Yakitate!! Japan (2004)

Season 1

Azuma Kazuma isn't terribly clever, but he's got a good heart and great skill - at baking. Since childhood, he's been on a quest to create the perfect bread to represent Japan internationally. Now, he seeks to enter the famous bakery Pantasia, in hopes of reaching his goal. But plots abound...

Released Oct. 12, 2004 Episode 25 min 2+

Genres: Animation, Anime, Anime: Shounen, Comedy, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.based-on-manga, tmdb.anime, imdb.country-in-title, imdb.exclamation-point-in-title, imdb.punctuation-in-title, imdb.two-word-title, imdb.based-on-manga + 2 more, imdb.anime-animation, mdblist.anime-dub

Watch Providers: Crunchyroll, RetroCrush Amazon Channel, Retrocrush, Cineverse, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel

Production Companies: SUNRISE

Network: TV Tokyo

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

IMDb

7.7

/544/

Trakt

/97/

TMDb

/16/

MAL

7.9

/42942/

Yasunao Aoki
Director

Marina Inoue
Shigeru Kanmuri (voice)

Yumiko Kobayashi
Kazuma Azuma (voice)

Yu Shimaka
Dave Hashiguchi (voice)

Takehito Koyasu
Ryou Kuroyanagi (voice)

Chigusa Ikeda
Mizuno Azusagawa (voice)

Tomokazu Seki
Pierrot Bolneze (voice)

Chihiro Ohtsuka
Tsukino Azusagawa (voice)

Takayuki Sakazume
Kai Suwabara (voice)

S1E1 - He Has Arrived!! The Boy Who Possesses Solar Hands!

Azuma Kazuma is an aspiring baker who has left his small town for Tokyo to fight for his dream of making a bread for all Japan. The story starts when Azuma is 5, living in the country with his grandfather, a rice farmer, and his sister. Although his family only eats rice, as they are rice farmers, Azuma's sister wishes to eat bread for once. Azuma's grandfather refuses, and Azuma has to make a bread that even his grandfather will eat. Little do they know, Azuma has the legendary "Solar Hands". These allow bread to ferment more quickly, and he is able to make a bread that his grandfather loves. 10 years later, he travels to Tokyo to compete in the Pantasia recruitment competition, to try to get accepted to Pantasia, the best bakery in Japan. The test uses a 10 point system, but Azuma immediately loses 5 points due to being late...

Oct. 12, 2004, midnight

S1E2 - Maharajah!! The Day Mount Fuji Fell!

At the beginning of the episode, Azuma quickly loses another 2 points for his hair being messy & another 2 for (inadvertently) insulting the examiner. He is given a hairband by a girl who is in the competition. Azuma then meets Kawachi Kyosuke, another applicant. Compared to Azuma, who is relatively simple and has only ever made Japan (bread), Kawachi is quite knowledgeable about bread. As he sees Azuma kneading his bread, he determines that Azuma has the Solar Hands. After tasting a sample of Azuma's bread, he realizes that Azuma is strong competition and must lose quickly. While Azuma is preparing his dough, he rolls a rolling pin behind Azuma, which Azuma slips on, ruining his bread. However, Azuma rebounds to make a Mount Fuji-shaped bread, and gains two points back - comparatively, the strongest competitor otherwise, Suwabara Kai, has a zero point deduction.

Oct. 19, 2004, midnight

S1E3 - Burnt Black!! Is This the Final Kurowa-san?!

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Oct. 19, 2004, midnight

S1E4 - Hihiin!! Make a Delicious Bread!

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Oct. 26, 2004, midnight

S1E5 - De-licious!! A Decisively Ultimate Butter!

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Nov. 2, 2004, midnight

S1E6 - It's the Main Store!! Dancing Meister!

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Nov. 9, 2004, midnight

S1E7 - Hattori Surprise!! Transformation With the Secret Sauce!

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Nov. 16, 2004, midnight

S1E8 - Kawachi Kai!! The Solar Gauntlet!

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Dec. 7, 2004, midnight

S1E9 - I Won't Lose!! I Challenge You With my Osaka Bread!

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Dec. 14, 2004, midnight

S1E10 - Each One's Opening Curtain!! The Pantasia Newcomers' Battle Begins!

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Dec. 21, 2004, midnight

S1E11 - Garbage and Trash!! Kazuma Selected the Worst Possible Butter!

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Dec. 28, 2004, midnight

S1E12 - Kazuma Disqualified!? Resurrection from the Brink of Death by Ultra C!

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Dec. 28, 2004, midnight

S1E13 - Sorry for the Wait!! Meron Meron with Melon Bread!

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Jan. 11, 2005, midnight

S1E14 - Delii-cious!! The Trap of the Yakisoba Bread!

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Jan. 18, 2005, midnight

S1E15 - The Best Possible Team!! We're Going to Win with Onono Komachi-san!

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Jan. 25, 2005, midnight

S1E16 - The Green Marvel!! It's the Magician Kazuma!

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Feb. 1, 2005, midnight

S1E17 - The Great Decisive Battle!! Koala's Dragon vs. Kazuma's Turtle!

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Feb. 8, 2005, midnight

S1E18 - With a Little Prayer!! An Oath on the Grave!

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Feb. 22, 2005, midnight

S1E19 - The Nightmarish Semi-Finals!! Yukino's Despicable Trap!

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Feb. 22, 2005, midnight

S1E20 - The Indomitable Fighting Spirit!! Use Adversity as a Springboard to Success!

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March 8, 2005, midnight

S1E21 - The Experimental, Historical, Supreme Bread!! It`s Japan #44!

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March 15, 2005, midnight

S1E22 - Before the Finals!! A Dark Shadow Approaches Kazuma

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March 22, 2005, midnight

S1E23 - The Sticky Showdown!! Azuma Kazuma VS Kanmuri Shigeru!

It's the finals of the Pantasia Newcomers Battle! Can Azuma truly win without his petolite board? He seems to have a unique plan in mind, but with this unique plan for Japan #60. Additionally, what happens to Kyousuke after he finds the St.

March 29, 2005, midnight