Natsuzora (なつぞら) is a Japanese television drama series and the 100th Memorial Asadora series, following Manpuku. It premiered on April 1, 2019, and concluded on September 28, 2019. The story is loosely based on the life of animator Reiko Okuyama.
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Plot
As Natsu's parents were dead, she was raised by her father's old friend Takeo Shibata in Tokachi Hokkaido. At first Natsu was not recognized as a member of the Shibata family, but gradually gains Taijū Shibata's trust by her efforts. Natsu learns a lot from him and he has a great influence on her life.
But Natsu decides to go to Tokyo to be an animator.
Cast
Natsu's family
Suzu Hirose as Natsu Okuhara (based on Reiko Okuyama)
Sari Awano as young Natsu
Masaki Okada as Saitarō Okuhara, Natsu's brother
Ao Watanabe as young Saitarō
Kaya Kiyohara as Chiharu Okuhara, Natsu's sister
Noa Tanaka as young Chiharu
Naho Toda as Natsu's mother (cameo)
Teruyoshi Uchimura as Natsu's father (cameo)
Hokkaido and Tokachi people
Masao Kusakari as Taijū Shibata, Shibata Ranch owner
Nanako Matsushima as Fujiko Shibata, Natsu's foster mother
Naohito Fujiki as Takeo Shibata, Natsu's foster father
Shō Kiyohara as Teruo Shibata, Takeo's son
Ryōtarō Okajima as young Teruo
Momoko Fukuchi as Yumiko Shibata, Takeo's eldest daughter
Rian Arakawa as young Yumiko
Yui Narumi as Akemi Shibata, Takeo's youngest daughter
Nanaka Hirao as young Akemi
Moeka Yoshida as child Akemi
Takashi Kobayashi as Yūkichi Tomura, Shibata Ranch's employee
Takuma Otoo (TEAM-NACS) as Kikusuke Tomura, Yūkichi's son
Ken Yasuda (TEAM-NACS) as Yukinosuke Obata, the pastry's shopkeeper
Atsuko Takahata as Toyo Obata, Yukinosuke's mother
Nobuko Sendō as Taeko Obata, Yukinosuke's wife
Yūki Yamada as Yukijirō Obata, Yukinosuke and Taeko's son
Ryo Yoshizawa as Ten'yō Yamada, Natsu's friend (based on Kanda Nissho)
Shigeyuki Totsugi (TEAM-NACS) as Seiji Yamada, Ten'yō's father
Tōyō Animation
Shihori Kanjiya as Mako Ōsawa
Arata Iura as Tsutomu Naka (based on Yasuji Mori)
Shōta Sometani as Kōya Kamiji (based on Hayao Miyazaki)
Taishi Nakagawa as Kazuhisa Sakaba (based on Isao Takahata), Natsu's husband
Akira Kawashima (Kirin) as Katsumi Shimoyama
Mayu Watanabe as Akane Mimura
Houka Kinoshita as Shigehiko Tsuyuki
Rikka Ihara as Momoyo Morita
Shinya Kote as Noboru Idohara
Takuzō Kadono as Mitsuru Ōsugi (based on Hiroshi Ōkawa)
Ryuta Furuya as Shuzaburo Yamakawa
Satoshi Hashimoto as Kosuke Arai
Others
Asuka Kudo as Nobuya Sasaoka
Takeo Nakahara as Yaichirō Agawa
Kie Kitano as Sara Agawa, Yoichirō's daughter
Miu Tomita as Yoshiko Imura, Natsu's classmate
Shunya Itabashi as Susumu Kadokura
Tasuku Emoto as Ryūichi Kurata, Natsu's high school teacher
Yoshimasa Kondo as Kenya Nogami
Manami Higa as Kōko Maejima
Hiromi Iwasaki (cameo)
Sanae Kitabayashi (cameo)
Tomoko Yamaguchi as Ayami Kishikawa
Kōichi Yamadera as Yūsei Toyotomi (based on Hisaya Morishige)
Anju Suzuki as Ranko Kameyama (based on Mariko Miyagi)
Hideko Hara as Nahoko Mitsuyama
Hiroyuki Morisaki (TEAM-NACS) as Hiroshi Ōshimizu
Kaho Mizutani as Sachiko Mihashi
Tsutomu Sekine as Kazunao Sakaba, Kazuhisa's father
Mihoko Fujita as Sato Sakaba, Kazuhisa's mother
Mana Mikura as Michiko Sasaoka
Yūko Tanaka as Dr. Takahashi (cameo)