The official TV anime website for the popular cooking manga Iron Wok Jan! (鉄鍋のジャン! / Tetsunabe no Jan!) by Shinji Saijo has released the main promotional video, announced additional cast members, revealed the broadcast date, and introduced the theme song artist all at once.
Theme Song and Broadcast Date
A seven-member group of singers and dancers called “Genin wa Jibun ni Aru.” will perform the opening theme “Hien” (火宴 — Fire Banquet). The anime is set to premiere on July 5 via TV Tokyo and affiliated stations, airing every Sunday at 17:30 JST.
Voice Cast
The previously announced lead cast includes:
- Kikunosuke Toya — Jan Akiyama
- Ikumi Hasegawa — Kiriko Gobancho
- Kohe Amazaki — Takao Okonogi
- Kenjiro Tsuda — Narrator
The newly announced additional cast members are:
- Mazuo Amada — Nichido Otani
- M.A.O — Celene Yang
- Takahiro Sakurai — Kei Sawada
- Taichi Murata — Tomohide Jun
- Yusuke Kobayashi — Yuji Kawahara
Production Team
The anime is produced by studio TROYCA, with Ei Aoki (Fate/Zero, Aldnoah.Zero) as director, Makoto Uezu (Akame ga KILL!, Assassination Classroom, KonoSuba) as series composer, Masako Matsumoto (Aldnoah.Zero, Overtake!) handling character design and chief animation direction, and Tomoki Kikuya (Bocchi the Rock!, Oblivion Battery) composing the music.
Additional staff includes:
- Food Animation Directors: Atsushi Okuda, Chihiro Hanamura
- Action Animation Director: Riwoji Makino
- Art Director: Ken Naito
- Color Key Artist: Mariko Shinohara
- Compositing Director of Photography: Ryosuke Suda
- CG Director: Mitsutaka Ikuji
- Editor: Shota Mikiyama
- Sound Supervisor and Coordinator: Takako Sato
- Culinary Science Supervisor: Naoya Higuchi
- Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
- Sound Effects: Masami Baba
Synopsis
Iron Wok Jan! follows the life of Jan Akiyama, a hot-headed young chef working in a high-class restaurant. He frequently clashes with Kiriko Gobancho, the granddaughter of the restaurant’s owner who is an equally skilled chef. The two have sharply contrasting culinary philosophies — Kiriko believes cooking should be done for the customer, while Jan sees the kitchen as a battlefield for competition.
About the Manga
The original manga by Saijo ran in Weekly Shonen Champion published by Akita Shoten from 1995 to 2000, spanning 27 volumes, with total franchise sales exceeding 10 million copies. Additional works include the sequel Tetsunabe no Jan! R: Chojo Sakusen (10 volumes), the spin-off Tetsupai no Jan! in Kindai Mahjong (7 volumes, concluded in 2018), and the continuation Iron Wok Jan! 2nd, which began in 2017 and concluded with volume 7 in 2020.
Source: ann_jp
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