The Bourdain Effect: How Adult Swim's Get Jiro Reflects Our Obsession with Food and Identity Anthony Bourdain's posthumous presence continues to shape the world of animation, thanks to Adult Swim's latest adaptation, Get Jiro.
This animated series, based on the Vertigo graphic novel by Bourdain and Joel Rose, is set in a post apocalyptic Los Angeles where culinary culture reigns supreme.
Beneath its surface level fascination with food and cooking lies a complex exploration of class, power, and human identity.