Kogepan

Kogepan
Original title	こ げ ぱ ん
Anime television series
Country of production	Japan
original language	Japanese
year	2001
Studio	Studio Pierrot
length	4 minutes
Episodes	10
Director	Shuichi Ohara
production	Junko Hitomi , Ken Hagino, Michi Saitō, Takashi Watanabe
music	Takeshi Yasuda
First broadcast	November 5, 2001 to November 16, 2001 on Animax
synchronization

Kogepan ( Japanese こ げ ぱ ん ) is a fictional character and a franchise of the Japanese company San-X , which is marketed in the form of books, an anime television series and toys, among other things .

The character, the theme of the franchise, is an oven-burnt anpan , a Japanese white bread filled with bean paste . Hence the name is derived from the Japanese words kogeru (burnt) and pan (bread) . In addition to the burnt Kogepan bread , other baked goods appear in the action, which takes place in a bakery.

content

Anpan is baked in a bakery in Hokkaidō and looks forward to becoming one of the most delicious breads in the store. But it falls back into the oven when the bread is removed and stays in it for 30 minutes too long. Eventually it comes out with a black crust and is teased by the other baked goods in the store for its appearance. So it runs away and lives on the street for a while. When he returns to the bakery and reads a self-help book, he takes courage and soon makes friends with other burnt-on baked goods. But because of its condition, it is never sold.

media

Books

Fifteen Kogepan picture books for children, written and designed by Miki Takahashi, have been published in Japan .

• Kogepan: Pan nimo iroiro arurashii…. ( こ げ ぱ ん - パ ン に も い ろ い ろ あ る ら し い…。 ), Sony Magazines, ISBN 4-7897-1592-2 , August 2000
• Kogepan: Pan no shiawasette nandarō…. ( こ げ ぱ ん - パ ン の し あ わ せ っ て な ん だ ろ う…。 ), Sony Magazines, ISBN 4-7897-1635-X , December 2000
• Kogepan. Pan nimo deai ga arurashii…. ( こ げ ぱ ん - パ ン に も 出 会 い が あ る ら し い…。 ), Sony Magazines, ISBN 4-7897-1680-5 , April 2001
• Kogepan nageyari seikatsu: Yasagure manga ( こ げ ぱ ん な げ や り 生活 - や さ ぐ れ マ ン ガ ), Sony Magazines, ISBN 4-7897-1733-X , September 2001
• Kogepan mukiryoku seikatsu: Yasagure manga ( こ げ ぱ ん む き り ょ く 生活 - や さ ぐ れ マ ン ガ ), Sony Magazines, ISBN 4-7897-1776-3 , December 2001
• Kogepan sumikko seikatsu: Yasagure manga ( こ げ ぱ ん す み っ こ 生活 - や さ ぐ れ マ ン ガ ), Sony Magazines, ISBN 4-7897-1895-6 , August 2002
• Kogepan Hokkaidō burari tabinikki ( こ げ ぱ ん 北海道 ぶ ら り 旅 日記 ), Sony Magazines, ISBN 4-7897-1974-X , January 2003
• Kogepan no pikunikku ( こ げ ぱ ん の ピ ク ニ ッ ク ), Sony Magazines, ISBN 4-7897-2025-X , May 2003
• Kogepan Okinawa burari tabinikki ( こ げ ぱ ん 沖 縄 ぶ ら り 旅 日記 ), Sony Magazines, ISBN 4-7897-2039-X , August 2003
• Kogepan mainichi darātto: Yasagure manga ( こ げ ぱ ん 毎 日 ダ ラ ～ っ と 。― や さ ぐ れ マ ン ガ ), ISBN 4-7897-2140-X , November 2003
• Kogepan no ohanami ( こ げ ぱ ん の お は な み ), Sony Magazines, ISBN 4-7897-2187-6 , February 2004
• Kogepan mainichi bokētto: Yasagure manga ( こ げ ぱ ん 毎 日 ボ ケ ～ っ と 。― や さ ぐ れ マ ン ガ ), Sony Magazines, ISBN 4-7897-2348-8 , September 2004
• Kogepan Sando (Kyōto-Ōsaka-Kōbe) burari tabinikki - Kyōto-hen ( こ げ ぱ ん 三 都 (京都 ・ 大阪 ・ 神 戸) ぶ ら り 旅 日記 ～ 京都 編 ～ ), Sony Magazines, ISBN 4-7897-2430-1 , March 2005
• Kogepan Sando (Kyōto-Ōsaka-Kōbe) burari tabinikki - Ōsaka-Kōbe-hen ( こ げ ぱ ん 三 都 (京都 ・ 大阪 ・ 神 戸) ぶ ら り 旅 日記 ～ 大阪 ・ 神 戸 編 ～ ), Sony Magazines, ISBN 71-7897-24-9 , July 2005
• Kogepan mainichi kutātto: Yasagure Manga ( こ げ ぱ ん 毎 日 ク タ ～ っ と 。― や さ ぐ れ マ ン ガ ), Sony Magazines, ISBN 4-7897-2768-8 , February 2006

The "travel diaries" (tabinikki) to Hokkaidō , Kyōto - Ōsaka - Kobe and Okinawa were also published in the Republic of China (Taiwan) by Suncolor Culture Publishing.

Anime television series

In 2001 Studio Pierrot produced an anime television series with Kogepan . Directed by Shuichi Ohara, ten four-minute episodes were created. The music was composed by Takeshi Yasuda and the designs are by Takahashi Miki. The series was first broadcast from November 5 to November 16, 2001 on Animax in Japan.

synchronization

role	Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Kogepan	Rin Mizuhara
baker	Akira Ishida
Cream	Akira Ishida
Strawberry	Fumiko Orikasa
Sumi	Kujira
teller	Terumi Yoshida

reception

In The Anime Encyclopedia , the work is with Anpanman compared. In contrast to this, however, it brings a tragic aspect to the “bakery” topic, as bread can never fulfill its actual purpose. The franchise is relatively successful, but is nowhere near as popular as the similar characters Tarepanda and Hello Kitty .

The franchise was licensed in the Republic of China and South Korea .

See also

• Bernd the bread

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition. Berkeley 2006, Stone Bridge Press
2. ↑ ^{a b} 烤焦 麵包 的 旅行 日記 . (No longer available online.) Suncolor Culture Publishing, 2005, archived from the original on December 31, 2011 ; Retrieved February 8, 2012 (Chinese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Kogepan. (No longer available online.) DP Licensing, archived from the original on September 13, 2013 ; Retrieved February 8, 2012 (Korean). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Official Website (Japanese)
• Entry at Anime News Network (English)