Titles: “Yakitate!! Japan”Episodes: 69 (nice)Genres: ComedyStudio: TV Tokyo, Aniplex, d-rights Source: MangaMore… One of my earliest anime memories (aside from watching all of pre-super Dragon Ball…
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