Quirky cooking anime has crude language, violence.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 14+?
Any Positive Content?
Violence & Scariness
a lot
Fantasy adventurers use weapons and magic to fight creatures in dungeons and turn them into food. Characters often are in danger from monster attacks. They discuss dying and being brought back to life. Characters vomit from food poisoning. There is verbal and physical violence between people of different species; orcs raid a tavern for food and supplies and kill almost everyone inside.
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Language includes profanity, crude language, and put-downs ("ass," "hell," "damn," "shut your hole," "sucker," "idiot"). Verbal threats of murder (e.g. "Kill them all," "I'll throw you in the fire myself"). Characters from different backgrounds use othering language that stereotypes communities (e.g. "your kind," "orcs just know how to steal").
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Themes include bravery, teamwork, friendship, trying new things, and overcoming prejudices. Food brings people together. People build connections by finding what they have in common. Everyone has unique strengths that benefits the group. We can learn more by seeing things from other peoples' perspectives.
Positive Role Models
a lot
Laios is curious, brave, and a compassionate leader. Senshi is patient and knowledgable. He shows other characters how to care for the environment and their communities. All the characters in the adventuring party support one another by appreciating their different strengths. Characters use communication and compassion to resolve conflicts with people.
Diverse Representations
a little
Fantasy world has prejudice and segregation amongst fantasy species. For example, orcs who live underground and people (e.g. humans, elves, halflings) who live above ground hate each other. Characters from different backgrounds talk about their prejudices and slowly come to understand one another.
Parents need to know that Delicious in Dungeon is a cooking-themed anime set in a fantasy world where monsters become food for a desperate adventuring party. Characters use weapons and magic in combat with fantasy creatures. Characters regularly discuss death; resurrection is normal in this world. Bloody violence between people brings up themes of prejudice and segregation. Themes include teamwork, learning new things, and bringing people together. The main characters are role models for curiosity, friendship, leadership, and conflict resolution. Language includes profanity ("ass," "damn," "hell"), threats of violence, and crude language (e.g. "shut your hole," "idiot," "sucker"). Expect brief scenes of partial nudity, vomiting, adults drinking, and gambling.
I had to look when the bbfc rated it 15 to see why. Violence in a dungeon setting seems obvious, a naked lady covering herself in the start sequence no one watches more than once... There's nudity near the end of the first series.
The rating seems overkill. More so considering the fallout series gets the same rating and deserves it.
Someone commented on the environmental message becoming more serious further in, but it seems comparable to pom-poko and the violence is lighter than Princess Mononoke.
Watch the series yourself and decide.
DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON is about an adventuring party's journey through a multi-level dungeon in an underground tower to recover their party member who was captured by a dragon. Broke and hungry, they follow swordsman Laios's (voiced by Damien C. Haas) lead in turning dungeon critters into food -- with the help of Senshi (voiced by SungWon Cho), a Dwarven expert in cooking monsters who joins their party.
This over-the-top cooking comedy is rich with laughs, layers, and life lessons. Delicious in Dungeon has well-rounded characters that sincere moments stand out against silly ones. Behind each cooking lesson is something for viewers to learn about friendship, stewardship, and community building. Violence is present, but it's not always the answer -- cleverness and patience are also important. The show starts with a simple premise but it only takes a few episodes to serve up a more promising in-depth storyline.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about teamwork and friendship. Why do Laios, Marcille, Chilchuck, and Senshi make a good team? How do they help each other learn and grow?
Families can talk about segregation and prejudice. How does the relationships between the orcs, humans, and elves compare to real-world societies? What does it take for Marcille and Zon to start to overcome their prejudices?
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