If you
thought culinary anime had reached its ceiling with the epic clothing rips and
gastronomic orgasms of Shokugeki no Soma, it's time to go back to
the genre's more extreme roots. The TROYCA studio has just
released the main trailer for Iron Wok Jan (Tetsunabe no
Jan!), confirming that this legendary frying pan war will arrive on
television on July 5. The preview makes it very clear that we do
not come here to see tender recipes; this is pure competitive brutality
seasoned with "Hien", the opening by the vocal
group Genin wa Jibun ni Aru.
A
Squadron of Voices to Burn the Kitchen
To make
sure the screaming, frying, and tension feel like we're in the final of a
tournament to the death, the production committee put together a cast of
top-notch seiyuus. The team we already knew, led by Kikunosuke Toya
and with the always imposing narration of the legendary Kenjiro Tsuda, are
joined by veterans who will make the stoves vibrate:
- Takahiro Sakurai as Kei Sawada
Suguru Geto himself in Jujutsu Kaisen and Giyuu Tomioka in Demon Slayer, bringing all their acting weight to the battles. - Yusuke Kobayashi as Yuji Kawahara
Immortalized in otaku culture as Subaru Natsuki in Re:Zero and Senku Ishigami in Dr. Stone. - M.A.O as Celene Yang
Known for being Pecorine in Princess Connect! Re:Dive and Shion on That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. - Taishi Murata as Tomohide Jun
An expert in the field, recognized for lending his voice to Shun Ibusaki in Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma. - Masuo
Amada as Nichido Otani.
An absolute veteran of the industry, known for giving voice to imposing characters of authority in fantasy.
TROYCA's
recipe for dominating the summer season
Reviving a
1995 manga and adapting it to today's standards is a risky move, but having Ei
Aoki (the genius behind masterpieces like Fate/Zero and Aldnoah.Zero)
in the director's chair is practically a hallmark. The team is so obsessed with
the details that they hired exclusive culinary animation and "cooking
science" supervisors to make every knife cut look ridiculously epic. Add
to that the soundtrack by Tomoki Kikuya, the same one who made us
rock in Bocchi the Rock!, and we have a heavy contender for the
summer season.
Synopsis
of Iron Wok Jan
Jan Akiyama
is a brilliant but incredibly arrogant young chef who works in a top-notch
restaurant. Her ultimate rival is Kiriko Gobancho, a master chef and the
granddaughter of the restaurant's owner. While Kiriko defends tooth and nail
the philosophy that food should be prepared with love and always thinking of
the customer, Jan operates under a much darker belief: cooking is pure
competition and recipes are weapons designed to crush enemies. This ideological
clash will unleash the most intense, technical and ruthless culinary battles
ever seen in a dining room.
