The NHK Asadora drama series "Anpan " starring Mio Imada (General TV, Monday to Saturday at 8:00 a.m. and others) will broadcast its 6th week, "Do you suffer or love?". In the 26th episode on May 5th...
In the previous episode, episode 25, it was the day that the results of the Tokyo Higher School of Fine Arts were announced. Takashi ( Takumi Kitamura) was sitting alone on a bench, unable to find the courage to look at the results. Then Hiroshi (Yutaka Takenouchi) appeared. Seeing Takashi's expression, Hiroshi encouraged him, saying, "Next to despair is hope," but he hadn't seen the results yet. Hiroshi grabbed Takashi's arm and hurried to the bulletin board.
At that time, Nobu (Imada) was worried about the results of Takashi's exam and was not able to concentrate on his naginata training. When Nobu lost a match to Usako (Sara Shida), Kuroi (Kumi Takiuchi) told him that he lost because he had no conviction.
In episode 26, Taka, who has entered Tokyo Higher School of Fine Arts, reunites with Kentaro (Fumiya Takahashi), whom he met during his entrance exam.
Takashi and his friends are ordered by their teacher, Zama (Koichi Yamadera), to go to Ginza and experience the world, so they immediately go for a walk around the area. They are excited by the sophisticated streets and people. Meanwhile, Nobu, who is now in her second year at the Women's Normal School, is being taught patriotism by Kuroi, who is putting more effort into his teaching, but she is somehow not satisfied. Then, Nobu receives a letter from Takashi.
"Anpan" is based on the married couple Takashi Yanase(1919-2013) and Nobuyuki (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 and arrived at "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."
