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Anpanman Creator Takashi Yanase's Life Inspires Biographical Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Anime based on Kumiko Kakehashi's biographical novel premieres on Sunday
Kochi Broadcasting on February 23.
The 55-minute anime is 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 Kumiko Kakehashi's novel of the same name, and celebrates what would have been the 100th birthday of the manga creator.
Froebel-kan began streaming a trailer for the anime on Saturday.
Robot Girls Z) is penning the script.
The cast includes:
- Yasuaki Takumi as Takashi
- Wataru Hatano as Chihiro
- Tesshō Genda as Uncle
- Naomi Shindoh as Aunt
- Megumi Toyoguchi as Nobu
- Hiroshi Tsuchida as Superior Officer
- Shinnosuke Ogami as Shopkeeper
- Buntoku Nakamura as Son
- Ryūto Iwata as Takashi (child)
- Kōsei Kimura as Chihiro (child)
- Hiromu Katou as Child
Yanase was best known for his Soreike! Anpanman manga, which inspired a television anime that has been ongoing since 1988. The manga has also inspired 30 anime films to date, with a 31st ed away on October 13, 2013.
Source: Froebel-kan's YouTube channel, Comic Natalie
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