History BigEater / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa'': Link. {{Lampshaded}} by Osun, who remarks that while he may have the battle skills of an adult, he still has the appetite of a child.

* ''Anime/DekoBokoFriends'' has a character named Belly Boing who absolutely loves to eat sweets. The fact that his name is ''[[MeaningfulName Belly Boing]]'' says volumes about his eating habits.

** Also used for horrifying effect with the Titans. All they do is [[EatenAlive eat people]]. And eat. And eat until what passes for their stomach is full, at which point they vomit and start all over again. They cannot digest or gain any form of nourishment from their victims, so they appear do it simply because they ''enjoy'' eating. (Later chapters explain what the Titans are unconsciously trying to get out of the process... which is still unrelated to sustenance.)

** Also, Ling Yao has a large appetite and bills Edward on everything he eats.

--> '''Ryou, on Kirin's first meal at her place''': I wonder if this is what eating competitions look like...

** As of Chapter 275, [[spoiler: the yet unnamed cat-spirit that haunts Nagi's new apartment]] wolfs down Hinagiku's cooking while inhabiting Izumi's body. It's yet unknown what effect exactly this will have, but we now have the opportunity for another big eater.

* Main character Tanikaze from ''Manga/KnightsOfSidonia'' is often teased by the other residents of the Sidonia for having an enormous appetite... at least in their eyes. See, the Sidonia is a GenerationShip, and in order to conserve resources, the inhabitants have all undergone a treatment that allows them to Photosynthesize, like plants. They still need to eat every now and then, but it's not uncommon for someone to go ''an entire week'' without eating anything. Tanikaze, however, never received the treatment because he grew up in an isolated part of the ship, thus he has to keep his energy up the old fashioned way. He does like to eat; indeed his off hours are usually spent either enjoying food or trying to find some, but his appetite isn't ''that'' large.
** He also spent several years living off scraps and canned goods, which probably explains his obsession with cooked meals.

** Goro Makiba from ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' also counts.

* Impact of ''Manga/PrecariousWomanExecutiveMissBlackGeneral'' has an utterly massive appetite, and if she misses even a single meal, she gets so hungry she can barely function.

** There's also minor character Picolet Chardin II of the "La Belle France School of Martial Arts", which specializes in martial arts gourmet dining. Of course, one of the requirements of this form of martial arts is that you have an unusually flexible and large mouth capable of eating so fast you can't appear to be eating at all. By the standards of his school, being seen eating is considered "inelegant". Picolet, and others who specialize in this form of battle, are able to put away full course meals as if they were a light snack. Picolet once devoured an entire table of food and his instructor bemoaned that he had virtually no appetite anymore.

* The Son Goku (AKA the Sun Wukong) in ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}''. Sanzo suggests this is justified because [[spoiler:Goku was locked up in a cave for 500 years without food.]]
** Funny enough, this is similar to one of the original characters from which Hakkai was based off of....and there's also the aforementioned Goku from ''Dragon Ball'' to tie up even more coincidences.

* It's only once made a plot point, but any time Simon or Kamina of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' sit down to eat, they generate a tremendous pile of dishes. Kamina even declares that "A man's stomach knows no limit!" in [[HotSpringsEpisode Episode 6]]. [[BalloonBelly It shows]], too.

** The eponymous Toriko embodies this trope and then some. A meal that could satisfy 500 people only filled him up 1/10. ONE TENTH, for a 500 man feast. Though this is kind of typical, as he has ridiculous amounts of strength and endurance, and he originally was [[spoiler:a hybridized animal.]]

** Rei, Lum's handsome ex-fiance, is a non-stop eating machine who is hardly ever seen not stuffing his face, or looking for eats, and he reveres anyone who brings him food... or whatever can even be considered food. He ''did'' lose his potato eating contest with Ataru, but that's because he had already stuffed himself beforehand, and poor Ataru nearly ''died'' attempting to match him to avoid being shot.
*** And during the contest Rei transformed in a huge monster to eat more food, so that the ''thin'' label was lost.

* The eponymous Manga/{{Yaiba}}, together with Gerozaemon and Musashi, especially Musashi, during the firsts arc. Musashi in his first appearence was able to steal and devour a whole roasted boar in about two panels or so.
** This was used by the Spiderman to tend a trap to them twice. And [[RuleOfFunny they fell for it twice!]].

** Bakura also tends to eat a lot. [[https://33.media.tumblr.com/fca6b4a613ae307918e55beb6a2b8afb/tumblr_n0egavYD4T1trlkhuo1_250.gif Seen here with meat-on-a-stick in one hand and spaghetti in the other, with a napkin tucked into his shirt like a super-classy person.]] Yet according to [[WordOfGod the official factbook]], he's 5'9" and 114 lbs, which would mean he's actually underweight. This is implied to be just because he doesn't get regular meals; in one scene in the Memory World arc, [[http://sxliari.tumblr.com/post/90680805409/im-so-hungry he almost passes out from hunger]].

** Also, more than one victim is pretty pudgy and a big eater. [[spoiler: Like the "Baumkuchen" case, in which a fat man is killed via being tricked into eating a piece of his favorite pastry... which had poison.]]

