The first episode of the NHK morning drama series " Anpan " (General Asadora , Monday to Saturday at 8:00 am and others), starring Mio Imada , which will air in the first half of 2025, was broadcast on March 31st, and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 15.4% for households and 8.6% for individuals.
" Anpan" is based on the married couple Takashi Yanase(1919-2013) and Nobu Komatsu(1918-1993), the manga artist and picture book writer who created "Anpanman." It is a "story of love and courage" that will make you feel the joy of living, depicting how these two, who were once nobody, overcame all sorts of rough seas to become "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."
Nobu Komatsu will play the main character (heroine), Nobu Asada, and Takashi Yanase will play Takashi Yanai, who is based on Takumi Kitamura.
◇Household viewer ratings for the first episode of Asadora over the past five years (since the first half of fiscal 2000)
Omusubi(2nd half of 2024) = 16.8%
The Tiger and Her Wings(first half of fiscal 2024) = 16.4%
Boogie Woogie (2nd semester of 2023) = 16.5%
Ranman (first half of fiscal 2023) = 16.1%
Soar! (2nd semester of 2022) = 16.3%
Chimudondon (first half of fiscal 2022) = 16.7%
Come Come Everybody (2nd half of 2021 = 16.4%)
Okaeri Mone(first half of fiscal 2021) = 19.2%
Ochouyan (2nd half of 2021) = 18.8%
Yale (first half of 2000) = 21.2%
