The Apothecary Diaries (2023)
The Apothecary Diaries (2023)
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Plot.
Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she's sold as a lowly servant to the emperor's palace. But she wasn't meant for a compliant life among royalty. So when imperial heirs fall ill, she decides to step in and find a cure! This catches the eye of Jinshi, a handsome palace official who promotes her. Now, she's making a name for herself solving medical mysteries!
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Cast & Crew.

Aoi Yuki
Maomao (voice)

Takeo Otsuka
Jinshi (voice)

Katsuyuki Konishi
Gaoshun (voice)

Satoru Kosaki
Original Music Composer

Emi Lo
Maomao

Misato Aida
Color Designer

Kaiji Tang
Jinshi

Alisa Okehazama
Original Music Composer

Yukiko Nakatani
Character Designer / Character Designer / Supervising Animation Director

Kevin Penkin
Original Music Composer

Natsu Hyūga
Novel

Katsumi Takao
Art Direction / Art Direction / Art Designer

Shoji Hata
Sound Director

Akinori Fudesaka
Assistant Director / Storyboard Artist / Director / Assistant Director

Rumi Ishiguro
Director of Photography

Norihiro Naganuma
Series Director / Series Composition / Storyboard Artist

Daisuke Imai
Editor

Yu Nagai
CGI Director

Hideki Kama
Executive Producer

Kazutaka Yamanaka
Executive Producer

Katsuhiro Takei
Executive Producer

Keiji Ota
Executive Producer

Yoshihiro Nagamori
Character Designer / Character Designer / Key Animation / Animation Director / Supervising Animation Director

Tatsuya Maeda
Executive Producer

Atsushi Takahashi
Executive Producer

Katsuji Morishita
Producer

Tomoko Fujimura
Producer

Kohei Takara
Foley Artist

Yuito Hirahara
Producer

Takahiro Sato
Executive Producer

Nobumasa Sawabe
Executive Producer

Ryuji Abe
Executive Producer

Yoshiki Kobayashi
Music Producer

Mitsuteru Hishiyama
Producer

Mitsuharu Moriya
Executive Producer

Junya Okamoto
Producer

Hiroshi Muto
Producer

Aya Kawamura
Producer

Haruka Matsushita
Sound Recordist

Ryo Ebina
Associate Producer

Takanari Iwata
Associate Producer

Kana Miyai
Character Designer / Key Animation / Animation Director / Supervising Animation Director / Character Designer

Masamune Otani
Assistant Editor

Taiki Onoue
Associate Producer

Ryo Hirata
Prop Designer

mikitail
Prop Designer

Eiji Sumitomo
Production Manager

Touko Shino
Character Designer

Yuko Yamauchi
Art Designer

Shintaro Nagisa
Art Designer

Ta Nhan Thuong Thuong
Background Designer

Wataru Nakagawa
Storyboard Artist / Director

Cao Hoai
Background Designer

Cao Van Toan
Background Designer

Pham Huu Nghia
Background Designer

Le Thi Huy Hieu
Background Designer

Truong Thi Kim Nuong
Background Designer

Nguyen Tran Thanh Loan
Background Designer

Nguyen Ngoc Nguyen
Background Designer

Vo Thi Thu Ngan
Background Designer

Mayu Tanimoto
Storyboard Artist / Director

Erkin Kawabata
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation

Akira Koremoto
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation

Kentaro Fujita
Storyboard Artist / Director

Nguyen Phuoc Vinh
Background Designer

Ho Thi My Linh
Background Designer

Kazuya Nomura
Storyboard Artist

Pham Thi Vi
Background Designer

Pham Thi My Quynh
Background Designer

Minoru Ohara
Storyboard Artist

Yuuichi Nihei
Storyboard Artist

Masako Sato
Storyboard Artist

Naotaka Hayashi
Storyboard Artist

Kim Chan-hee
Background Designer

Wazuka Komamiya
Storyboard Artist / Director / Animation Director / Key Animation

