The movie sets out to mix the themes of “cuisine” and “sci-fi”.
The upcoming anime project by Takayuki Hirao is “Wasted Chef”, an original movie that’s going to mix the world of cuisine with sci-fi. A new trailer has been released for the project on its newly opened social media sites.
Wasted Chef
Premiere window: yet to be revealed (likely 2027)
Animation studio: CLAP
Streaming service: yet to be revealed
Who are working on the Wasted Chef project?
The film is reuniting the staff from the Pompo: The Cinéphile anime movie, including Takayuki Hirao, character designer Shingo Adachi, and composer Kenta Matsukuma, and animation studio CLAP. Hirao is the director and scriptwriter of the film.
Moreover, it has been announced that the film will get a manga adaptation by Aero05. The manga will launch on 4 June, in KADOKAWA’s Young Ace magazine.
What is Wasted Chef about?
As previously mentioned, the film is a blend of cuisine and sci-fi, and the trailer lives up to it. We get to see some beautifully animated cooking scenes, as well as a dystopian sci-fi world in the end. In a recent report by Variety, the story was described as:
A young chef chasing a lost flavor lands in a ruined city without taste. Saved by Kasumi, his cooking awakens forgotten memories. But a dark force threatens to erase all desire — making his quest the last hope to save both worlds.