Yakitate!! Japan

Alternative titles: English: Yakitate JapanSynonyms: Freshly Baked!! Ja-pan!, Yakitate JapanJapanese: 焼きたて!! ジャぱん
Type: TV
Episodes: 69
Status: Finished airing
Airdate: 12 Oct, 2004 to 14 Mar, 2006
Genres: Comedy, Shounen
Duration: 00:24:00 per episode
Rating: PG - Children

Synopsis

Yakitate means "fresh baked", but the word "Japan" is actually a pun - pan means bread in Japanese, so Kazuma is out to make Japan, a unique Japanese bread to compete with the best bread from around the world!

Azuma become obsessed with bread when he was six years old. His sister yelled that their family should start having bread for breakfast sometimes, but their grandfather refused to even consider it, as he would only eat natto, miso soup, and rice for breakfast. Kazuma agreed, saying he didn`t like bread, but his sister kidnaps him and takes him to a bread store to show him the wonders of fresh-baked bread. Not only is Kazuma converted, but the owner discovers that Kazuma has the magical "Hands of the Sun" whose warmth makes them particularly suited to making bread. The owner packs up shop and goes to Tokyo to fulfill his dream of making Japan, but Kazuma continues his bread-baking dream as well, and ends up going to Tokyo himself when he`s sixteen, to compete for a spot at the foremost bread store in Japan - Pantasia!

(source:AniDB)

Characters and voice actors

	Kazuma Azuma Main	Yumiko Kobayashi Japanese
	Tsukino Azusagawa Main	Chihiro Otsuka Japanese
	Shigeru Kanmuri Main	Marina Inoue Japanese
	Kyousuke Kawachi Main	Shuuhei Sakaguchi Japanese
	Brad Kidd Supporting	Kenyuu Horiuchi Japanese
	Ken Matsushiro Main	Hiroki Touchi Japanese
	Kai Suwabara Main	Sakazume Takayuki Japanese
	Leonhart XIV Supporting	Jurota Kosugi Japanese
	Monica Adenauer Supporting	Rie Kugimiya Japanese
	Inaho Azuma Supporting	Rie Saitou Japanese
	Yukino Azusagawa Supporting	Atsuko Yuya Japanese
	Sadanao Azusagawa Supporting	Masaaki Tsukada Japanese
	Mizuno Azusagawa Supporting	Chigusa Ikeda Japanese
	Sophie Balzac Kirisaki Supporting	Nana Mizuki Japanese
	Pierrot Bonnaz Supporting	Tomokazu Seki Japanese
	Dave Hachiguchi Supporting	Yutaka Shimaka Japanese
	Megumi Kimura Supporting	Mamiko Noto Japanese
	Kageto Kinoshita Supporting	Setsuji Satou Japanese
	Yuuichi Kirisaki Supporting	Fumihiko Tachiki Japanese
	Sylvan Kirisaki Supporting	Shou Hayami Japanese
	Ryo Kuroyanagi Supporting	Takehito Koyasu Japanese
	Tsuyoshi Mokoyama Supporting	Tesshou Genda Japanese
	Miki Norihei Supporting	Takeshi Aono Japanese
	Ryuu Ryomen Supporting	Shirou Saitou Japanese
	Henry Hokou Spencer Supporting	Takuya Kirimoto Japanese
	Iwashiro Tetsusho Supporting	Nobuyuki Hiyama Japanese
	Shadow White Supporting	Yutaka Aoyama Japanese