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Format
TV
Episodes
305
Episode Duration
6 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Spring 2009
Aired
2009-03-30 to 2013-03-22
Source
Original
Rating
PG - Children
Genres
Comedy
Kids
Gourmet
Studios
Studio Deen
Producers
NHK
Nihon Ad Systems
Licensors
Cookin' Idol Ai! Mai! Main! (クッキンアイドル アイ!マイ!まいん!)
Cooking Idol teaches children how to cook through instruction of the main character, MAIN. The show itself is divided into an animated segment featuring MAIN, and a live-action segment featuring the voice actor of MAIN, Fukuhara Haruka, as she practices the cooking herself. The live-action segment is not included in the avg episode duration.