Dokagui Daisuki Mochizuki-san Comedy Gourmet Manga Gets TV Anime by Passione
The announcement, teased with the phrase "food terror is coming," arrives as the manga has already accumulated multiple award nominations and ranking placements, suggesting TOHO is betting on a proven property rather than a fresh gamble.
Key Facts
- TOHO animation announced the TV anime adaptation of Dokagui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san on August 4, 2026, with Passione producing.
- The manga launched in Hakusensha's Young Animal Zero magazine and Young Animal Web site in May 2024.
- Hakusensha published the first compiled volume in October 2024 and will publish the fourth volume on September 29.
- The manga was nominated in the 18th Manga Taisho awards in 2025 and ranked #8 in the Web Manga category of the Next Manga Awards 2024.
- The manga won the inaugural Nichirei Prize at the Next Manga Awards 2024.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
TOHO animation announced on Tuesday that Kamome Maruyono's comedy gourmet manga Dokagui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san is receiving a television anime adaptation. Animation studio Passione is producing the anime. TOHO revealed the adaptation at the end of a one-hour cooking video loop that began streaming on Tuesday, and Maruyono drew an illustration to celebrate the announcement. The manga centers on Mikoto Mochizuki, a woman with intense enthusiasm for eating enormous quantities of food. The ongoing series launched simultaneously in Hakusensha's Young Animal Zero magazine and the Young Animal Web manga site in May 2024. Hakusensha published the first compiled book volume in October 2024, and will publish the fourth volume on September 29. The manga was nominated in the 18th Manga Taisho awards in 2025, and was included on the list of top 20 manga for male readers in the 2026 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook. It also ranked #8 in the top 10 series in the Web Manga category of the Next Manga Awards 2024, and was the inaugural winner of that year's new Nichirei Prize.
The adaptation was teased the day before with the words "food terror is coming," likely referring to the one-hour video of real-life cooking that TOHO released leading up to the announcement. The video loop ended with the reveal, and Maruyono's celebratory illustration was shared via TOHO animation's X/Twitter account.
The manga, a seinen series, follows Mikoto Mochizuki, whose enthusiasm for eating enormous quantities of food is the core of its exaggerated depiction of binge eating. It launched in May 2024 in both Hakusensha's Young Animal Zero magazine and the Young Animal Web platform, and has since appeared in several rankings and award programs, including the Next Manga Awards, Manga Taisho, the EbookJapan Manga Awards, and Kono Manga ga Sugoi!. The fourth compiled volume is scheduled for September 29, following the first volume in October 2024.
Passione, the studio behind the adaptation, has previously worked on titles such as Higurashi: When They Cry and The Misfit of Demon King Academy, though the sources do not specify a director or cast for this project.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.