The 76th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen Gassen, which aired on New Year's Eve, featured a special stage performance of " Anpan, " an NHK Asadora drama series that will air in the first half of 2025.
The special stage will feature a star-studded cast including Mio Imada, who plays the main character Nobu and acts as host, as well as Anpanman, Baikinman, Uncle Jam and others from "Soreike! Anpanman."
After the mini-drama, Imada, Yuumi Kawai, and Nanoka Hara sang "Tokyo Boogie Woogie,"Takumi Kitamura, Fumiya Takahashi, Koichi Yamadera , and the students sang "The Design Department Song," Omori Motoki sang "Look Te no Hira wo Taiyou ni at the Stars at Night," and Motoki Omori , Kitamura, Kawai, Hara, Takahashi, Omori, Tsuda Kenjiro, Kenjiro Tsuda, Koichi Yamadera, and Toda Keiko sang "Te no Hira wo Taiyou ni."
Finally, Imada, Kitamura, Kawai, Hara, Takahashi, Omori, Tsuda, Nakao, Yamadera, and Toda sang "Anpanman March," and Anpanman, Baikinman, Uncle Jam, Dokin-chan, Shokupanman, and Currypanman also appeared.
On social media, people were saying things like, "It was exciting," "It was really good," "It was so warm I almost lost it," and "I wonder if it reached Professor Yanase."
