Anpan (TV series)

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Anpan (あんぱん)[1] is a Japanese television drama series and the 112th Asadora series,[2] following Omusubi. This drama is inspired by Nobu Komatsu, the wife of Takashi Yanase, the creator of Anpanman, but it is a fictional and original work.[3]

GenreDrama
WrittenbyMiho Nakazono
DirectedbyTsuyoshi Yanagawa and others
Starring
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Anpan
GenreDrama
Written byMiho Nakazono
Directed byTsuyoshi Yanagawa and others
Starring
Narrated byRisa Hayashida
Opening theme"Tamamono" by Radwimps
ComposerAkio Izutsu
Country of origin
Japan
Original language
Japanese
No. of episodes130
Production
Producers
  • Shusuke Nakamura
  • Ryosuke Funada
  • Shunsuke Kawaguchi
Running time15 minutes
Production companyNHK
Original release
NetworkNHK General TV
ReleaseMarch 31 (2025-03-31) –
September 26, 2025 (2025-09-26)
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Mio Imada was chosen for the lead role of Nobu Asada from among 3365 auditionees.[4]

Plot

Nobu Asada, who was deeply influenced by militaristic ideology, experienced the horrors of war, which completely changed her values. After the war, she and her husband, Takashi, pursued "a justice that never overturns." Takashi eventually created a masterpiece picture book.

Cast

Asada family

  • Mio Imada as Nobu Asada
    • Yuzuna Nagase as young Nobu
  • Ryo Kase as Yutaro Asada, Nobu's father
  • Noriko Eguchi as Hatako Asada, Nobu's mother
  • Yuumi Kawai as Ranko Asada, Nobu's sister
    • Sakura Yoshikawa as young Ranko
  • Nanoka Hara as Meiko Asada, Nobu's sister
    • Sae Nagatani as young Meiko
  • Kōtarō Yoshida as Kamaji Asada, Nobu's grandfather
  • Miyoko Asada as Kura Asada, Nobu's grandmother
  • Kanata Hosoda as Go Hara

Yanai family

Kokura regiment

  • Satoshi Tsumabuki as Shinnosuke Yagi
  • Eita Okuno as Manzo Kamino
  • Shun'ya Itabashi as Riki Baba
  • Ryosuke Hagiwara as Tetsu Koda
  • Kento Sakurai as Kota Konno
  • Yukito Hidaka as Arata Meguro
  • Hiroki Usudaira as Yasuo Kabata
  • Shunsuke Tanaka as Masaki Kasuya
  • Eiji Yokota as Senkichi Shima

Kōchi Shimpō

  • Kenjiro Tsuda as Akira Shoji
  • Yui Narumi as Kotoko Oda
  • Yuki Kura as Shinji Iwashimizu
  • Nomura Manzo IX as Ryo Kirishima
  • Koji Furukawa as Izuru Torii
  • Riku Kashima as Tatsuya Midorikawa
  • Takuya Wakabayashi as Seizo Aoki

Others

  • Sadao Abe as Sōkichi "Uncle Yam" Yamura, a baker
  • Fumiya Takahashi as Kentaro Karashima, Meiko's husband
  • Sara Shida as Usako Ogawa
  • Sonim as Mimi Yamashita
  • Kumi Takiuchi as Yukiko Kuroi
  • Koichi Yamadera as Haruto Zama
  • Motoki Ohmori (Mrs. Green Apple) as Takuya Ise. He is modeled after Taku Izumi
  • Soua Ogura as Manpei Katsura
  • Sumi Shimamoto as Kako Ode
  • Satoru Saito as Tenpo, a monk
  • Tomohiro Ichikawa as Katsuo Kijima
  • Noritaka Hamao as Iwao Tagawa
  • Ayumu Nakajima as Jiro Wakamatsu, Nobu's first husband
  • Misuzu Kanno as Setsuko Wakamatsu
  • Ryūsei Nakao as Tokizo Furuyama
  • Keiko Toda as Tetsuko Maki
  • Masatoshi Kihara as Norio Sera
  • Gordon Maeda as Osamu Tejima, a manga artist. He is modeled after Osamu Tezuka
  • Shiori Kubo as Tamae Shiratori, a singer. She is modeled after Mariko Miyagi
  • Ryohei Odai as Degawa
  • Sho Aoyagi as Ōne
  • Hinata Todo as Eisuke Rokuhara. He is modeled after Rokusuke Ei
  • Ko Nanase as Ko Oshima, a manga artist
  • Tsutomu Ikeda as Mitsuo Miura, a manga artist
  • Pajama Ehara as Hiroshi Kurita, a manga artist
  • Yuzuna Nagase[a] as Kaho Nakazato. She is modeled after Miho Nakazono, the screenwriter of this series.[5]
  • Michiyo Yanagisawa as Buruburu (voice)
  • Miyuki Sawashiro as Mukumuku (voice)
  • Kotone Furukawa as Seiko Nakao
  • Kenta Hamano as Hirame Hamabe
  • Kanata Irei as Goro Mano
  • Momoka Satake as Mika Komiya
  • Jun Nishiyama as Mamoru Furukawa
  • Kou Maehara as Keizo Takeyama
  • Renji Ishibashi as Mitsuru Horii
  • Keiko Toda[b] as Yoshiko Tobe's voice. She is modeled after Keiko Toda, the voice of Anpanman.

