Antique Bakery

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Antique Bakery


caption =
ja_name = 西洋 骨董 洋菓子店
ja_name_trans = Seiyō Kottō Yōgashiten
genre = Comedy, Shōnen-aiInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Fumi Yoshinaga
publisher = flagicon|Japan Shinshokan
publisher_other = flagicon|USA Digital Manga Publishing
demographic = Shōjo
magazine = Wings
first = 1999
last = 2002
volumes = 4 [Ann manga|id=4440. Accessed 2007-02-20.] Infobox animanga/Drama
title = Antique
director = Motohiro Katsuyuki
Hanejuu Eiichiro
network = flagicon|Japan Fuji TV
first = October 8 2001
last = December 17 2001
slot = Monday, 21:00
episodes = 11Infobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Yoshiaki Okumuracite web|url=http://cal.syoboi.jp/tid/1435/summary|title=西洋骨董洋菓子店 ～アンティーク～ - しょぼいカレンダー|publisher=syoboi|accessdate=2008-07-02]
writer = Natsuko Takahashi
studio = Nippon Animation, Shirogumi
network = flagicon|Japan Fuji TV (noitaminA)
first = July 3, 2008
last =
episodes = 12

nihongo|"Antique Bakery"|西洋 骨董 洋菓子店|Seiyō Kottō Yōgashiten|"Western Antique Cake-Shop" is a manga by Fumi Yoshinaga depicting the lives of four men who work in a small bakery. It was published in Japan by Shinshokan and in English by Digital Manga Publishing. The series won the 2002 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjocite web | url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml | author=Joel Hahn | title=Kodansha Manga Awards | work=Comic Book Awards Almanac | accessdate=2007-08-21] The manga was adapted as a Japanese TV drama, with the title "Antique" or "Antique Cake Store", that was broadcast on Fuji TV in 2001, and has been adapted into a TV anime, airing on July 3, 2008 on noitaminA.

Characters

Main characters

;nihongo|Keisuke (or Keiichirō) Tachibana|橘 圭一郎|Tachibana Keiichirō:"Voiced by:" Kōichi Yamadera (drama CD), Keiji Fujiwara (anime), Asami Sanada (anime, young):The owner of the Antique Bakery, as well as a waiter. He was childhood friends with Chikage, the son of his family's live-in housekeeper. He was also Ono's classmate in school and harshly rejected Ono's love confession. He seems to be the only man whom Ono finds attractive, but who is not attracted to Ono in return. Tachibana comes from a rich family. He was kidnapped when he was a child. The one thing he remembers about his abductor is that he loved cake and fed him the cakes he bought every single day. Although Tachibana was rescued, his abductor was never found. After this ordeal, his family became overly protective of him. He feels obliged to play the "good boy" for his relatives because he does not want them to worry about him. Ironically, Tachibana has no taste for sweets. He is also fluent in French.

;nihongo|Yusuke Ono|小野 裕介|Ono Yūsuke:"Voiced by:" Hozumi Gōda (drama CD), Shinichirō Miki (anime):The pâtissier, a renowned chef who has been fired from many bakeries because of he is a gay of "Demonic Charm": whenever he is attracted to a man, that man — whether gay or straight — suddenly becomes irresistibly attracted to him in return. His coworkers will inevitably fight over him, and Ono will wind up fired again. This stemmed from when he was in high school, when Tachibana turned him down. He went into a gay bar, and suddenly he became a very popular lover. He has said his type is older men. He is also scared of women, and is fluent in French as well.

;nihongo|Eiji Kanda|神田 えいじ|Kanda Eiji:"Voiced by:" Tomokazu Seki (drama CD), Mamoru Miyano (anime):Eiji is Ono's apprentice, as well as other help in the kitchen. He is a former street punk who was picked up off the street and reformed by a boxing coach. He trained to be a boxer, and was a top fighter. However, due to his detached retinas, he had to give up boxing. He saw a "Help Wanted" ad in the bakery's window, and decided to join. He has a huge sweet tooth. He holds Ono in very high regard, calling him his "Master", due to his skill in making sweets. Over time they have developed more of a father-son relationship than that of a master and apprentice.

