Fuji TV announced on Sunday that the Sazae-san television anime will have a one-hour February 2 television special to adapt the “Sazae-san Tabi Aruki” (Sazae-san Walking Travels) essay series by original Sazae-san creator Machiko Hasegawa.
Toda also portrayed in Hasegawa in “Sazae-san Uchiake Hanashi,” the 2010 Sazae-san special commemorating the original Sazae-san manga’s 65th anniversary.
In 2013, the show was awarded the Guinness World Record for longest-running animated television series, an award it extended last year.
The anime is usually the highest ranked animated series in Japan each week.