The cooking anime subgenre gets a dose of unhinged adrenaline with the exciting anime adaptation of Shinji Saijyo’s cooking manga Iron Wok Jan!. Final Weapon has everything you need to know, including release dates for new episodes and the weekly schedule of the Iron Wok Jan! anime.
The story of Iron Wok Jan! follows Jan, a master chef of Chinese cuisine who stops at nothing to defeat his opponents. Ethics clash with cooking in this story of wild dishes, as Jan aims to perfect his cooking abilities and challenge the world.
Iron Wok Jan! Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New episodes of Iron Wok Jan! will release on Sundays at 2:00 a.m. PT / 5:00 a.m. ET on Crunchyroll. Episodes will be released with English subs. Iron Wok Jan! will feature 12 episodes in total.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Iron Wok Jan! (subject to change):
- Episode 1 – July 5 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – July 12 – OUT NOW
- Episode 3 – July 19 – OUT NOW
- Episode 4 – July 26
- Episode 5 – August 2
- Episode 6 – August 9
- Episode 7 – August 16
- Episode 8 – August 23
- Episode 9 – August 30
- Episode 10 – September 6
- Episode 11 – September 13
- Episode 12 – September 20
New episodes of Iron Wok Jan! will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 2:00 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 3:00 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 4:00 a.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 5:00 a.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 9:00 a.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Genin wa Jibun ni Aru. performs the opening theme song “Hien (Fire Banquet),” and EMUNIMINI performs the ending theme song “Naita Akuma (The Devil Who Cried).”
The cast members include:
- Kikunosuke Toya as Jan Akiyama
- Ikumi Hasegawa as Kiriko Gobanchō
- Kōhei Amasaki as Takao Okonogi
- Kenjirō Tsuda as Narrator
- 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
- Tomokazu Sugita as Ryūji Bitō
Ei Aoki is directing the anime at TROYCA, Makoto Uezu is handling the series scripts. Masako Matsumoto is designing the characters and also serving as the chief animation director. Tomoki Kikuya is composing the music.
Additional staff members include:
- 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
Where Can I Watch Iron Wok Jan!?
Crunchyroll is streaming Iron Wok Jan! worldwide, excluding Japan and China. In Japan, the anime is airing on TV Tokyo and affiliate channels.
What is Iron Wok Jan! About?
Saijyo released the original Iron Wok Jan! manga in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine from 1995 to 2000, and Akita Shoten published 27 volumes for the series. The first 13 volumes of the series were published by ComicsOne from 2002 to 2005, followed by DrMaster acquiring the license and publishing the remaining volumes from 2005 to 2007.
Saijyo also published the Tetsunabe no Jan! R: Chōjō Sakusen (Iron Wok Jan! R: The Summit Operations) manga in Weekly Shōnen Champion, and Akita Shoten published 10 compiled book volumes for the series. In August 2015, Bingo Morihashi launched the Tetsupai no Jan! spinoff manga in Takeshobo’s Kindai Mahjong magazine. Takeshobo published the third compiled book volume of the manga in October. Saijyo then released the successor manga Tetsunabe no Jan!! 2nd (Iron Wok Jan!! 2nd) in 2017.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the series via MyAnimeList:
Jan Akiyama, a cocky arrogant teenager wants to fulfill his grandfathers wish of defeating his arch nemesis Mutsuju Gobancho. When he arrives at the Gobancho restaurant he meets his granddaughter Kiriko Gobancho. Their rivalry is easily compared to theirs grandfathers, for Jan believes cooking is about competition and Kiriko believes cooking is about heart.
