One Sushi Chef, Two Parts Violent Vengeance, Three Parts Lingering on Well Made Food – ‘Get Jiro’ Has the Perfect Recipe for Animated Action

The first time I saw the trailer for Adult Swim’s latest animated action series, Get Jiro, my initial thought was “damn, it’s like if John Wick was a chef.” However, as the trailer continued I noticed the DC Studios logo and Anthony Bourdain’s name, and my curiosity went from piqued to “must know everything about this series.” Get Jiro, premiering October 3rd at midnight, is based on the Vertigo graphic novel of the same name. Penned by Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose and illustrated by Langdon Foss, it is a story about an enigmatic sushi chef who moves to a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles for unspecified reasons and the shenanigans that ensure. And as far as I’m able to discern, this is a fairly accurate adaptation to the source material, with some minor modernization from when it was originally released in 2012. And as far as I can tell you without spoiling it, this show is an absolute delight that revels in the ridiculousness of its premise of chefs being the most important people in the hellscape, and it approaches that premise with a complete and utter earnestness that won me over from the start and kept me seated until the very end.

Brian Tee, who I am most familiar with through his performance on Chicago Med, voices the titular taciturn sushi chef and plays the role incredibly well. Jiro’s a weird rendition of a ronin, but functionally a ronin nevertheless, and Tee nails the stoic vibes, the cold threats, and occasional outburst of rage. And it helps that he is voiced opp…