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My Husband is a Cartoonist

My Husband is a Cartoonist

20108.51 Season156 EpisodesEnded

Overview

The 82nd NHK Asadora is Gegege no Nyobo. The story is based on a 2008 autobiography by Mura Nunoe, the wife of Gegege no Kitaro mangaka Mizuki Shigeru. The story revolves around the life of the married couple, told from the perspective of Mura. --Tokyograph

Created by Mutsumi Yamamoto
Written by Mutsumi Yamamoto
Produced by Masaru Ochiai

Top Cast

Nao Matsushita

Nao Matsushita

Nunoe Iida

Osamu Mukai

Osamu Mukai

Shigeru Murai

Yoko Nogiwa

Yoko Nogiwa

Toshi Iida

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Genbee Iida

Yuko Kotegawa

Yuko Kotegawa

Miyako Iida

Yui Aoya

Yui Aoya

Mari Hoshino

Mari Hoshino

Rika Adachi

Rika Adachi

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Asami Katsura

Gen Hoshino

Gen Hoshino

Themes & Keywords

based on memoir or autobiographyasadora

About My Husband is a Cartoonist

My Husband is a Cartoonist is a drama series that first aired in 2010 exploring themes of based on memoir or autobiography, asadora. Created by Mutsumi Yamamoto, it stars Nao Matsushita, Osamu Mukai, Yoko Nogiwa. The 82nd NHK Asadora is Gegege no Nyobo. The story is based on a 2008 autobiography by Mura Nunoe, the wife of Gegege no Kitaro mangaka Mizuki Shigeru. The story revolves around the life of the married couple, told from the perspective of Mura. --Tokyograph

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