The sixth episode of the NHK Asadora drama series "Anpan " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00am, etc.), starring Mio Imada , aired on April 7th, and it was revealed that the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 15.5% for households and 8.9% for individuals. The 15.5% for households was the highest ever for the show, and the 8.9% for individuals was the highest ever for the show.
" 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."
In the sixth episode, the Asada family gained the strength to live after eating Kusakichi's (Sadao Abe) Anpan. Hatako (Noriko Eguchi) started working as a side job, and Kamaji (Kotaro Yoshida) and his family worked hard at their stonemasons. In this way, they tried to somehow get over the death of Yutaro.
Meanwhile, when Tomiko (Nanako Matsushima) doesn't come home, Takashi (Yuki Kimura) is worried, and Hiroshi (Yutaka Takenouchi) shows him a boys' magazine. Takashi's eyes light up and he becomes immersed in the world of manga. Then, one day, Meiko (Saeki Nagatani) sneaks into Kamatsuri's workshop... and so the story unfolds.
