The official website for the television anime adaptation of Shinji Saijyo's Tetsunabe no Jan (Iron Wok Jan!) manga revealed the additional cast, opening theme, and the main promotional video on Friday. The anime series is scheduled to premiere on TV Tokyo affiliate networks every Sunday at 5:30 a.m., beginning on July 5.

Cast
Selene Yang: Mao Ichimichi (Isekai Nonbiri Nouka)
Nitto Otani: Masuo Amada (Karaoke Iko!)
Kei Sawada: Takahiro Sakurai (Shuumatsu Touring)
Xun Zhixiu: Taishi Murata (Sakamoto Days)
Yuji Kawahara: Yuusuke Kobayashi (Nihon e Youkoso Elf-san.)

Japanese Boy-band Genin wa Jibun ni Aru. (Egumi Legacy) is performing the opening theme "Kaen," which is previewed in the promotional video below.

Ei Aoki (Fate/Zero) is directing the anime at TROYCA, with Makoto Uezu (Sentouin, Haken shimasu!) handling the series composition. Masako Matsumoto (Aldnoah.Zero) is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director, while Tomoki Kikuya (Bocchi the Rock!) is composing the music.

The original comedy gourmet manga ran in Shounen Champion from June 1995 to March 2000 and was compiled into 27 volumes. Saijyo began serializing the Tetsunabe no Jan! R: Choujou Sakusen sequel manga in November 2006, which ended in December 2010 and was compiled into 10 volumes.

A spin-off manga titled Tetsuhai no Jan! (Iron Tile Jan) began serialization in Kindai Mahjong magazine in August 2015 and ended in December 2017. Another follow-up series, Tetsunabe no Jan!! 2nd (Iron Wok Jan!! 2nd), launched in January 2017 in Dragon Age.

The original manga was licensed in English by ComicsOne from 2002 to 2005, before the license was transferred to DrMaster.

Main PV


Source: Comic Natalie