I really appreciated the author including a list of cooking tools in the beginning of the book as sometimes I’d get halfway through prepping a recipe and then realise I don’t have all the equipment I need and so I’d give up and never bother with that recipe again. 

I really like the layout of the recipes. The author includes the anime title, season number, episode number and even episode name of where the food is from. They also include an explanation of what happens in the episode and how the food is involved. The author gives really detailed and precise instructions for how to carry out the recipe which is very easy to follow. The author also includes quotes from many animes throughout, corresponding to the foods from said anime. 

I loved the inclusion of the visual explanation for dumpling folding. There’s a great selection of appetisers, main dishes, desserts and even drinks. I love the illustrations of the foods as well, they all look so tasty! There were a lot of animes mentioned that I haven’t seen and/or heard of and based off the food, I might add them to my neverending ‘to watch’ list. 

Some of my favourite animes that are included in this are Haikyuu, Howl’s Moving Castle, Yuri On Ice, MHA, Demon Slayer, Ponyo, Violet Evergarden, Jujutsu Kaisen, AOT, Tokyo Ghoul, Spirited Away, Arrietty, Tokyo Revengers, Kakegurui, Ancient Magus Bride, Mob Psycho 100, Totoro, and When Marnie Was There. 

I can’t wait to try some of these out! Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for allowing me an eARC of this cookbook