NHK’s TV series “Anpan,” in which Mio Imada (28) has played the main character, finally reached its final episode on September 26. It was a moving final episode that focused on the later years of the main character and her husband, but some people pointed out “discomfort.” …… The “death flag” of Yumi Kawai and Satoshi Tsumabuki’s “finger rubbing” scene, which is a “daytime drama even though it is a morning drama” [The following contains spoilers for “Anpan”] “Anpan” is a drama about the popular character “Anpanman,” which is a Japanese word for “bread man. Anpan” is inspired by the cartoonist Takashi Yanase and his wife Nobu Komatsu, the creators of the nationally known character “Anpanman. Imada played the heroine Nobu Asada, modeled after Nobu, and Takumi Kitamura (27) played the role of Takeshi Yanai, modeled after Yanase. The final episode began in 1988, when Nobu underwent surgery, and it appeared that she did not have long to live, but then a voiceover said, “For the next five years, Nobu lived a healthy life as if her illness had been completely cured,” and the last years of the couple’s life were depicted. In reality, Nobu Komatsunobu also underwent breast cancer surgery in December 1988 and passed away in November 1993, so it is believed that this was during that period. The name of Nobu’s illness is not revealed in the drama. The story of the couple’s last days was depicted in the last episode (on the 25th), and it was a wonderful, gentle, and biting final episode of the entire story, with plenty of time for the couple’s last days to be depicted.” Many viewers praised the final episode, saying that it was a good ending and that it made them cry, but some pointed out that there was something “strange” about it. One of the “discomforts” that viewers pointed out was the “aging” of Nobu and Takeshi, which has been pointed out before. One of the “discomforts” pointed out by viewers is the “aging” of Nobu and Takeshi, which has been pointed out before. Later, the two actors in their 70s were interviewed and Nobu reads the Anpanman picture-story show to the children, but because Imada and Kitamura are in their late 20s, they look younger than they are even with aging makeup. And their voices are also ……. The viewers said, “I guess it’s just the way she looks that makes her look old and her voice is young, so it’s always been a bit disconcerting. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m too old or because I’m too young to play the role of a grandmother. I can’t get into the story. I’m not sure if it’s a good thing that the young actors are aging as they are, but they look old with only their hair and make-up made up spots and no wrinkles around their eyes or neck. It’s like a contrast. The actor’s eyes and neck are wrinkle-free, so he doesn’t look old at all. The young and beautiful Ms. Imada and Ms. Kitamura are the only ones who can be made to look “old,” and there is a limit to what makeup can do. However, the voice that reads to the children is still very powerful. …… Another thing that has caused some discomfort is that some people have asked, “What happened to her? The other thing that has been pointed out is that there was no “what happened” to Nobu’s younger sister Ranko (Yumi Kawai/24) and the president of Curio (modeled after Sanrio), Shinnosuke Yagi (Satoshi Tsumabuki/44), with whom she had been in love.
