Iron Wok Jan Explained

Iron Wok Jan
Ja Kanji:鉄鍋のジャン
Ja Romaji:Tetsunabe no Jan!
Genre:Cooking,[1] martial arts[2]
Type:manga
Publisher:Akita Shoten
Demographic:Shōnen
Magazine:Weekly Shōnen Champion
First:June 1995
Last:March 2000
Volumes:27
Type:manga
Iron Wok Jan! R: The Summit Operations
Author:Shinji Saijyo
Publisher:Akita Shoten
Demographic:Shōnen
Magazine:Weekly Shōnen Champion
First:November 9, 2006
Last:December 9, 2010
Volumes:10

is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by . The manga was licensed in English by ComicsOne before the license was transferred to DrMaster.[3]

A sequel, Iron Wok Jan! R: The Summit Operations, was also released in Japan by Akita Shoten[4] and in France by Soleil Manga.[5] A spin-off, Tetsupai no Jan!, by Bingo Morihashi, started to be published by Takeshobo in 2015.

Characters

Akiyama family

Gobanchou family

Publication

Akita Shoten released the 27 tankōbon manga between June 1995 and March 2000.[6] [7] The manga was re-released into 16 kanzenban volumes between December 2004 and September 2007.[8] [9] ComicsOne published the manga's 27 tankōbon between December 15, 2002, and December 28, 2007.[10] [11]

Akita Shoten started releasing the sequel,, on November 9, 2006, and concluded on December 9, 2010, in the Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine.[12] [13] From March 8, 2007, to January 8, 2009, the publisher released ten bound volumes.[4] [14]

A spin-off series,, written and illustrated by Bingo Morihashi started its serialization on Takeshobo's Kindai Mahjong magazine on August 12, 2015.[15] The successor of manga, titled Iron Work Jan 2nd, which was released in January 2017 in the February 2017 issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Dragon Age.[16]

Reception

Comics Worth Reading's Johanna Draper Carlson comments on the illustrator's use of caricatures to dramatise the manga.[17] Manga Life's Michael Aronson commends the manga for its art and its ability to appeal to audiences.[18] Animefringe.com's Ridwan Khan comments on the "love-hate relationship" between Jan and Kiriko.[19] IGN's A.E. Sparrow comments on the artist's ability to make a cooking competition as compelling to watch "as watching two feudal clans go to war".[20]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rafael Antonio Pineda . Iron Wok Jan! Chinese Cooking Manga Gets New Series . . December 14, 2019 . January 15, 2017.
  2. Web site: Thompson . Jason . House of 1000 Manga - Iron Wok Jan . Anime News Network . August 5, 2010. December 16, 2018.
  3. Web site: New Comicsone Aquisitions [sic]|date=2002-07-26|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=2009-02-21].
  4. Web site: 鉄鍋のジャン!R 頂上作戦 第1巻. Akita Shoten. ja. April 1, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20120214094116/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?key=search&isbn=212611 . February 14, 2012.
  5. Web site: Iron Wok R Tome 1 . BD Fugue . November 20, 2015 . fr.
  6. Book: ja:鉄鍋のジャン 1 (1) (少年チャンピオン・コミックス) (コミック). ja. .
  7. Book: ja:鉄鍋のジャン 27 (27) (少年チャンピオン・コミックス) (コミック). ja. .
  8. Book: 鉄鍋のジャン (1) (MF文庫) (文庫). ja. .
  9. Book: 鉄鍋のジャン 16巻 (16) (MFコミックス) (コミック). ja. .
  10. Book: Iron Wok Jan Volume 1 (Iron Wok Jan (Graphic Novels)) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback). 158899256X. Saijyo. Shinji. Oyama. Keiko. 2002.
  11. Web site: Iron Wok Jan volume 27 (End). DrMaster. 2009-04-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20090520204336/http://www.drmasterbooks.com/iwj_v27.html. 2009-05-20. dead.
  12. Web site: 週刊少年チャンピオン 2006年No.50 . Akita Shoten . November 20, 2015 . ja.
  13. Web site: 週刊少年チャンピオン 2011年No.2+3 . Akita Shoten . November 20, 2015 . ja.
  14. Book: 鉄鍋のジャン!R 10―頂上作戦 (少年チャンピオン・コミックス) . . ja.
  15. Web site: 近代麻雀9月15日号 8月12日（水）発売！ . Takeshobo . November 20, 2015 . ja.
  16. Web site: Iron Wok Jan! Chinese Cooking Manga Gets New Series. January 15, 2017. January 20, 2021. Anime News Network.
  17. Web site: Iron Wok Jan! Book 1. Carlson. Johanna Draper. March 24, 2006. Comics Worth Reading. 2009-02-21.
  18. Web site: Iron Wok Jan v1 . Aronson . Michael . Manga Life . 2009-03-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060517163900/http://www.mangalife.com/reviews/IronWokJanv1.htm . 2006-05-17 . dead .
  19. Web site: Iron Wok Jan! Vol.1. Khan. Ridwan. February 2003. animefringe.com. 2009-03-22.
  20. Web site: Iron Wok Jan Vol. 20 Review. Sparrow. A.E.. November 27, 2006. IGN. 2009-03-22.

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