Kogepan

Kogepan is a San-X character created in 2000. He appears as a burnt red bean bread bun, and lives in a bakery whilst trying to find friends out of other bread items. His name comes from kogeru, meaning to burn or char; and pan, a gairaigo word taken from Portuguese and meaning bread.

Kogepan's Story
I am Kogepan. I was from a bakery shop in Hokkaido. My bakery shop is very famous in Japan because the red bead buns that it churns out are so delicious that only 20 of such type are made each day. I was supposed to be a delicious red bean bun too, but an unfortunate accident had  happened...

But every time I see the other red bean buns I lose hope and become jealous again. I always lecture them about the life of being a bread and because of that, all of them were afraid of me.

Other Kogepan Characters

 * Kuriimupan
 * Kireipan
 * Sumipan
 * Ichigopan

Anime Series
Kogepan has his own anime series, animated by Studio Pierrot and produced by Pony Canyon. They consist of 10, 4 minute shorts, the majority of which introduce simple aspects of this character.

Kogepan Episodes on YouTube: Kogepan Episode Playlist

Books
Thre have been a total of 3 picture books written and published in the Kogepan series, written and drawn by Takahashi Miki. These are:
 * Kogepan: Even Among Bread, They Meet One Another (こげぱん：パンにも出会いがあるらしい..)
 * Kogepan: Even Among Bread, There Are Many Kinds (こげぱん：パンにもいろいろあるらしい..)
 * Kogepan: What Is the Happiness of Bread? (こげぱん：パンのしあわせってなんだろう...)

Fun Facts

 * Happiness for him is always short-lived, so he has the tendency to get drunk on milk.