Two cooking-themed anime series debuting this summer are teaming up for a special new collaboration visual, as the main leads for Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant! and Fermat no Ryori gets highlighted in the kitchen.
The characters featured in the new visual are Atelier (left) from Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant! and Gaku Kitada (right) from Fermat no Ryori.
Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant! is expected to begin airing in Japan on July 3, 2025 and will stream on Crunchyroll worldwide. OLM Team Yoshioka is in charge of the animation production.
The anime is based on the light novel series written by Yuki Kimikawa and illustrated by Gaou. It was first published by Overlap on June 25, 2019 and has released three volumes as of June 2020. The story began as a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro on October 22, 2018, which ran until September 5, 2020. Tentai Books released the light novels in English.
A manga adaptation was launched in September 2019. Kaiten Books releases the manga in English in both digital and print format.
Crunchyroll describes the main synopsis of Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant as:
When superstar adventurer Dennis gets booted from the world’s strongest party, he teams up with runaway Atelier to serve up his true passion—delicious cuisine. But this not-so-average eatery has not-so-average patrons. Dennis will battle his quirky customers’ troubles with his trusty butcher knife and wok. Visit Adventurer’s Restaurant and fill up your heart and stomach!
Meanwhile, Fermat no Ryori will begin airing in Japan on July 5, 2025, with Domerica handling the animation production. It is not yet known where and when the anime will be streamed outside of the country.
The anime is based on the cooking manga series by AOASHI’s Yugo Kobayashi that began serialization in Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Magazine on September 6, 2018. Five tankobon volumes have been released as of April 2025.
Fermat no Ryori focuses on aspiring mathematician Gaku Kitada, who takes a part-time job at his academy’s cafeteria after hitting some career setbacks. He has a chance meeting with the young and talented chef Kai Asakura, who takes him on a new path where math and cuisine intersect.
