Fighting Foodons

Fighting Foodons
Cover of the first volume that features Chase, Kayla, Pie-Tin, Oslo, Fried Ricer, Omelet, Hot Doggone-It, and a Burnt Meatball.
格闘料理伝説ビストロレシピ (Kakutō Ryōri Densetsu Bistro Recipe)
Genre	Fantasy
Manga
Written by	Naoto Tsushima
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Comic BonBon
Original run	1998 – 1999
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Tetsuo Yasumi
Produced by	Eizo Kondo, Wataru Tanaka, Masahiro Kon, Hideki Kama, Masaki Kobayashi
Written by	角屋 拓
Music by	イズム/Geminiart High Quality
Studio	Group TAC
Licensed by	NA Discotek Media
Original network	NHK-BS2
English network	CA Fairchild TV US 4KidsTV
Original run	December 11, 2001 – June 25, 2002
Episodes	26(List of episodes)

Fighting Foodons (格闘料理伝説ビストロレシピ, Kakutō Ryōri Densetsu Bisutoro Reshipi^?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoto Tsushima and serialized in Comic BonBon in 1998. It was adapted into an anime television series which aired on NHK-BS2 satellite channel from December 12, 2000 to June 26, 2001. It also received two Game Boy Color video games released in 1999 in Japan, as well as a Wonderswan game.

In the United States the anime was dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment in cooperation with Enoki Films; Enoki Films held the license and contracted the dubbing to 4Kids. This show originally aired on the FoxBox on September 14, 2002, (now known as 4Kids TV) and was discontinued from their lineup on August 30, 2003. The Chinese version was premiered as Kung Fu Snacks (功夫小食神 Gōngfu xiǎo shíshén) and it aired on TVB Jade in Hong Kong. It had also aired on Fairchild TV in Canada starting on May 22, 2005.

After 15 years of it's US Airing, Fighting Foodons is finally getting a DVD Release, by Discotek Licenses. It's expected to be release on April 25, 2017. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-23/discotek-licenses-fighting-foodons-ultra-maniac-freedom-anime/.112621

Its English dub's theme song is based on Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld.