Today is the one year anniversary of the launch of the Iron Chef Collection. Thank you to everyone who has visited, downloaded, commented, and contributed to the site. I know the updates have slowed down a lot since we reached the end of the Food Network episodes. I’ll do my best to get back on a regular posting schedule with the Japanese language episodes.
Here are what I consider to be the highlights from our first year:
- We completed the entire collection of episodes that aired on Food Network. (We’re the only place to see some of them on the internet.)
- We acquired 30 Japanese episodes that did not air on Food Network. (We’re still adding them. Be patient.)
- We acquired/shared several Japanese specials that did not air on Food Network. (Millennium Special, Japan Cup 2002, Indonesia Expedition, Morimoto Retrospective)
- We helped the families of two challengers get copies of the episodes featuring their family members. Michael Noble’s daughter wrote to us asking if we had a copy of her father’s episode. And according to Mark at nylon.net, “10 July 2008 – I finally have the Ostrich Episode (in Japanese, not dubbed). In 2008 I sent a copy of the episode to Gillian who had never seen it. Her children were amazed!”
- Over 50,000 videos watched/downloaded.
What you can expect in the months ahead:
- The continued addition of the Japanese language episodes from 1997.
- More BKS videos, commercials, Japanese TV shows
- The videos from the Iron Chef Sega Saturn video game.
Coming up on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week: 1997 Iron Chef World Cup.