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The Great Passage (2016)

Fune wo amu

1 season11 episodes22 min per episode★ 7.4 · 641 votes

• Animation
• Drama
• Romance

The publication of a new dictionary titled The Great Passage progresses. Mitsuya Majime, originally from publisher Genbu Shobo's sales department, has been recruited by Kouhei Araki, a veteran editor of the dictionary department who is looking to retire soon. The dictionary department is known internally as the "money-eating insect," but Mitsuya uses his perseverance and attachment to the words in order to become a great editor. Mitsuya, who has poor social skills, finds himself working with another man named Masashi Nishioka, who is able to express himself better.

First aired

October 14, 2016

Last episode

December 23, 2016

Network

Fuji TV

Country of origin

Japan