Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju," an anime about the world of rakugo, begins advance distribution of its first episode!　from January 7 on Amazon Prime Video.

The TV anime "Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju" will start in January 2016, and the first episode was distributed in advance on January 7.

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju" is an anime work based on Haruko Unda's manga serialized in ITAN. The TV anime version shares the same staff: director Mamoru Hatakeyama, series composition by Jun Kumagai, character design by Mieko Hosoi, and rakugo supervision by Mieko Hayashi. and character design by Mieko Hosoi, rakugo supervision by Shinpei Hayashiya, and animation production by Studio Deen.

The broadcast will begin on January 8, 2016, and the first episode will be available on Amazon Prime Video (www.amazon.co.jp/primevideo) on January 7. Amazon Prime Video is a video distribution service for Amazon Prime members, and the second and subsequent episodes will be available the day after the TV broadcast. The second and subsequent episodes will be distributed the day after the TV broadcast.

The first episode, "Yotaro's Wandering Arc," is an extended one-hour special that depicts how Yotaro, a convicted criminal, becomes an apprentice to Yorakutei Yakumo, a great rakugo (comic storytelling) master.