The Deep World of Anime... Cabbage

In Japan, cabbage is a go-to veggie. It’s used a lot in cooking! No wonder the vegetable is often depicted in anime, such as in Taboo Tattoo (above). Let’s look at anime cabbage from over the years.

Twitter user Kyo-mu chan recently posted this image, comparing cabbage in several different anime, including Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid and Love Live, among others.

Here is one of the most famous (infamous?) anime cabbage images.

https://twitter.com/embed/status/1087351887890771969

This is from the Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na anime

https://twitter.com/embed/status/755376936629567490

キャベツで作画決めるのやめてもらっていいですか？😇 pic.twitter.com/EtQp8uqQPY

— 沖田シオン@Swarmチェックイン垢 (@Sogiita_) November 18, 2015

Compared to reality (unappetizing reality, at that).

とても興奮している。リアル作画崩壊キャベツを見つけた pic.twitter.com/pObXOOC6pG

— 昼津さん (@muinoNo61) January 7, 2017

Still, the general consensus is that the Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na cabbage, which was fixed in the DVD release, is bad anime. Ever since then, it seems like that many studios have done highly detailed cabbage

https://twitter.com/embed/status/825334913633132544

キャベツの作画わかるマンすげー pic.twitter.com/cqrhtGCdZO

— いぐさ (@ixxxxa) May 21, 2015

https://twitter.com/embed/status/559498913124605952

Cabbage is one way fans can judge the quality of an anime. Cabbage is such a commonplace item. Yet, drawing it as simply a rotund green veggie is lazy. Cabbage doesn’t quite have the same visual shorthand that, say, apples or bananas do. That might be why this fan says, “anime with good cabbage images is a good anime.”

https://twitter.com/embed/status/784328848817070080

Here are more anime cabbage

アニメでキャベツが出たシーンの画像を貼ってく https://t.co/gxtAhzRk43 pic.twitter.com/COvrwbvA4a

— ゴールデンタイムズ (@goldentimes) August 23, 2016

https://twitter.com/embed/status/619896993536540672

ちなみにその後の色んなアニメで親の敵のようにキャベツの作画力が高かったりして笑う。 pic.twitter.com/r7NwQbGaom

— くまにー (@902) July 19, 2016

キャベツ検定超一級！これはとんでもない神作画アニメやろなあ！ pic.twitter.com/X4st4dW2ZL

— あいりすさん🐧 (@Beltisca_FF14) January 21, 2019

https://twitter.com/embed/status/1012648593545617410

タブー・タトゥーはキャベツアニメ pic.twitter.com/tZp6aafHxa

— オタコム (@otakomu) July 4, 2016

プリパラのキャベツ作画は他のアニメよりも凄い。 #pripara #tvtokyo pic.twitter.com/sXiicmx6Q3

— hiww (@hiww) April 26, 2016

https://twitter.com/embed/status/1015951714938077185

☑キャベツ作画 pic.twitter.com/In2yU7YNFx

— やんぴー (@yasunotweet) January 17, 2015

https://twitter.com/embed/status/476034345262534656

このすば、おそらくアニメ史上最多キャベツ記録更新してる　#konosuba pic.twitter.com/7vYigyWfel

— 長いおり🐴🍺 (@IoryHamon) January 27, 2016

キャベツの作画が綺麗だ #grisaia_anime pic.twitter.com/9g1yloi5AT

— エドゥアール (@ext_edouard) December 21, 2014

キャベツの作画#異世界居酒屋 pic.twitter.com/cmY1h6waKi

— konozama℗ (@konozama_) November 13, 2018

"Magical Cabbage!" #anime #FoodWars pic.twitter.com/eZu4hVeBIf

— Oddish Anime (@OddishAnime) June 15, 2015

#りょずくん
ちゃんとした作画のキャベツを添えて。 pic.twitter.com/iObVjwJuOY

— Sakku (@windflower0807) December 18, 2016

https://twitter.com/embed/status/586586922870423552

キャベツは任せろ！ #amaama_anime #tokyomx pic.twitter.com/oShJDJkl1Z

— 安全ピン実況外 season2 (@azpjk) August 8, 2016

この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！ 3話感想まとめ。ドMヒロイン(CV:茅野愛衣)にキャベツ(CV:金田朋子) https://t.co/n08eA8HUQJ pic.twitter.com/9MQKSxqHLY

— オタコム (@otakomu) January 28, 2016

キャベツ作画チェック pic.twitter.com/UOYhJuygHP

— you💫 (@___youkun___) January 12, 2017

作画に問われるキャベツの伝統
・食戟のソーマ←NEW!!
・アイマス
・ラブライブ
・作画崩壊の元凶#shokugeki_anime pic.twitter.com/eGpcxjQx6i

— ゆたか (@yutaka0626) April 3, 2015

https://twitter.com/embed/status/531489986042818560

やけにキャベツに作画頑張ったな(-_-#)　#ドラゴンボール超 pic.twitter.com/6ZNbFEmbsc

— ミャウたそ(仮) (@myau88) June 26, 2016

2017年冬期キャベツ作画選手権、AKIBA'S TRIP（GONZO）はぶっ飛び設定を活かした斬新なキャベツ飛ばしで得点を稼いだ　#akibani pic.twitter.com/g1F0tcJOqO

— 長いおり🐴🍺 (@IoryHamon) February 15, 2017

Shout outs to referencing real anime history in the form of The Cabbage pic.twitter.com/XAoBLe2hSy

— Dave Explosion Davern (@sasuraiger) November 7, 2017

歴代キャベツ作画の重要参考素材ともいえる pic.twitter.com/jzbHjbSwek

— 抜け殻 (@underpanties45) March 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/embed/status/1064515556835905537

Just released schoolgirl horror movie School Live, a live-action version of the manga, doesn’t seem to know what cabbage looks like before sold in supermarkets