JK Meshi!

It is certainly commendable that the anime's creators want to show cheap and easy recipes that everyone can really use. This is a kind of Japanese, and I think perhaps a better version of Czech TV chef Lada Hruska. Unfortunately, the animation is very weak, in my opinion, and the humor is very simple, almost childish, so there is not much amusement. On the other hand, I was quite impressed by how the anime's creators explained these shortcomings in the tenth episode in a fairly non-violent and quite funny and original way. I understand the low budget, and it is incredibly obvious, especially in the movement of the characters. The cuteness is supposed to provide us with chibi versions of the individual girls, but it only half works for me. I did not find the chibi cute but rather how the individual chibi characters move. Of the characters, I think I only liked Ruriko, who is interestingly goofy in places. However, once again, it is quite sad that they cannot use this potential of hers to its full potential and so, for example, the joke about the Neanderthal is made much more often than it should be and, as the saying goes, "A repeated joke ceases to be a joke." The recipes look very simple indeed and, indeed, the few steps that lead up to the preparation of the food would probably be easy for anyone to follow. It is equally true that this is not much about gastronomy and that if I prepared something like this at home and threw it over to a chef of Jamie Oliver’s or Gordon Ramsay’s level, I would probably not get away with it. Still, I cannot say that this is the worst anime series of this winter's releases, as the ratings suggest, even though it is certainly not a hit as the girls try to tell us when watching "JC Meshi". However, I did not mind watching it, and it does not bother me that I wasted that time; however, I cannot see myself awarding more than two stars. 4/10. (12.10.2015)