Ristorante Paradiso

Ristorante Paradiso
Cover of the first manga volume
リストランテ・パラディーゾ
(Risutorante Paradīzo)
GenreRomance
Manga
Written byNatsume Ono
Published byOhta Publishing
English publisher
MagazineManga Erotics F
Original runMay 2005March 2006
Volumes1
Manga
Gente: The People of Ristorante Paradiso
Written byNatsume Ono
Published byOhta Publishing
English publisher
  • NA: Viz Media
MagazineManga Erotics F
Original runSeptember 2006January 2009
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed byMitsuko Kase
Written byShinichi Inotsume
Music byko-ko-ya
StudioDavid Production
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV (Noise)
Original run April 8, 2009 June 24, 2009
Episodes11

Ristorante Paradiso (Japanese: リストランテ・パラディーゾ, Hepburn: Risutorante Paradīzo), also known as Rispara (リスパラ, Risupara), 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 (GENTE~リストランテの人々~, Gente ~Ristorante no Hitobito~), 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.