Yumeiro Patissiere is a Japanese anime television series based the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Natsumi Matsumoto. The series is produced by Studio Pierrot and directed by Ko Suzuki. It focuses on 14-year-old Ichigo Amano who dreams of becoming a pastry chef. She attends St. Marie Academy to follow her grandmother's footsteps while meeting the sweet spirits and some boys.
Two pieces of theme music have been used for the series thus far. The opening music piece is "Yume ni Ēru! Patishiēru" (夢にエール!パティシエール♪, Yell for the Dream! Patissiere) by Mayumi Gojō , and the ending theme is "Ichigo no Mirakurūru" (いちごのミラクルール, Ichigo's Miracle) by Yukina Sugihara . The CD single for the two was released by the Columbia Music Entertainment on January 20, 2010, in a regular and limited edition. The limited edition comes with extra charms and costs ¥1,365, but is otherwise the same as the regular edition, which costs ¥1,050.[1][2] A soundtrack for the series was released on April 21, 2010, titled Yumeiro Patissiere: Sparkling Music (夢色パティシエール きらきら☆ミュージック, Yumeiro Patishiēru: Kira-kira Myūjikku).[3][4]
Yumeiro Patissiere was available for streaming with English subtitles on Crunchyroll.[5] This season contains 50 episodes with a second season premiering October 3, 2010, under the name Yumeiro Patisserie SP Professional. The first DVD volume for the anime was released March 3, 2010.[6]