Kogepan
About “Kogepan”:
Kogepan (こげぱん) is a depressed burnt anpan character from the Japanese company San-X, who, like Sanrio creation Hello Kitty, can be found on stationery, accessories, and a number of other products. Kogepan was created by Miki Takahashi in the year 2000. A number of Kogepan books by Takahashi have been published in Japan. Adapted to a self-titled short anime series in 2001, animated by Studio Pierrot and produced by Pony Canyon. A Kogepan PlayStation game was released in Japan in 2002. Over two million plush Kogepan toys have been sold, and book sales reached over 1.3 million combined copies.
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