The anime is set in postwar Japan between 1955 and 1964 and focuses on stories illustrating the humour and pathos of ordinary life in Japan of that era, mainly about the residents of the fictional Tokyo neighbourhood called San Choume (Third District).

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Genres

Studios

• Group TAC
• Mainichi Broadcasting System
• Toho

Staff

• Masahiko Murata — Animation Director
• Fusanobu Fujiyama — Sound Director
• Tatsuo Ooba — Producer
• Tsuneo Maeda — Director
• Noboru Takano — Key Animation
• Megumu Ishiguro — Animation Director
• Kentarou Haneda — Music
• Juurou Sugimura — Director of Photography
• Columbia Yurikago Kai — Insert Song Performance (ep 8)
• Kaoru Honma — Art Director
• Kumiko Mori — Theme Song Performance (ED1)
• Tsuneyuki Enomoto — Producer
• Shigeji Tsuiki — Producer
• Peggy Hayama — Insert Song Performance (ep 18)
• Satoko Yamano — Insert Song Performance (ep 8), Insert Song Performance ("Yuuyake Nisshi"; ep 25)
• Paul Anka — Insert Song Performance ("Diana"; ep 6)