A teaser trailer was released for the Iron Wok Jan! anime today, revealing the "unconventional" cooking series' main cast and production staff, along with a teaser visual. The adaptation of Shinji Saijyo's original manga is slated to air sometime this year. Iron Wok Jan! Anime Teaser Trailer Iron Wok Jan! Anime Teaser Visual The cast of Iron Wok Jan! includes: Jan Akiyama voiced by Kikunosuke Toya (Denji in Chainsaw Man ) Kiriko Gobancho voiced by Ikumi Hasegawa (Setsu in GNOSIA ) Takao Okonogi voiced by Kohei Amasaki (Yano in Yano-kun's Ordinary Days ) Narrator voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda (Tatsu in The Way of the Househusband ) Jan Kiriko Takao RELATED: Iron Wok Jan! Anime Adaptation Announced for 2026 Ei Aoki ( OVERTAKE! , ID: INVADED ) directs the Iron Wok Jan! anime at studio TROYCA, with series composition by Makoto Uezu ( KONOSUBA ), character designs and chief animation direction by Masako Matsumoto ( ALDNOAH.ZERO ) and music by Tomoki Kikuya ( BOCCHI THE ROCK! ). Additional staff credits include: Cooking Animation Directors: Atsushi Okuda, Chihiro Hanamura Action Animator: Ryuichi Makino Art Director: Ken Naito Color Designer: Mariko Shinohara Director of Photography: Ryosuke Tsuda CG Director: Mitsutaka Iguchi Editor: Shota Uyama Cooking Co-ordinator: Takako Sato Culinary Science Supervisor: Naoya Higuchi Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa Sound Effects: Masami Baba RELATED: Red River Anime Adaptation Announced for Summer 2026 Shinji Saijyo's Iron Wok Jan! manga ran in Weekly Shonen Champion magazine from 1995 to 2000, spanning 27 collected volumes, and was succeeded by Iron Wok Jan! R: The Summit Operations in 2007 and Iron Wok Jan! 2nd in 2017. The full series has over ten million copies in circulation. The story of Iron Wok Jan! follows an arrogant high school chef who views cooking as a battle, contrasting his rival who cooks from the heart. Source: Comic Natalie
