Manga 'Chuuka Ichiban!' Gets Sequel

Mangaka Etsushi Ogawa has announced via his Twitter account on Saturday that his Chinese cooking manga Chuuka Ichiban! (Cooking Master Boy) will get a sequel series titled Chuuka Ichiban! Kiwami to be serialized on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app on a bi-weekly basis starting November.

Chuuka Ichiban ran for 17 volumes between 1995 and 1999. The series began its serialization in Weekly Shounen Magazine, then moved to Magazine Special, before returning to Weekly Shounen Magazine in 1997 under the title Shin Chuuka Ichiban. A TV anime adaptation by Nippon Animation aired in Spring 1997 for a total of 52 episodes. The manga also received a live-action drama in China in 2005 under the title Zhonghua Xiaodangjia. The story takes place in China in Qing Dynasty where Mao Hsing Liu, a young boy, challenges himself to be a great chef.

Source: Ogawa's Twitter