| Cooking Papa | |
 Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Kazumi Araiwa (center) | |
| クッキングパパ (Kukkingu Papa) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tochi Ueyama |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Imprint | Morning KC |
| Magazine | Morning |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | June 6, 1985 – present |
| Volumes | 170 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Toshitaka Tsunoda |
| Written by |
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| Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
| Studio |
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| Original network | ANN (ABC, 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 a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tochi Ueyama. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen anthology magazine Morning since June 6, 1985. Kodansha has collected its into individual tankōbon volumes and it as a total of 170 volumes as of July 2024, making it one of the longest manga series by number of volumes. The story revolves around a salaryman who can cook well and full recipes for the dishes featured in each chapter are provided at the end of the chapter.[3]
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,[4][5] A Japanese television drama adaptation aired on Fuji TV on August 29, 2008.[6]
Cooking Papa won a Special Award at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2015.[7]
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- ^ "Yowamushi Pedal, The Seven Deadly Sins Win 39th Kodansha Manga Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2016.