TRSI / Lucky Penny licenses Ristorante Paradiso

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AX '12 Trailer

17:20:53 <bay|AX|TRSI> Ristorante Paradiso
17:21:11 <bay|AX|TRSI> complete dvd set fall 2012

Right Stuf announced its license for RISTORANTE PARADISO, the adaptation of the Ristorante Paradiso and Gente manga by Natsume Ono (House of Five Leaves, Not Simple). The 11-episode television series features animation by David Production (The Book of Bantorra). It aired in Japan during Fuji TV’s late-night anime Noise timeslot and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. The manga series is currently available from VIZ Media.

Ristorante Paradiso will be released as a complete series DVD set in Fall 2012 with Japanese audio, plus English subtitles and on-screen translations.

When Nicoletta was a little girl, her mother, Olga, abandoned her and ran off to Rome to remarry. Now, 15 years later and a young woman, she travels to Rome with the intention of ruining her mother’s life. She tracks Olga down to a restaurant called Casetta dell’Orso, but the second Nicoletta steps through its door, everything changes. It’s a peculiar place staffed entirely by mature gentlemen wearing spectacles, and like their clientele, she is helpless against their wise smiles and warm voices. Before Nicoletta realizes it, her plans for vengeance start to fade, and she’s swept up in the sweet romance of everyday Italian life. Visit comingsoon.rightstuf.com for more information about the series.

[Damius]

I'll pass on this one.

[Ingraman]

I won't rule it out entirely, but I'm unlikely to be buying this one. I flipped through the manga and thought that it was okay, but I haven't seen the anime at all...

[FUNiOP]

It was a quaint little show, but not quite purchase-level for me. Always nice to see very niche stuff get licensed, though. TRSI has always been good for that with Nozomi, and this new label seems possibly even more up that alley.