In the TV anime "Akane-banashi," which has been airing since April, voice actress Anna Nagase plays the protagonist, Akane Ōsaki. While Nagase is a young female voice actress whose acting skills are garnering attention, in this work, she also takes on the challenge of rakugo performance through her role as Akane. Her positive attitude during rakugo training, which reportedly began more than a year before the broadcast, has been shared with the public in making-of videos on YouTube.