Yukihiko Asaki
Storyboard Artist / Director

Vu Minh Tam
Background Designer

China
Storyboard Artist / Director

So Toyama
Storyboard Artist / Director

Jun Owada
Storyboard Artist / Director

Van Dinh Nha
Background Designer

Naohito Takahashi
Storyboard Artist

Bui Van Don
Background Designer

Nguyen Thi Thuy Hien
Background Designer

Club Kadomatsu
Storyboard Artist / Director

Nguyen Sen Phat
Background Designer

Pham Phuc Thanh Tin
Background Designer

Kaho Asai
Assistant Director / Director

Shintaro Itoga
Director

Tsuyoshi Nakano
Director

Kyohei Maruyama
Assistant Director / Animation

Masahiro Matsunaga
Director

Gaku Shiga
Director / Key Animation

Tadao Okubo
Director

Akira Shimizu
Director

Limthong Chidphong
Assistant Director

Oh Jin-koo
Director

Mitsuyo Yokono
Director

Misu Yamaneko
Director

Kyohei Yamamoto
Director

Yuushi Ibe
Director

You Akatsuki
Assistant Director

Haruko Nagaya
Theme Song Performance

Issei Kobayashi
Theme Song Performance

Aina the End
Theme Song Performance

Shingo Anami
Theme Song Performance

Lilas Ikuta
Theme Song Performance

peppe
Theme Song Performance

Dai Hirai
Theme Song Performance

Motoki Ohmori
Theme Song Performance

Hironoshin Tomita
Theme Song Performance

Hiloto Wakai
Theme Song Performance

Ryoka Fujisawa
Theme Song Performance

Reo Fujii
Theme Song Performance

Tomoaki Fukushima
Theme Song Performance

Uru
Theme Song Performance

Wacci
Theme Song Performance

Yuuji Ikeda
Key Animation / Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director

Atsuko Nakajima
Animation Director / Supervising Animation Director

Kanari Yamada
Key Animation / Animation Director

Tomoko Kameyama
Key Animation / Animation Director

Toshiaki Ohashi
Supervising Animation Director / Key Animation

Eri Kojima
Animation Director / Key Animation

Kumiko Shishido
Key Animation / Animation Director

Yumi Horie
Key Animation / Animation Director

Sayuki Nakamura
Key Animation / Animation Director

Cha Myoung-jun
Animation Director

Natsumi Tomobe
Key Animation / Animation Director

Mutsumi Sasaki
Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director

Ku Ja-cheon
Animation Director

Miho Imoto
Animation Director

Asami Watanabe
Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director

Haruka Watanabe
Animation Director

Kwon Hyun-ae
Key Animation

Yuri Ichinose
Key Animation / Animation Director

Yoshimitsu Yamashita
Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director

