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Yakitate!! Japan (TV)

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©Hashiguchi Takashi/Shogakukan • PANTASIA • TV Tokyo


[ adapted from Yakitate!! Japan (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Amassando Ja-pão (Portuguese)
Baked Fresh!! Ja-Pan
Fresh Made Japan
Un pain c'est tout (French)
¡¡Amasando!! JA-PAN (Spanish)
Прямо из печки!! Джапан (Russian)
烘焙王 (Chinese (Taiwan))
焼きたて!!ジャぱん (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy, drama
Themes: cooking
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Azuma Kazuma isn't terribly clever, but he's got a good heart and great skill - at baking. Since childhood, he's been on a quest to create the perfect bread to represent Japan internationally. Now, he seeks to enter the famous bakery Pantasia, in hopes of reaching his goal. But plots abound...
User Ratings: 1038 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 202 votes (sub:190, dub:7, Spa.sub:3, Por.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Excellent: 318 votes (sub:310, dub:6, raw:2)
 Very good: 270 votes (sub:249, dub:10, raw:5, Spa.sub:2, Tag.edit.dub:1, ?:1, edit.dub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Good: 131 votes (sub:117, dub:5, Tag.dub:3, Spa.sub:3, raw:2, Por.sub:1)
 Decent: 58 votes (sub:54, dub:3, Kor.sub:1)
 So-so: 27 votes (sub:26, dub:1)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:15)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 2063 users, rank: #283
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.228 (Very good+.22), std. dev.: 1.5491, rank: #258
Weighted mean: 8.075 (Very good+.07), rank: #275 (seen all: 8.37 / seen some: 7.65 / won't finish: 4.78)
Bayesian estimate: 8.069 (Very good+.06), rank: #195
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 69
Episode titles: We have 69
Vintage:
2004-10-12 to 2006-03-14
2006-01-01 to 2006-06-02 (HERO TV - Philippines)
2006-04-24 (ABS-CBN - Philippines)
2009-06-05 (Animax España)
2009-06-05 (Animax Portugal)
Releases: We have 18
Opening Theme:
#1: "Houkigumo" by RYTHEM (eps 1-29)
#2: "Promise" by TiA (eps 30-53)
#3: "Chiisana Uta" by MARIA (eps 54-68)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Sunday" by The Babystars (eps 01-12)
#2: "To All Tha Dreamers" by SOUL'd OUT (eps 13-29)
#3: "Hummingbird" by little by little (eps 30-42)
#4: "Re: START" by SURFACE (eps 43-53)
#5: "Merry Go Round" by Mai Hoshimura (eps 54-62)
#6: "Kokoro Biidama" by RYTHEM (eps 63-68)
#7: "Houkigumo" by RYTHEM (ep 69)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 21
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Yasunao Aoki

Series Composition: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Script:
Akatsuki Yamatoya
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Tetsuko Takahashi
Toshifumi Kawase

Storyboard:
Shin-ichi Masaki
Yasunao Aoki

Episode Director: Shin-ichi Masaki

Music: Taku Iwasaki

Original creator: Takashi Hashiguchi

Character Design:
Atsuo Tobe
Hiromi Maezawa
Yoshihito Hishinuma

Art director: Shigemi Ikeda

Animation director:
Ken Sakuma
Yasushi Shingou

Sound director: Eriko Kimura

Producer:
Hideyuki Tomioka
Norio Yamakawa (TV Tokyo)

Associate producer:
Atsuhiro Iwakami
Kazuya Furuse

Background Art:
Arisa Hirayoshi
Hiromi Komura
Katsura Yamazaki
Masaki Kato
Masashi Hasegawa
Miki Oomori
Ryutaro Iijima
Yoichi Yajima

Clean-Up Animation:
Atsuko Ito
Chieko Abe
Emiko Okui
Izumi Inoue
Kazuko Kikuchi
Kumiko Yamazaki
Michiyo Ootani

Color Coordination: Miyuki Sato

Color setting: Kenji Chiba

Editing: Tomoaki Tsurubuchi

Ending Key Animation:
Atsuo Tobe
Sachiko Sugimoto

In-Between Animation:
Ayako Doi (Sunrise Wakagi Juku)
Fumiyo Mori
Kayo Daibou (Sunrise Wakagi Juku)
Keiko Takenouchi
Nobuhiro Kashiwaki (Sunrise Wakagi Juku)
Sayaka Koiso (Sunrise Wakagi Juku)
Se Jun Kim (Sunrise Wakagi Juku)
Taeko Watanabe
Tomoyuki Fujii (Sunrise Wakagi Juku)
Toshiyuki Anzai (Sunrise Wakagi Juku)
Yuuko Yamada

Key Animation:
Eiji Komatsu
Eri Seno
Etsushi Mori
Hideaki Tsukioka
Hitomi Fujii
Kazuya Saitoh
Kazuyo Nakamura
Kazuyo Tominaga
Keizou Ichikawa
Mayumi Okamoto
Naoki Mishiba
Naoko Yamamoto
Norio Shioyama
Ryo Komori
Sachiko Sugimoto
Takayoshi Hashimoto
Yukari Watabe
Yuko Yamamoto
Yuriko Takase

