This week, we present an episode that has been among the most sought after for the Iron Chef Collection. It is an episode that did not air on Food Network. Until very recently, we had never been able to find anything more than a few reviews and a few pictures from this special that aired in Japan on January 2, 2002. It is the final Iron Chef special that aired in Japan. We are very proud to present to you the Iron Chef Japan Cup 2002.
We recently were able to acquire this episode directly from Japan. As such, this video is the complete broadcast as it originally aired on Fuji TV in Japan, including all commercials and breaks. We thought it might be interesting to experience what it was like to watch an episode of Iron Chef exactly as you would have seen it in Japan. (We may remove the commercials and re-upload some day if enough people request a version like that.) This episode is in Japanese with no subtitles. (Go here for a very good English language description/play-by-play of this episode. Be careful if you do not want to know the winners yet because he does have the results included.)
Because of this episode’s 2 hour length, I split the episode into two one-hour files. Enjoy this never before seen episode. (And be on the lookout for another special ICC exclusive in the next few weeks.)
You can find the following episodes in the Specials category of the video database: 1001a, 1001b
New in the video database this week: 1001a, 1001b
Special note regarding our videos: If you want to put them up on bittorrent trackers or other video sites, could you at least wait until they have been up for a week or two and even then, please ask for permission. We will likely have no problem with you sharing them, but in this case, the episode was up on torrent sites less than two days after we presented it. I realize that the URL is in this most recent video (and will be in all future exclusive episodes), so people can find us if they want more. We went to great effort and some expense to acquire these episodes. Please respect that. –Keith