KADOKAWA officially announced WASTED CHEF as a new original anime movie. Along with this announcement, the project revealed the first teaser trailer, first visuals, and key production staff. WASTED CHEF comes with sci-fi and culinary themes that have been the main attraction since its initial announcement.
Story and Trailer of WASTED CHEF
WASTED CHEF focuses on a young chef who lives in a strange world where flavors have disappeared. The movie's teaser introduces the tagline, “On that day, ‘you’ and ‘taste’ disappeared from the world.”
This movie combines elements of cuisine and sci-fi. The story follows the drama of a young chef's growth and adventures in a world that has lost its flavor. The project also tackles the theme of “What is value?”.
An unusual blend of sci-fi and cuisine
WASTED CHEF is called an original anime movie that combines science fiction and culinary themes. The story centers on a young chef who must survive and thrive in a strange world where “taste” has disappeared.
The tagline shown in the teaser is also quite powerful: “That day, ‘you’ and ‘taste’ vanished from the world.”
Looking at the premise, it seems that the movie will not only sell visuals of food or adventure, but also bring elements of drama and philosophical questions about value, meaning, and the human experience.
Key staff involved
The following key production staff have been announced for WASTED CHEF:
- Director, Original Work, Script: Takayuki Hirao
- Main Character Design: Shingo Adachi
- Music: Kenta Matsukuma
- Animation Production: CLAP
What makes this project even more interesting is that Takayuki Hirao is not only acting as the director. He also handles the original concept as well as the screenplay. This makes WASTED CHEF as a project that felt very personal and had a strong identity from the start.
For those who have watched Pompo the Cinephile, Hirao's name is already synonymous with dynamic directing, unique visuals, and a storytelling approach that is somewhat different from most anime. Because of this, quite a lot of fans immediately put high expectations on this movie.
Shingo Adachi is known for his works in Sword Art Online and Lycoris Recoil, while Kenta Matsukuma will handle the music side. For the animation itself, the movie is produced by CLAP studio, which previously worked on The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes.
Interestingly, some of the staff that Hirao worked with at Pompo the Cinephile is also involved in this project again.
WASTED CHEF is already getting international attention
Before the release date is announced, WASTED CHEF has already stolen the show internationally. The project was selected for Annecy Animation Showcase at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, which is usually the place to highlight promising animation projects.
This could be a signal that WASTED CHEF is positioned as an original anime movie that has big ambitions, both in terms of artistic and global appeal.
For now, the release date WASTED CHEF is still yet to be announced. So, we'll just have to wait for the next update on this project in the near future.
