Anime News

Yakitate!! Japan Bread
Date: 2/3/2005
To commemorate the TV series launch, Lawson convenience stores has been marketing bread specially themed around Takashi Hashiguchi's Yakitate!! manga originally released by Shogakukan in 2001. The storyline deals with the quest of a young baker who seeks to create the perfect bread which can represent Japan on the international stage. The animation began running on TV Tokyo on Tuesdays in October. 14 types of bread have been released to the store chain synchronized with the bread that dominates the content of the TV storyline. The bread is being released bi-weekly.
Source: Anime News Service