A show about a chef who treats Chinese cuisine like a combat sport is Crunchyroll's oddest bet of its Summer 2026 Wave 2 lineup, and it says something about where the platform thinks its growth is that Iron Wok Jan! is landing as a full exclusive rather than a side title. The second wave adds new titles and Crunchyroll exclusives starting July 5, leaning hard into comedy and food-as-action alongside titles still running from Wave 1.

The exclusive worth actually watching

Iron Wok Jan! (TROYCA) follows Jan, a Chinese cuisine master who cooks like he's fighting, based on the manga of the same name. It's high-energy and unhinged in a way that sits well outside typical comfort-food genre conventions, which makes it the one new addition here with a real shot at standing out in a crowded genre.

The rest of the new additions

ONE PIECE HEROINES (Toei Animation) premieres July 5 as a short-form slice-of-life series centered on Nami meeting shoe designer Lebno and his artisan Miucha, with Thai dub and subtitle tracks for Southeast Asia viewers. Let's go KAIKIGUMI (C-Station), also July 5 and Crunchyroll-exclusive, follows a man six times more afraid of ghosts than average getting dragged into reviving a supernatural-management organization, played for comedy and spooky situations in equal measure.

Rounding out the wave: Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3, The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 3, A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even and The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects.

Still running from Wave 1

Daemons of the Shadow Realm, ONE PIECE's Elbaph Arc Part 2, The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch, LIAR GAME, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 and The Drops of God all continue through the rest of the season.

Building out Southeast Asia specifically

Several Wave 2 titles ship with Thai dubs alongside Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Vietnamese and Chinese subtitle tracks, a continuation of Crunchyroll's push to localize deeper into the region rather than treat it as an afterthought market. Full schedules and key art are on Crunchyroll's official news page. Between Wave 1's Mushoku Tensei Season 3 and Elbaph Arc premiere and this second wave, Summer 2026 now covers most major anime genres.