Oishinbo: The Japan-America Rice War

Japanese: 美味しんぼ　日米コメ戦争

Premiered: Fall 1993

Plot Summary: The Oishinbo gang takes time off from the normal culinary wars to get involved with a political dispute about American rice imports. The economic conflict between a pushy US Senator from California and a nationalistic Japanese politician is further complicated by concerns about the cumulative effect of pesticide use in both American and Japanese agriculture.

Genre: Comedy,Slice of Life,Seinen

Aired: Dec 3, 1993

MAL Score: 6.18

Status: Finished Airing

Synonyms: Oishinbo: Nichibei Kome Senso