Anime · ABA
Akane-banashi
And so, here begins a story.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Anna Nagase
Akane Osaki (voice)
12 eps
Takuya Eguchi
Karashi Nerimaya (voice)
5 eps
Rie Takahashi
Hikaru Koragi (voice)
5 eps
Akihisa Shiono
Kaisei Arakawa (voice)
6 eps
Jun Fukuyama
Shinta Arakawa (Tohru Osaki) (voice)
5 eps
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Maikeru Arakawa (voice)
4 eps
Chiaki Kobayashi
Koguma Arakawa (voice)
8 eps
Yohei Azakami
Kyoji Arakawa (voice)
4 eps
Seiichiro Yamashita
Guriko Arakawa (voice)
9 eps
Masaki Terasoma
Shiguma Arakawa (voice)
8 eps
Akio Otsuka
Issho Arakawa (voice)
8 eps
Shizuka Itoh
Masaki Osaki (voice)
6 eps
Fumihiko Tachiki
Zensho Arakawa (voice)
1 eps
Hiroaki Hirata
Ikken Arakawa (voice)
5 eps
Kosuke Echigoya
Hakushu Kashiwaya (voice)
3 eps
Mariya Ise
Machiko Iwashimizu (voice)
8 eps
Fukushi Ochiai
'Jumbo' Ozaki (voice)
2 eps
Minori Fujidera
Risa Kadokura (voice)
2 eps
Rei Ichinomiya
Yuka Osanai (voice)
2 eps
Kouji Takeda
Mamoru Mikuriya (voice)
3 eps
Riho Sugiyama
Hiiragi (voice)
2 eps
Yumiko Konatsu
Saki Yoshino (voice)
3 eps
Ryota Iwasaki
Kimihisa Kashio (voice)
8 eps
Aino Shimada
Sae Komi (voice)
4 eps
Kazuki Ura
Shohei (voice)
5 eps
Asuna Tomari
'Jumbo' Ozaki as a 10-Year-Old (voice)
1 eps
Serika Hiromatsu
Mrs. Ozaki (voice)
1 eps
Shinya Takahashi
Emcee (voice)
1 eps
Takashi Uezumiya
Zenza (voice)
1 eps
Irifunetei Senkyou
Young Rakugoka (voice)
1 eps
Shumputei Ichien
Young Rakugoka (voice)
1 eps
Yu Wakabayashi
Madoka (voice)
4 eps
Ryutei Kochiraku
Young Rakugoka (voice)
1 eps
Kurumi Orihara
Female Audience Member (voice)
1 eps
Senyutei Senka
Riichi (voice)
1 eps
Sanyutei Koujirou
Karaoke Clerk (voice)
1 eps
Taichi Takeda
Foreign Customer (voice)
1 eps
Kingentei Bako
Izakaya Customer (voice)
1 eps
Yasunori Masutani
Tainaka (voice)
1 eps
Saiko Moriya
Old Person (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Akane-banashi actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Akane-banashi reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
As a child, Akane witnesses a shocking event during her father's career-defining show. Now in high school, she vows to reach the art's highest rank.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 12 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202612 episodes
7.5IMDbAkane Osaki, captivated since childhood by the magical performances of her father, Shinta Arakawa, witnesses a shocking incident during his decisive performance for promotion to shin'uchi (master rank). Six years later, now a high school student, she sets her sights on becoming a shin'uchi herself—pushing forward in the highly competitive world of rakugo.
Best episode · S01E02 First Performance
- Poster unavailableSeason 2
Season 2 · Unannounced
Season 2
0 episodes
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
Graduation
- Directed by Miwa Sasaki, Yuu Harima
- Written by Michihiro Tsuchiya
S01E08
What They Want
- Directed by Shizue Kaneko, Yuu Harima
- Written by Michihiro Tsuchiya
S01E07
Karaku Cup
- Directed by Ryoko Nakano
- Written by Michihiro Tsuchiya
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kazuki EndoProducer
- Masami NiwaExecutive Producer
- Hiroki OkagawaProducer
- Tatsuro HayashiExecutive Producer
- Yuko MatsuiExecutive Producer
- Hiroshi YanaiExecutive Producer
Writing
- Michihiro TsuchiyaWriter
Direction
- Miwa SasakiDirector
- Kenta MimuroDirector
- Mie OishiDirector
- Ryoko NakanoDirector
- Shizue KanekoDirector
- Wang ChihsiaDirector
Cinematography
- Yuuta NakamuraDirector of Photography
Music
- Akio IzutsuOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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