* Anna Yamada from ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart''. She regularly goes to the school library to eat various snacks and sweets, starting with the first episode where she's stuffing in a rice cake in about a minute before eating a whole bag of party chips. Apparently after lunch period. Furthermore, she typically orders extra servings of food and serves herself a hot pot before her parents come home to make dinner.

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** After Goku's first World Martial Arts Tournament run, he and his friends celebrate by eating out. Goku ends up wolfing down ''fifty-seven'' full course meals, and even asks for more (and when it is suggested that he had enough, decides to settle for desert). The grand total for Goku's feast is 470,000 Zenny: almost all of Roshi's tournament winnings!

* Yukito Tsukishiro and Keroberos, from ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura''. Yukito's appetite is specifically noted to be at least ''three times'' the norm. His excuse is that his body tries to compensate for [[spoiler:not having a source of magical power, and later Sakura not being able to provide enough magical power to keep him in existence due to her extreme youth]], while Keroberos just likes to eat. Sakura's mother Nadeshiko was one too, being able to finish a large cake in one sitting despite being a frail girl.

** Ryô Saeba often eats huge "lunches" accompanied by two liters of eggnog. {{Justified}} by both his powerful muscles (necessary for his job as a [[ProfessionalKiller Sweeper]]) and [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower his daily training to keep his edge]].

** Umibozu is by far the biggest eater in the series. {{Justified}} by him being another Sweeper and his enormous size.

%%* C. C. from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' [[TrademarkFavoriteFood loves pizza]].

* In ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'', (possible) oni Tade is always hungry and eats huge amounts of food. In one panel, the amount of rice in her bowl is taller than her head!
* Allen Walker in ''Manga/DGrayMan''. Just look at how much food he orders when he first enters the Black Order...
** Explained by the fact that he is a parasitic type exorcist which means his weapon directly uses upon a lot of his energy in combat so he needs to eat a lot. Other parasitic types are shown to eat a lot as well.
** Though Allen's case is extreme. An extra hints at the fact that the parasitic type excuse helps him to cover a serious problem...
* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'':

* In ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' it's a recurring theme among the main character's partner Digimon:

* [[Anime/DomoTV Domo]] can really pack it in, as seen with his rapid consumption of just about every food item he comes across (save for [[DoesNotLikeSpam apples]]). It comes with having a perpetually open mouth.

* Kullweet Envatilia (or Kuea for short), from ''Anime/ElementalGelade''.

* Saki Hanajima from Manga/FruitsBasket, while more downplayed than other characters here, is eating in most appearances to the point that she started eating in the middle of her school's (loose) production of Cinderella... '''as''' she was playing Cinderella.

* Satellizer from ''Manga/{{Freezing}}'' towards hamburgers.
* Rindou from ''Manga/FoodWars''. When the SchoolFestival rolled around, she could have used her pull as Second Seat of [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil The Council Of Ten Masters]] to open a booth and make heaps of money, like her peers did. Instead, she chose to eat her way through 120 booths in five days. She is also never seen without some form of snack food.

* In episode 6 of ''Literature/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'', Yurika can be seen eating lots of food in the background as Ruth tells Koutarou about the story of the Silver Princess and the Blue Knight.

* Najika, the main character of ''Manga/KitchenPrincess'' is portrayed as one of these, probably related to her [[SupremeChef absolute sense of taste]].

* Ako in ''Manga/{{Maomarimo}}''

* ''[[Anime/MetalFightBeyblade Beyblade: Metal Fusion]]'' has the main character Gingka. When the World Beyblade Battling Association would grant any one wish to a winner of a Survival Battle Competition, this happens...
-->'''Madoka:''' You're not going to wish for a 10 layer cheeseburger, are you?
-->'''Gingka:''' Of course not, that would be silly.
-->'''Madoka:''' ''(looks relieved)''
-->'''Gingka:''' [[BaitAndSwitchComment I'm gonna wish for a 20 layer cheeseburger!]]

* Honey from ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' can eat three entire cakes even after a full meal. It's also revealed that, once a week, he eats five cakes as a midnight snack, and later in the episode he decides to do so three times a week instead. Being a national martial arts champion could explain how he stays lean.

* Usagi (and sometimes Chibiusa) from ''Anime/SailorMoon''. Only one episode early in the first season ever concerned itself with her possible weight gain and that was dealt with as a CompressedVice. ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'' plays this aspect up as a RunningGag, where Usagi is constantly called fat even though her character design is far from it. Her younger brother Shingo was sometimes said to be this too [[FridgeBrilliance which makes sense]] since as an adolescent he's got some growth spurts to fuel (one of which appears to begin at the start of the second season).
** In the manga, Minako. She started out as a normal glutton (if {{Justified}} in part by [[PassionateSportsGirl her many sporting activities]]), but at one point she started to get fat due the latest Dark Agency plot involving chocolate and she reacted with insane amounts of exercise, and, as she never stopped and even put up some ''muscles'', has to eat ''more'' to fuel that.

