Bread Thief Anime Adds Atsumi Tanezaki and Kana Hanazawa in Second Promo

Kadokawa released the second main promotional video for the anime adaptation of Keiko Shibata’s Bread Thief (Pan Dorobō) picture books on Thursday. It also announced two more cast members.

Atsumi Tanezaki will voice Nazo no France Pan (Mysterious French Bread), while Kana Hanazawa joins as the narrator.

The anime premieres on October 2. The new video previews its ending theme, “Pang Pang Pang,” performed by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.

The previously announced cast includes:

• Ayaka Asai as Pan Dorobō
• Aki Toyosaki as Nise Pan Dorobō
• Junichi Suwabe as Panya no Ojisan

Takahiko Kyōgoku directs the series at Shinei Animation, with Chie Yamashiro serving as assistant director. Mako Miyako designs the characters, and Mariko Mochizuki oversees the series scripts.

Additional staff members include:

• Lead animators: Shingo Takenaka, Yuka Hara, Asami Sodeyama, Megumi Tomita (Wit Studio)
• Color key artists: Sanae Matsutani, Tomoko Horikoshi
• Color key assistance: Sakiko Soga (RIC)
• Background art director: Chieko Nakamura
• Background art: Studio Cocolo

The picture books follow a piece of bread that steals bread from bakeries around the city.

Shibata published the first book in April 2020. The seventh installment, Bread Thief and the Old Sweets Man (Pan Dorobō to Sweets Ōji), shipped in September 2025.

The series has 4.5 million copies in circulation. Its numerous awards include the 11th LIBRO Picture Book Prize.

The main staff’s previous credits include:

• Kyōgoku: Love Live! School idol project, Love Live! Superstar!!, GATE
• Yamashiro: Hunter × Hunter, Parasyte -the maxim-, Prince of Stride: Alternative
• Miyako: You and I Are Polar Opposites
• Mochizuki: Somali and the Forest Spirit