Akane-banashi (TV)

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Alternative title:
あかね噺 (Japanese)
Themes: rakugo
Plot Summary: Rakugo--the ultimate form of storytelling, where everything in a story is expressed with just your body and words. Shinta and his daughter Akane have been seduced by this wonderful form of classical entertainment. Having observed her father strive to pass the shin'uchi rakugo test, Akane will take her own steps into this unique world. (from manga)
Vintage: 2026-04
Official website:
TVアニメ『あかね噺』公式サイト (Japanese)
News:
Akane-banashi Anime Reveals Trailer, More Cast & Staff, April 2026 Debut (Dec 21, 2025)
Convention report:
Akane-banashi Producer, Manga Editor Share How to Bring Rakugo to Anime (Aug 24, 2025)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Ayumu Watanabe
Series Composition: Michihiro Tsuchiya
Music: Akio Izutsu
Original creator:
Takamasa Moue
Yūki Suenaga
Character Design: Kii Tanaka
Art Director: Takumi Oda
Chief Animation Director:
Hisashi Kagawa
Kii Tanaka
Yasunari Nitta
Sound Director: Noriyoshi Konuma
Director of Photography: Yūta Nakamura

Art Setting: Shūhei Tada
Assistant Director:
Yu Harima
Color design: Saori Goda
Costume Design: Noriko Shimazawa
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose
Prop Design: Yoshinori Iwanaga
Rakugo Supervisor: Kikuhiko Hayashiya
Sub-Character Design: Yasunari Nitta
Anna Nagase as Akane Ōsaki
Rie Takahashi as Hikaru Kōragi
Takuya Eguchi as Karashi Nerimaya

Chiaki Kobayashi as Koguma Arakawa
Jun Fukuyama as Shinta Arakawa (Tōru Ōsaki)
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Maikeru Arakawa
Seiichirō Yamashita as Guriko Arakawa
Yōhei Azakami as Kyoji Arakawa
Japanese companies
Animation Production: ZEXCS
Broadcaster: TV Asahi (IMAnimation)
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