TV schedule

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WeekEpisodesTitleDirected byOriginal airdateRating
11–5"Ningen nante Samishii ne" (人間なんてさみしいね)Tsuyoshi YanagawaMarch 31–April 4, 202515.2%
26–10"Fushiawase-san Konnichiwa" (フシアワセさん今日は)Shin'ichiro HashizumeApril 7–11, 202515.3%
311–15"Nan no Tame ni Umarete" (なんのために生まれて)Tsuyoshi YanagawaApril 14–18, 202515.3%
416–20"Nani o Shite Ikiru noka" (なにをして生きるのか)Shin'ichiro HashizumeApril 21–25, 202515.4%
521–25"Jinsei wa Yorokobase-gokko" (人生は喜ばせごっこ)Tsuyoshi YanagawaApril 28–May 2, 202515.3%
626–30"Kurushimu noka Aisuru noka" (くるしむのか愛するのか)Yuta NoguchiMay 5–9, 202515.1%
731–35"Umi to Namida to Watashi to" (海と涙と私と)Shin'ichiro HashizumeMay 12–16, 202515.5%
836–40"Meguriai Wakareyuku" (めぐりあい わかれゆく)Tsuyoshi YanagawaMay 19–23, 202515.5%
941–45"Zetsubō no Tonari wa Kibō" (絶望の隣は希望)Yuta NoguchiMay 26–30, 202515.8%
1046–50"Ikiro" (生きろ)Shin'ichiro HashizumeJune 2–6, 202515.8%
1151–55"Guntai wa Daikirai, Dakedo" (軍隊は大きらい、だけど)Tsuyoshi YanagawaJune 9–13, 202516.0%
1256–60"Gyakuten shinai Seigi" (逆転しない正義)June 16–20, 202516.0%
1361–65"Saraba Namida" (サラバ 涙)Yuta NoguchiJune 23–27, 202516.2%
1466–70"Shiawase yo, Doko ni Iru" (幸福よ、どこにいる)Shin'ichiro HashizumeJune 30–July 4, 202516.9%
1571–75"Iza! Tokyo" (いざ!東京)Yuki SaharaJuly 7–11, 202516.1%
1676–80"Omoshirogatte Ikie" (面白がって生きえ)Yuta NoguchiJuly 14–18, 202516.0%
1780–85"Anata no Nibai Anata o Suki" (あなたの二倍あなたを好き)Tsuyoshi YanagawaJuly 21–25, 202516.4%
1886–90"Futarishite Aruku Ima ga Shiawase" (ふたりしてあるく 今がしあわせ)Tatsuya OzakiJuly 28–August 1, 202516.6%
1991–95"Yūki no Hana" (勇気の花)Shin'ichiro HashizumeAugust 4–8, 202515.5%
2096–100"Miagete goran Yoru no Hoshi o" (見上げてごらん夜の星を)Yuki SaharaAugust 11–15, 202516.6%
21101–105"Te no Hira o Taiyo ni" (手のひらを太陽に)Yuta NoguchiAugust 18–22, 202516.6%
22106–110"Aisuru Katachi" (愛するカタチ)Tsuyoshi Yanagawa and Ruri HidakaAugust 25–29, 202516.7%
23111–115"Bokura wa Muryoku dakeredo" (ぼくらは無力だけれど)Tsuyoshi YanagawaSeptember 1–5, 202516.9%
24116–120"Anpanman Tanjō" (あんぱんまん誕生)Shin'ichiro HashizumeSeptember 8–12, 202517.1%
25121–125"Kaiketsu Anpanman" (怪傑アンパンマン)Shūsuke NakamuraSeptember 15–19, 202516.6%
26126–130"Ai to Yūki dake ga Tomodachi sa" (愛と勇気だけが友達さ)Tsuyoshi YanagawaSeptember 22–26, 202517.1%
Average rating 16.1% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).[6]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    dual role
  2. [b]
    dual role

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