* Kikuchiyo from ''Anime/SamuraiSeven''; however, he ''is'' both the largest of the seven and, well, a cyborg.

* ''Manga/SquidGirl''
** The titular heroine absolutely loves shrimp and in one episode manages to polish off 10,000 yen's worth of shrimp in one sitting. Taken to ridiculous extremes in the "Mini Ika" episode, in which she devours shrimps ''several times her own size'' in a matter of seconds. Apparently she's able to adjust her own body mass at will, which explains why she doesn't get fat.
** Chizuru's main source behind her WeightWoe is her tendency to eat a lot, with bigger servings than her siblings. Although she's careful not to go overboard, and makes up for what she does eat with lots of exercise.

* ''Manga/SketDance'''s Chiaki Takahasi, Captain of the Kaimei High Softball Team, will eat absolutely anything and everything, as long as it's edible, IN RECORD TIME. Okay, ''almost'' everything. She has a weakness to eggs, which she absolutely despises.

* ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa'': Link. {{Lampshaded}} by Osun, who remarks that while he may have the battle skills of an adult, he still has the appetite of a child.

* ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' has [[SupremeChef Sumire]], [[JustifiedTrope justified]] since she eats much (and mixes ramen with coffee!) to test the local food to improve her own ramen.

* Nozomi, Rin, Urara, and Karen from ''Anime/YesPrecure5''. (For those of you playing along at home, this is '''half the main cast''', and four of the titular five.) Karen is something of an unusual example, as unlike most [[BigEater Big Eaters]] she eats calmly at a normal pace. Urara is normally the undisputed queen, but Rin and Karen can both out-eat her when they feel it necessary (i.e. when they're trying to out-eat ''each other''). Also, Komachi was a big eater when she was younger.
* Natsumi Tsujimoto and Shoji Tokairin from ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest''.

* Buccha from ''Manga/AirGear'' is a rare DoubleSubversion. He eats a lot, and appears to be tremendously fat. However, he's only got about 6% body fat; his appearance is due to [[ArtisticLicenseBiology blood pooling in his stomach from overeating]]. When he exerts himself, the blood goes to his muscles, and his ridiculously sculpted body is revealed.

* In ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'', the S-Class superhero Pig God is a big eater and is always seen eating.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Misato binges on ramen and curry during her free time, as displayed by the ''gigantic'' mess in her apartment complex.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Misato binges on ramen, curry, and beer during her free time, as displayed by the ''gigantic'' mess in her apartment complex.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Misato binges on ramen and beer during her free time, as displayed by the ''gigantic'' mess in her apartment complex.

** Mitsuri Kanroji, the Love Hashira, is easily the biggest eater of the cast, as she can put away dozens of helpings. Her hair turned pink and green because she ate 170 sakura mochi (a sweet that's also pink and green) each day for eight consecutive months.

* Hei from ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' is both an excellent cook, and known for eating a [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RKasPR27xl0/TQ-VpoVwRAI/AAAAAAAAAR8/0HWuaFuGchw/s1600/Darker+than+Black+scrnshot10.jpg ridiculous number of servings]] per meal. Granted, he probably burns a lot of calories due to all the super powered contractor fights he partakes in, but still. Since he's a Contractor, it initially seems that his eating habits are his [[PowerAtAPrice Remuneration]], but it turns out that, ''nope'', he just really likes food. Misaki Kirihara isn't quite as bad, but does eat a lot as well (and likes fried food), which she justifies by claiming she gets lots of exercise as a cop. Gets taken over the top when the two of them have dinner together.

* L from ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[SweetTooth never stops eating sweets]]. Apparently if you use your brains enough you don't have to worry about getting fat. At 179 cm and 50 kg, it ''must'' be true, right?

** Guilmon from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' always seems to be hungry and could easily match Adventure Agumon's voracious appitite. In a later episode, Guilmon is offered a big dinner by Takato's parents as thanks for always protecting their son. He easily wolfs down several plates of food alone, almost as many plates as all the humans sitting there ''combined''. Guilmon even asks his partner Takato to draw him a larger stomach so he ''could eat more''.

** After Goku's first World Martial Arts Tournament run, he and his friends celebrate by eating out. Goku ends up wolfing down ''fifty'' full course meals, and even asks for more (and when it is suggested that he had enough, decides to settle for desert). The grand total for Goku's feast is 470,000 Zenny: almost all of Roshi's tournament winnings!

* As the AnthropomorphicPersonification of [[spoiler:humanity's fear of famine and hunger]], [[spoiler:Fami the Famine Devil]] from ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' eats a monstrous amount, ordering honey toast, a seasonal fruits assortment, vanilla ice cream, chocolate cake, oven-baked pancakes, and a strawberry parfait in one sitting. Five of each, to be exact.

* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', the extremely polite and energetic Flame Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku is seen at his introduction in the Mugen Train arc eating dozens of meal servings while board, two waiters were dedicated entirely to serving him at that moment; his former disciple and now Hashira colleague, Mitsuri Karonji is also seen eating a lot later in the Swordsmith Village arc.