Music Collaboration: Takaaki Taguchi

Opening Key Animation:
Atsuo Tobe
Hiromi Maezawa
Naoko Yamamoto
Sachiko Sugimoto

Photography:
Emi Inoue
Kumiko Ito
Yoshio Sugizawa
Youhei Sakurai

Planning Producer: Kouta Sugiyama

Production Advancement: Akihiro Yamada

Program Publicity: Noriko Suzuki (TV Tokyo)

Recording Adjustment: Hirotaka Ikeda

Scene Director: Youichi Daijin

Song Selection: Yutaka Aida

Sound Effects: Masakazu Yokoyama

Sound Production:
Takashi Hayashi
Takuya Ono

Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa

Special Thanks To:
Shinichi Migami
Shinichiro Tsukushi

Theme Song Arrangement:
CHOKKAKU (OP1)
Susumu Nagada (ED1)
tasuku (ED3)
The Babystars (ED1)

Theme Song Composition:
Akihito Tanaka (ED1)
Rythem (OP1)
tetsuhiko (ED3)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Akihito Tanaka (ED1)
Rythem (OP1)
tetsuhiko (ED3)

Theme Song Performance:
Little by Little (ED3)
Mai Hoshimura (ED5)
MARIA (OP3)
Rythem (OP)
SOUL'd OUT (ED2)
SURFACE (ED4)
The Babystars (ED)
TiA (OP2)

Video Editing:
Hiroshi Kawauchi
Ryoji Kishi

 

Yumiko Kobayashi as Kazuma Azuma

Atsuko Yuya as Yukino Azusagawa

Chihiro Otsuka as Tsukino Azusagawa

Fumihiko Tachiki as Yuuichi Kirisaki

Hiroki Touchi as Ken Matsushiro

Marina Inoue as Shigeru Kanmuri

Sho Hayami as Meister Kirisaki

Shuuhei Sakaguchi as Kyousuke Kawachi

Takayuki Sakazume as Kai Suwabara

Takehito Koyasu as Ryou Kuroyanagi

Tomokazu Seki as Pierrot Bolneze

Akane Murakami as Spectator

Akane Omae as Kaede Matsushiro

Akemi Kanda as
Dave's Assistant (Haijima)
Heidi

Akimitsu Takase as Worker

Asuka Tanii as Hiromi Kawachi

Atsushi Imaruoka as Examinee

Atsushi Ono as Monica's Dad (ep 45)

Bin Shimada as Yamagou Monori (eps 6-7)

Chieko Kamoto as Kawachi's Mother

Chigusa Ikeda as Mizuno Azusagawa

Daisuke Gouri as Ortiga (ep 29)

Daisuke Ono as
Examinee
Guard #2 (ep 41)

Fumihiko Tachiki as Bakery Man

Hideki Tanaka as
Examinee
Russian Representative (ep 34)

Hideo Kazama as Examinee

Hikaru Midorikawa as Shizuto Narumi (eps 57-58)

Hiroki Touchi as
Announcer (eps 1-3)
Narration

Hiroyuki Kinoshita as Pharaoh

Ichie Tanaka as Gardener (ep 52)

Jouji Nakata as Gran Kaiser

Junko Kitanishi as Cleo

Juurouta Kosugi as King of Monaco

Katsuhisa Houki as Boss (ep 34)

Katsuyuki Konishi as Carn (ep 34)

Kazuki Ogawa as St. Pierre Man

Kazuya Tatekabe as Schwienrich

Keiji Himeno as Muhammad

Keiji Okuda as St. Pierre Man

Kenji Nojima as Takumi Tsubotzuka (eps 54-57)

Kenyuu Horiuchi as Kid (ep 26)

Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Doctor

Koji Yusa as Edward Kaiser (ep 30)

Kou Kanaka as Shinobu Sushi Old Man

Kouji Ochiai as Horse

Kouji Yoshida as Spectator

Kousuke Toriumi as Gou Chimatsuri (eps 57-58)

Kyoko Hikami as Hoka Hoka (ep 53)

Machiko Kawana as Chihiro (ep 21)

Machiko Toyoshima as Beautiful Reporter (ep 44)

Makoto Ishii as Hiroshi Kaname (eps 57-58)

Mamiko Noto as Megumi Kimura (ep 34)

Mariko Ooe as Announcer (herself; eps 6-7)

Masaaki Tsukada as Sadanao Azusagawa

Masako Katsuki as Maetel Leonhart (eps 51-52)

Masao Komatani as Examinee

Masayuki Katou as Examinee

Mayumi Tanaka as
Katsuo Umino
Yuuko Motohashi

Michiko Neya as Sister Mako (eps 23-25)

Michiru Ogata as Policeman

Minoru Inaba as Yulrich Rame

Motoko Kumai as Tom Crusoe (ep 53)

Nana Mizuki as Sophie Balzac Kirisaki (eps 30-31)

