Series synopsis
Ristorante Paradiso, also known as リストランテ・パラディーゾ is a Japanese animation drama television series that premiered on Fuji TV on April 9, 2009. It ended on June 25, 2009. It stars Fumiko Orikasa, Jin Yamanoi, Kazuhiko Nishimatsu and Mitsutaka Tachikawa.
When she was a child, Nicoletta was taken in by her grandmother so that her mother could remarry. Now grown up, she leaves everything in the countryside behind to visit her mother and her mother's second husband, a ristorante owner. To her surprise, her stepfather did not know his wife had a daughter! Delicious food and dreamy gentlemen await at the ristorante, casetta dell'orso. For everyone who works there, a tender connection to the hearts of each visitor is spun, and the curtain raises on a ...
Premise
When she was a child, Nicoletta was taken in by her grandmother so that her mother could remarry. Now grown up, she leaves everything in the countryside behind to visit her mother and her mother's second husband, a ristorante owner. To her surprise, her stepfather did not know his wife had a daughter! Delicious food and dreamy gentlemen await at the ristorante, casetta dell'orso. For everyone who works there, a tender connection to the hearts of each visitor is spun, and the curtain raises on a story about these first-rate Italian gentlemen in spectacles.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Fumiko Orikasa as Nicoletta (voice)
- Jin Yamanoi as Santo Claudio Paradiso (voice)
- Kazuhiko Nishimatsu as Furio (voice)
- Mitsutaka Tachikawa as Lucciano (voice)
- Shigeo Kiyama as Gigi (voice)
- Yoji Ueda as Teo (voice)
Guest cast
- Mana Hirata as Granddaughter (voice)
- Toshihide Tsuchiya as Lorenzo's Father (voice)
- Hatsumi Takada as Young Woman (voice)
- Binbin Takaoka as Mauro (voice)
- Keiichi Nakagawa as Luciano's Brother-in-law (voice)
- Mayumi Asano as Lucia (voice)
- Takuma Terashima as Lucia's Husband (voice)
- Natsuki Mori as Gianna (voice)
- Masami Toyoshima as Angela (voice)
- Rei Igarashi as Mrs. Rossi (voice)
- Kazuo Oka as Marzio (voice)
- Yoko Soumi as Vanna (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 11 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 11 | April 9, 2009 | June 25, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Nicoletta At Rome's curiously fabulous ristorante - Casetta Dell'Orso - where all the employees are dreamy spectacle-clad gentlemen, we find the heroine of our story, Nicoletta in search of someone. As it turns out, this woman she's searching for happens to be the risorante owner's wife... |
April 9, 2009 |
| 2 |
Ring At Casetta Dell'Orso, it seems that the men are the main attraction as the women come to admire the gentlemen here. Even Nicoletta has fallen under the spell of these gentlemen in glasses as one catches her eye leaving her breathless... |
April 9, 2009 |
| 3 |
Paradiso Nicoletta contemplates both her new crush and her complicated relationship with her mother, while Claudio struggles to come to grips with lingering feelings from a past relationship. |
April 23, 2009 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Fuji TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 9, 2009 |
| Last aired | June 25, 2009 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Thursday |