Adult Swim is slated to produce a new animated show based on “Get Jiro!,” the New York Times best-selling DC/Vertigo graphic novels by co-writers Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose and illustrator Langdon Foss. Per Variety, the show was announced Friday, during the Warner Bros. Discovery Adult Animation Showcase at the Annecy Animation Festival.
In the same vein as the comic, the show follows Jiro, a renegade sushi chef, who fights crime in a dystopic rendition of Los Angeles where hungry patrons murder to secure a table at the most prestigious restaurants. “It's a bloody culinary war of epic proportions, and in the end, no chef may be left alive!” according to the novel’s official plot synopsis. “Get Jiro!” the show is created by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, who co-wrote the 2023 A24 crime thriller film “Sharper” starring Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan. Gatewood and Tanaka were also producers on NBC’s comedy series “Superstore.”