Miyuki Sugawara
Animation Director

Akane Hirota
Animation Director / Supervising Animation Director / Key Animation

Rui Kondou
Animation Director

Noriko Tsutsumiya
Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director

Akiko Motoyoshi
Animation Director

Sachiko Suzuki
Animation Director

Shinichi Suzuki
Key Animation / Animation Director

Hiromi Kurosawa
Animation Director

Yoo Seung-hee
Animation Director

Natsuki Watanabe
Key Animation / Animation Director

Ritsuko Kondou
Animation Director

Senri Kiriyama
Animation Director

Yuki Hijikata
Animation Director

Aoi Yamagishi
Key Animation

Kenji Ota
Key Animation / Animation Director

Yasukatsu Tanaka
Key Animation

Liu Wenxuan
Animation Director

Toshihiko Shimada
Key Animation

Kanon D-dur
Key Animation

Mika Sugawara
Animation Director

Kohei Shimazaki
Animation Director

Nozomi Shimazaki
Key Animation / Animation Director

Fumiyo Saito
Key Animation

Minefumi Harada
Animation Director

Itai Yamamichi
Key Animation / Animation Director

Tsai Meng-su
Animation Director

Kazuko Nakayama
Animation Director

Tzeng Pinqiao
Animation Director

Ryusuke Tsukamoto
Animation Director

Ayaka Shimoji
Key Animation

Junji Uesugi
Key Animation

Taisuke Makino
Key Animation

Ayasa Ueda
Key Animation

Miho Shimotani
Key Animation

Hikaru Aoi
Animation Director

Kana Aizawa
Animation Director

Mao Torii
Key Animation

Daiki Takase
Key Animation

Ryota Obana
Key Animation

Tsutomu Kikuchi
Key Animation

Li Shaolei
Animation Director

Kanae Komatsu
Key Animation

Saki Noguchi
Key Animation

Jiang Pingyi
Animation Director

Maiko Abe
Key Animation

Yuna Watanabe
Animation Director

Suguru Takagi
Key Animation

Myang
Key Animation

Dan Yiyang
Animation Director

Tatsuya Nagasawa
Key Animation

Chisato Ikehira
Key Animation

Satoru Shiraishi
Animation Director

Haruka Suzuki
Animation Director

Zhu Shijie
Animation Director

Yoshihiro Togo
Key Animation

Ken Ishizuka
Key Animation

Yusuke Kawabe
Animation Director

Erika Nakayama
Key Animation

Kang Mi-ae
Animation Director

Kim Kyung-ho
Animation Director

Tae Inotsume
Animation Director

Shinya Nogami
Animation Director

Shunichiro Taniguchi
Key Animation

Hyein
Animation Director

Marurin
Animation Director

Toshitaka Ohira
Key Animation

Teruaki Gomi
Animation Director

Chikako Noma
Key Animation

Sin Su-ryeon
Animation Director

Motoki Hayakawa
Animation Director

Hiroshi Tatezaki
Key Animation

Natsumi Sugawara
Key Animation

Han Seung-hee
Animation Director

Aoi Saibara
Animation Director

Nobuhiro Ando
Animation Director

Kim Won-hoe
Animation Director

Yoshiyuki Tomita
Key Animation

Shinobu Ookawa
Supervising Animation Director

Moaang
Animation Director

Yuka Sato
Animation Director

Hisako Shimozuma
Key Animation

Takaya Shigeno
Key Animation

Kazuharu Yamaichi
Key Animation

Ori
Key Animation

Kenichiro Kasai
Key Animation

Yuichi Akimoto
Key Animation

Kenji Kato
Key Animation

Li Yuzhen
Animation Director

Emi Mori
Key Animation

Eri Nakajima
Key Animation

Naoko Imaoka
Key Animation

Aki Nakagawa
Key Animation

Nanba Ten
Animation Director

Noriko Takahashi
Animation Director

Yukie Ohashi
Key Animation

jiseo
Key Animation

Toshiya Koike
Animation Director

Keiko Yamamoto
Animation Director

Momoka Izumi
Animation Director

Manami Ishida
Key Animation

Zhang Yicheng
Animation Director

Mitsuki Kosaka
Key Animation

Yooko Kadokura
Animation Director

Miwa Katayama
Key Animation

Daisuke Tsumagari
Key Animation

UB CHEN
Animation Director

Tatsuya Nakajima
Key Animation

Shin Tanoue
Key Animation

Takanori Suzuki
Key Animation

Masato Hagiwara
Key Animation

Wujing Dacai
Animation Director

Park Song-hwa
Animation Director

Liu Xiangxin
Animation Director

Um Ju-hyeong
Animation Director

Zhu Zhu
Animation Director

Takahiro Goto
Animation Director

Yuuki Minagawa
Key Animation

Hidetaka Kaneko
Animation Director

MYOUN
Key Animation

Sakura Watabe
Key Animation

Park Joo-hyeon
Animation Director

Honzhi Sun
Animation Director

Song Hyeon-ju
Animation Director

ddasang
Key Animation

Keigo Sugiyama
Key Animation

Shuko Okutani
Animation Director

Sena Terada
Key Animation

Gaiya Imada
Key Animation

Yukiko Watabe
Key Animation

Miyako Nishida
Animation Director

Suhito Unoshima
Key Animation

Zhang Liwen
Key Animation

Takuya Nishimichi
Animation Director

Kim Jeon-bam
Animation Director

Masahiro Sasaki
Key Animation

Hiroshi Nishimura
Animation Director

Masayo Okuzumi
Key Animation

Hajime Yoshida
Animation Director

Shunsuke Igarashi
Animation Director

Du Lingui
Animation Director

Misuzu Chiba
Writer

Yuko Kakihara
Writer

Hitomi Ogawa
Writer

Yuniko Ayana
Writer

Megumi Toyoguchi
Hongniang (voice)

