Ramen is one of the most popular foods known from Japanese culture. It's a noodle soup with Chinese-style wheat or egg noodles, cooked with sliced pork, fresh scallions, and hard-boiled eggs in a rich broth. The dish is super versatile and can be served in many ways, which is why it is so beloved by fans.
Ramen is so popular, fans have witnessed anime characters eat it many times in anime. Most animes even make the dish look so tasty and appealing to the eye of fans that many have come to love the iconic noodle soup. Fans of the Japanese dish should definitely watch these shows.
8 Ramen Fighter Miki
Miki Onimaru works at her mother's Chinese ramen restaurant, often causing a lot of trouble and headaches for those around her. She is constantly getting into arguments and work mishaps due to her lack chronic lack of patience.
This anime is a great comedy for fans who would love to see how a ramen restaurant is run, (or at least trying to). It's light-hearted and lets fans see the whole process behind making a Chinese version of the dish.
7 The IDOLM@STER
The Idolm@ster is about 13 talented and professional idols who want to become successful celebrities. They are managed by the 765 Production Studio. The production's rival, 961 Production, makes succeeding even more difficult for the girls who are already struggling to get by. For the girls, becoming famous isn't an easy task, and many aspects of their life get affected by it. If the girls do not want to lose their relationships with their families and peers, they must learn how to balance their personal and professional lives.
The ramen-lover of this series is Takane Shijou, a member of the rival production, 961 Production. She often enjoys the soup's broth more than anything else, but fans will love to see her try out many ramen dishes throughout the series.
6 Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles
Koizumi loves ramen so much she will go to any lengths to try all of the recipes out there. She goes on many journeys and tries out many restaurants to find the best ramen dish. Her quest gets affected when her classmate Yuu, who is infatuated with her, follows her without permission.
As Yuu embarks on this adventure, she discovers a lot about the different types and flavors ramen can have. Ramen lovers will love this anime as they will learn just as much about the traditional ramen dish by accompanying the duo.
5 Food Wars
Souma Yukihira has been a sous chef at his father Jouichirou's restaurant for years. His goal has always been to surpass the master, his father, with his cooking skills, but when he learns his father is closing the restaurant, he must continue to learn the skills needed to achieve his dream elsewhere. He enrolls in the prestigious and competitive school called Tootsuki Culinary Academy, where he must survive through all the food competitions if he wishes to stay and perfect his craft.
In this series, one of the famous recipes created by Souma's father is the Jōichirō Special Rich Ramen. It's a vegetarian take on the ramen dish eaten for breakfast. Fans will need creamy soy milk, miso broth, garlic, ginger, yuzu citrus, chili oil, and tempeh (a fermented Indonesian soybean cake) to make this recipe at home. In the 43rd Annual Tōtsuki Autumn Election episode, there is a ramen challenge where Ryō cooks a French-inspired ramen dish called Soupe De Poisson ramen, which fans can also try to recreate if they please.
4 Ponyo
A goldfish princess encounters Sosuke, a human boy while defying the rules about venturing to the surface to visit the outside world. The boy nicknames her Ponyo and befriends her. As their friendship grows, Ponyo becomes more human, which angers her father when he finds out. He brings her back home, but in the process of trying to get back to the surface, Ponyo endangers her friend's village.
This film by Studio Ghibli is particularly known for its famous ramen noodle scene. In this scene, Ponyo sees and tries ramen for the first time, and the dish looks so appealing that recreating it in real life might just be worth it.
3 Dragon Ball Super
This anime follows Goku as he learns about the power behind the "Dragon Balls" thanks to Bulma, who wanted to use all seven of them to make her dream come true. On their quest, the two befriend many people. They also encounter many enemies who seek power. Eventually, Goku even learns how to use his abilities and become the most powerful Saiyan he can be.
Goku often eats a bowl of ramen in the series, and one of his enemies, Beerus, is also a big fan of them, maybe even more than Goku. This series is the perfect anime to watch while eating a bowl of ramen because the number of times fans will see the characters eat some will make them crave for a bowl of their own.
2 Dr. Stone
After a blinding green light appears and petrifies everyone on Earth into stone for several million years, Taiju wakes up in a world reverted to nature. He finds his friend and scientist, Senkuu, awake and already trying to bring back civilization and find a cure for the others stuck in stone.
Senkuu creates many inventions during the series, some of which prove to be useful, and others not so much. Cooking ramen from scratch, for example, isn't that beneficial for the survivors. However, for fans and lovers of the dish, it's a fun experience. Everything Senkuu teaches in the anime applies to real life, so fans can make their ramen at home.
1 Naruto
Many years ago, the Nine-Tailed Fox demon named Kyuubi attacked the village Konohagakure. The leader, aka the Fourth Hokage, managed to stop this havoc by sealing the demon inside a newborn child. This newborn grew up into a young ninja named Naruto, who wishes desperately to become the next Hokage. However, the fact that he has a beast inside him makes villagers distrust him. In his quest, he meets new friends and encounters deadly enemies.
Fans will love watching this anime as Naruto is the iconic character often associated with eating ramen. His favorite shop, Ichiraku Ramen, is where he went on his date with Hinata, and the shop also existed in real life in Fukuoka, Japan. This famous Ichiraku Ramen has many online recipes for fans who wish to recreate it at home.