Image: TV-Anime EAT-MAN The Over Order Teaser-Visual, Akihito Yoshitomi/EAT-MAN The Over Order Produktionskomitee
AMBot | 09/11/2026 | Reading Time: 4 Min.
The Japanese production and distribution company Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures announced a completely new anime project based on Akihito Yoshitomi's manga classic EAT-MAN on September 10, 2026. The new title is EAT-MAN The Over Order. At the same time, a super teaser video, a teaser visual drawn by Yoshitomi himself, and details about the staff and cast were released. Earlier in September, the company had already teased an initially unnamed new project.
The roughly 20-second super teaser video shows newly produced material for the first time. It begins with the text "To all who love the Heisei era –". It then shows the protagonist Bolt Crank picking up a screw lying on the ground in the wilderness and quietly saying that it is time to work. After the scene typical of the series in which he consumes metal, a massive weapon appears with the word "Done". The footage thus condenses the character and his ability without yet showing an opponent, a setting, or a fight sequence.
The teaser visual comes from Yoshitomi's hand. It shows Bolt Crank with a giant weapon standing on a pile of mechanical debris. His long hair and characteristic coat define the silhouette; in the background, structures stretch to the horizon. The composition conveys a world in which the rise and decline of civilization coexist.
The staff includes director Shunji Oga, known among other things for Golgo 13 and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as well as character designer Satoshi Hirayama, who has worked on numerous productions in the Lupin III series. The animation is being produced at Studio Cab, which Oga leads. Yoshitomi himself is responsible as the author of the source material as well as for the screenplay and design concept, thus taking on a central role in the development of the material. The voice of the protagonist Bolt Crank is Masashi Ebara, who already portrayed the role in the two earlier anime adaptations.
The source material was published from 1996 to 2003 in the magazine Monthly Dengeki Comic Gao! by the publisher MediaWorks, today's KADOKAWA. At the center is Bolt Crank, an adventurer referred to as an "Explorer" who can consume metal and screws and reproduce weapons and objects from them. From 2014 to 2019, a sequel titled EAT-MAN THE MAIN DISH ran in Monthly Shonen Sirius at Kodansha, which was completed in six volumes. The material has already been animated twice for television: in 1997 under the direction of Koichi Mashimo and in 1998 as EAT-MAN '98 under the direction of Toshifumi Kawase, both produced by Studio Deen. Internationally, the series is accessible among other things via Viz Media, which published part of the original manga in North America, as well as via Discotek Media and the streaming service Crunchyroll, which has carried both anime series in its lineup since 2019.
In the published statements, Yoshitomi classifies the new production as the third anime adaptation of EAT-MAN. This time, he was involved in the screenplay work and wrote quite freely and improvisationally. Unlike with the manga, which he creates alone, he found the collaborative development of a story very instructive; next, he wants to try his hand at storyboarding. Ebara speaks of a reunion after 30 years and of being able to share the joy of working on EAT-MAN again with a new generation of voice actors. Director Oga explains that the world of the source material is being transformed into a standalone story for The Over Order; the thoughts lying in the pauses and ellipses between Bolt's sentences are the key to the narrative. Hirayama emphasizes that he tried to replicate the fine linework of the source material while arranging the lines so that they remain easy for the animation team to implement.
A broadcast date, a broadcasting station, a streaming provider, an episode count, or licensing for markets outside Japan have not yet been announced. The 2026 copyright line refers to the current production material and is not to be understood as a premiere date. Further information is to follow via the official website and the project's official channels.
The roughly 20-second super teaser video shows newly produced material for the first time. It begins with the text "To all who love the Heisei era –". It then shows the protagonist Bolt Crank picking up a screw lying on the ground in the wilderness and quietly saying that it is time to work. After the scene typical of the series in which he consumes metal, a massive weapon appears with the word "Done". The footage thus condenses the character and his ability without yet showing an opponent, a setting, or a fight sequence.
The teaser visual comes from Yoshitomi's hand. It shows Bolt Crank with a giant weapon standing on a pile of mechanical debris. His long hair and characteristic coat define the silhouette; in the background, structures stretch to the horizon. The composition conveys a world in which the rise and decline of civilization coexist.
The staff includes director Shunji Oga, known among other things for Golgo 13 and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as well as character designer Satoshi Hirayama, who has worked on numerous productions in the Lupin III series. The animation is being produced at Studio Cab, which Oga leads. Yoshitomi himself is responsible as the author of the source material as well as for the screenplay and design concept, thus taking on a central role in the development of the material. The voice of the protagonist Bolt Crank is Masashi Ebara, who already portrayed the role in the two earlier anime adaptations.
The source material was published from 1996 to 2003 in the magazine Monthly Dengeki Comic Gao! by the publisher MediaWorks, today's KADOKAWA. At the center is Bolt Crank, an adventurer referred to as an "Explorer" who can consume metal and screws and reproduce weapons and objects from them. From 2014 to 2019, a sequel titled EAT-MAN THE MAIN DISH ran in Monthly Shonen Sirius at Kodansha, which was completed in six volumes. The material has already been animated twice for television: in 1997 under the direction of Koichi Mashimo and in 1998 as EAT-MAN '98 under the direction of Toshifumi Kawase, both produced by Studio Deen. Internationally, the series is accessible among other things via Viz Media, which published part of the original manga in North America, as well as via Discotek Media and the streaming service Crunchyroll, which has carried both anime series in its lineup since 2019.
In the published statements, Yoshitomi classifies the new production as the third anime adaptation of EAT-MAN. This time, he was involved in the screenplay work and wrote quite freely and improvisationally. Unlike with the manga, which he creates alone, he found the collaborative development of a story very instructive; next, he wants to try his hand at storyboarding. Ebara speaks of a reunion after 30 years and of being able to share the joy of working on EAT-MAN again with a new generation of voice actors. Director Oga explains that the world of the source material is being transformed into a standalone story for The Over Order; the thoughts lying in the pauses and ellipses between Bolt's sentences are the key to the narrative. Hirayama emphasizes that he tried to replicate the fine linework of the source material while arranging the lines so that they remain easy for the animation team to implement.
A broadcast date, a broadcasting station, a streaming provider, an episode count, or licensing for markets outside Japan have not yet been announced. The 2026 copyright line refers to the current production material and is not to be understood as a premiere date. Further information is to follow via the official website and the project's official channels.
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This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.
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