The official website for the television anime of writer Juntarō Aoki and artist Shin Moriyama 's Nabe ni Tama wo Ukenagara ( Getting Shots on a Frying Pan or Nabetama for short) manga opened on Thursday and revealed the anime's teaser promotional video, main cast, main staff members, and January debut.
Shū Uchida and Masaaki Mizunaka will be the female and male voice of the character Juntarō.
Masahiro Hiraoka ( Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. ) is directing the anime at J.C.STAFF . Susumu Yamakawa ( Back Street Girls: Gokudols , Wound & Bandage ) is in charge of series scripts, Natsuki Ōyama ( Wound & Bandage , Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive? ) is designing the characters and is also the chief animation director, Yoshihide Otomo ( INU-OH film) is composing the music, and Yoshikazu Iwanami ( Ajin , Gamera -Rebirth- , JoJo's Bizarre Adventure ) is the sound director.
The "non-fiction," chaotic, and hardcore gourmet report manga centers on Juntarō, a beautiful girl(?) who travels in dangerous places around the world to taste a variety of strange yet alluring local dishes. Juntarō aims to get 50,000 points of deliciousness.
The manga launched on Kadokawa 's Comic Newtype web manga magazine in 2021. Kadokawa published the manga's first compiled book volume in January 2022, and the fifth volume in October 2024. The manga was included in the top 20 list of manga for male readers in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha 's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook.
Sources: Nabe ni Tama wo Ukenagara anime's website, Comic Natalie
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