Chūka Ichiban (中華一番, Chūka Ichiban    ) is a manga created by Etsushi Ogawa. It was later adapted into an anime series titled, 'Cooking Master Boy'. The story is centered on a boy whose aim is to become the best chef he could be.In 1995, Kodansha published the manga. From 1995 to 1997, it was serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine as Chuuka Ichiban!. However, during serialization, the character '真' was added, so from 1997 to 1999, it was serialized as Shin Chuuka Ichiban!. '中華一番' roughly translates into "China's Number One". By adding the character '真', it became "Truth - China's Number One", where the rōmaji 'Shin' translates into 'Truth' .The anime series, which was directed by Masami Anno, was created in 1997. The series' title became 'Cooking Master Boy'.