A new character relationship chart for the NHK Asadora drama "Anpan " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8am and other times), starring Mio Imada , has been released on the drama's official website and elsewhere. The chart, which begins on August 25th with the 22nd week "The Shape of Love," shows Yagi ( Satoshi Tsumabuki) and Masateru Kasuya (Tanaka Shunsuke), who reappeared in the previous 21st week "The Te no Hira wo Taiyou ni," and Akira Kizuki (Saito Tomoaki), forming the "Kyushu Cotton Center." There are five weeks left in the drama's broadcast.
During the war, Kasuya was the propaganda squad leader of the Kokura Regiment, to which Takashi (Takumi Kitamura) belonged. He was good friends with Yagi, and works at Yagi's company, Kyushu Cotton Center. Akira is a war orphan whom Nobu (Imada) and Takashi met under a railway overpass after the war. He adored Yagi, and Nobu even taught him kanji. As an adult, he also works at Yagi's company, Kyushu Cotton Center.
Ranko (Yuumi Kawai), who is also in charge of writing advertising copy for the Kyushu Cotton Center, is not part of the company, but she works next to Yagi (Satoshi Tsumabuki). Viewers are also curious about the relationship between the two, so it will be interesting to see if there will be any progress in the future.
Furthermore, the name of singer Shiratori Tamae (Kubo Shiori), who joined the relationship chart from the 21st week, has disappeared. So far, she has only appeared in episode 101 (broadcast on August 18th). Will she be leaving after just one appearance?
"Anpan" is based on the married couple Takashi Yanase(1919-2013), the manga artist and picture book author who created "Anpanman," and his wife, Nobu (1918-1993). It is a "story of love and courage" that will fill you with the joy of living, depicting how these two, who were once nobodys, overcame all sorts of rough seas to become "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."
