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Keiko Shibata's Pan Dorobō Picture Books About Bread Thief Get Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
7th book debuts on September 10
Kadokawa announced on Monday that Keiko Shibata's Pan Dorobō (Bread Thief) picture book will have an anime adaptation. The announcement did not reveal the anime's format. Shibata drew the bellow illustration to celebrate the anime's announcement.
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The picture books center on a piece of bread that also steals bread from bakeries in the city.
Shibata published the first picture book in the series in April 2020. The seventh picture book, Pan Dorobō to Sweets Ōji (Bread Thief and the Old Sweets Man), will ship on September 10.
The book series has 4.5 million copies in circulation and has won numerous awards including the 11th LIBRO Picture Book Prize.
Source: Press release
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