Anime

NOTE:  For the manga see Koufuku 'Graffiti'.   An  anime television series adaptation, produced by  Shaft and directed by Naoyuki Tatsuwa, began airing on  TBS,  MBS, and  CBC starting January 9, 2015   and on  BS-TBSstarting January 10, 2015,   and is being simulcast by Crunchyroll.    The screenplay is by  Mari Okada and character designs are by Kazuya Shiotsuki.    The opening theme is "Shiawase ni Tsuite Watashi ga Shitteiru Itsutsu no Hōhō"  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">(幸せについて私が知っている5つの方法 The Five Methods of Obtaining Happiness That I'm Aware Of<sup class="t_nihongo_help noprint" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.1999998092651px;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-stretch:normal;font-size:8.96000003814697px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? ) <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;"> by  Maaya Sakamoto<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">, and the ending theme is "Egao ni Naru"  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">(笑顔になる Become a Smile<sup class="t_nihongo_help noprint" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets <span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-stretch:normal;font-size:8.96000003814697px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">? ] ) <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;"> by  Rina Satō<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;"> and  Asuka Ōgame<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">Sentai Filmworks <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">licensed the anime in North America under the title  Gourmet Girl Graffiti.  

Plot
<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">Ryō Machiko is a second-year middle school girl who has been living by herself since her grandmother passed away. Despite having exceptional skill in cooking, Ryō has felt her cooking hasn't been tasting good. That is, until she meets her second cousin, Kirin Morino, who comes to stay with her on the weekends to attend cram school in Tokyo and shows her the key to great tasting food; eating together with friends and family.

Characters

 * Ryou Machiko
 * Kirin Morino
 * Shiina
 * Tsuyuko
 * Akira Machiko
 * Yuki Uchiki
 * Grandmother Machiko
 * Mother Machiko
 * Watanabe