The Widening Appeal Of "Old Enough"
Japan's Self-Reliant Children Reach An International Audience on Netflix
The last time I watched Nippon TV’s “Old Enough” it was on YouTube with its original, superior Japanese title, “Hajimete no Otsukai” (“First Errand”). Though a show about preschoolers running errands for their parents might not sound like a hit, it has been a fixture since 1991, a remarkable run in Japan, where series usually end…
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