Series Brief
Overview
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.
Why fans love it
The 2006 adaptation of Nana prioritizes the messy realities of early adulthood over idealized romance. By placing two women with identical names in a cramped Tokyo apartment, the series strips away the typical polish of the shoujo genre. The result is a grounded study of codependency, ambition, and the abrasive nature of punk rock culture.
Anna Tsuchiya anchors the production with a performance that highlights the character’s internal conflict between fame and loyalty. Through consistent themes of josei-inspired angst and slice-of-life unpredictability, the narrative captures the specific disorientation of moving to a new city. It bypasses sentimental tropes to examine the friction that occurs when two disparate lives collide on a train toward an uncertain future.
Featured Players
Cast 21
Junichi Suwabe
as Kyosuke Takakura (voice)
Romi Park
as Nana Osaki (voice)
Fumihiko Tachiki
as Ginpei (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
as Nobuo Terashima (voice)
Hiroki Takahashi
as Shoji Endo (voice)
Anri Katsu
as Naoki Fujieda (voice)
Takako Honda
as Junko Saotome (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)
Olivia Lufkin
as Reira Serizawa (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
as Takumi Ichinose (voice)
Hidenobu Kiuchi
as Ren Honjo (voice)
Mika Kanai
as Misako Uehara (voice)
Yoshihisa Kawahara
as Yasushi Takagi (voice)
Mayumi Yamaguchi
1 episode
Jin Horikawa
2 episodes
Atsushi Kakehashi
2 episodes
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Hideyuki Tanaka
2 episodes
Production Board
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Key Animation
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Producer
Director of Photography
Theme Song Performance
Color Designer
Sound Effects
Creator
Editor
Series Director
Art Direction
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Keyword Cloud
Keywords
musician
punk rock
female friendship
friendship
slice of life
tragedy
coming of age
female protagonist
tokyo, japan
train
based on manga
relationship
rock band
angst
shoujo
anime
flatmates
josei
love polygon
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Technical Sheet
Details
- First Aired
- April 05, 2006
- Status
- Ended
- Episode Runtime
- 23 minutes
- Origin
- JP
- TMDB Votes
- 246