BODY: The office worker who lives to devour mountains of food is coming to your screen. "Doka Kui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san" (roughly, "I Love Binge Eating! Mochizuki-san"), the cult-favorite manga by Maruyo no Kamome, has officially been greenlit for a TV anime adaptation.
The series follows Mochizuki-san, a career woman who abandons all pretense of dietary restraint to indulge in enormous, calorie-packed meals — greasy ramen, towering rice bowls, and convenience-store hauls that would make a nutritionist faint. Its gleeful celebration of "doka kui" (binge eating) has made it a viral sensation online, where readers swap screenshots of Mochizuki-san's most gloriously excessive feasts.
Animation production will be handled by Studio Passione, the outfit behind titles like "Rent-a-Girlfriend" and "High School DxD Hero." To mark the announcement, Maruyo no Kamome drew a brand-new celebratory illustration and released a special bonus comic titled "[TV Anime Production Decided] Special Edition."
No broadcast date, cast, or staff details beyond the studio have been confirmed yet, but the announcement alone has sent fans of the food-manga genre into a frenzy.
The insider take
Here in Tokyo, "Mochizuki-san" occupies a specific and beloved niche. It taps into the same guilty-pleasure appeal as late-night mukbang culture and the endless "gaman shinai" (no-holding-back) eating trend, while gently subverting Japan's often punishing expectations around women, appearance, and self-control. That subversive streak — a woman unapologetically eating whatever she wants — is a big part of why it resonates. Studio Passione is a savvy fit, too: they've built a reputation for turning niche, appetite-driven web-manga hits into buzzy adaptations, and food anime remains one of the most reliable export categories for overseas streaming platforms.
Originally reported by コミックナタリー - 最新ニュース (Japanese).