Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan

Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan (シャイニング・ハーツ ～幸せのパン～, Shining Hearts: Bread of Happiness) is a Japanese anime miniseries based on the video game of the series. Shining Hearts is a PlayStation Portable game software released by Sega on December 16, 2010. The first title for PlayStation Portable of Sega's RPG series "Shining Series". At the Tokyo Game Show 2010, an overview and voice actors were announced.

The stage is Windaria Island where various races such as beastmen and elves live. A story centered on Kaguya, a mysterious girl who lost her memories and emotions when she washed up on an island, and Rick, the main character who collects her lost hearts. Developed by Studio Saizensen, which was established by the staff who worked on "Pounding Poyaccio" and others, the "Bread Baking" system is adopted in this work as well as "Poyaccio", and it occupies an important weight in the game. The battle format is a battle system with a maximum of 4 people party with the main character and partner + 2 people.

In 2012, the animation work "Shining Hearts: Bread of Happiness" based on this work was produced (described later).

Synopsis
One day, a mysterious girl named Kaguya was washed ashore the island of Wyndaria after a great storm. She encounters Rick, a swordsman who wound up working at the island's bakery. Apparently, Kaguya is suffering from having lost her memories and emotions. In addition, the usually peaceful Wyndaria is now swarming with pirates who came seeking for the special spirit stone that is worn around Kaguya's neck. Knowing the situation, Rick and his co-workers, Nellis, Amyl, and Aerie decided to bring back peace to island and help Kaguya regain her lost memories and emotions.

(Source: Wikipedia)

TV Anime
From April to June 2012, it was broadcast on TOKYO MX, MBS, CBC, etc. under the title "Shining Hearts: Bread of Happiness". All 12 episodes. The opening theme Toki Sekai (時世界～トキセカイ～) and the ending theme Fuwaffuwa no Mahou (ふわっふわのまほう) both composed by Kanae Itou, Mai Aizawa, and Shiori Mikami

And it have inserted theme song WHITE and SHADOW ~Mugen no Rondo~ by Tsuyoshi Sawada in (Episode 3, Episode 10), while Poetry that reaches the heart by Bee in (Episode 3, Episode 11).

Staff

 * Original - SEGA
 * Director/Series Composition/Storyboard - Itsuro Kawasaki
 * Character draft - Tony
 * Character Designer - Keita Matsumoto
 * Sub-character designer/chief drawing director - Yuko Yahiro
 * Prop Designers - Kyoko Kotani, Shishin Tsuneki
 * Art setting - Chiyuki Aoki, Yukie Inose
 * Art Director - Nobutaka Ike, Yoko Nukumizu
 * Color setting - Miho Tanaka
 * Special Effects - Masahiro Murakami
 * Director of photography - Naoyuki Ohba
 * Editing - Junichi Uematsu
 * Acoustic director - Yukio Nagasaki
 * Music - Hiroki Kikuta
 * Producers - Masahiro Nakayama, Masanori Goto, Kuniyoshi Shigeta, Goro Shinjuku
 * Animation Producer - Wataru Kurosawa
 * Animation Production - Production IG
 * Production-Le Coeur Lovers (Sega, Avex Entertainment, Volks , Dax Production)

Character
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Web Radio
Anime: Shining Hearts ~Fluffy Radio~ is a radio program that was broadcast on HiBiKi Radio Station and Onsen from April 12th to September 20th, 2012. Updated every Thursday. A total of 23 times. The personality is Shiori Mikami (as Airy) and the following guests.

External Link

 * Shining Hearts Series ─ Official Site
 * TV Anime "Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan" Official Website
 * TV Anime "Shining Hearts: Fluffy Radio" ─ Wayback Machine (For archived August 2012, 8)
 * Solvey @SEGA ─ Official (@ShiningHeartsPR) - Twitter
 * Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan ─ Wikipedia  JP 
 * Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan ─ Wikipedia  EN 

Trivia
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