Anime Herald Anime Herald - We'll talk nerdy to you. I have to premise this by saying that Ristorante Paradiso is the first josei series I’ve ever seen. As such, I didn’t know what to expect. It was [...]
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Anime Herald Anime Herald - We'll talk nerdy to you. Two touching tales hit Crunchyroll today! Earlier today, Crunchyroll announced that they added a pair of titles to their digital platform. [...]
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Lucky Penny’s first releases hit the market a few weeks ago, with Ristorante Paradiso. For those who don’t recall, Right Stuf created the Lucky Penny brand was created for “high-quality and budget-friendly” releases. When the label was first announced, we spoke with Alison Roberts, Right Stuf’s Director of Marketing to discuss the then-upcoming releases. From [...]
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GRIMES, Iowa, July 18, 2012 – Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and its Lucky Penny Entertainment label are pleased to announce the Ristorante Paradiso Complete Series DVD set will be available on November 6, 2012. The DVD set will include the entire 11-episode television series, in a single DVD keepcase, with Japanese audio, [...]
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I enjoyed the anime version quite a bit but I think manga would definitely be my choice of the two, mostly because of the focused story telling. This is a story about Nicoletta learning different shapes of love and the book just focuses on that aspect..
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Review: Ristorante Paradiso surely looks different because almost all its characters are adults but the best part is that these people don’t just look like adults, they act like one, with incredible grace and maturity. This show gives good examples on how to deal with problems wisely and peacefully. The series may be told through [...]
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  Title: Ristorante Paradiso Author: Natsume Ono [...]
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I love fairy tales, so it should come as no surprise that retellings of fairy tales always get a nod from me.  The Thirteenth Princess by Diane Zahler recasts the twelve dancing princesses with an additional princess, Zita, who has been banished by the king to the servants’ quarters. “A storm had come [...]
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Next up is Ristorante Paradiso, a one-shot manga that should be lovely to look at, and promises an intriguing story as well. Viz has been going long on Natsume Ono; they have already published not simple in print (the first chapter is still up at the link) and House of Five Leaves on the SigIKKI [...]
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I guess this will be my new modus operandi, first impressions before full review. 4 out of 11 episodes is a small sampling of the main dish, but it felt like an eternity to me. At this point, I can’t care less about what happens to Nicolette or her crush on Claudio. Take away the [...]
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Album Title: Ristorante Paradiso Original Soundtrack – musica paradiso Anime Title: Ristorante Paradiso Artist: ko-ko-ya; Lisa Komine Catalog Number: VTCL-60134 Release Type: Soundtrack Release Date: June 03, 2009 Track Title Artist Time 1. Hoshi Furu Yoru no Ristorante ko-ko-ya 0:49 2. Innocent ko-ko-ya 4:57 3. Sirhoi Tablecloth ko-ko-ya 1:53 4. Tokubetsu na Ichi Nichi ko-ko-ya 0:45 5. Ame to Wine to ko-ko-ya 0:56 6. poco a poco ~ Chotto Soko Made ko-ko-ya 3:06 7. Ai no Arashi ko-ko-ya 0:24 8. Discordia ko-ko-ya 0:23 9. Yureru Kokoro ko-ko-ya 0:23 10. Tsuki no Manazashi ko-ko-ya 1:52 11. Kinou Kyou Ashita ko-ko-ya 0:10 12. Bon Appetit! ko-ko-ya 3:59 13. [...]
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The spring season finished like a couple of weeks ago, and I haven’t blogged about actual anime in a while, so I have decided to write about the three spring shows I have finished watching (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2 are still airing, and I haven’t gotten around to watching [...]
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Well holy hell, there was more action and drama in this episode than the past half of the series.  It would have been nice if they spaced out the plot better, but they only had eleven episodes to fit all the character backgrounds in.  Plus, it set up a nice emotional explosion for this episode.  [...]
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Flashbacks are at it again! This time it’s Teo’s time to Teh-el his story (hyuk)! Even in the past, Teo was the hot headed chef we all know today, except he actually sucked at cooking. His higher up (Vanna) was quite harsh on him. Why, he sucked so much that she quit her job, saying [...]
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Nicoletta is officially part of the casetta dell'orso family!   In my ongoing attempt to finish up the shows I've been watching and get into the new summer ones, I finally got around to watching the last episode of Ristorante Paradiso. And with that, I have to say that it was a lot better than I was expecting. Omni blogged the first couple of episodes awhile back and as I sort of expected, the series didn't appeal to a lot of people. As strange as it may sound, that alone made me more inclined to check it out for myself because, well, I like to be a trendsetter. Well not really (because that requires effort and I'm lazy), but the premise of the show sounded so different from your usual anime "rinse and repeat" formula with teenage characters, super powers, mechs, and all sorts of crazy stuff. Instead (of your usual crap), we have a story about a young woman who heads to Rome to find her estranged mother and meets a bunch of intriguing OLDER men working at a restaurant there. That's right, OLDER men! (...and women too I might add!) I know that might not sound all that interesting, but the series manages to cover a lot of story and showcase a lot of character intricacies in its short eleven episode run. The ending was pretty sweet too, in the sappy kind of way. While I enjoyed the series throughout, the ending itself made everything much better by giving off a good sense of closure. Anyway, Ristorante Paradiso is still probably targeted towards the older crowd (which I guess I'm a part of now), so if you fit that bill and are looking for something different, you may want to check it out. To those who have seen it already, let me know what you think!   (Streaming episodes with official English subtitles can be found on CrunchyRoll here.)
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Ristorante Paradiso is centered around the 21 year-old Nicoletta who heads to Rome to expose how her mother has a daughter from a previous marriage. Things do not quite go according to plan, and Nicoletta ends up working at the restaurant casetta dell’orso owned by her mother’s husband. The odd thing about the [...]
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Furio is not furious despite his name, but he does ask a tiny favor of Claudio. His wife wants to eat at the restaurant and have Claudio as the cameriere. Claudio is all like, “Shore pops! Noh prahblum!” The wife (Angela) had arrived, and quite the looker she was (for her age I mean…). What [...]
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I’ve turned into quite a fan of the modern horeca-series, brought back and popularized by Bartender. It’s a genre with an atmosphere unlike any other genre, and one of those very few types of series targeted solely at adults. The latest installment is Ristorante Paradiso: yet again a short but charming and relaxing series about [...]
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At the start of the eleventh and last episode of Ristorante Paradiso, “People of the Restaurant”, Olga leaves Nicoletta’s apartment after spending the evening with her daughter, who happens to be preoccupied with a recipe book as she leaves. But when Nicoletta enters the kitchen to test out a recipe, she notices an unfamiliar [...]
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Episode 10 of Ristorante Paradiso, “Hidden Love”, begins with a certain lady frequenting the casetta dell’orso showing an intense interest in Luciano. He is quite aware of the attention, but ignores it. The rest of the staff is aware of it as well, and Vito talks about how her name is Savina and [...]
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