Cooking Papa

Cooking Papa
Cover of Cooking Papa volume 1, published by Kodansha.
クッキングパパ (Kukkingu Papa)
Genre	Slice of life
Manga
Written by	Tochi Ueyama
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Weekly Morning
Original run	1985 – present
Volumes	139
Anime television series
Directed by	Toshitaka Tsunoda
Written by	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Music by	Toshihiko Sahashi
Studio	Eiken
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	April 9, 1992 – May 25, 1995
Episodes	151

Cooking Papa (Japanese: クッキングパパ, Hepburn: Kukkingu Papa^?) is seinen manga series written and illustrated by Tochi Ueyama. The series has been serialized in the Kodansha manga anthology Weekly Morning since 1985. Kodansha collects individual chapters into tankōbon volumes, with the first one published on January 18, 1986, and 139 volumes total it is one of the longest manga series by number of volumes. The manga won a Special Award at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards. Full recipes for the dishes featured in each chapter are provided at the end of the chapter. 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, and has also been aired in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Thailand. A live-action TV drama adaptation premiered Fuji TV on August 29, 2008.

The story revolves around a salaryman who can cook well but is unwilling to let it be known within his workplace. He lets them believe his wife cooks his meals when, in fact, she could not prepare anything.

Cooking Papa is an ongoing seinen manga series written and illustrated by Tochi Ueyama. The series has been serialized in the manga magazine Weekly Morning since 1985.Kodansha collects individual chapters into tankōbon volumes, with the first one published on January 18, 1986, and 139 volumes total.