their restaurant’s front door opens to another world, one where knights, adventurers, and all kinds of fantastical beings reside. Taking things in stride, the two begin serving dishes to their new clientele, gaining fame for their unconventional cuisine.
Isekai Izakaya is a cooking anime with an interesting take on the isekai concept. The show features all kinds of mouth-watering dishes from all over Japan, and even has a few documentary segments featuring locations where fans can experience these meals in real life.
4 Toriko
Hunting For Rare Game And Ingredients
In the Gourmet Age, only 30% of the planet is safe for humanity to inhabit. The rest belongs to the Gourmet World, which is covered in all kinds of wildlife and subject to extreme temperature changes. Among the many Gourmet Hunters who brave the Gourmet World to find rare ingredients to create top-class dishes, Toriko hunts down the rarest creatures in order to create an unparalleled full-course meal.
Toriko is an action-adventure anime that combines gourmet cooking with the exhilarating action of a shonen battle anime. The fights between mighty monsters and the Gourmet Hunters are just as important as the dishes being made. Fans of fantasy action will not be disappointed.
3 Kakuriyo: Bed And Breakfast For Spirits
A Supernatural Inn Experience
After giving a hungry ogre some food, Aoi Tsubaki finds herself kidnapped and taken to the Hidden Realm. The ogre, Odanna, tells Aoi that her grandfather owes him a debt. To repay it, Odanna tells Aoi that she must marry him. Refusing the idea of marriage, Aoi offers to work off the debt at the ogre’s inn, Tenjin-ya.
Kakuriyo is an anime centered around Japanese mythology, with all kinds of yokai and ayakashi serving as major characters. While the series is more about hospitality than it is about cooking, there is still plenty of focus on delicious dishes and meals to marvel at in the show.
2 Campfire Cooking In Another World With My Absurd Skill
Using Japanese Cooking To Conquer Monsters
An ordinary salaryman named Mukohda finds himself teleported to another world and asked to fight against the demon lord. However Mukohda manages to get out of this duty, allowing him to explore this new world with a strange ability to purchase items from an online Japanese supermarket.
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill is a recent slice-of-life isekai cooking anime where the main character utilizes cooking to befriend monsters and get out of hairy situations. It’s a fun show for anyone who wants to see something slightly different from isekai stories.
1 Restaurant To Another World
A Mystical Restaurant Beloved By Its Patrons
The young demon Aletta struggles from day to day, unable to hold a job due to persecution towards her kind. By chance, she stumbles on a strange door that leads to Nekoya, a western restaurant run by a chef in Japan. The restaurant’s front door opens to another world every Saturday, where all kinds of mythical and fantastical creatures come to eat the Master’s cooking.
Restaurant to Another World is another isekai cooking anime where fantasy characters experience modern cuisine. The food featured in the series looks absolutely delicious, and the various patrons who come to eat have stories of their own.
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