There is a thief in the bakery, and he looks like a loaf of bread. The Bread Thief, or Pan Dorobo, has a new main trailer that sends its unlikely star running through town with his favorite food. The TV anime begins October 2 on NHK E-Tele in Japan.
The preview makes the joke easy to grasp even if you have never opened Keiko Shibata’s picture books. A bread-loving thief sneaks into bakeries looking for the tastiest loaf. A baker and other peculiar bread-shaped characters complicate that mission. The new footage is full of bright shops, suspicious glances and the sort of chase that feels far more mischievous than dangerous.
What is new in the trailer?
Shin-Ei Animation unveiled the second main promotional video and a new key visual on September 17. The video plays to the ending song “Pang Pang Pang” by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu as the Bread Thief and the Fake Bread Thief race around town. The visual brings the two together with the mysterious baguette and the bakery owner.
The studio also announced two more voices: Atsumi Tanezaki plays the mysterious baguette, and Kana Hanazawa narrates. They join Ayaka Asai as the Bread Thief, Aki Toyosaki as the Fake Bread Thief and Junichi Suwabe as the baker. The names are fun, but you do not have to know the books to understand why a baguette might be suspicious in this world.
From picture books to an animated bakery
Shibata’s Pan Dorobo books began with the simple pleasure of a character who adores bread enough to steal it. The official anime site describes him slipping into a bakery in search of the best loaf in the world. The show keeps that playful premise rather than pretending it is a high-stakes adventure.
Naohiko Kyogoku directs, and Shin-Ei Animation produces the series. The new trailer’s clean colors and lively expressions make its storybook origin visible. The thief’s costume is wonderfully silly, but the animation treats every piece of bread like something worth a great deal of attention.
When does The Bread Thief start?
The Japanese broadcast begins Friday, October 2, 2026, at 6:40 p.m. on NHK E-Tele, with new episodes scheduled for Fridays. That is the announced Japan TV slot. The sources checked for this story do not confirm an international streaming service or an English dub.
The trailer is a good introduction to what the series can do. It turns a bakery visit into a tiny chase scene and gives the supporting cast room to be just as odd as its star. There are only a few weeks left before the thief makes the leap from the page to television.
See the story, voice cast and broadcast details on our The Bread Thief anime page.
