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Ristorante Paradiso (TV)

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Alternative title:
RisPara
リストランテ・パラディーゾ (Japanese)
天堂餐館 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Nicoletta is a young woman who decides to go to Rome to see her mother who left her when she was a child. She plans to tell her mother's lover (a resurant owner who will not marry a divorced woman) that her mother was once married. Nicoletta latter struggles to understand her feeling for Claudio, an older man who works at the restaurant.
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User Ratings: 246 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 18 votes (sub:16, dub:2)
 Excellent: 42 votes (sub:39, raw:1, dub:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 71 votes (sub:69, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 69 votes (sub:65, dub:2, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 21 votes (sub:21)
 So-so: 15 votes (sub:15)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:5, raw:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 459 users, rank: #2284 (of 10146)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.496 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5054, rank: #1964 (of 10318)
Weighted mean: 7.439 (Good+), rank: #1945 (of 10318) (seen all: 7.60 / seen some: 7.15 / won't finish: 5.21)
Bayesian estimate: 7.441 (Good+), rank: #1632 (of 7759)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 11
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage:
2009-03-29 (special premiere for 130 audiences)
2009-04-08
Release dates: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Marigold" (マリーゴールド) by orange pekoe
Ending Theme:
"Suteki na Kajitsu" (ステキな果実) by Lisa Komine
Insert song:
"Palette" (パレット) by Natsumi Kiyoura (ep 3)
"poco a poco ~ Chotto Soko Made" (poco a poco ~ ちょっとそこまで; Little By Little) by Lisa Komine (ep 7)
Reviews:
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Ristorante Paradiso Episodes 1-11 Streaming (Aug 31, 2009)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Ristorante Paradiso - Complete Series (Sub.DVD) 2012-11-06 (from $31.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mitsuko Kase
Series Composition: Shinichi Inotsume
Script: Shinichi Inotsume
Screenplay:
Megumu Sasano (eps 4, 7, 9-10)
Shinichi Inotsume (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8, 11
)
Storyboard:
Atsuko Kase (ep 1)
Ichizō Kobayashi (ep 7)
Shigeru Kimiya (eps 4, 8)
Shinichi Tōkairin (eps 2, 6, 9, 11)
Tetsuya Watanabe (ep 3)
Tōru Kitahata (ep 5)
Toshiyuki Kato (ep 10)
Episode Director:
Nana Harada (ep 1)
Naokatsu Tsuda (ep 5)
Shigeru Kimiya (eps 4, 8)
Shinichi Tōkairin (eps 2, 6, 11)
Takeshi Yamaguchi (ep 7)
Tetsuo Ichimura (ep 9)
Tetsuya Watanabe (ep 3)
Toshiyuki Kato (ep 10)
Music: ko-ko-ya
Original creator: Natsume Ono
Character Design: Itsuko Takeda
Art Director: Yasufumi Soejima
Animation Director:
Atsushi Aono (eps 4, 10)
Itsuko Takeda (eps 1, 5, 8, 11)
Jung Kwon Lee (ep 3)
Masao Ebihara (ep 8)
Miho Aoki (ep 5)
Momo Saitō (ep 7)
Ryo Kobayashi (6 episodes
eps 1, 5-7, 9, 11
)
Satoru Nakaya (ep 9)
Taka Satō (ep 3)
Teizou Hara (ep 1)
Yukie Sakō (ep 5)
Yūko Sobu (ep 2)
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
Director of Photography: Eiji Tsuchida
Producer:
Koji Kajita
Kōji Yamamoto (Fuji TV)
Mariko Seto
Taito Okiura

