GET JIRO Sushi Chef Anime Sets October 3 Premiere on Adult Swim
The adaptation brings Bourdain's satirical take on food culture to anime, with Jiro's violent enforcement of sushi etiquette set in a futuristic Los Angeles.
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The anime 'GET JIRO', based on the graphic novel by the late Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose, will premiere October 3 at midnight local time on Adult Swim's Toonami block. It streams the next day on HBO Max. The red band trailer shows Jiro beheading a customer who dips rice in soy sauce.
The red band trailer opens on a customer who picks up sushi with sauce already on the topping. Despite Jiro's warning, the man dips the rice in soy sauce and is beheaded with a sashimi knife. Jiro looks down calmly and repeats the warning.
In the story, chefs rule a futuristic Los Angeles like crime bosses, and a culinary war rages over restaurant seats. Two factions, the internationalist group led by Bob and the vegetarian group led by Rose, try to recruit Jiro. The original graphic novel by Bourdain and Joel Rose was published in Japan in 2017 by Seibundo Shinkosha with translation by Yukari Shiina.
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