Ants without Umbrella

Ants without Umbrella

142016•19m•3.8/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

3.8/10(4)

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.

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Language

JA

Status

Ended

First Aired

January 9, 2016

Last Aired

January 30, 2016

Networks

Fuji TV

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

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Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

E1

1.1

Air date: 2016-01-09

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.

E2

Episode 2

Air date: 2016-01-16

E3

Episode 3

Air date: 2016-01-23

E4

Episode 4

Air date: 2016-01-30

Cast

Renn Kiriyama

Renn Kiriyama

Hashimoto Jun

Shigeaki Kato

Shigeaki Kato

Murata Keisuke

Rika Adachi

Rika Adachi

Nakamura Amika

Nao Minamisawa

Nao Minamisawa

Akatsu Mai

Masanobu Sakata

Masanobu Sakata

Tateyama

Raita Ryu

Raita Ryu

Nezujii

Ryota Kobayashi

Ryota Kobayashi

young Jun

Rena Takeda

Rena Takeda

young Mai

Mai Watanabe

Mai Watanabe

Yukie

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