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Live-Action TV Series Anpan Reveals More Cast

Takashi Yanase and his wife Nobuo Komatsu.

The newly announced cast are:

Fumiya Takahashi as Kentarō Karashima, Takashi's classmate and close friend

Sara Shida as Usako Ogawa, Nobuo's classmate and childhood friend

Sonim as Mimi Yamashita, a teacher at Nobuo's all-girls high school

Yukiko Kuroi, a teacher at the Women's Normal School Nobu goes to after graduating from high school

Kōichi Yamadera as Haruto Zama, a teacher at Takashi's art school and his mentor

Previously announced cast includes:

• Nanako Matsushima as Tomoko Yanai
• Kazunari Ninomiya as Kiyoshi Yanai
• Motoki Nakazawa as Chihiro Yanai
• Himari Hitomi as Shin Uto
• Naho Toda as Chiyoko Yanai
• Yutaka Takenouchi as Hiroshi Yanai

The series will star Mio Imada as Nobu Asada.

The series will follow the childhood of Takashi and Nobu, and follow them through the creation of Anpanman.

Miho Nakazono will be the scriptwriter for the series, and Ken Kurasaki is the chief producer. The series will premiere in spring 2025.

Yūki no Hana ga Hiraku Toki: Yanase Takashi to Anpanman no Monogatari (When the Flower of Courage Blooms - The Story of Takashi Yanase and Anpanman), based on Kumiko Kakehashi's novel of the same name.

Yanase was best known for his died on October 13, 2013.

The Renzoku TV Shōsetsu franchise previously aired the Natsuzora story about the early Japanese animation industry from April to September 2019 for 156 episodes. The series is loosely based on the life of animator Reiko Okuyama. Each series in the franchise usually run for 15 minutes every weekday morning for half a year, for a total runtime of over 30 hours.

Sources: NHK, Eiga Natalie