Miho Nakazono wrote the script for the series about Takashi Yanase, Nobuo Komatsu
NHK announced on Friday that the latest installment in the six-decade long series Renzoku Terebi Shōsetsu (Serial Television Novel, also known as “Asadora” or Morning Drama) will be Anpan. The live-action weekday morning series will focus on the life story of Anpanman manga author Takashi Yanase and his wife Nobuo Komatsu. Miho Nakazono will be the scriptwriter for the series. The series will premiere in the first half of 2025.
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Froebel-kan Co., Ltd. previously produced a biographical anime television special about Yanase in February 2019 titled 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 the novel of the same name by Kumiko Kakehashi.
The Renzoku TV Shōsetsu franchise previously aired the story of Natsozora about the early Japanese animation industry from April to September 2019 for 156 episodes. The series is based on the life of animator Reiko Okuyama. Each series in the series is typically 15 minutes long every weekday morning for half the year, for a total runtime of more than 30 hours.
Source: NHK PR Twitter accountMantan Web