Kogepan (こげぱん) is a Japanese character from the companySan-X, who, likeSanrio creationsHello Kitty andBadtz Maru, can be found in books,anime, toys, stationery, and a number of other formats.[1] The character is a burntred bean bread bun who lives in apanya (Japanese bakery), trying to fit in and make friends with the other bread items. The name comes fromkogeru, meaning to burn or char, andpan, agairaigo word taken fromPortuguese and meaning bread.
There are a number of other characters (breads) in thepanya with Kogepan, includingichigopan (strawberry bread),kireipan (beautifully baked red bean bread),kuriimupan (a burnt cream bread), and Sumipan, a bread even more burnt than Kogepan.
Theanime series, animated byStudio Pierrot and produced byPony Canyon, consisted of ten 4-minute shorts, the majority of which introduce simple aspects of the character.[2]
There have been three children's picture books published in the Kogepan series, written & drawn byTakahashi Miki:
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