Iron Wok Jan! TV Anime Sets July 5 Premiere, Adds Tomokazu Sugita
The first-ever anime adaptation of a legendary cooking manga that built a cult following over decades finally arrives, with a director known for intense work and a cast that suggests the production is taking the material's dangerous charm seriously.
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The TV anime adaptation of Shinji Saijo's cooking manga "Iron Wok Jan!" will begin airing July 5, 2026, on six TV Tokyo stations. A behind-the-scenes PV and key visual have been released. Tomokazu Sugita joins the cast as Ryuji Bito, an XO sauce user. The ending theme is "Nakita Akuma" by Muni Mini. Ei Aoki directs at studio TROYCA.
Ei Aoki, whose resume includes "Fate/Zero" and "Idolish7," directs the adaptation at TROYCA. The studio previously handled "The Idolmaster SideM" and "Re:CREATORS." Kikunosuke Toya voices protagonist Jan (Sho Akiyama), with Ikumi Hasegawa as Kiriko Gojome, Kohei Amasaki as Takao Okonogi, M·A·O as Serene Yang, Takahiro Sakurai as Kei Sawada, Taishi Murata as Chishu Xun, Yusuke Kobayashi as Yuji Kawahara, Masuo Amada as Nitoro Otani, and Kenjiro Tsuda as narrator. The behind-the-scenes PV features Otani critiquing Jan's cooking, drawing early viewer comments that the content might be too extreme for broadcast television. A collaboration with Yokohama Chinatown runs through July 18, offering stickers with eligible fried rice purchases at 33 participating stores. A special pre-broadcast program, "Iron Wok Ryuji!," airs July 4 on the same six-station network.
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