“Ex-salesman opens bakery with gay heartbreaker ex-crush and ex-boxer, facing past drama.”
Antique Bakery
西洋骨董洋菓子店 ~アンティーク~
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Synopsis
Ex-salesman opens bakery with gay heartbreaker ex-crush and ex-boxer, facing past drama.
Even though he is the top salesman at his company, Keiichirou Tachibana decides to quit his job to open a bakery. While looking over résumés for a head patissier, one name sticks out in particular: Yuusuke Ono, the young man who confessed his feelings to Keiichirou in high school—and whom Keiichirou harshly shot down. Now, Yuusuke is known both as a genius patissier for his skills in the kitchen, and for possessing a demonic charm that attracts even straight men into his bedroom. Despite their shared past, Keiichirou hires Yuusuke and starts working on making the bakery a success. Before long, the pair is joined by former boxer Eiji Kanda, who is searching for a new career after an injury forced him to retire early. Everything is looking up for the newly-opened bakery named Antique—but the ghosts of the employees' pasts threaten to upset their simple lives.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 18 sampled reviews
What 18 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.08 · split reception
4.9 pts
Recommenders 7.9 · others 3.0
↑ 0.00
Running avg · Aug 2008 → Apr 2026
- 7 “First time I ever watched this, I had to stop at episode 3 go to the nearest shop and by buns and cakes :/ but that totally off the point. I really did love the art work on this anime and alongside...”
- 9 “WHAT AM I WATCHING?! ꒰ᐢ. .ᐢ꒱₊˚⊹ like i love the mixed styles and the music, maybe plot isn’t the best but I love the feel of mix and match! Omg it doesn’t let me publish… okay so the story is kind...”
- 8 “Four hot guys, some of whom are questioning their sexuality, decide to band together and run a bakery in this low-budget anime. While this one is pretty lighthearted, some of the characters'...”
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- Format 12 × 22′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 24m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2008 – Sep 2008 Summer 2008
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-3436 catalog
Produced by
- Dentsu Producer
- Fuji TV Producer
- Asmik Ace Producer
- Sony Music Entertainment Producer
- Shinshokan Producer
Licensed by
- Nozomi Entertainment Licensor