A new character relationship chart for the NHK morning drama " Anpan " starring Mio Imada(General Asadora , Monday to Saturday 8:00am and others) has been released on the drama's official website. In the relationship chart, which begins on July 28th and starts with the 18th week "Walking Together, Now is Happiness", the annotation between Nobu (Imada) and Takashi ( Takumi Kitamura) has finally changed from "Friends since elementary school" to "They share the same feelings".
The new name is Akira (Kyuta Banka), a war orphan who Nobu and Takashi met under the railway tracks. Akira is a boy who adores Yagi (Satoshi Tsumabuki) and is even taught kanji by Nobu. Together with Yagi, who has become the owner of a black market liquor store, Akira is positioned as one of the "people under the railway tracks."
Meanwhile, the names of Kamaji (Kotaro Yoshida), who passed away in the 16th week, "Live Your Life with Interest" (July 14-18), as well as "Yam-san" Kusakichi (Sadao Abe), who appeared at the Asada household for the first time in six years at that time, Kirishima Ryo (Nomura Manzo), Torii Izuru (Furukawa Koji), Midorikawa Tatsuya (Kashima Riku), Aoki Masazo (Wakabayashi Takuya), and even "Oshin-chan"Shin Uto(Himari Hitomi), the maid at the Yanai household, have all disappeared.
The vagabond Yam-san has set off on a journey again. Oshin-chan, who has appeared since the first week, is also absent for the first time, which is also a cause for concern.
"Anpan" is based on the married couple Takashi Yanase(1919-2013) and Nobu (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."
