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Yumeiro Patissiere

Yumeiro Pâtissière

2009, TV, 50 eps, 76%, Studio Hibari

Recommended by 7 Cookin' Idol Ai! Mai! Main! fans on AniList. The same kind of story: food-obsessed cooking stories.

Middle schooler Ichigo Amano has never excelled at anything (other than eating cakes, of course), but a chance encounter with famed pâtissier Henri Lucas changes everything! Henri immediately recognizes Ichigo’s extraordinary palate, offering her a spot at the prestigious pastry…

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About Cookin' Idol Ai! Mai! Main!

2009, TV short, 305 eps, 69%, Studio DEEN

Cooking Idol teaches children how to cook through instruction of the main character, MAIN. The show itself is divided into an animated segment featuring MAIN, and a live-action segment featuring the voice actor of MAIN, Fukuhara Haruka, as she practices the cooking herself.

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