The staff of the TV anime adaptation of writer Juntarō Aoki and artist Shin Moriyama’s Getting Shots on a Frying Pan (Nabe ni Dangan wo Ukenagara, or Nabetama for short) manga announced the anime’s January 2027 premiere. The main staff and cast of the Getting Shots on a Frying Pan anime series were also revealed alongside a new trailer.
Shū Uchida and Masaaki Mizunaka are the female and male voice of the character Juntarō, respectively.
Masahiro Hiraoka directs the anime series at J.C.STAFF. Susumu Yamakawa is in charge of series scripts, and Natsuki Ōyama is the character designer and chief animation director. What’s more, Yoshihide Otomo is the music composer, and Yoshikazu Iwanami is the sound director.
Aoki launched the Getting Shots on a Frying Pan manga in 2021 on Kadokawa’s Comic Newtype web manga magazine. Kadokawa published the manga’s first compiled book volume in January 2022. The manga is among the top 20 list for male readers in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook.
Nabe ni Dangan wo Ukenagara is described as a non-fiction, chaotic and hardcore gourmet report manga. The story centers on Juntarō, a beautiful girl who travels in dangerous places around the world to taste a variety of local dishes. Juntarō wants to achieve “50,000 points of deliciousness.”
