Anime
Nabe ni Dangan wo Ukenagara: Anime Premieres January 2027
Shu Uchida and Masaaki Mizunaka share the lead role; J.C.STAFF handles the animation.
The TV anime Nabe ni Dangan wo Ukenagara premieres on Japanese television in January 2027. At the same time, the production team has released a first teaser PV and confirmed the casting of the main character Juntaro: Shu Uchida and Masaaki Mizunaka share the role.
One Protagonist, Two Voices
Juntaro travels the world in search of extraordinary dishes, including in places away from the usual tourist routes. The protagonist perceives his surroundings in an unusual way, however: from years of consuming anime and manga, all people, including himself, appear to him as young women. For this reason, the producers cast the same character twice.
Shu Uchida voices Juntaro the way he sees himself as a pretty girl. Masaaki Mizunaka takes on the voice of his actual appearance as an older man. Both perspectives belong to the narrative approach of the source and are explicitly distinguished from one another in the anime.
The work is based on the eponymous manga by Juntaro Aoki and artist Shin Moriyama, published by KADOKAWA in the magazine Comic Newtype. The series combines travel reports about unusual foods with fictionalized depictions of encounters along the way.
Teaser and Production Team
The new teaser shows Juntaro's search for especially good food. The journey leads through various countries, and the trailer emphasizes the unusual contrast between appetizing dishes and risky locations.
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Masahiro Hiraoka directs. Susumu Yamakawa is responsible for series composition and scripts, and Natsuki Oyama for character design and chief animation work. Yoshihide Otomo composes the music; Yoshikazu Iwanami handles sound direction. The animation is produced by J.C.STAFF. The studio is also responsible for the announced anime Teenage Mercenary and was recently named in connection with another manga adaptation for 2027.
In Japan, Nabe ni Dangan wo Ukenagara airs on Nippon TV, Yomiuri TV, BS Nippon TV and AT-X. The announcements have not yet specified an exact broadcast day, the number of episodes, or an international streaming license. Further details are available on the official anime website.