Sayaka Kinoshita
Shin (voice)

Shohei Kajikawa
Eunuch (voice)

Sumi Shimamoto
Narration (voice)

Daichi Endo
Emperor (voice)

Tatsumaru Tachibana
Basen (voice)

Umeka Shouji
Kanan (voice)

Masaki Nakanishi
Military Officer (voice)

Yu Wakabayashi
Guide (voice) / Soldier (voice)

Kazuki Yoshida
Military Officer (voice)

Kazuki Miyagi
Military Officer (voice)

Showko Tsuda
Generous Old Lady (voice)

Honoka Inoue
Brothel Servant Girl (voice)

Natsumi Kawaida
Lihua's Lady-in-waiting (voice) / Crystal Pavilion Lady-in-waiting (voice) / Fuyou (voice) / Lady-in-waiting (voice) / M...

Kento Shiraishi
Man (voice)

Genta Nakamura
Bureaucrat (voice)

Ryuho Nagaoka
Bureaucrat (voice)

Seiyuu Fujiwara
Military Officer (voice) / Subordinate (voice)

Noriko Hidaka
Fengming (voice)

Satoru Ito
Eunuch (voice) / Bureaucrat (voice) / Civil Official (voice) / Military Officer (voice)

Takuya Kirimoto
Lakan (voice)

Mika Doi
Suiren (voice)

Kaori Nazuka
Suirei (voice)

Yuji Murai
Onlooker (voice)

Rie Kawamura
Court Lady (voice)

Yuko Mori
Court Lady (voice)

Akiha Matsui
Lihua's Lady-in-waiting (voice) / Crystal Pavilion Lady-in-waiting (voice) / Lady-in-waiting (voice)

Koki Uchiyama
Rikuson (voice)

Mirei Kumagai
Courtesan (voice) / Jin (voice) / Lady-in-waiting (voice)

Saima Nakano
Lishu's Lady-in-waiting (voice) / Brothel Servant Girl (voice) / Mid-rank Concubine (voice) / Diamond Pavilion Lady-in-w...

Motoki Sakuma
Military Officer (voice)

Takaaki Torashima
Eunuch (voice) / Soldier (voice) / Subordinate Official (voice) / High-ranking Official (voice) / Military Officer (voic...

Kousuke Okamoto
Military Officer (voice)

Yui Ishikawa
Lihua (voice)

Hina Kino
Lishu (voice)

Wakana Kowaka
Lihua's Lady-in-waiting (voice) / Lady-in-waiting (voice) / Crystal Pavilion Lady-in-waiting (voice)

Kenji Akabane
Lihaku (voice)

Misaki Kuno
Xiaolan (voice)

Shomaru Zouza
Eunuch (voice) / Military Officer (voice) / Young Military Officer (voice)

Hiroshi Yanaka
Luomen (voice)

Mitsuaki Kanuka
Guen / Quack Doctor (voice)

Rie Hikisaka
Yinghua (voice) / Maomao, the Cat (voice) / Lishu's Lady-in-waiting (voice)

Ami Koshimizu
Pairin (voice)

Hiroki Nanami
Joka (voice)

Kimiko Saito
Old Madam (voice)

Takako Tanaka
Guiyuan (voice) / Maidservant (voice) / Low-rank Concubine (voice) / Crystal Pavilion Lady-in-waiting (voice)

Shinichiro Kamio
Eldest Son (voice)

Daiki Kobayashi
Youngest Son (voice)

Ayumi Tsunematsu
Mother (voice)

Houko Kuwashima
Fengxian (voice)

