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News Anchor

2025 · 1 season

A tense, earnest workplace drama about integrity under pressure, with quiet moral weight and a steady pull toward the next revelation.

Genres
Drama
Starring
Hiroshi Abe, Mei Nagano, Shunsuke Michieda
Overview
Promoted to lead anchor of a struggling news program, a journalist pushes the boundaries to investigate and expose truths others want buried.

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Stream in the UK
  • Netflix
More options Data from JustWatch
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hiroshi Abe, Mei Nagano, Shunsuke Michieda
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • corruption
  • power
  • justice
  • work
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Where to watch in the UK

Stream
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Details

Genres
drama
Starring
Hiroshi Abe, Mei Nagano, Shunsuke Michieda, Hideki Takahashi, Takuma Otoo, Takashi Okabe, Emma Miyazawa, Akiko Kikuchi
Music
Hideakira Kimura
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes, 54 min each
Network
TBS
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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