2DVFX: Kōji Hayashi (OP)
3D Animation:
Takuya Sagawa (WELZ Animation Studio)
Yoshie Nakajima (Studio GX)
3D Backgrounds:
Hidenori Sano (Studio Easter)
Masato Kadota (Studio Easter)
Megumi Endō (Studio Easter)
3D CG:
Masato Hira
Takehito Kobayashi
Animation producer: Tsuyoshi Wakamatsu
Color design:
Hitomi Ikeda
Keiko Kai
Editing: Kengo Shigemura
In-Between Animation: Mari Ide (ep 7)
Insert Song Performance: Lisa Komine
Key Animation:
Ai Yamazaki (Studio Mark; eps 2, 8)
Akane Umezu (eps 10-11)
Akiko Nakano (ep 7)
Atsuko Sugawara (Studio Mark; eps 2, 8)
Atsushi Itou (ep 10)
Chie Kinoshita (eps 6, 11)
Chizuru Mori (ep 1)
Daisuke Agata (eps 2, 8)
Daisuke Kurose (eps 4, 11)
Eizō Kawada (ep 7)
Emi Satō (Studio Mark; eps 2, 8)
Etsuko Minami (Studio Mark; eps 2, 8)
Fumihiro Kato (Nakamura Pro; ep 7)
Fumika Hasegawa (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 10
)
Fumiyo Kimura (eps 8, 11)
Harumi Tsunoda (ep 10)
Hideki Hashimoto (OP)
Hiroki Itō (OP; eps 4-6, 9, 11)
Hiroko Shigekuni (eps 4, 11)
Hiroko Yoshida (eps 4, 11)
Hironori Hano (eps 3, 7)
Hirotaka Nii (eps 6, 9)
Hisako Tanaka (ep 10)
Hisashi Nakamoto (OP)
Isamu Utsuki (ep 10)
Junko Matsushita (eps 1, 6, 8, 11)
Kaori Ikeda (ep 2)
Kaori Kurosaki (ep 8)
Kaori Saito (Studio Mark; ep 2)
Kaoru Miura (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 8, 11
)
Kazuyo Nakamura (eps 1, 6, 10)
Kei Tsuchiya (OP)
Kenji Nishikawa (eps 1, 11)
Kenji Terao (ep 4)
Kenji Yokoyama (OP; eps 1, 6, 9, 11)
Kensuke Ishikawa (ep 1)
Kōsuke Yoshida (Nakamura Pro; ep 7)
Kumiko Matsushita (ep 11)
Kumiko Takayanagi (ep 6)
Maki Hashimoto (ep 8)
Masahiko Matsuyama (ep 1)
Masahito Wada (ep 3)
Megumi Tokuda (Studio Mark; eps 2, 8)
Miho Aoki (ep 2)
Mio Inoguchi (ep 3)
Misao Abe (eps 4, 9, 11)
Mitsuru Nakata (Nakamura Pro; ep 7)
Miwako Yamamoto (ep 5)
Miyuki Abe (ep 10)
Miyuki Katayama (ep 6)
Motonori Nishibe (ep 7)
Naoki Aisaka (Studio Mark; ep 2)
Naoki Suehiro (FAI; ep 10)
Nobuo Iino (ep 3)
Nozomi Ōnuki (ep 3)
Reiko Nozaki (ep 4)
Rie Ogasawara (ep 3)
Rie Usui (ep 6)
Ryūta Nakahara (eps 4, 11)
Sachiko Mori (5 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 8, 11
)
Shinichi Tōkairin (ep 11)
Shinya Yamada (ep 1)
Shunsuke Masuda (eps 1, 6, 11)
Taichi Nakaguma (ep 7)
Takaaki Tanabe (Nakamura Pro; ep 7)
Takahiro Yoshida (ep 1)
Takako Shimizu (ep 4)
Takeshi Morita (OP)
Tomokazu Shimabukuro (Nakamura Pro; ep 7)
Tomoko Nitta (eps 4, 9)
Toshiyuki Tomaru (ep 7)
Wataru Hasegawa (Studio Mark; eps 2, 8)
Yoshiaki Taniguchi (ep 8)
Yoshihiro Yoshioka (ep 5)
Yoshinori Wakana (ep 7)
Yoshio Yoshimatsu (ep 8)
Yōsuke Kobashi (ep 4)
Yū Kobayashi (ep 8)
Yuichi Kikuchi (ep 3)
Yūichirō Yamada (ep 7)
Yūki Yamashita (Nakamura Pro; ep 7)
Yūko Yamamoto (OP)
Yūta Masaki (ep 3)
Music Director: Masao Fukuda
Music producer: Yuko Sakurai
Paint:
Hitomi Ikeda (Studio Easter)
Miyuki Shimada (Studio Easter)
Risa Inoue (Studio Easter)
Shun Hasegawa (Studio Easter)
Photography:
Ayaka Shimizu (Studio Easter)
Chiaki Yamaguchi (Studio Easter)
Eiji Tsuchida (Studio Easter)
Kōji Hayashi (Graphinica; eps 5, 9-11)
Masaaki Kawai (Studio Easter)
Megumi Tanaka (Studio Easter; ep 3)
Nanako Arakawa (Studio Easter)
Ryōta Takahashi (Studio Easter)
Tomoyuki Sakurada (Studio Easter)
Yōsuke Kamiya (Studio Easter)
Production:
Hiroko Yamada (Fuji TV)
Kazuya Watanabe
Kenichi Komori
Kōta Kuroda
Naohiro Tafu
Yoshifumi Kezuka
Theme Song Performance:
Lisa Komine (ED)
Natsumi Kiyoura (ep 7 insert)
orange pekoe (OP)
監督補佐: Shinichi Tōkairin
設定協力:
Atsushi Aono
Ryo Kobayashi
Yūko Sobu
Fumiko Orikasa as Nicoletta
Jin Yamanoi as Claudio

