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Ants without Umbrella (2016) | Slate

Ants without Umbrella

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Rated 3.8 on TMDB

Ants without Umbrella

傘をもたない蟻たちは

Jun Hashimoto is a sci-fi novel writer, but he isn't popular at all. He lives off of his savings. One day, his editor Tateyama assigns him a job: he is to write a "love" themed short story for a web magazine oriented towards youths. At first Jun refuses, because he has never written a love story before, but Tateyama pushes him to write one. The deadline is imminent. Jun's childhood friend Keisuke Murata then appears in front of him. Jun complains to Keisuke that he can't write, but while talking to him, he comes up with an idea.

Status: Ended
First aired: 2016
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4 aired
Average episode: 19m
Genres: Drama
Network: Fuji TV
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese

Direction and writing

Keita KonoDirector

Seasons

Season 14 episodes

Cast

Renn KiriyamaHashimoto Jun

MO

Makoto OgawaScreenplay

Shigeaki KatoShort Story

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Unavailable

Shigeaki Kato

Murata Keisuke

Rika AdachiNakamura Amika

Nao MinamisawaAkatsu Mai
Masanobu SakataTateyama
Raita RyuNezujii
Ryota Kobayashiyoung Jun
Rena Takedayoung Mai

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