It’s time for another batch of original Ryouri no Tetsujin episodes. Tonight’s post includes the final three episodes of season 1 and the first episode of what I call season 2. (Why not 8-10? Well, I imagine most of you have already seen the Food Network version of episode 10, and I wanted to give everyone three “new” episodes to watch as I have done with the other original episodes.)
Ryouri no Tetsujin 108 – The challenger’s brother was defeated by Michiba less than one month earlier. Now, Shu Tomitoku comes to challenge the Iron Chef. (I think he says he wants to have a very entertaining battle.) The Chairman says, “Your younger brother lost to Michiba. And now, who do you want to fight?” With his younger brother Shu Tomiteru urging him on, Shu Tomitoku chooses Rokusaburo Michiba. (Keep an eye out for a very young looking Shinichiro Ohta interviewing the younger brother.)
Ryouri no Tetsujin 109 – Chairman Kaga knows that Christmas is coming soon and he is looking forward to many special treats. He is excited to have the first dessert battle in Kitchen Stadium. It’s a very entertaining battle with creative desserts from both chefs.
Ryouri no Tetsujin 110 – For many years, this was the only first season episode most Iron Chef fans outside of Japan had ever seen. (And it was the only one most of us expected ever to see.) It is another Christmas battle featuring Ishinabe. This time, he takes on French MOF winner Jacques Borie in a chicken battle. Since Food Network had to stretch this original 30-minute episode into one hour, we see more of the tasting and comments in the dubbed version than we do in this original. (The cooking portions almost lined up shot for shot.)
Ryouri no Tetsujin 201 – The first episode of the second season of Ryouri no Tetsujin. It’s the first battle of the new year. (The Japanese text at the beginning is the date: January 9, 1994.) Shu Tomitoku is back to take on Michiba once again in the first rematch battle in Kitchen Stadium. The challenger tells Chairman Kaga he doesn’t need to see all three Iron Chefs. Michiba alone is enough.
I will get episodes 8-11 posted tonight when I get home. I’m sorry I didn’t get any first season episodes posted last week, but I promise I’ll get them up tonight. Thanks for your patience.
Keith
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20130301-00000305-oric-ent
We all hoped the speculation about the early demise of the return of Iron Chef would turn out to be wrong. Unfortunately, it has been announced that the new Iron Chef will be officially ending after March. As of right now, there is only one more scheduled episode on March 22nd. We do now know yet what this means for the rebroadcasts of the original series on FujiTVONE.
The article was translated over at the Kitchen Stadium Message Boards. (I’ll post it here as soon as I get Miwa’s OK to do so.) Thank you so much to our friend in Japan, Miwa, for translating this article for us.
[The source is ORICON. They are credible. They are a provider of entertainment information and content; especially they are famous for ORICON charts. (like a Billboard charts in the US)
They said as follows (Sorry for my bad English but I did my best for the translation. Hope you understand):
It was revealed in a briefing session of program reorganization by Fuji TV on 3/1 that Iron Chef (Fri. 7:57pm), the revival of Ryori no Tetsujin, a program representing Fuji TV will be terminated in March.
They started to air the new show in last October but the show’s title, the time slot, iron chefs didn’t fit in the audience and they decided the termination of regular broadcast.
Mr. Tatematsu, General Manager of Editing, explained, ”Iron Chef is a high quality show and we can say it is FujiTV’s treasure. Currently we are struggling for the ratings. We think we have a time slot problem, too, so we would like to consider about a way to make it as special program and forward it into the next stage.”
As a trend of the latest audience, Mr. Arai, Chief of Editing & Producing bureau talked about the difficulty of fixing of new show, ”Not only they refuse something new but also they hate mannerism.”
From April, their another variety show ”Jinsei no Seikai TV ~ Korega Teppan! ~” will be scheduled to be promoted from occasional program to regular broadcast (to be aired in there). It is an information variety show with the theme of searching ”which is the correct way?” in a lot of “choice” scene in our life, such as crisis situation in survival scene or real problem in our daily life. The casts are under adjustment.]
The nominee is one of the top patissier in Japan. He heads Toshi Yoroizuka, a unique dessert bar in Tokyo. (Read first hand accounts of his unique restaurant HERE, HERE and HERE.) He is Toshihiko Yoroizuka. He will take on Iron Chef Suga in an all dessert battle. The theme ingredient is Ichigo (Strawberries). It’s Top Chef vs. Top Patissier. Who will taste sweet victory?
Iron Chef Yomigaeru – Episode 12 – Iron Chef Suga vs. Toshihiko Yoroizuka – Ichigo (Strawberry) – 03/01/2013