Haruhi Terada as Olga
Kazuhiko Nishimatsu as Frio
Kenji Nomura as Lorenzo
Misa Watanabe as Gabriella
Mitsutaka Tachikawa as Lucciano
Shigeo Kiyama as Gigi
Takaya Kuroda as Vito
Yōji Ueda as Teo
Yōko Soumi as Vanna (eps 4, 9)

Binbin Takaoka as
coworker 1 (ep 8)
Gigi's father (ep 5)
Mauro (ep 6)
Chiaki Kanou as madam (ep 3)
Haruka Kimura as
elderly lady (ep 4)
Francesco (eps 2, 7, 10-11)
Hatsumi Takada as young woman (ep 5)
Hikari Yono as Sabina (ep 10)
Hyōsei as madam (ep 1)
Kazuo Oka as Marzio (eps 4, 9)
Keiichi Nakagawa as Luccinao's brother-in-law (ep 7)
Kenichirō Matsuda as Margerita's father (ep 10)
Mahiru Konno as woman's mother (ep 5)
Mai Nakahara as Margerita (ep 7)
Mana Hirata as granddaughter (ep 4)
Masami Toyoshima as Angela (eps 3, 8)
Mayumi Asano as Lucia (ep 6)
Natsuki Mori as
elderly lady (ep 3)
Gianna (ep 6)
Rizzo's wife (ep 11)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as
enoteca proprietor (eps 3, 6)
middle-aged man (ep 1)
Rizzo (eps 5, 11)
Rei Igarashi as Signora Rossi (ep 8)
Rina Honma as bakery cashier (ep 7)
Shigeo Kiyama as coworker 2 (ep 8)
Takuma Terashima as Lucia's father (ep 6)
Teruyuki Tanzawa as friend (ep 8)
Tōko Aoyama as grandmother (eps 2, 11)
Toshihide Tsuchiya as Lorenzo's father (ep 5)
Yōko Honda as Marina (eps 7-8, 11)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Manglobe
Meta Studio
Studio Gash
3d Animation:
Studio GX (ep 5)
Studio Hibari (OP; eps 8, 11)
WELZ Animation Studio (ep 5)
Animation: david production
Background Art:
Bamboo (2D)
Studio Easter (3D)
Broadcaster:
BS Fuji (2009-05-04)
Fuji Television Network (2009-04-08)
Kansai Telecasting Corporation (2009-04-14)
Tokai Television (2009-04-24)
In-Between Animation:
Frontline
M.S.J Musashino Production
MAP
Studio Gash
Sunny Side Up
Triple A
White Line
Key Animation:
FAI (ep 10)
Manglobe (ep 10)
Nakamura Production (ep 7)
Seigasha (ep 10)
Studio Gash (ep 10)
Studio Mark (ep 2)
Tezuka Productions (ep 5)
White Line (eps 2, 5, 10)
Music Production:
Flying Dog
Fuji Pacific Music Publishing
Paint:
Frontline
M.S.J Musashino Production
MAP
Studio Easter
Triple A
Photography:
Anime Film (ep 5)
Graphinica (eps 5, 8, 10-11)
Studio Easter
Photography Cooperation: Trans Arts Co. (eps 10-11)
Production:
Fuji Television Network
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
MOVIC
Shochiku
Sony PCL
Yomiko Advertising, Inc.
Production Cooperation: Studio Fantasia (ep 7)
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion
English staff
English companies
Translation: Ralph Yamada
Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner
Producer: Kris Gero

Assistant producer: Judy Albert
Packaging Design: Phillip Grothus
Subtitle Timing: Bryan Ingram
English cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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