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[[File:andonatsu.jpg|thumb|400px|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 [[Wikipedia:Monkey Majik|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==
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==Cast==
[[File:AndoNatsu-correlationchart.jpg|thumb|300px|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 (1983)|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==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Episode
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Kanto
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Kansai
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Nationwide
|- align=center
| 01 || 11.6 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 02 || 10.5 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 03 || 07.6 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 04 || 09.1 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 05 || 09.0 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 06 || 08.9 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 07 || 09.3 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 08 || 10.6 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 09 || 09.2 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 10 || 09.1 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 11 || 07.1 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 12 || 08.1 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align="center" style="background:#ffdead;"
! Average || 09.2 || ??.? || ??.?
|}
Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp 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).

==External Links==
*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/ando-natsu Official site]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:あんどーなつ#テレビドラマ|Japanese Wikipedia]]

[[Category:JDrama]] [[Category:JDrama2008]] [[Category:TBS]]