Iron Wok Jan! anime‘s official website unveiled a brand new trailer for the upcoming anime that confirms July 5, 2026 release date.
“Genin wa Jibun ni Aru.” performs the anime’s opening theme song “Hien” (Fire Banquet).
New cast members include:
- Masuo Amada as Nichido Otani
- M.A.O as Celene Yang
- Takahiro Sakurai as Kei Sawada
- Taishi Murata as Tomohide Jun
- Yūsuke Kobayashi as Yuji Kawahara
Stars include:
- Kikunosuke Toya as Jan Akiyama
- Ikumi Hasegawa as Kiriko Gobanchō
- Kōhei Amasaki as Takao Okonogi
- Kenjirō Tsuda as narrator
Anime Staff List
- Director: Ei Aoki
Studio: TROYCA - Series Composition / Scriptwriter: Makoto Uezu
- Character Designer & Chief Animation Director: Masako Matsumoto
- Music Composer: Tomoki Kikuya
- Cuisine Animation Directors: Atsushi Okuda, Chihiro Hanamura
- Action Animator: Ryūichi Makino
- Art Director: Ken Naitō
- Color Key Artist: Mariko Shinohara
- Compositing Director of Photography: Ryosuke Tsuda
- CG Director: Mitsutaka Iguchi
- Editing: Shota Migiyama
- Cuisine Supervision and Coordinator: Takako Satō
- Cooking Science Supervision: Naoya Higuchi
- Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
- Sound Effects: Masami Baba
“Iron Wok Jan” is a Japanese manga created and drawn by Shinji Saijyo. It received an English-language license from ComicsOne, which was later reassigned to DrMaster. A follow-up series, “Iron Wok Jan! R: The Summit Operations,” came out in Japan through Akita Shoten and in France via Soleil Manga. Additionally, a side story titled “Tetsupai no Jan!”—penned by Bingo Morihashi—ran in Takeshobo publications between August 2015 and December 2017.
The storyline of the series unfolds like this: Late one evening, once the upscale Chinese restaurant in Tokyo’s Ginza district has shut down for the night, a young boy steps inside and requests a serving of fried rice. Upon tasting the dish brought to him, he deems it subpar, discards it without hesitation, and strides straight into the kitchen to prepare his own version of fried rice. This bold newcomer is Jan Akiyama, grandson of the renowned Kaiichiro Akiyama, celebrated as the “master of Chinese cuisine.” In time, Jan—who views the art of cooking as a fierce competition—joins the restaurant’s team, collaborating (and often clashing) with fellow chefs such as Kiriko.
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