is a Japanese cooking

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written and illustrated by Tetsuji Sekiya. The manga has been serialized in

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's seinen magazine (aimed at older men) ''

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''. As of February 2009,

has published 14 ''

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'' of the manga. It received the 2008

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for

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/general manga along with Takeshi Natsuhara's and Kuromaru's '' Kurosagi''. Nippon Television broadcast the live-action TV drama from April 18, 2007 to June 27, 2007. It was broadcast in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico by TV Japan, an affiliate of NHK, from January to March 2008.

Media

Manga

''Bambino!'' is written and illustrated by Tetsuji Sekiya. It was serialized in

's seinen magazine (aimed at older men) ''

''. As of March 2009,

has published 14 '' bound volumes'' of the manga between March 30, 2005 and December 26, 2008.

Volume listing

Drama

" We Can Make It!" by

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is the series' opening

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Cast

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as Shogo Ban * Masachika Ichimura as Tekkan Shishido (

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and the owner of Trattoria Baccanale) *

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as Miyuki Shishido (manager and a daughter of Tekkan) * Kuranosuke Sasaki as Atsushi Kuwahara (souschef) * Ryuta Sato as Nozomi Katori (

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chef) * Karina as Asuka Hibino (chef for

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s) * Osamu Mukai as Masashi Senoo (apprentice chef) *Hosshan as Toshio Oda (

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) * Kazuki Kitamura as Tsukasa Yonamine/ Yona-san (chief of waiters) * Ayaka Komatsu as Kozue Minagawa (waitress, became an assistant chef later) *Sasaki Takao as Nagai Hirokazu (waiter & sommelier) * Sato Yusuke as Takanashi Hiroshi (waiter) *Aso Kosuke as Shibata Kenichiro (waiter) *

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as Susumu Shindō (chef and the owner of Trattoria San Marzano, which Shogo used to work for in

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) *

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as Eri Takahashi (Shogo's girlfriend) * Kimiko Yo as Satoko Ban (mother of Shogo) *

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as Kyōko Nogami (one of steady patrons for Baccanale) *

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as Yasuhide Hayama (former chef of Baccanale and Asuka's boyfriend)

Title listing

Soundtrack CD

On March 30, 2007, wint released a soundtrack CD for the ''Bambino!'' TV drama.

Reception

The ''Bambino!'' manga received the 2008

for

/general manga along with Takeshi Natsuhara's and Kuromaru's '' Kurosagi''. At the 53rd Television Drama Academy Awards, the ''Bambino!''

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was awarded four prizes. They were: Best Actor (

), Supporting Actor ( Kitamura Kazuki), Best Director and Special Award.

References

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