Live-action Tokyo Revengers stars Takumi Kitamura, stars Mio Imada in series debuting spring 2025
Kodoani.com – NHK has revealed the main cast of “Anpan“, the latest work in the Renzoku Terebi Shōsetsu series, commonly known as “Asadora” or Morning Drama), which spans six decades. This daily live-action morning series is inspired by the life story of Anpanman manga author Takashi Yanase and his wife Nobuo Komatsu.
The film will star Takumi Kitamura as Takashi Yanai. Kitamura previously starred in the live-action “Tokyo Revengers” as Takemichi and in the live-action Netflix series “Yu Yu Hakusho” as Yūsuke. NHK also announced that Mio Imada (as Hinata Tachibana in live-action “Tokyo Revengers”) will play Nobu Asada.
The story will focus on Takashi and Nobu's childhood, and follow them through the creation of Anpanman.
Miho Nakazono will be the scriptwriter for the film and Ken Kurasaki will be the main producer. The film is expected to be released in spring 2025.