Get Jiro is an American adult animated action-thriller television series developed by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka based on the 2012 graphic novel Get Jiro! and its 2015 prequel Get Jiro: Blood and Sushi, written by Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose, illustrated by Langdon Foss[b] and Alé Garza[c] and published by DC Comics under its Vertigo imprint. The series premiered on October 4, 2026,[d] in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block, with each episode releasing on HBO Max shortly after broadcast.[2][1][3]
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| Music by | Stuart Roslyn |
| Ending theme | "Get Jiro!" by Stuart Roslyn |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
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| Producer | Joann Estoesta |
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| Running time | 21–22 minutes |
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| Network | Adult Swim |
| Release | October 4, 2026 – present |
Premise
editSet in a post-apocalyptic, near-future Los Angeles where culinary culture reigns supreme and the world's most powerful figures are chefs, the series follows a mysterious sushi chef named Jiro, who sets out on a quest for vengeance in a society where food is both currency and a marker of class.[1]
Characters
edit- Jiro (voiced by Brian Tee)
- Rose (voiced by Alison Pill)
- Bob (voiced by Titus Welliver)
- Mysterious Officer / Alister (voiced by Justin Kirk)
- Maria Guerrero (voiced by Seychelle Gabriel)
- Cam Guerrero (voiced by Tessa Inez)
Episodes
edit| No. | Title [4][5][6] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [5][6] | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | Sam Liu | Brian Gatewood & Alessandro Tanaka | October 4, 2026 | TBD | |
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In a resource-scarce, dystopian future Los Angeles, food is the ultimate currency, and master chefs rule like brutal mob kingpins. The city is segregated into class-based sectors, with the lawless Outer Ring serving as home to Jiro, a stoic and exceptionally skilled sushi chef who operates out of a modest strip mall restaurant. Jiro's quiet dedication to the flawless art of omakase is interrupted when a sniveling, entitled customer offends his strict culinary standards by dipping his meal into the soy sauce when directed not to. Jiro flawlessly decapitates the man with his kitchen blade as punishment. This gruesome display of culinary violence barely registers with local authorities, who do not enforce laws in the Outer Ring, but it sends shockwaves through the upper echelons of the city's food empire back in the Inner Ring. Jiro's skills quickly attracts the immediate attention of the city's two dominant, rival chef warlords: Bob, an unprincipled practitioner of globalized haute cuisine, and Rose, an extreme eco-friendly locavore, who attempt to entice Jiro to join their factions and best their competitor. By initially refusing to compromise on his craft and pick a side, Jiro inadvertently ignites a bloody turf war between these two chefs. | ||||||
| 2 | "Meat Is Murder" | Milo Neuman | Brian Gatewood & Alessandro Tanaka | October 4, 2026 | TBD | |
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Jiro joins Rose's faction to take down Bob. After kidnapping Bob's top food scientist and getting him to divulge the recipe to Mother, a gelatinous substance able to mimic the flavor of any food it touches, Rose sends Jiro and her partner, Freddie, on a treacherous, high-stakes delivery mission that takes them across the fragmented rings of the metropolis to deliver the substance to the Inner Ring's food festival. This cross-city journey quickly turns into a deadly gauntlet as Jiro and Freddie are ruthlessly hunted down by rogue food truck bounty hunters who are enticed by Bob's reward for eliminating them. Jiro battles the bounty hunters and manages to escape their onslaught right after Freddie gets pierced in the throat by one of the hunters. They arrive just in time for Rose to introduce Mother to the public. After serving the attendees the substance, however, it becomes apparent that the food is poisoned. It is quickly revealed that Jiro betrayed Rose and was co-conspiring with Bob all along to ruin her reputation, as he believes Bob's methods of cooking to be more genuine. Later in a hospital, Freddie is finally able to speak to Rose, demanding that she "gets Jiro". | ||||||
| 3 | "The Ortolan" | TBA | TBA | October 11, 2026 | TBD | |
| 4 | "Secret Sauce" | TBA | TBA | October 18, 2026 | TBD | |
| 5 | "Pressure Cooker" | TBA | TBA | October 25, 2026 | TBD | |
| 6 | "Tokyo Story" | TBA | TBA | November 1, 2026 | TBD | |
Production
editThe series was first announced by Warner Bros. Animation and Adult Swim at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2023.[7] The series was previewed as a work-in-progress at the same event two years later in June 2025.[1]
Notes
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 4 Sarto, Dan (August 27, 2026). "Watch the Trailer: Anthony Bourdain's Get Jiro Hits Toonami October 3". Animation World Network. Retrieved August 28, 2026.
- ↑ Lang, Jamie (August 27, 2026). "Get Jiro Trailer Enters a Bloody World Where Chefs Rule Los Angeles". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved August 28, 2026.
- ↑ Gajewski, Ryan (August 27, 2026). "Anthony Bourdain's Get Jiro Lands Premiere Date and Bloody Trailer From DC Studios (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 28, 2026.
- ↑ "Get Jiro!: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 3, 2026.
- 1 2 "Get Jiro – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 28, 2026.
- 1 2 "Adult Swim Schedule". Adult Swim. Retrieved September 28, 2026.
- ↑ White, Abbey (June 16, 2023). ""Adult Animation Is in a Renaissance": Warner Bros., Adult Swim and Max Execs Tease New Projects, Expanding the Medium to All Audiences". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 28, 2026.