Series synopsis
NANA is a Japanese animation drama television series that premiered on Nippon TV on April 5, 2006. It ended on March 28, 2007. It was created by Ai Yazawa. It stars Romi Park, KAORI, Akira Ishida and Megumi Kojima.
Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu meet while traveling to Tokyo in pursuit of their respective dreams, and decide to be roommates. Although drastically different people, the two become very close and together they find out if their biggest dreams have room for their best friend.
Premise
Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu meet while traveling to Tokyo in pursuit of their respective dreams, and decide to be roommates. Although drastically different people, the two become very close and together they find out if their biggest dreams have room for their best friend.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Romi Park as Nana Osaki (voice)
- KAORI as Nana "Hachi" Komatsu (voice)
- Akira Ishida as Shinichi "Shin" Okazaki (voice)
- Megumi Kojima as Sachiko Kawamura (voice)
- Anna Tsuchiya as Nana Osaki (singing voice)
- Aya Hirano as Reira Serizawa (voice)
- Tomokazu Seki as Nobuo Terashima (voice)
- Hiroki Takahashi as Shoji Endo (voice)
Supporting cast
- Olivia Lufkin as Reira Serizawa (voice)
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Takumi Ichinose (voice)
- Junichi Suwabe as Kyosuke Takakura (voice)
- Hidenobu Kiuchi as Ren Honjo (voice)
- Fumihiko Tachiki as Ginpei (voice)
- Anri Katsu as Naoki Fujieda (voice)
- Yoshihisa Kawahara as Yasushi Takagi (voice)
- Takako Honda as Junko Saotome (voice)
Guest cast
- Mika Kanai as Misako Uehara (voice)
- Mayumi Yamaguchi
- Jin Horikawa
- Atsushi Kakehashi
- Hideyuki Tanaka
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 50 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 3 | June 21, 2006 | January 10, 2007 |
| Season 1 | 47 | April 5, 2006 | March 28, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 11.5: Junko's Room The first of three recap episodes. This one reflects on the events of episodes 1-11. |
June 21, 2006 |
| 2 |
Episode 21.5: Junko's Room 2 The second of three recap episode. This one reviews the events of episodes 12-21 |
September 6, 2006 |
| 3 |
Episode 36.5: Junko's Room 3 The last of three recap episodes. This one revisits the events of episodes 22-36. |
January 10, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Prologue: Nana and NANA Nana recalls the first time she meet the other Nana on the train while traveling to Tokyo. |
April 5, 2006 |
| 2 |
Love? Friendship? Nana and Shoji Komatsu Nana's past is revealed, from graduating high school to the time when her and Shoji met in Community College. |
April 12, 2006 |
| 3 |
Nana and Shoji, Love's Whereabouts Nana likes Shoji, but has decided to remain friends so as not to ruin the relationship they have. Junko and Kyousuke reveal their plans to go to Tokyo and get into an art College there. Nana wants to go with them, but Shoji confronts her and says she should stay in their hometown. |
April 19, 2006 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Nippon TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 5, 2006 |
| Last aired | March 28, 2007 |
| Runtime | 23 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday |