Yakitate!! Japan

Yakitate!! Japan
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kazuma Azuma
焼きたて!! ジャぱん
Genre
Manga
Written byTakashi Hashiguchi
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runDecember 26, 2001 – January 10, 2007
Volumes26
Anime television series
Directed byYasunao Aoki
Produced by
  • Norio Yamakawa
  • Hideyuki Tomioka
Written byKatsuyuki Sumisawa
Music byTaku Iwasaki
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run October 12, 2004 – March 14, 2006
Episodes69 (List of episodes)
Manga
Yakitate!! Japan Super Real
Written byKenzo Irie
Illustrated byTakashi Hashiguchi
Published byShogakukan
MagazineLine Manga
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 16, 2019 – December 17, 2021
Volumes5

Yakitate!! Japan (焼きたて!! ジャぱん, "Freshly Baked!! Ja-pan")[a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Hashiguchi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from December 2001 to January 2007, with its chapters collected in 26 tankōbon volumes. A 69-episode anime television series adaptation by Sunrise was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 2004 to March 2006. In North America, the manga was licensed in English by Viz Media in 2005 and Nozomi Entertainment licensed the anime series in 2014.

In 2004, Yakitate!! Japan won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.

Plot

Main article: List of Yakitate!! Japan characters

Kazuma Azuma is a boy on a quest to create "Ja-pan", a national bread for Japan, as many other countries have their own signature breads. He heads to Tokyo with the intention of working at the famous bread-making chain Pantasia. Along the way, he meets other bakers, both learning from and competing against them. The characters bake their bread using their burning passion and even anger, similar to the legendary Kanjitake (河内 恭) cooking style of Hokkaido. Besides a desire to create Ja-pan, Azuma also possesses legendary Hands of the Sun (太陽の手, Taiyō no Te): hands that are warmer than typical, prompting dough to ferment faster. While this gives him an advantage early on, his innovation is his greater talent.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Takashi Hashiguchi, Yakitate!! Japan was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga Weekly Shōnen Sunday from December 26, 2001,[5][b] to January 10, 2007.[c] Shogakukan collected its chapters into twenty-six tankōbon volumes, published from March 18, 2002,[10] to April 18, 2007.[11]

In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga in late 2005.[12] The twenty-six volumes were released from September 12, 2006, to April 12, 2011.[13][14]

Hashiguchi started another series, titled Yakitate!! Japan Super Real (焼きたて！！ジャぱん～超現実～, Yakitate!! Japan Chō Genjitsu), on Line Manga app on August 16, 2019.[15] The manga is written by Kenzo Irie and illustrated by Hashiguchi. Its chapters were collected in five tankōbon volumes, released from April 17, 2020,[16] to December 17, 2021.[17]

Yakitate!! Japan

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
01 March 18, 2002[10]978-4-09-126391-9September 12, 2006[13]978-1-4215-0719-4
02 May 18, 2002[18]978-4-09-126392-6November 14, 2006[19]978-1-4215-0720-0
03 August 9, 2002[20]978-4-09-126393-3January 9, 2007[21]978-1-4215-0721-7
04 October 18, 2002[22]978-4-09-126394-0March 13, 2007[23]978-1-4215-0921-1
05 January 18, 2003[24]978-4-09-126395-7May 8, 2007[25]978-1-4215-0922-8
06 March 18, 2003[26]978-4-09-126396-4July 10, 2007[27]978-1-4215-0923-5
07 May 17, 2003[28]978-4-09-126397-1September 11, 2007[29]978-1-4215-0924-2
08 July 18, 2003[30]978-4-09-126398-8November 13, 2007[31]978-1-4215-0925-9
09 October 18, 2003[32]978-4-09-126399-5January 8, 2008[33]978-1-4215-1457-4
10 December 18, 2003[34]978-4-09-126400-8March 11, 2008[35]978-1-4215-1705-6
11 February 18, 2004[36]978-4-09-127051-1May 13, 2008[37]978-1-4215-1706-3
12 April 17, 2004[38]978-4-09-127052-8July 8, 2008[39]978-1-4215-1707-0
13 July 16, 2004[40]978-4-09-127053-5September 9, 2008[41]978-1-4215-1708-7
14 October 8, 2004[42]978-4-09-127054-2November 11, 2008[43]978-1-4215-1709-4
15 December 17, 2004[44]978-4-09-127055-9January 13, 2009[45]978-1-4215-1710-0
16 February 18, 2005[46]978-4-09-127056-6March 10, 2009[47]978-1-4215-2233-3
17 April 18, 2005[48]978-4-09-127057-3May 12, 2009[49]978-1-4215-2234-0
18 June 16, 2005[50]978-4-09-127058-0July 14, 2009[51]978-1-4215-2235-7
19 September 16, 2005[52]978-4-09-127059-7September 8, 2009[53]978-1-4215-2236-4
20 November 18, 2005[54]978-4-09-127060-3November 10, 2009[55]978-1-4215-2237-1
21 January 14, 2006[56]978-4-09-120029-7January 12, 2010[57]978-1-4215-2903-5
22 April 18, 2006[58]978-4-09-120329-8April 13, 2010[59]978-1-4215-2904-2
23 July 18, 2006[60]978-4-09-120418-9July 13, 2010[61]978-1-4215-2905-9
24 October 18, 2006[62]978-4-09-120669-5October 12, 2010[63]978-1-4215-2906-6
25 January 13, 2007[64]978-4-09-120826-2January 11, 2011[65]978-1-4215-2907-3
26 April 18, 2007[11]978-4-09-121026-5April 12, 2011[14]978-1-4215-2908-0

Yakitate!! Japan Super Real

No. Release date ISBN
1 April 17, 2020[16]978-4-09-850091-8
2 September 18, 2020[66]978-4-09-850237-0
3 February 18, 2021[67]978-4-09-850465-7
4 April 16, 2021[68]978-4-09-850537-1
5 December 17, 2021[69]978-4-09-850845-7

Anime

Main article: List of Yakitate!! Japan episodes

Yakitate!! Japan was adapted into a 69-episode anime television series. It aired on TV Tokyo from October 12, 2004, to March 14, 2006.[70] Aniplex collected the individual episodes on DVD. The first arc, Pantasia Newcomers Battle arc, was compiled on seven DVDs released from March 25 to September 28, 2005.[71] The second arc, Monaco Cup arc was compiled on six DVDs released from October 26, 2005, to March 29, 2006.[71] The third arc, Yakitate! 9 arc, was released on five DVDs from April 26 to August 23, 2006.[71]

In North America, the series was licensed by Nozomi Entertainment in July 2014.[72] Nozomi released the series on three DVD sets on March 3, May 5, and July 7, 2015.[73][74][75] Crunchyroll started streaming the series in November 2015.[76] In July 2019, Funimation announced the streaming rights to the series on its FunimationNow platform.[77] In Southeast Asia, Muse Communication licensed the series and streamed it on their Muse Asia YouTube channel.[78]

Music

The music from the anime series was composed by Taku Iwasaki.[70] Two original soundtracks albums were released on March 24 and November 23, 2005.[71]

The first opening theme for episodes 1 to 29 is "Houki Gumo" (ホウキ雲) by Rythem.[71] The second opening theme for episodes 30 to 53 is "Promise" by TiA.[79] The third opening theme for episodes 54 to 69 is Chiisana Uta (小さな歌) by Maria.[80]

The first ending theme for episodes 1 to 12 is "Sunday" by The Babystars. The second ending theme for episodes 13 to 29 is "To All Tha Dreamers" by Soul'd Out. The third ending theme for episodes 30 to 42 is "Hummingbird" (ハミングバード) by Little by Little. The fourth ending theme for episodes 43 to 53 is "Re: START" by Surface. The fifth ending theme for episodes 54 to 62 is "Merry Go Round" by Mai Hoshimura. The sixth ending theme for episodes 63 to 68 is "Kokoro Bīdama" (ココロビーダマ). The first opening theme "Houki Gumo" is used as the final ending theme for episode 69.[81]

Video games

A video game, titled Yakitate!! Japan Gēmu 1-gō Chōjō Kessen!! Pantasic Grand Prix! (焼きたて!!ジャぱん　ゲーム１号　頂上決戦!!パンタジック・グランプリ！, Yakitate!! Japan Gēmu 1-gō Chōjō Kessen!! Pantajikku Guran Puri!) "Yakitate!! Japan: Game No. 1 Summit Showdown!! Pantasic Grand Prix!", published by Bandai, was released for the Nintendo DS on January 12, 2006.[82] Characters also appeared in the crossover Shonen Sunday & Shonen Magazine White Comic (少年サンデー＆少年マガジン WHITE COMIC), also for Nintendo DS in 2009.[83]

Reception

Along with Fullmetal Alchemist, Yakitate!! Japan won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category in 2004.[84]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The title of the series is a play on words; "Yakitate" translates to "freshly baked", but "Ja-pan" has a double meaning. Besides referring to the country of Japan, pan is the Japanese word for "bread" that was borrowed and slightly altered from Portuguese pão.[4]
  2. ^ It started in the magazine's combined 4th–5fth issue of 2002 (cover date January 16),[6] released of December 26, 2001.[7]
  3. ^ It finished in the magazine's 6th issue of 2007 (cover date January 24),[8] released on January 10 of the same year.[9]

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