Nabe ni Dangan wo Ukenagara TV Anime Announced for 2027
The adaptation brings a manga that blends travel, food, and surreal humor to television, with the author anticipating strong international reactions to its unconventional premise.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Comic Natalie, Anime Anime.
The manga "Nabe ni Dangan wo Ukenagara" (also known as "Nabetama") is getting a television anime adaptation by studio J.C.Staff, with a planned debut in 2027. The announcement was made on June 25, 2026, via the manga's official X account, which also released a teaser visual. The series is written by Juntarō Aoki and illustrated by Shin Moriyama. It is described as a "non-fiction, chaos, hard gourmet report" comic following the protagonist Juntarō, a character who perceives all humans as beautiful girls due to excessive exposure to 2D media, as they travel to dangerous locations worldwide to sample unusual local dishes in pursuit of "50,000 points of deliciousness." The manga began serialization on Kadokawa's Comic Newtype web magazine in 2021, and Kadokawa has published five compiled volumes as of October 2024. It was listed among the top 20 manga for male readers in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook. Aoki commented on the adaptation, calling it "one of the craziest Manga ever" and expressing anticipation for overseas reactions.
The teaser visual for the anime features a sticker-like design with the protagonist Juntarō's face prominently displayed, surrounded by travel and food motifs. The central catchphrase reads: "Beautiful girl (old man), world crazy gourmet trip, begins ____." A separate character visual shows Juntarō holding a suitcase, hinting at the journey ahead. Original creator Juntarō Aoki provided a comment in English, stating, "Probably, This is one of the craziest Manga ever. Welcome to this crazy era of Japan, where such manga is being animated. I feel like there is no other anime that I look forward to seeing the so-called 'overseas reactions' to as much as this one. Thank you, Japanese readers, and I'm sorry." He added that English is convenient for expressions that cannot be written in Japanese. The manga has been serialized on Kadokawa's Comic Newtype since 2021, with five volumes released. It was recognized in the 2023 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook for male readers. The anime is produced by J.C.Staff, known for series such as "A Certain Magical Index" and "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma." No further staff or cast details have been announced yet.
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