Noboru Yamaguchi as Russian Representative (ep 34)

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Tetsuo Iwashiro (ep 58)

Rena Mizushiro as Russian Representative (ep 34)

Rie Kugimiya as Monica Adenauer

Rie Saitou as Inaho Azuma

Roko Takizawa as Baa-chan

Ruri Asano as
Cathy
Satsuki (ep 21)

Ryoko Shiraishi as Kawachi's Sister (ep 47)

Sakiko Tamagawa as Monica's Mom (ep 45)

Sakiko Uran as Sacchan (ep 18)

Satoshi Hino as Masanobu Tsutsumi (ep 61)

Sayuri Sadaoka as Hieko

Seiko Tamura as
Spectator
Young Pierrot

Setsuji Satoh as Kageto Kinoshita

Shigeru Ushiyama as Mash

Shinya Fukumatsu as Gardener (ep 52)

Shiro Saito as Ryuu Ryomen

Shouki Terasoma as Kawachi's Father

Shumi Shinta as Haijima (ep 21)

Tadashi Miyazawa as Master (ep 34)

Takanori Hoshino as Bob Kaiser (ep 30)

Takayuki Kondou as Circus Performer (ep 34)

Takayuki Nezu as Examinee

Takehito Koyasu as Shiroyanagi (ep 53)

Takeshi Aono as Norihei Miki (eps 63-64)

Takuya Kirimoto as S.H. Hokou

Tarusuke Shingaki as MIB

Tesshô Genda as Tsuyoshi Mokoyama

Tomoka Kuzuya as Spectator

Tomoka Yamaguchi as St. Pierre Man

Tomoko Kawakami as Princess Anne (ep 31)

Tomoyuki Shimura as Aoyagi (eps 61-62)

Yoshinori Sonobe as St. Pierre Man

Yukio Hattori as Yukio Hattori (himself, ep 7 special guest)

Yumiko Kobayashi as Examinee

Yutaka Aoyama as Shadow

Yutaka Shimaka as Dave Hashiguchi

Yuu Sugimoto as Young Kawachi

Yuuichi Nagashima as
Umasaburou Azuma
Umatarou

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Sunrise

Broadscaster: TV Tokyo

Digital Effect: Sunrise D.I.D.

In-Between Animation:
Angle
F.A.I
Frontline
Triple A

Key Animation:
Anime Aru
Lasthouse
Studio Mu

Photography: Anime Film

Planning:
Aniplex
d-rights

Production:
Aniplex
d-rights
Sunrise
TV Tokyo

Production Cooperation:
Dogakobo
Front Line
Telecom Animation Film

Recording Studio: Omnibus Japan

Sound Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation

Titles: Maki Pro

Video Editing: Tokyo Video Laboratory

English staff 
English cast 
(none)
 

Candice Moore as Kazuma Azuma

Andrea Kwan as Shigeru Kanmuri

Dave Bridges as
Kyousuke Kawachi
Yuuichi Kirisaki

Emily Woo Zeller as
Tsukino Azusagawa
Yukino Azusagawa

Michael Pizzutto as Pierrot Bolneze

Victor Lee as Kai Suwabara

Andrea Kwan as Sophie Balzac Kirisaki

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Animax India


French staff 
(none)
French companies 

Distributor: IDP Home Video Music

French cast 
(none)
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Fátima Casado as Kazuma Azuma (Spain dub)

Alberto Escobal García as Maestre Kirisaki (Spain dub)

José María Regalado as Kuroyanagi Ryou (Spain dub)

Juan Martin Goiricelaya as Kyosuke Kawachi (Spain dub)

Txemi del Olmo as
Ken Matsushiro (Spain dub)
Narrador (Spain dub)

Alberto Escobal García (Spain dub)

Josu Cubero (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: Animax España

Distributor: Luk Internacional (Spain)

TV Distribution: Luk Internacional (Spain)

Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 

Dubbing Director: Bernie Malejana

Script:
Hazel Hernan
Lea Ropero
Rona Aguilar

 

Louie Paraboles as Kazuma Azuma

Anthony Malejana as Kai Suwabara

Bernie Malejana as Meister Kirisaki

Hazel Hernan as Tsukino Azusagawa

Jefferson Utanes as Ken Matsushiro

Jojo Galvez as
Kyousuke Kawachi
Ryou Koroyanagi

Louie Paraboles as Pierrot Bolneze

Owen Caling as Sophie

Pinkee Rebucas as Monica Adenauer

Anthony Steven San Juan as Examinee (eps 1-2)

Archie de Leon as Kageto Kinoshita

Celeste Dela Cruz as Mizuno Azusagawa

Daisy Carino as
Grandma
Kazuma's mom

Hazel Hernan as
Maetel Leonheart
Megumi Kimura (ep 34)

Jefferson Utanes as
Kanmuri Shigeru
Narrator
Tsuyoshi

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster:
ABS-CBN
Hero
Studio 23

Dubbing: ABS-CBN


Portuguese staff 
(none)
Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster: Animax Portugal

Portuguese cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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