Tetsunabe no Jan!
| Tetsunabe no Jan! | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 鉄 鍋 の ジ ャ ン! |
| transcription | Tetsunabe no Jan! |
| genre | Gourmet , action, shonen |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Shinji Saiyo |
| publishing company | Akita Shoten |
| magazine | Shūkan Shōnen Champion |
| First publication | June 1995 - March 2000 |
| expenditure | 27 |
| Manga | |
| title | Tetsunabe no Jan! R: Chōjō Sakusen |
| Original title | 鉄 鍋 の ジ ャ ン！ R 頂上 作 戦 |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | Shinji Saiyo |
| publishing company | Akita Shoten |
| magazine | Shūkan Shōnen Champion |
| First publication | November 2006 - December 2010 |
| expenditure | 10 |
| Manga | |
| title | Tetsunabe no Jan !! 2nd |
| Original title | 鉄 鍋 の ジ ャ ン !! 2nd |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | Shinji Saiyo |
| publishing company | Fujimi Shobo |
| magazine | Dragon Age |
| First publication | January 2017 - ... |
Tetsunabe no Jan! ( Japanese. 鉄 鍋 の ジ ャ ン! , Eng. "Eisentopf-Jan") is a manga by the author and illustrator Shinji Saiyō , which was published from 1995 to 2000 in Japan. The Shōnen series can be assigned to the genres Gourmet and Action, has been translated into English and Chinese and comprises over 5,000 pages. The manga is also international under its English title Iron Wok Jan! known.
content
Jan Akiyama ( 秋山 醤 ) works in the Gobanchō Chinese restaurant, the best in Tokyo. He came here to beat his grandfather's arch rival, a famous master of Chinese cuisine. The Gobancho is the restaurant of this rival or now of his 16-year-old granddaughter Kiriko Gobanchō ( 五 番 町 霧 子 ). Here Jan wants to become the best cook in Japan and beat all other cooks in duels. In contrast to Jan, who sees cooking only as competition and triumph over opponents, the friendly and honest Kiriko is convinced that cooking is a matter of the heart. In the course of the series, Jan's attitude is juxtaposed with the working methods and philosophies of his opponents and colleagues and his past is told. The stories also teach cooking techniques and recipes from Chinese cuisine.
publication
The series appeared from June 1996 to March 2000 in the magazine Shūkan Shōnen Champion of the Akita Shoten publishing house , which also brought out the chapters in 27 volumes. The editor in charge was Keiko Oyama. A new edition in 13 volumes was published by Media Factory . Ever Glory Publishing published the manga in Chinese and an English edition was published by DrMaster and ComicsOne under the title Iron Wok Jan! published.
From November 2006 to December 2010, the same magazine published a sequel with the title Tetsunabe no Jan! R: Chōjō Sakusen . Their collective edition reached 10 volumes and was published in French by Soleil and in Chinese by Taiwan Tohan. With Tetsunabe no Jan !! 2nd , another sequel has been published in Dragon Age magazine by Fujimi Shobo since January 2017 .
reception
The manga brings cooking competitions to a new level with its " street fighter-like competitions", according to critic Julie Davis. At the same time, the series with its antihero, who is not concerned with the art of cooking, but only with the humiliation of his opponent, is a criticism of the typical competition scheme of Shōnen -Mangas. The drawing style is very dynamic and shows even simple cooking techniques in an exciting way.
The German magazine Animania praises the series as “gripping” and “written and drawn at high speed”, so that it quickly captivates the reader, even if the drawings are not outstanding and the page layout is often restless and wild. The presentation of cooking resembles "more of a fight than one of the cozy cooking rounds" on German television and so the story with its secret techniques, passions and rivalries is more comparable to martial arts series. The rather unsympathetic protagonist with his likeable opponents is an unusual choice. The manga scene writes Iron Wok Jan as a story told in extremely “detailed, often gloomy and, above all, very action-packed pictures” with “dramatic twists and turns and exciting action scenes”: “Seldom have pasta, tripe and vegetables been so exciting”. The excessive theatrics are often involuntarily funny and the series is recommended to everyone who is looking for a change from series with “dull-brained fights” that is nevertheless action-packed.
Web links
- Entry at Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Jason Thompson: Manga. The Complete Guide . Del Rey, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8 , p. 160. (English)
- ↑ a b Animania 01-02 / 2004, p. 36f.
- ↑ Manga scene No. 14, p. 41.