Suzume is a girl born to a family running a small restaurant in Gifu Prefecture. She loses her hearing in one ear from a disease. Encouraged by her loving parents and childhood friend, she lives through an eventful life with a tenacious spirit.

A young woman Chiaki whose family runs an old miso company in Nagano Prefecture, the only daughter of old traditional family. For generations, they were making soybean paste for living. Now she needs to take over this business and rebuild it. She lives through the hardships of postwar Japan.

In the Warring States Period of ancient China (475–221 BCE), Shin and Hyou are war-orphans in the kingdom of Qin. They dream of one day proving themselves on the battlefield. One day, however, Hyou is taken to the palace by a minister. Winding up on the losing side of a power-struggle, Hyou manages to return to the village, barely alive. Shin then meets a boy who closely resembles Hyou, Ei Sei. For now he is the king of Qin; later he will become the emperor Shi Huangdi.

The 12th NHK Asadora. Set in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, at the end of the Pacific War. Maki is the heroine, married to Shuichi who must go to war. She stays home and takes on the role of other war widows, managing business and a Chinese restaurant.

Natsumi is the 23 years old daughter of a master baker in Yokohama and in training with her father to become a pastry chef. She lives with her parents and younger brother in Yokohama. One day she travels to Iwate Prefecture with her boyfriend Masaki for his grandmother Katsuno's 77th birthday. While they are there, Katsuno, head okami of a famous ryokan in Morioka City, becomes ill and asks Masaki to return to run the ryokan. Natsumi returns to Yokohama and later Masaki visits, asking her to disregard their earlier plans to get married because he will return to Morioka as requested by Katsuno. However, Natsumi surprises him with a vow to become the ryokan's okami. Is Natsumi in for clear skies as suggested by the series name?

NHK's 102nd morning drama depicts the life of a famous composer. Koyama Yuichi with his wife Oto. They meet each other through music and overcome hardships together. Yuichi composes songs that became "Yells" for people all over Japan in the Showa Era (1926-1989) in which radical changes were going on.　

Massan is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, a Scotswoman Taketsuru met while studying abroad.

Онода Сакамічі перейшов до старшої школи, дуже сподіваючись на те, що нарешті в нього з’являться друзі, з якими можна буде і про аніме побалакати. Та на жаль, шкільний клуб аніме закрили через малу кількість учасників. Онода усіма силами намагається навернути школярів до цього клубу. Його новий однокласник Імаїдзумі Шюнске пропонує парі: якщо Онода приїде швидше за нього до школи по схилу, то Імаїдзумі вступить до його анімешного клубу. Імаїдзумі тренувався стати велосипедистом з дитинства, то ж одразу видно професіоналізм, а Онода лише на міському велосипеді і їздив. Та його візити на велосипеді до Акіхабари за 45 км від дому даються взнаки.

The 95th NHK Asadora is about Sumire, a girl born in the uptown of Kobe in the early Showa period. In the wake of wartime devastation, she works hard toward making children's clothes for a living, and later establishes a first-ever children's goods store in Japan. -- NHK

Кількасот років тому людство було майже винищене титанами. Титани не володіли інтелектом, вони пожирали людей просто заради розваги, а не як їжу. Невеликий відсоток людства пережив страшні часи в місті, захищеному п’ятидесятиметовою стіною.

Перенесемося в наш час, де місто не бачило титанів останні 100 років. Двоє дітей стали свідками жахливого: міська стіна була пробита величезним титаном, який з’явився нізвідки, і трохи менші титани проникають до міста. Мати Ерена та Мікаси була з’їдена заживо. Ерен присягається, що знищить кожного титана та помститься за все людство.

Rin Tachibana, nicknamed Hanekonma, grew up in Soma, Fukushima. Together with her parents, her sister and brother, and her grandparents, the story revolves around the Tachibana family and Rin's life throughout many years.

The 15th NHK Asadora. Starring Shinobu Otake in a story about a young woman striving to become a doctor and her mother, who is a nurse. The first six-month Asadora. Average rating of 40.1%.

The 38th NHK Asadora. Based on the autobiography of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's mother.

The adventures of a young Spanish boy named Esteban who joins a voyage to the New World in search of the lost Cities of Gold and his father.

NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen (ＮＨＫ紅白歌合戦, "NHK Red and White Song Battle"), more commonly known simply as Kouhaku, is an annual New Year's Eve television special held on December 31 every year, and produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It is broadcast live simultaneously on NHK General TV, BS4K, BS8K and NHK radio (nationally) and internationally on NHK World Premium and some overseas (mainly cable) broadcasters who buy the program. The program divides the most popular music artists of the year into competing teams of red and white. The 'red' team or 'akagumi' (紅組) is composed of all female artists (or groups with female vocals), while the 'white' team or 'shirogumi' (白組) is all male (or groups with male vocals).

The 7th NHK Asadora. Starring Tadashi Yokouchi in a narrative about an employee of the national railroad living through 50 years of modern history with his wife.

Кіріяма Рей, 17-річний юнак, вже кілька років заробляє гроші у професійній лізі шоґі. Але життя його не таке радісне, як може статися. У юному віці він утратив батьків. Його прийняли гарні люди, але з часом життям там перетворилося на пекло. І тепер, у його сірому житті лишень одна розрада, - сусідські дівчата-сестри, які забарвлюють його життя.