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Akane-banashi

2026-04-042 seasons · 12 episodesAnimation / Drama7.8/10TMDB · 29 votes

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.

“And so, here begins a story.”

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Season 1

12 episodes2026-04-04

Season 2

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Original languageJapanese

Original release2026-04-04

ProductionJapan

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The people behind the picture.

Anna NagaseAkane Osaki (voice)

Seiichiro YamashitaGuriko Arakawa (voice)

Soshiro HoriAudience Member (voice) / Neighborhood Association Employee (voice) / Zenza (voice) / Male Audience Member (voice) / Passerby (voice) / Old Person (voice) / Karaku Cup Staff Member (voice) / Reporter (voice) / Studio Three Theater Manager (voice)

Chiaki KobayashiKoguma Arakawa (voice)

Masaki TerasomaShiguma Arakawa (voice)

Akio OtsukaIssho Arakawa (voice)

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Mariya IseMachiko Iwashimizu (voice)Ryota IwasakiKimihisa Kashio (voice)Akihisa ShionoKaisei Arakawa (voice)Shizuka ItohMasaki Osaki (voice)Takuya EguchiKarashi Nerimaya (voice)Rie TakahashiHikaru Koragi (voice)Jun FukuyamaShinta Arakawa (Tohru Osaki) (voice)Hiroaki HirataIkken Arakawa (voice)Kazuki UraShohei (voice)Marie OoiFlower Shop Clerk (voice) / Karaku Cup Participant (voice) / Old Person (voice) / Interviewer (voice) / Audience Member (voice)Nobunaga ShimazakiMaikeru Arakawa (voice)Yohei AzakamiKyoji Arakawa (voice)Aino ShimadaSae Komi (voice)Yu WakabayashiMadoka (voice) / Old Person (voice) / Mr. Yanagiya (voice)Suzuka HaraFemale Voice Actor (voice) / Karaku Cup Participant (voice) / Audience Member (voice) / Child (voice)Kosuke EchigoyaHakushu Kashiwaya (voice)Kouji TakedaMamoru Mikuriya (voice)Yumiko KonatsuSaki Yoshino (voice)Fukushi Ochiai'Jumbo' Ozaki (voice)Minori FujideraRisa Kadokura (voice)Rei IchinomiyaYuka Osanai (voice)Riho SugiyamaHiiragi (voice)Hayato YamamotoStudent (voice) / Male Customer (voice)Nana HasumiChild (voice) / Student (voice)Kazuyuki OkitsuRyujaku Sakaki (voice)Hayashiya AnkoKaraku Cup Staff Member (voice)Kotone IzumiFemale Voice Actor (voice) / Female Student (voice)Fumihiko TachikiZensho Arakawa (voice)Asuna Tomari'Jumbo' Ozaki as a 10-Year-Old (voice)Serika HiromatsuMrs. Ozaki (voice)Shinya TakahashiEmcee (voice)Takashi UezumiyaZenza (voice)Irifunetei SenkyouYoung Rakugoka (voice)Shumputei IchienYoung Rakugoka (voice)Ryutei KochirakuYoung Rakugoka (voice)Kurumi OriharaFemale Audience Member (voice)Senyutei SenkaRiichi (voice)Sanyutei KoujirouKaraoke Clerk (voice)Taichi TakedaForeign Customer (voice)Kingentei BakoIzakaya Customer (voice)Yasunori MasutaniTainaka (voice)Saiko MoriyaOld Person (voice)Ryo SugisakiOld Person (voice)Hana SatoOld Person (voice)Tamari SakaiOld Person (voice)Shunputei IchihanaOld Lady (voice)Hayato DojimaStudent (voice)Yanagiya RokusukeYoung Man (voice)Hayashiya KikuhikoRakugo Audio Recording (voice)Junko OkaMother (voice)Hinano ShirahamaMother (voice)Sayaka KamitaniChild (voice)Kazuki AsamiChild (voice)Yanagiya KomonKaraku Cup Representative (voice)Koji SekiChusuke Chuotei (voice)Riko AkechiKaraku Cup Participant (voice)Rena MotomuraKaraku Cup Participant (voice)Reo OsanaiKaraku Cup Participant (voice)Satoshi NiwaKaraku Cup Participant (voice)Saya HitomiFemale Audience Member (voice)Yanagiya KobadaZenza (voice)Chiyuki MiuraHanae Minase (voice)Tetsuya KawatoMegane Chuotei (voice)Haruka MinamiMoko Mokoya (voice)Tomohiro OnoZento Rarii (voice)Aiki MukumotoStudent (voice)Ryuho NagaokaStudent (voice)Kyosuke ManoStudent (voice)Yusuke TonozakiEmcee (voice)Shofukutei BebeSenior Student (voice)Sanyutei GohantsubuSenior Student (voice)Ayato MorinagaKaraku Cup Participant (voice)Kouki OsuzuKaraku Cup Participant (voice)Akinori EgoshiAudience Member (voice)Kouhei YanagiAudience Member (voice)Yurina KikuchiAudience Member (voice)Hidenari UgakiVoice Actor Playing a Monster (voice)Yanagiya KichirokuMale Audience Member (voice)Hayashiya NanakoFemale Audience Member (voice)Iruru ShimizuAudience Member (voice)Erina KogaAudience Member (voice)Sakura SakakuraAudience Member (voice)Yuumi NarusawaAudience Member (voice)Kokontei DensukeMale Audience Member (voice)Hochu OtsukaMiroku Kashiwaya (voice)Ryotaro OkiayuShomei Tsubakiya (voice)Hiroshi NakaEnso Sanmeitei (voice)Mutsumi TamuraUrara Ransaika (voice)Shin-ichiro MikiRyu'un Kenputei (voice)Tomokazu SekiChocho Konjakutei (voice)Sachiko HonmaIce Cream Shop Clerk (voice)Hayato KanekoInamuraya Liquors' Employee (voice)Daishi KajitaMale Student (voice)Takehiro UraoMale Student (voice)Miyu HanasakiFemale Student (voice)Shuri MiyumiFemale Student (voice)Runa SakuraiFemale Student (voice)Rina KawaguchiFemale Student (voice)Shin'ichi HatoriNeighborhood Association President (voice)Hayashiya HikoichiSchool Principal (voice)Tatekawa ShinotaroJudo Club Coach (voice)

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