A special program titled " Anpan x RADWIMPS Special" for the NHK Asadora drama series "Anpan " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and other times) starring Mio Imada will be broadcast on NHK General TV from 10:00 PM on August 7th. For the first time, Imada, who plays the main character Nobu, Takumi Kitamura, who plays Nobu's husband Takashi, and the rock band RADWIMPS, who wrote the theme song "Tamamono," will have a talk.
"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 welling up from your whole body, depicting how these two, who were once nobodys, overcame all sorts of rough seas to become "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."
In this special program, Imada and the others will talk extensively about the behind-the-scenes of famous scenes from the drama, including the much talked about proposal scene, as well as their thoughts on the theme song. RADWIMPS will also perform "Gift" for the first time on television, and in Kochi, the setting of "Anpan," they will touch on little-known stories about Yanase and Anpanman, and visit the memorable place that marked the band's origins.
The program will be narrated by NHK announcer Risa Hayashida, just like the drama, and by Keiko Toda, who voices Anpanman in the popular anime series "Soreike! Anpanman" (Nippon TV) and also appears in the drama.
