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I thought about saving this news until I had at least one of these episodes ready for upload, but I’m too excited to wait. In my mailbox this morning were five episodes of Iron Chef that I have never seen. They are all from the pre-FN days when Iron Chef was airing in a few select local markets across the US. These episodes were often in Japanese with English subtitles.
A while ago, an Iron Chef collector contacted me about some episodes from the local days. These episodes are very hard to find now. While the contributor wishes to remain anonymous, they have agreed to share some of their episodes with us. I have changed the episode numbers for these five to blue, showing that they will be available in the near future. (Look mid-late 1996 to find these five.) I will do my best to get at least one episode uploaded for this weekend. The contributor does visit this site, so I would encourage everyone to comment with a huge thank you.
If you have episodes on tape or DVD that you want to share, there is an address listed on the “Support Us” tab where you can send them.
It’s time for the Obon Festival in Japan. (It usually is held in mid-August. This episode originally aired on August 15, 1997). The challenger is a buddhist monk who prepares what the chairman calls “Nouveau Vegetarian Cuisine.” She is the younger sister of the challenger from episode 237. The chairman announces the theme by talking about its “. . .purple color. Yes, that vegetable. . .” The chairman says to remember that Obon vegetarian dishes should have “light, simple flavor.” (淡味 or “tanmi.” I can’t find it defined but the kanji literally mean “light” and “flavor”. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.)
This episode does show the winner announcement, but we don’t get the see the scores.
New in the database this week: 531OA
Tonight, the Iron Chef Collection served its 100,000th file.
A big thank you goes out to everyone who have enjoyed any of the clips and episodes on the site. Keep it up.
I still have more ICC Exclusives to add in the coming months. In fact, there is an episode uploading right now. It should be available to watch and download later tonight. (And I’m hoping to make another announcement soon about some possible episode acquisitions. Stay tuned.)
–Keith
It’s time for another ICC Exclusive episode. This week, I present the second battle of Iron Chef Italian Kobe’s Kitchen Stadium career. Of course, he lost his debut in the Short Pasta Battle (522OA).
Iron Chef Kobe lost his first battle in Kitchen Stadium. Chairman Kaga was not happy. To challenge Kobe this time, the Chairman brings in a true Italian chef. He has cooked for many famous people, including Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bill Gates, and that 3rd tenor guy. He began cooking at the age of 13. At the time of this battle, he had only been in Japan for two months. (BTW, if anyone speaks Italian and can translate what the challenger says, please post it in a comment. Thanks.)
Will the new Iron Chef finally overcome the pressure to get his first victory? Watch and find out.
New in the database this week: Cabbage Battle – Kobe vs. Tabacci (528OA)
I’m going to try to get two more episodes posted before the end of the weekend.
I’m always surprised at how frequently I come across Iron Chef connections in the other Japanese media I enjoy. While I now actively search for BKS videos, a lot of my early contributions to Beyond Kitchen Stadium were found purely by accident while watching other Japanese shows. Today, I present a few new videos that were found when my other Japanese entertainment interests intersected with Iron Chef.
I got this message not too long ago: “Just wondering if that guest judge on Chen bean sprout battle was the guy that Fujimoto Miki did the enka song with. He looked familiar.” I looked up the episode in question and found that it was indeed the same singer. Takao Horiuchi was a judge for three of our episodes. (Judge: Milk-529OA, Spanish Mackerel-612, Bean Sprout-717). Below are six songs that judge Takao Horiuchi sang with members of Hello Project. Most of these came from the Japanese television show Uta Doki! Pop Classics. (You know some of the girls from Hello! Project from Ryori no Tetsu-Kappa, Ryori no Tetsu-Musume, and these two BKS videos.)
Coming later this week, two new Japanese language episodes.
It’s time for the second installment of this post by a guest author, William Raymer. (Remember, if you purchase any of the soundtracks through the links in the article, you are helping to support the Iron Chef Collection.) –Keith
The Music of Iron Chef Japan, Part II
by William “Blissey” Raymer
This time, I shall focus on some of the lesser-known (compared to the “Triple Crown” films in Part I)films whose music was used on the original Japanese and English-dubbed versions of Iron Chef.
2ND CONFRONT: OTHER FILMS I
Other than the “Triple Crown” films, there are still some other films whose music was used on Iron Chef. Here is a look at some of them.
First up in this section is the score to the 1994 film Star Trek Generations (the seventh film in the Star Trek franchise), which was composed and conducted by Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series composer Dennis McCarthy. (Click Here to purchase this soundtrack.)
In the next installment, we will focus on even more films whose music was used on the original Iron Chef. We will also focus on items from other media, such as TV shows and video games, whose music was also used.
William “Blissey” Raymer
Yuma, Arizona USA
7 August 2009