Yuki Ominami
Middle-aged Prostitute (voice)

Kaya Ueda
Prostitute (voice)

Honami Obata
Prostitute (voice)

Yuki Takumi
Prostitute (voice)

Misa Ishii
Ailan (voice) / Low-rank Concubine (voice)

Seiko Nakano
Prostitute (voice)

Yuka Shiono
Prostitute (voice)

Momoko Miyashiro
Brothel Servant Girl (voice)

Hiromichi Tezuka
Medical Officer (voice)

Masafumi Kobatake
Lo-en (voice) / Onlooker (voice) / Government-owned Slave (voice) / Minister (voice)

Yusuke Sasaki
Military Officer (voice)

Marie Oi
Wife (voice) / Courtesan (voice)

Yoshiaki Hasegawa
Ukyou (voice) / Military Officer (voice)

Kyosuke Nitta
Official (voice)

Mikoto Nakai
Lishu's Lady-in-waiting (voice) / Diamond Pavilion Lady-in-waiting 1 (voice)

Hiroki Goto
Kounen (voice) / Monk (voice)

Tomoya Matsubara
Official (voice)

Ryouga Imai
Official (voice)

Masahiro Kono
Official (voice)

Seiya Yamamoto
Official (voice)

Megumi Han
Meimei (voice) / Young Jinshi (voice)

Yuhko Kaida
Ah-Duo (voice) / Young Suiren (voice)

Mamiko Noto
Empress Dowager Anshi (voice)

Cho
Shishou (voice)

Issei Futamata
Lakan's Father (voice)

Masato Niwa
Official's Younger Brother (voice) / Husband (voice) / Eunuch (voice)

Saya Hirose
Brothel Servant Girl (voice)

Atsumi Tanezaki
Gyokuyou (voice)

Asami Seto
Shisui (voice)

Saki Takahashi
Susu (voice)

Chinatsu Akasaki
Son (voice)

Sakura Kawaguchi
Jin's Lady-in-waiting (voice)

Haruka Sato
Elder Sister Voice (voice)

Takaaki Uchino
Senior Eunuch (voice) / Military Officer (voice) / Market Stall Owner (voice)

Masako Katsuki
Shenlü (voice)

Lynn
Ayla (voice)

Yumi Hara
Aylin (voice)

Shinya Takahashi
High-ranking Official (voice) / Civil Official (voice)

Takashi Matsuyama
Lihua's Father (voice)

Rin Kusumi
You (voice)

Kousuke Goto
High-ranking Official (voice) / Man (voice) / Second Son (voice)

Sayuri Sadaoka
Empress (voice)

Yoshito Yasuhara
Old Eunuch (voice)

Takayuki Nakatsukasa
High-ranking Official (voice) / Inspector (voice)

Kaho Kouda
Anshi's Lady-in-waiting (voice)

Fuko Mori
Maidservant in Imperial Attire (voice)

Kana Ogino
Maidservant in Imperial Attire (voice)

Haruka Okamura
Anshi's Half-sister (voice)

Erina Goto
Young Emperor (voice)

Satomi Sato
Haku-u (voice)

Hitomi Ueda
Koku-u (voice)

Miku Ito
Seki-u (voice)

Aya Hisakawa
Older Court Lady (voice)

Chiaki Mori
Court Lady (voice)

Sara Matsumoto
Court Lady (voice)

Tsuguo Mogami
Man (voice)

Yuuki Sanpei
High-ranking Official (voice)

Takuya Makimura
Subordinate Official (voice)

Yuuki Yamamoto
Courtesan (voice)

Hana Takeda
Loulan's Head Lady-in-waiting (voice)

Rikako Yamaguchi
Mid-rank Concubine (voice)

Hitomi Nabatame
Former Head Lady-in-waiting (voice)
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Details.
Release DateOctober 22, 2023
Original Name薬屋のひとりごと
StatusReturning Series
Seasons1
Episodes48
Running Time23m
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
work
politics
detective
female protagonist
maid
historical
medical
Scripted
anime
based on light novel
lady in waiting
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