Ben-To
Details
- Also known as: ベン・トー, Bento, Ben-Tou
- Type: TV
- Status: Finished Airing
- Score: 6.8
- Episodes: 12
- Genres: Action, Comedy, Ecchi
- Studio: david production
- Aired: 2011-10-09 to 2011-12-25
- Season: Fall 2011
Where to watch (US)
- Apple TV Store
- Crunchyroll
- Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Synopsis
Every day an epic struggle rages in grocery stores across Japan - the battle for half-priced bento boxes! Once the discount stickers go on, ravenous brawlers start throwing punches in a knockdown, drag-out war over who gets to take home the cheap eats. When a young, broke high school student named Sato joins the Half-Priced Food Lovers Club, he proves to be a rising talent in the world of insane food fights. But does he have what it takes to become the king of clearance cuisine?
Episodes
- Episode 1: Stick with It, Natto Okra Rice Bowl with Cheese Topping Bento 440kcal (2011-10-04)
- Episode 2: Mackerel Boiled in Miso Bento 674kcal (2011-10-16)
- Episode 3: Large Cheese Pork Cutlet Curry Rice 1080kcal (2011-10-23)
- Episode 4: Ginger Fried Pork Bento 852kcal (2011-10-30)
- Episode 5: Hokkaido Salmon Fish Soup 326kcal (2011-11-06)
- Episode 6: Special Hokkaido Style Fried Chicken Bento 795kcal (2011-11-13)
- Episode 7: Bosomelet Bento 752kcal and Loco Moco Bulging Bento 1100kcal (2011-11-20)
- Episode 8: Hamburg Steak Loaded with Garlic Chives Bento 765kcal (2011-11-27)
- Episode 9: Deluxe Western and Japanese Food Assortment 2910kcal and Piping Hot Porridge Bento 340kcal (2011-12-04)
- Episode 10: A Warm, Gentle Flavor I Remember from Long Ago at my Grandmother's House. A Japanese Dish Easy on Both Mind and Body. Plum... (2011-12-11)
- Episode 11: Pocari Sweat 125kcal (2011-12-18)
- Episode 12: Domestic Eel Bento 790kcal (2011-12-25)
Characters and voice actors
- Sen Yarizui (main character) · Japanese voice: Mariya Ise · English voice: Trina Nishimura
- Ayame Shaga (main character) · Japanese voice: Emiri Katou · English voice: Morgan Garrett
- You Satou (main character) · Japanese voice: Hiro Shimono · English voice: Austin Tindle
- Hana Oshiroi (main character) · Japanese voice: Aoi Yuuki · English voice: Felecia Angelle
- Asebi Inoue (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Ayana Taketatsu · English voice: Lindsay Seidel
- Ume Shiraume (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Ai Kayano · English voice: Tia Ballard
- Yuu Kaneshiro (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Mamoru Miyano · English voice: Marcus D. Stimac
- Kyou Sawagi (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yukari Tamura · English voice: Kara Edwards
- Chapatsu (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Eriko Nakamura
- Kyou Sawagi (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yui Horie · English voice: Anastasia Munoz
- Ren Nikaidou (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Kazuyuki Okitsu · English voice: Ian Sinclair
- Bouzu (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Ryoukichi Takahashi
- Tadaaki Endou (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Hiroki Yasumoto · English voice: Chris Rager
- The Club of Hercules (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Akira Ishida · English voice: Clifford Chapin
- Tomoaki Yamahara (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Nobuhiko Okamoto · English voice: Jessie James Grelle
- Abura Kami (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Nobuaki Kanemitsu · English voice: Christopher Sabat
- Agohige (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Tomoyuki Higuchi · English voice: Scott Freeman
- Kenji Dandou (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Atsushi Ono · English voice: Patrick Seitz
- Jiji-sama (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Shouto Kashii
- Korou (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Itaru Yamamoto
Opening and ending songs
- Opening 1: LIVE for LIFE ~Ookamitachi no Yoru~ · Aimi
- Opening 2: Treasure · Emiri Kato
- Opening 3: Egao no Housoku · Mariya Ise
- Ending 1: Egao no Housoku · Mariya Ise
- Ending 2: LIVE for LIFE ~Ookamitachi no Yoru~ · Aimi