The upcoming Iron Wok Jan TV anime revealed a new key visual, main trailer (behind-the-scenes version), and additional voice cast ahead of its July 5 premiere. Studio TROYCA is in charge of the animation.
Tomokazu Sugita will voice Ryuji Bito, better known as “XO Sauce Ryu.” A specialist chef who relies on XO sauce in competitions, Ryu is a dangerous challenger who idolizes Otani and has built a reputation through high-stakes cooking matches. Sugita commented:
I was reading the original manga in real time back then. At first, I couldn’t believe it was actually getting an anime adaptation.
I was sulking because there hadn’t even been an audition, and then I suddenly found out I had been cast as Ryu of XO Sauce. My excitement hit its peak. Hell yeah!!
The main staff includes:
- Director: Ei Aoki (Fate/Zero, Aldnoah.Zero)
- Series Composition: Makoto Uezu
- Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Masako Matsumoto
- Music: Tomoki Kikuya
- Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
- Animation Studio: TROYCA
Additional staff include cuisine animation directors Atsushi Okuda and Chihiro Hanamura, art director Ken Naito, and CG director Mitsutaka Iguchi.
The ending theme will be “Naita Akuma” (“The Crying Devil”) by Emunimini. You can watch the new trailer below.
The main voice cast was previously announced and includes:
- Kikunosuke Toya as Jan Akiyama
- Ikumi Hasegawa as Kiriko Gobancho
- Kohei Amasaki as Takao Okonogi
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Narrator
Jan Akiyama is introduced as a fiercely competitive Chinese chef who arrives at Gobancho Hanten. The grandson of legendary chef Kaiichiro Akiyama, he was raised under strict culinary discipline and believes cooking is fundamentally about defeating opponents in battles.
Kiriko Gobancho, the restaurant’s heir, approaches cuisine differently. Already regarded as a top-tier chef, she believes food should be made for the customer, and her refined decorative knife techniques contrast sharply with Jan’s abrasive style. Their philosophies frequently collide. Takao Okonogi works as an apprentice at Gobancho Hanten. Though still inexperienced, he remains calm under pressure and quickly forms a bond with Jan despite his harsh personality.
Iron Wok Jan (Tetsunabe no Jan!) is a Japanese cooking battle manga created by Shinji Saijyo. The series ran in Weekly Shonen Champion from 1995 to 2000 and was collected into 27 volumes.
The franchise later expanded with Iron Wok Jan! R: The Summit Operations, which was serialized from 2006 to 2010 and compiled into 10 volumes. A spinoff, Tetsupai no Jan!, written and illustrated by Bingo Morihashi, ran in Kindai Mahjong between 2015 and 2017 and was released in three volumes. Another sequel, Iron Wok Jan 2nd, was published in Monthly Dragon Age, ran from 2017 to 2019 and concluded with seven volumes.
Source: Iron Wok Jan Official Website
© Shinji Saijo/KADOKAWA/”Iron Wok Jan!” Production Committee
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