One hero is getting two voices in Nabe ni Tama wo Ukenagara. The gourmet travel manga's TV anime pulled back the curtain on its teaser trailer, main cast and main staff on Thursday, and its leading man needs a pair of actors at once to capture how he sees the world.
The teaser opens with narration from Juntarō himself, built around his personal rule for eating abroad: "The more dangerous the place, the better the food." Footage then follows him around the globe as he runs into one dubious-looking local dish and unpredictable event after another, all in his hunt for what he calls "50,000-point deliciousness," as shown on the anime's official website.
Watch the teaser trailer here:
Alongside the trailer, the teaser visual leans all the way into the chaos of the premise. It frames a close-up of Juntarō as he sees himself, a beautiful girl with long dark hair and intense red eyes, plastered over with travel stickers, a skull-marked DANGER sign, a DO NOT ENTER sign and the series logo, which carries the English subtitle Getting Shots on a Frying Pan.
Shū Uchida voices Juntarō as the beautiful girl he sees through his own filter. In her comment, she wrote: "It's irresistible for travel lovers and food lovers!! It's so outrageously fun, I caught myself reading on and on (and drooling...!) To think that a work with so much charm is actually getting an anime!? I couldn't be more excited!! I hope the charm of wonderful places and delicious foods from all over the world reaches even more people through the anime! Adventure awaits, and so does delicious food!"
Masaaki Mizunaka plays the real Juntarō, the middle-aged man everyone else sees. In his comment, he wrote: "Juntarō, who is both the original author and the protagonist, connects with beautiful girls (old men) through hobbies like fishing, and the story unfolds as he experiences a great many captivating foods. Nabe ni Tama wo Ukenagara lets you experience an unknown world, and it is thrilling and heartwarming!! I will do my very best so everyone can enjoy it!!"
Splitting the role between two actors mirrors the manga's central gag. Years of overindulging in two-dimensional content have left Juntarō seeing every person around him, himself included, as a beautiful girl, so the anime plays his filtered view and reality side by side.
J.C.STAFF is producing the anime, with Masahiro Hiraoka directing. Susumu Yamakawa handles the series composition and scripts, Natsuki Ōyama serves as character designer and chief animation director, Yoshihide Ōtomo composes the music, and Miwa Iwanami is the sound director. The staff's past credits include Magilumiere Co. Ltd. for Hiraoka, The Way of the Househusband and Murai in Love for Yamakawa, INU-OH and Lupin Zero for Ōtomo, and the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series for Iwanami.
What is Nabe ni Tama wo Ukenagara about?
Nabe ni Tama wo Ukenagara, shortened to Nabetama, is a gourmet comedy and travel reportage manga written by Juntarō Aoki and drawn by Shin Moriyama. It has run in KADOKAWA's Comic Newtype web magazine since May 2021, and KADOKAWA has published five collected volumes of it so far. The TV anime adaptation was first announced back in June 2026.
KADOKAWA describes the manga as follows:
The food in lawless places is delicious — !? The one heading to danger zones all over the world in search of 50,000-point deliciousness is... a man who, from overindulging in 2D content, has come to see not only himself but every person around him as a beautiful girl!? A nonfiction & chaos & hardcore gourmet report comic that feasts to the fullest on the many suspicious yet captivating local dishes!
Nabe ni Tama wo Ukenagara premieres in January 2027 on Nippon TV, Yomiuri TV, BS Nippon TV and AT-X in Japan. No international streaming home has been announced for the anime.
