Ando Natsu

Details

Title: あんどーなつ
Title (romaji): Ando Natsu
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy, drama
Episodes: 12
Viewership rating: 9.2 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2008-Jul-07 to 2008-Sep-22
Air time: Monday 20:00
Theme song: Tada, Arigato by Monkey Majik

Synopsis

Ando Natsu, whose dream is to become a patissiere, finds herself jobless after the shop owner's sudden death. She goes to Tokyo in search of another job at a confectionery but the recruiting period has just ended and there are no available positions. This is when she makes her first encounter with the well-established Japanese confectionery "Mangetsudo". It is run by the veteran confectioner Umekichi, Takezo, and Mitsuko, and they happened to be looking for a part-time worker. A number of chance events follow and Natsu starts working at Mangetsudo. Although her job is to serve customers, Natsu becomes interested in the world of Japanese confection. Having only worked in cake shops, everything is new to her and she is gradually drawn into the deepness and profoundness of Japanese confection. --TBS

User/Viewer Ratings

4.00

(one vote)

Cast

Correlation chart

Kanjiya Shihori as Ando Natsu
Kunimura Jun as Yasuda Umekichi
Omi Toshinori as Maruoka Toshizo
Fubuki Jun as Tsukioka Mitsuko
Shirakawa Yumi as Hitotsubashi Ayame
Hosoda Yoshihiko as Mitsuya Yosuke
Yamada Meikyo as Mitsuya Kansuke
Kurosawa Kazuko (黒沢かずこ) as Mitsuya Yukari
Shibata Rie as Mitsuya Kazue
Tanaka Ritsuko as Mitsuya Etsuko
Watanabe Yasuhito (渡邉泰人) as Mitsuya Fumiya
Kaneko Noboru as Mitsuya Ryuta
Takagawa Yuya (高川裕也) as Kurata Hideaki
Manase Juri as Kurata Mamiko
Hayashiya Shozo (林家正蔵) as Fujimura Hiromichi
Kanetani Mayumi (金谷真由美) as Fujimura Kyoko
Nagira Kenichi as Taizo
Makimura Mieko (牧村三枝子)
Watanabe Natsuna as Miyo

Guests

Nakatani Akihiro (中谷彰宏) as Jinji (ep1)
Omori Akemi as Suzuko (ep2)
Musaka Naomasa as Sho (ep4)
Suzuki Hiroki as Morita Masato (ep4)
Fueki Yuko as Kikuko (ep5)
Arisaka Kurume as Maruoka Ritsuko (ep6)
Toyama Kyoko as Ayano (ep7)
Sasaki Sumie as Tatsuko (ep7)
Mizuhashi Takami as Maiko (ep7)
Matsumoto Runa as Yukino (ep7)
Kazami Akiko (風見章子) as Ando Tami (ep8)
Kaneda Akio as Shigeo (ep8)
Igarashi Shunji as Kenji (ep8)
Tachikawa Mitsutaka (立川三貴) as Tsuzuki (ep9)
Mabuchi Haruko as Umekichi's mother (ep10)
Nishioka Tokuma as Shirai (ep11)
Nishina Akiko as Matsumura Toshiko (ep11)
Kurobe Yukihide (黒部幸英) as an emcee (ep12)

Production Credits

Original writing: Manga Ando Natsu by Nishi Yuji (西ゆうじ)
Screenwriter: Osagawa Chikako (長川千佳子)
Producer: Hashimoto Takashi (橋本孝), Endo Masato (遠藤正人)
Director: Takemura Kentaro (竹村健太郎) (ep1-2,5,8,11-12), Sakai Masahiro (ep3,6,9), Hori Hideki (ep4,7,10)
Music: Endo Koji
Narrator: Shunputei Koasa (春風亭小朝)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
01	11.6	??.?	??.?
02	10.5	??.?	??.?
03	07.6	??.?	??.?
04	09.1	??.?	??.?
05	09.0	??.?	??.?
06	08.9	??.?	??.?
07	09.3	??.?	??.?
08	10.6	??.?	??.?
09	09.2	??.?	??.?
10	09.1	??.?	??.?
11	07.1	??.?	??.?
12	08.1	??.?	??.?
Average	09.2	??.?	??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Note

The title is sometimes spelled "AnDonuts," referring to a type of Japanese confection with sweet bean paste.
Other TV shows with similar theme include Asuka (NHK, 1999).

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