Nana
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 9/10FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 9/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 9/10Music sceneMusicians, bands and the industry behind them.This show: 8/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 8/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 8/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 8/10
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Starring
KaoriRomi ParkToshiyuki MorikawaJun'ichi SuwabeHiroki TakahashiTakako Honda
Starring
KaoriRomi ParkToshiyuki MorikawaJun'ichi SuwabeHiroki TakahashiTakako Honda
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| S1 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.9 |
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About
"Friendship as the real love story, messily told"
Two young women, both named Nana, meet by chance on a train to Tokyo and end up sharing an apartment. One is starry-eyed and looking for love; the other is a fierce punk vocalist chasing a music career. Their friendship becomes the anchor as romances, bands, and adult disappointments pull at them. It's slower and more melancholic than typical anime, carried by lived-in character writing, a genuinely good rock soundtrack, and an aching honesty about how friendship and love wound each other. Warm, sad, and unusually mature in tone.
Watch it for
the deeply human friendship between two women navigating love, ambition, and heartbreak in Tokyo.
Maybe skip if
you need closure, since the story stops mid-arc without a real ending.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12006
8.211K4717h 54m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Joshô: Nana to NANA | 7.8 | 410 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Koi? Yûjô? Nana to Shôji | 7.4 | 326 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Nana to Shôji, koi no yukue | 7.6 | 304 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Nana no koi, NANA no yume | 7.6 | 289 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Ren no yume, NANA no omoi | 8.3 | 289 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Yuki no jôkyô! Nana to NANA | 6.0 | 260 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Yasu tôjô! 707-gôshitsu | 7.7 | 262 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Ichigo gurasu to Ren no hana | 8.0 | 252 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Nobu jôkyô! NANA no uta | 8.4 | 265 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Bishônen Shin tôjô! | 8.5 | 258 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | Sachiko, wazatoda yo? | 8.1 | 240 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Urgent Approach! Shôji and Sachiko | 8.0 | 243 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Sachiko's Tears, Shôji's Determination | 8.1 | 234 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | Family Restaurant of Shambles | 8.4 | 239 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | Blast, First Live | 8.3 | 229 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | Nana's Love Whereabouts | 7.9 | 218 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 17 | Trapnest, Live | 8.7 | 233 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 18 | Hachi's Prayer, Nana's Thoughts | 8.7 | 233 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 19 | Nana's Prize | 8.5 | 222 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 20 | Sudden Development! Hachi's Fate | 8.0 | 214 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 21 | Dream of Suite Room | 8.0 | 216 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 22 | Wish of July 7th, Hachi's Love | 8.5 | 227 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 23 | I Do Not Want to Pass Over to Anybody | 8.1 | 205 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 24 | Hachi's Confused Heart | 8.0 | 203 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 25 | A Capricious and Selfish Man | 8.0 | 205 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 26 | The Passing Hachi and Nana | 8.2 | 208 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 27 | Hachi's Desired Future | 8.7 | 217 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 28 | Hachi and Nobu, Urgent Approach | 8.2 | 197 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 29 | The Problem of Expressing Love | 8.0 | 195 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 30 | Breakdown, Nana's Heart | 8.2 | 201 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 31 | Hachi's Child, Pregnancy | 8.8 | 214 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 32 | Don't Separate the Joined Hands | 8.7 | 212 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 33 | Hachi's Choice | 8.2 | 194 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 34 | The Grass of the Split Strawberry | 9.1 | 248 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 35 | Reira's Loneliness | 8.1 | 190 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 36 | Blast's New Song!! | 8.2 | 188 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 37 | Hachi, High-Class Housewife | 8.4 | 183 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 38 | The Trigger of Fate | 8.1 | 179 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 39 | Look, Hachiko | 8.8 | 201 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 40 | Blast, Debut! | 8.0 | 179 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 41 | Blast Lodging Together | 8.0 | 178 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 42 | Nana: Sudden Fit | 8.0 | 173 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 43 | Blast, Guerilla Live | 8.1 | 176 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 44 | Blast vs. Trapnest | 8.5 | 180 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 45 | Blast's First TV Performance | 8.7 | 180 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 46 | Reunion! Hachi and Shoji | 8.5 | 177 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 47 | The Fireworks Display, Hachi and NANA | 8.9 | 255 | 23 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Kaori Nana Komatsu
Romi Park Nana Ôsaki
Toshiyuki Morikawa Takumi Ichinose
Jun'ichi Suwabe Kyosuke Takakura, Kyôsuke Takakura
Nana Suzue Self - Nippon TV Announcer, Self - Announcer
Hiroki Takahashi Shôji Endô
Takako Honda Junko Saotome
Yoshihisa Kawahara Yasushi Takagi
Keisuke Fujii Satô Kôichi
Tomokazu Seki Nobuo Terashima
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