キーワード Life And Career

メイプル・レコード新人発掘部門のかんなは、会社退職予定のその日、動画サイトに投稿されたパンクバンド、少年メリケンサックに釘付けになる。イケメンギタリストがギンギンに弾きまくり、凶暴なパフォーマンスでファンを熱狂させているのだ。早速、バンドとの契約に乗り込むと、そこにいたのはイケメン青年ではなく、昼間から酔っ払ったオッサン。動画に投稿されていたのは25年前のライブ映像で、メンバーは50代になっていた！

In a school in northeastern Japan, five friends in the animation club, Aoi, Ema, Shizuka, Misa, and Midori swear to complete a new anime called "Shinbutsu Konkou SHICHIFUKUJIN" with some donuts. Since then, day after day, the five spend all of their time on anime production. The awe of going from rough sketches to animation, and the awkward acting in the after-recording session... The final product was finished at the cultural fair six months later. After they graduated they still pursued animation and swore on some donuts that they would make another anime together.

Five girls work in the tourism bureau of their small provincial town. The town revives its "micro-nation" tourism program, which originated from a nationwide movement during Japan's bubble economy period, and hires the five girls as "monarchs" (tourism ambassadors).

Dermot O'Leary relives moments from the lives of some of the biggest stars in music and film. Together they view both seen and unseen footage from the star's career.