Looking back on the final week of the Asadora"Anpan"

The NHK Asadora drama series "Anpan " starring Mio Imada (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and others). On September 27th, we will look back on the final week (26th week) of the series, "Only Love and Courage are Friends" (September 22nd to 26th).

" 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."

In the final week, one day, TV producer Takeyama Keizo (Maehara Akira) comes to see Nobu (Mio Imada) and Taka (Takumi Kitamura).

He said he wanted to turn Anpanman into a TV anime. At first, Taka refused, but with Takeyama's unyielding enthusiasm and encouragement from Nobu, Taka decided to accept, and he also ended up writing the lyrics for the theme song. When Nobu saw the lyrics he had written, tears welled up in his eyes. What was the meaning behind the lyrics?

The TV anime "Soreike! Anpanman," which took two years to complete, is broadcast, and Nobu and Takashi, along with everyone else, have their thoughts on it.

Eventually, Nobu falls ill. After being released from the hospital, Nobu mutters that she might not be able to see the cherry blossoms this year, but Taka reassures her that it's not true and pulls her into a hug.

Then, one day, when Anpanman has become a hero for children all over Japan, Nobu says to Taka, "Taka, you're my Anpanman."