Oishinbo: The Japan-America Rice War

Type: Fall 1993 Anime

Plot Summary: The Oishinbo gang takes time off from the normal culinary wars to get involved with a political dispute about American rice imports. The economic conflict between a pushy US Senator from California and a nationalistic Japanese politician is further complicated by concerns about the cumulative effect of pesticide use in both American and Japanese agriculture.

Genre: Comedy Slice of Life Seinen

Released: 1993

Status: Completed