;nihongo|Chikage Kobayakawa|小早川 千影|Kobayakawa Chikage:"Voiced by:" Kazuhiko Inoue (drama CD), Eiji Hanawa (anime):Chikage is Tachibana's childhood friend. His family works at the Tachibana house. He was sent by the Tachibana family to watch out for his friend. Chikage is trained to become a waiter by Tachibana. However, he is very klutzy and not that good. He wears sunglasses all of the time, as his eyes are weak. He has a crush on Ono, though he thinks Ono doesn't feel the same way (on the contrary, Ono is in love with Chikage). He is very shy and polite. He calls Tachibana "Young Master" after the game "Ōoka Echizen (大岡越前)".

Minor characters

*nihongo|Kaedeko|楓子, affectionally called "Deko" or "Dei-Dei", Chikage's daughter, is a sweet, beautiful, if not so bright young girl, although she is often mistaken for a teenager because of her "mature" looks (she is really about ten years old).

*nihongo|Ms. Ito|伊東|Itō and nihongo|Mrs. Urushihara|漆原, two regular customers at the Antique, were initially mistaken for lesbians.

*nihongo|Haruka Nakatsu|中津 はるか|Nakatsu Haruka and nihongo|Tamiko Kagami|各務 民子|Kagami Tamiko (nicknamed "Tammy") are two voluptuous female news announcers who are used on the news simply to display their bodies. They long to be seen as real reporters rather than a peep show; they reported a story about the Antique Bakery.

*nihongo|Tadahiro Akutagawa|芥川 忠宏|Akutagawa Tadahiro is a cold, boring, and, frankly, somewhat scary reporter who works for the police, was obsessed with trying to find Tachibana's abductor, and who is now a pastry connoisseur, sampling cakes from bakeries all over Japan.:"Voiced by:" Norio Wakamoto (anime)

*nihongo|Sakurako Sakaki|桜子|Sakurako, is an award winning author who persuaded Chikage to help her conceive Kaedeko.

Adaptations

Live-action TV drama

The television series differs perceptibly from the story of the manga. While the four main male characters remain the same in many of their relationship dynamics, the BL/homosexual aspect of the original manga is significantly reduced to almost nothing.Fact|date=December 2007 There is the notable addition of Itsuki Momoko, a female sports journalist who appears in the first episode of the series.

;Differences between manga and TV series

- The character of Momoko never appears as she does in the manga like she does in the series. Momoko, in effect, provides a sort of cushion for Ono's heterosexual development.

- Instead of being openly gay, Ono is a straight man who merely has trouble dealing with woman because he was burned by a bad relationship in the past.

- In the manga, Ono and Chikage developed a relationship (and indeed, shared a near-kiss or two) that came close to, but was never consummated. In the series, the dynamic between Ono and Chikage is reduced to one scene where Ono gives Chikage The Look of Supposed Seduction.

- During a particularly funny scene, Eiji tries to teach the Awkward Kid how to kiss by using Ono as the model of the "girl"-- the camera angle turns away to Tachibana's horrified expression as he walks in on the three of them, and the audience never really knows for sure whether or not Eiji and Ono have kissed.

Korean live-action movie

Directed by Min Gyu Dong, the movie will star (amongst others) Joo Ji Hoon (Goong/Princess Hours and The Devil) as the owner Jin Hyuk and Kim Jae Wok (Coffee Prince) as the genius patissier Son Woo. The movie is due for release on November 13, 2008.

Anime

Animated by Nippon Animation, it features opening and ending themes by popular band Chemistry.

;Staff
*Original concept: Fumi Yoshinaga
*Director: Yoshiaki Okumura
*Scripting: Natsuko Takahashi
*Character design: Akio Uchino
*Art director: Tatsuo Shimamura (Shirogumi)
*Sound director: Hiroyuki Hayase
*Sweets Producer: Toshihiko Yoroido
*Animation production: Nippon Animation, Shirogumi
*Animation production assistance: Synergy SP
*Production: Seiyō Kottō Yōgashiten Production Committee

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References

External links

* [http://www.antique-anime.com/ Official Anime Website]
* [http://www.antique2008.co.kr/ Official Korean Movie Website]
* [http://www.dmpbooks.com/titles?n=16&t=38 Antique Bakery @ DMP Books]
* [http://www.fujitv.co.jp/jp/b_hp/antique/ Antique TV Drama] Official site from Fuji TV. ja icon
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* [http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Antique Antique on DramaWiki]