Series synopsis
Restaurant to Another World, also known as 異世界食堂 is a Japanese animation sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on TV Tokyo on July 4, 2017. It ended on December 18, 2021. It stars Sumire Uesaka, Junichi Suwabe, Tomokazu Sugita and Hochu Otsuka.
There is a certain restaurant in the first basement level of a multi-tenant building in one corner of a shopping street near the office district. The historical restaurant, marked by a sign with a picture of a cat, is called "Western Cuisine Nekoya." This restaurant looks completely normal through the week, but on Saturdays, it opens in secret exclusively to some very unique guests. During these hours, doors in various areas of a parallel world open to allow customers of many different races and ...
Premise
There is a certain restaurant in the first basement level of a multi-tenant building in one corner of a shopping street near the office district. The historical restaurant, marked by a sign with a picture of a cat, is called "Western Cuisine Nekoya." This restaurant looks completely normal through the week, but on Saturdays, it opens in secret exclusively to some very unique guests. During these hours, doors in various areas of a parallel world open to allow customers of many different races and cultures into the restaurant.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Sumire Uesaka as Aletta
- Junichi Suwabe as Master / Shopkeeper
- Tomokazu Sugita as Heinrich Seeleman (Fried prawn)
- Hochu Otsuka as Tatsugorou (Teriyaki chicken)
- Kiyono Yasuno as Sara Gold (Menchi-katsu)
- Saori Onishi as Kuro
- Fumihiko Tachiki as Alphonse Flugel
- Motomu Kiyokawa as Artorius
Supporting cast
- Shizuka Itoh as Red Queen
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 24 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | July 4, 2017 | September 19, 2017 |
| Season 2 | 12 | October 2, 2021 | December 18, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Beef Stew / Breakfast Special Beef stew: a legendary dragon’s most prized treasure lies on the other side of a certain door. Breakfast set: a starving Aletta wanders into the Restaurant to Another World and believes herself to be dreaming, but she’s in for a shock when she wakes up the next morning. |
July 4, 2017 |
| 2 |
Minced Meat Cutlet / Fried Shrimp Minced meat cutlet: treasure hunter Sarah traces her great-grandfather’s footsteps to a mysterious door in an abandoned mine. Fried shrimp: Heinrich must call for help when the fortress where he’s stationed is under siege by monsters, but he desperately needs food to make it. |
July 11, 2017 |
| 3 |
Spaghetti with Meat Sauce / Chocolate Parfait Spaghetti with meat sauce: Thomas is lauded as a culinary genius, but there’s an unimaginable secret to his success. Chocolate parfait: Princess Adelheid has childhood memories of eating clouds. |
July 18, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cheesecake / Breakfast Again Hilda, a mercenary, takes on a job to get rid of some goblins. A lone wolf, she takes out the horde of goblins alone with only her crossbow. After the battle, she notices a large door, which she walks through to find herself in a strange establishment called Western Restaurant Nekoya. Aletta finishes another day of work at the Restaurant to Another World. After receiving a gift from the master, she returns to the home of Sarah, where she's been working as a live-in maid. There, she finds Sarah passed out asleep at her desk, exhausted from her research. Aletta thinks about what she can do to thank her... |
October 2, 2021 |
| 2 |
Beefsteak / Cream Puff Romero and Julietta are lovers on the run. While hiding in a cave, they discover a mysterious door. As their pursuers draw nearer, they take the plunge, entering the door to find a place that looks like a magician's living room... Adelheid, the imperial princess, is enjoying another chocolate parfait at Nekoya when Prince Shareef of the Land of Sand arrives with his sister Renner. They present her with some Kaffa beans, so she tries to think of a snack she can take home that would pair well with them... |
October 9, 2021 |
| 3 |
Hamburger / Beef Tendon Curry Jack, Kento, and Terry are three friends living in the imperial countryside. They come to an old well on the outskirts of town to check out a door that rests at its bottom. What tastes and experiences await the trio when they reach Nekoya? Aletta and Kuro are enjoying the master's cooking on their meal break when Alphonse arrives. He orders his usual curry rice, but the master offers to let Alphonse taste-test his latest curry dish. So Aletta, Kuro, and Alphonse each enjoy their three types of curry. |
October 16, 2021 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Tokyo |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 4, 2017 |
| Last aired | December 18, 2021 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |