Akane-banashi (TV)
Alternative title:
あかね噺 (Japanese)
Genres:
drama
Themes:
performing arts,
rakugo
Plot Summary:
Shinta and his daughter Akane have been seduced by the wonderful storytelling of Rakugo, where everything is expressed with just your body and words. Having observed her father strive to pass the shin'uchi rakugo test, Akane takes her own steps into this unique artform.
User Ratings:
44 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2026-04-04
2026-05-16 (Netflix; English dub)
Opening Theme:
"Hitotarashi" (人誑し / ひとたらし) by Keisuke Kuwata
Ending Theme:
"AKANE On My Mind ~ Manjū Kowai" (AKANE On My Mind〜饅頭こわい) by Keisuke Kuwata
Official website:
TVアニメ『あかね噺』公式サイト (Japanese)
Reviews: Show:
Akane-banashi ‒ Episode 12 (Jun 23, 2026)
Akane-banashi ‒ Episode 11 (Jun 15, 2026)
Akane-banashi ‒ Episode 10 (Jun 8, 2026)
Akane-banashi ‒ Episode 9 (Jun 1, 2026)
Akane-banashi ‒ Episode 8 (May 26, 2026)
Akane-banashi ‒ Episode 7 (May 19, 2026)
Akane-banashi ‒ Episode 6 (May 12, 2026)
Akane-banashi ‒ Episode 5 (May 6, 2026)
Akane-banashi ‒ Episode 4 (Apr 28, 2026)
Akane-banashi ‒ Episode 3 (Apr 20, 2026)
News: Show:
Akane-banashi Anime Gets 2nd Season in January 2027 (Jun 20, 2026)
Akane-banashi Anime Reveals Additional English Dub Cast (May 22, 2026)
Akane-banashi Anime's New Video Previews Karaku Cup Arc (May 9, 2026)
Akane-banashi Anime Announces 5 More Cast Members (Apr 4, 2026)
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Press Releases:
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Director: Ayumu Watanabe Series Composition: Michihiro Tsuchiya Music: Akio Izutsu Character Design: Kii Tanaka Art Director: Takumi Oda Animation Director: Takao Takegami (ep 3) Sound Director: Noriyoshi Konuma Director of Photography: Yūta Nakamura Executive producer: Hiroshi Yanai (TV Asahi) Kei Mizutani (TV Asahi Music) Shōki Niwa (Aniplex) Tatsuro Hayashi (Shueisha) Yūko Matsui (BS Asahi) Animation producer: Kiyoshi Shintaku Art Setting: Shūhei Tada Assistant producer: Mariya Kato Color design: Saori Gōda Costume Design: Noriko Shimazawa Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose Hakata Dialect Direction: Erina Koga (eps 7, 9-11) Kamigata Dialect Direction: Bebe Shōfukutei (eps 8, 10) Key Animation: Takao Takegami (ep 2) Original Work Cooperation: Hitoshi Koike (Weekly Shonen Jump Editorial Department) Kōhei Ōnishi (Weekly Shonen Jump Editorial Department) Seisuke Araki (Weekly Shonen Jump Editorial Department) Shū Murakoshi (Weekly Shonen Jump Editorial Department) Takaaki Kuwahara (Weekly Shonen Jump Editorial Department) Tetsuya Kodaira (Weekly Shonen Jump Editorial Department) Yū Saitō (Weekly Shonen Jump Editorial Department) Planning: Atsuhiro Iwakami (Aniplex) Hiroaki Nishimura (BS Asahi) Hiroyuki Dekura (TV Asahi Music) Hitoshi Ono (TV Asahi) Kiyoshi Shintaku (ZEXCS) Yoshihisa Heishi (Shueisha) Yūta Furukawa (AbemaTV) Production Committee: Hiroyuki Shimizu (Aniplex) Makoto Ōyoshi (Shueisha) Masanori Miyake (Aniplex) Shinichiro Kashiwada (Aniplex) Takahiro Habuta (Shueisha) Tomoharu Matsuhisa (TV Asahi) Prop Design: Yoshinori Iwanaga Rakugo Supervisor: Kikuhiko Hayashiya Sub-Character Design: Yasunari Nitta Theme Song Composition: Keisuke Kuwata (OP, ED) Theme Song Lyrics: Keisuke Kuwata (OP, ED) | Anna Nagase as Akihisa Shiono as Akio Ōtsuka as Chiaki Kobayashi as Fumihiko Tachiki as Hiroaki Hirata as Jun Fukuyama as Masaki Terasoma as Nobunaga Shimazaki as Rie Takahashi as Ryōta Iwasaki as Seiichirō Yamashita as Shizuka Itō as Takuya Eguchi as Yōhei Azakami as Yumiko Konatsu as Aiki Mukumoto as Aino Shimada as Akinori Egoshi as Anko Hayashiya as Asuna Tomari as Ayato Morinaga as Bakō Kingentei as Bebe Shōfukutei as Chiyuki Miura as Daishi Kajita as Densuke Kokontei as Erina Koga as Fukushi Ochiai as Gohantsubu San'yūtei as Hana Satō as Haruka Minami as Hayato Dōjima as Hayato Kaneko as Hidenari Ugaki as Hikoichi Hayashiya as Hinano Shirahama as Hiroshi Naka as Hōchū Ōtsuka as Ichihana Shunpūtei as Ichizō Shunpūtei as Iruru Shimizu as Junko Oka as Kazuki Asami as Kazuki Ura as Kazuyuki Okitsu as Kichiroku Yanagiya as Kikuhiko Hayashiya as Koenshi Ryūtei as Kohada Yanagiya as Kōhei Yanagi as Kōji Seki as Kōji Takeda as Kōjirō San'yūtei as Kōki Ohsuzu as Komon Yanagiya as Kōsuke Echigoya as Kurumi Orihara as Kyōsuke Mano as Marie Ōi as Mariya Ise as Minori Fujidera as Miyu Hanasaki as Mutsumi Tamura as Nanako Hayashiya as Rei Ichinomiya as Rena Motomura as Reo Osanai as Riho Sugiyama as Riko Akechi as Rina Kawaguchi as Rokusuke Yanagiya as Runa Sakurai as Ryō Sugisaki as Ryōtarō Okiayu as Ryūho Nagaoka as Sachiko Honma as Saiko Moriya as Sakura Sakakura as Satoshi Niwa as Saya Hitomi as Sayaka Kamitani as Senka Sen'yūtei as Senkyō Irifunetei as Serika Hiromatsu as Shin'ichi Hatori as Shinichirō Miki as Shinotarō Tatekawa as Shinya Takahashi as Shuri Miyumi as Sōshirō Hori as Taichi Takeda as Takashi Uezumiya as Takehiro Urao as Tamari Sakai as Tetsuya Kawatō as Tomohiro Ōno as Tomokazu Seki as Yasunori Masutani as Yumi Narusawa as Yurina Kikuchi as Yūsuke Tonozaki as | |||
2D Works: Graphinica 2nd Key Animation: A-1 Pictures (ep 1) A-1 Pictures Fukuoka Studio (ep 1) Geno Studio (ep 1) NUT (ep 1) Snowdrop (ep 1) Studio Kurm (OP) ZEXCS (OP; ep 1) Animation Production: ZEXCS Background Art: Kusanagi (OP; ep 1) Broadcaster: TV Asahi (IMAnimation) Editing: EditZ Finish Animation: D-COLORS (ep 1) Dangun Pictures (ep 1) Iris Media (ep 1) Seven Seas (ep 1) Studio BUS (ep 1) In-Between Animation: AXsiZ (ep 1) GAINAX Kyoto (ep 1) Geno Studio (ep 1) Graphinica (ep 1) Iris Media (ep 1) NUT (ep 1) OUTLINE (ep 1) Seven Seas (OP; ep 1) Studio BUS (ep 1) Studio Colorido Kyoto (OP) studio daisy (ep 1) Sunrise Animation Juku (ep 1) SynergySP (ep 1) ZEXCS (OP; ep 1) Music Cooperation: TV Asahi Music Online Editing: IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services Original Work Cooperation: Weekly Shonen Jump Editorial Department Photography: Assez Finaud Fabric. special effects: Yumeta Company | ||||
ADR Director: Alex Von David Translation: Yuki Urakawa Assistant Audio Manager: Mara Westgaard Associate producer: Misa Shimogata Audio Operations Supervisor: Ismael Yanez Closed Captions: Kaylyn Saucedo Production Assistant: Alisa Ogura-Traxler Re-Recording Mixing: Michael Brooks Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman Spotting: Breaugh Olson Video Coordination: Kevin Ross Video Editing: Megumi M. Tsuji | Abby Trott as Anne Yatco as Brook Chalmers as Clifford Chapin as Darius Marquis Johnson as Evan Michael Lee as Jonathon Ha as Kellen Goff as Khoi Dao as Kirk Thornton as Landon McDonald as Matt Shipman as Mona Marshall as Rebecca Wang as Rich Brown as Xander Mobus as Andrew Russell as Brent Mukai as Brian Timothy Anderson as Dorah Fine as Doug Stone as Jenny Yokobori as Kirk Thornton as Laura Stahl as Madeline Dorroh as Mick Lauer as Rebecca Wang as | |||
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment | ||||
Sophie Ouaknine as Alexandre Gillet as Anthony Carter as Catherine Lafond as Emmanuel Gradi as Franck Gourlat as Karine Foviau as Pascal Germain as Phillipe Roullier as Lévanah Solomon as | ||||
Dubbing: Time-Line Factory | ||||
ADR Director: Emmanuel Bernal ADR Engineer: Pouleng Pun ADR Mixing: Charles Arape Edition: Samantha Vidal Operations Management: Oscar Emeterio González Production: Daniela Tejedo Production Supervision: Daniela Martínez Project Management: Daniela Martínez Studio Management: Ricardo Tejedo Talent Coordination: Citlalli Padilla | ||||
ADR Production: Media Access Company ADR Studio: Media Access Company México Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain) Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub) | ||||
Dubbing Director: Patrizio Prata Translation: Andrea Prodomo Dialogues: Marco Altini Dubbing Assistant: Cristina Minoja Dubbing Coordination: Orlando Leone Dubbing Engineer: Stefano Bassanelli Mixing: Giacomo Zambelloni | Federica Simonelli as Alessandro Fattori as Andrea Failla as Chiara Leoncini as Davide Farronato as Edoardo Lomazzi as Francesco Mei as Francesco Rizzi as Jolanda Granato as Lorella De Luca as Lorenzo Briganti as Marco Briglione as Mario Zucca as Martina Tamburello as Matteo De Mojana as Omar Maestroni as Paolo De Santis as Patrizio Prata as Valentina Pollani as Chiara Francese as Daniel Magni as Diego Baldoin as Elio Meschinelli as Ilaria Silvestri as Loris Bondesan as Luna Fogu as Marlene de Giovanni as Matteo Brusamonti as Roberto Palermo as Simone Loforese as | |||
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Internet Streaming: Aniverse Publisher: Plaion Pictures / KSM Anime | ||||
Subtitle Translation: Ewa Nowicka (Netflix; eps 1-2) | (none) | |||
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(none) | Internet Streaming: YouTube (via "Akane-banashi Global"; Brazil) | |||
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