from April 26 to August 23, 2006. In North America, the series was licensed by Nozomi Entertainment in July 2014. Nozomi released the series on three DVD sets on March 3, May 5, and July 7, 2015. Crunchyroll started streaming the series in November 2015. In July 2019, Funimation announced the streaming rights to the series on its FunimationNow platform. Music The music from the anime series was composed by Taku Iwasaki. Two original soundtracks albums were released on March 24 and November 23, 2005. The first opening theme for episodes 1 to 29 is by Rythem. The second opening theme for episodes 30 to 53 is "Promise" by TiA. The third opening theme for episodes 54 to 69 is by Maria. The first ending theme for episodes 1 to 12 is "Sunday" by The Babystars. The second ending theme for episodes 13 to 29 is "To All Tha Dreamers" by Soul'd Out. The third ending theme for episodes 30 to 42 is by Little by Little. The fourth ending theme for episodes 43 to 53 is "Re: START" by Surface. The fifth ending theme for episodes 54 to 62 is "Merry Go Round" by Mai Hoshimura. The sixth ending theme for episodes 63 to 68 is . The first opening theme "Houki Gumo" is used as the final ending theme for episode 69. Video games A video game, titled , published by Bandai, was released for the Nintendo DS on January 12, 2006. Characters also appeared in the crossover , also for Nintendo DS in 2009. Reception Along with Fullmetal Alchemist, Yakitate!! Japan won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category in 2004. See also Chūka Ichiban! (1995 debut), a cooking manga and anime series The God of Cookery (1996), a Stephen Chow cooking film Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma (2012 debut), a cooking manga and anime series Notes References External links 2001 manga 2004 anime television series debuts Aniplex Comedy anime and manga Cooking in anime and manga Muse Communication Shogakukan manga Shōnen manga Sunrise (company) TV Tokyo original programming Viz Media manga Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga