The NHK Asadora drama series "Anpan " starring Mio Imada (General TV, Monday to Saturday at 8:00 am) will broadcast its 11th week, "I hate the military, but..." In the 51st episode on Getsuku...
"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."
In episode 51, Takashi (Takumi Kitamura) is transferred from the Kochi Regiment to the Kokura Regiment. He begins his harsh military life under the strict guidance of senior soldiers such as Baba (Itabashi Shunya), who is in charge of training new recruits, and Takashi begins to feel gloomy, wondering if he can make it there. Among them, Private First Class Yagi (Satoshi Tsumabuki), who is in charge of Takashi's care, is strict but never hits him, and he draws a line between himself and the veteran soldiers.