How many episodes are in Iron Wok Jan!?

Iron Wok Jan! has 11 episodes in this listed season.

When does Iron Wok Jan! premiere?

Iron Wok Jan! premieres on 2026-07-05.

Is Iron Wok Jan! a new series?

Iron Wok Jan! is a new series (Season 1).

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Iron Wok Jan!(2026)

Also known as Tetsunabe no Jan!

Archived · TV Tokyo

7.711 eps

S01

AnimationAction & AdventureComedy

ON AIR: JUL 5Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

Iron Wok Jan! turns culinary showdowns into animated action, with wild dishes deployed like weapons and rivalries pushing each contest toward greater excess. The pace is fast, the humor chaotic, and the recipes follow something closer to sorcery than kitchen logic. Its Chinese cuisine battles make room for both competitive aggression and the absurdity of cooks treating food as a means of crushing an opponent.

Jan pursues victory without the reassuring restraint of a good-hearted competitor. Losing means humiliation, but winning can demand moral compromise, giving the contests a nasty edge beneath their comic extravagance. An unhinged cast amplifies that atmosphere: culinary ingenuity and ruthless behavior go together, with ethics treated as another obstacle to defeating a rival.

Best for

culinary showdowns, ruthless competition and Animation

Story lane

Animation and Action & Adventure

Commitment

Season 1 · 11 episodes

Where

TV Tokyo

Official Premise

A devilish master chef pursues victory in an ultimate Chinese cuisine battle, stopping at nothing to crush the competition. Along the way, an unhinged cast treats cooking like magic, producing wild dishes in an adrenaline-fueled clash where ethics take a back seat.

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Strongest Match

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Why this pick

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Why this pick

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