It was too good to be true. Chairman Kaga won’t be returning to the new Iron Chef series this month. The job will fall on actor Hiroshi Tamaki. It must be hard to fill the shoes of a previous host. I mean, I don’t think Drew Carey can ever be Bob Barker. Plus you know you’re going to be judged and scrutinized on how you do. The more popular the show, the harsher the judging. Sometimes unfairly so. Some of the opinions on Tamaki is that he’s too young and too handsome. Really? Too handsome? I can understand that change can be hard to take at times, and when it’s a tv show that’s known by millions, we all want what we fell in love with. But I don’t think you’ll ever get that back. The new Iron Chef will be the same but different. Regardless of the new host or new chefs, I’m excited to see it come back to the air. À la cuisine!
Word on the street is that Iron Chef will be returning to the air waves in Japan this October. This is totally fantastic news! I am a HUGE Iron Chef fan. It’s so much fun to watch. Although I’m sure our campy English dub helps to make it as entertaining as it is. The American series of Iron Chef I can do with out. It just doesn’t do it for me. I guess it’s not as over the top enough. Anyway, I did some searching and haven’t found any early trailers or commercials for it yet so I’ll just put up the original opening. I wonder if they’ll bring back any of the original chefs or have all news ones. I hope Chairman Kaga hosts it. It wouldn’t be the same with out him.
Man, if there are new Iron Chefs next month and a new Sailor Moon next spring/summer…Â I’m going to be all kinds of happy for the next year. ^_^
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