Ristorante Paradiso

• Name — Ristorante Paradiso • Ja Kanji — リストランテ・パラディーゾ • Ja Romaji — Risutorante Paradīzo • Genre — Romance

• Type — manga • Author — Natsume Ono • Publisher — Ohta Publishing • Magazine — Manga Erotics F • First — May 2005 • Last — March 2006 • Volumes — 1

• Type — manga • Title — Gente: The People of Ristorante Paradiso • Author — Natsume Ono • Publisher — Ohta Publishing • Magazine — Manga Erotics F • First — September 2006 • Last — January 2009 • Volumes — 3

• Type — TV series • Director — Mitsuko Kase • Writer — Shinichi Inotsume • Music — Ko-ko-ya • Studio — David Production • Network — Fuji TV (Noise) • First — April 8, 2009 • Last — June 24, 2009 • Episodes — 11

• Portal — yes Ristorante Paradiso, also known as Rispara, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsume Ono, detailing the daily lives of the staff of a restaurant in Rome. The first iteration of the series was serialized in Ohta Publishing's Manga Erotics F manga magazine between May 2005 and March 2006; it spanned one volume. A continuation, Gente: The People of Ristorante Paradiso, was serialized in the same magazine from September 2006 to January 2009. An anime adaptation, produced by David Production, aired on Fuji TV's late night Noise programming block from April to June 2009. The anime was also officially streamed with English subtitles by Crunchyroll. Both manga series, Ristorante Paradiso and Gente, have been licensed by Viz Media for an English-language release in North America.

• Nicoletta • Fumiko Orikasa • The protagonist of the series. 21 years old, Nicoletta is an energetic girl whose parents divorced when she was young and was as a result raised by her grandparents. Upon graduating from cooking school, she began working as an apprentice at the Casetta dell'Orso restaurant and is its only female staff. She has a crush on Claudio. • Santo Kuraudio Paradīzo • Jin Yamanoi • The head waiter of Casetta dell'Orso. He and his first wife Gabriella separated a few years previous to the start of the series. He still wears his wedding ring to dissuade women from pursuing him. • Ruchiāno de Rūka • Mitsutaka Tachikawa • A waiter at Casetta dell'Orso. A very blunt but occasionally shy person. He is a widower, but still cares deeply for his departed wife, and ignores the advances of other women. He has a daughter, Rosemary, and a grandson, Francesco. • Vito • Takaya Kuroda • A waiter at Casetta dell'Orso. A very jovial person, he is married to a young woman who is a college student, whom he met through their mutual workout routines. He is a very flirtatious man, but openly reveals that he is already married and very much in love. • Gian Luigi Orsini (Gigi) • Shigeo Kiyama • The sommelier at Casetta dell'Orso. A taciturn person, he is Lorenzo's half brother and cousin. Gigi rarely speaks, but by observing people, is able to tell what they are thinking, including perfectly matching one's taste with a wine. He is currently single. • Furio • Kazuhiko Nishimatsu • A chef. A friendly person. He is a devoted husband to his wife, Angela. He and Claudio previously worked in a hotel together when they were much younger. • Teo • Yōji Ueda • A chef. The youngest member of the restaurant staff; he is a talented pasty chef. • Oruga • Haruhi Terada • Nicoletta's mother. A sought-after divorce lawyer in Rome. She left Nicoletta with her grandmother at a young age so that she could get re-married. • Gaburierra • Misa Watanabe • Claudio's ex-wife. A lawyer who works in the same office as Olga; they are best friends, and is the only person Olga tells that Nicoletta is her daughter. • Lorenzo Orsini • Kenji Nomura • Olga's current husband and owner of Casetta dell'Orso. 51 years old. • Vanna: • A former chef of Casetta dell'Orso. She left to live in America with her family a few years previous to the start of the series. Teo looks up to her as a mentor.

The Ristorante Paradiso anime adaptation aired on Fuji TV's late night Noise programming block from April 5, 2009. Produced by David Production, being the studio's first anime television series production, the series aired for 11 episodes. The anime has been licensed by Right Stuf Inc. and was released under their new label Lucky Penny on November 6, 2012.

• Opening theme: "Marigold" • Lyrics: Tomoko Nagashima, composition and arrangement: Kazuma Fujimoto, performance: orange pekoe • Ending theme: literally "Lovely Fruit" • Lyrics: Yuho Iwasato, composition: Lisa Komine, arrangement: Rie Hamada, performance: Lisa Komine • Theme song: "Palette" (episode 3 only) • Lyrics: Natsumi Kiyoura, composition: Shun Yoshida, arrangement: Ko-ko-ya, performance: Natsumi Kiyoura