Fall 1988

Oishinbo

Shin-Ei Animation
136 episodes · TV Completed The Gourmet, 美味しんぼ
6.93

Oishinbo is a drama about newspaper reporters. The main character is a cynical food critic named Yamaoka. Oishinbo is a popular mainstream comic for adults in Japan. It is even mentioned in an episode of "Iron Chef."

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Shin Grimm Meisaku Gekijou

Nippon Animation
23 episodes · TV Completed Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics, Grimm Masterpiece Theater II, New Grimm Masterpiece Theatre, Grimm's Fairy Tales II, 新グリム名作劇場
7.29

Every episode is a stand-alone retelling of a different fairy or folk tale. Not all of them are based on the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.