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Anpan (あんぱん) (TV series)

Anpan (あんぱん) is NHK's 112th Asadora serial drama, broadcast March 31 to September 26, 2025, 130 episodes; also known as Drama Serial Anpan, modeled on Anpanman creator Yanase Takashi and his wife Komatsu Nobu, scripted by Miho Nakazono, starring Mio Imada and Takumi Kitamura, theme song Tamamono by RADWIMPS, final episode 18.1% household rating.

Anpanman (アンパンマン)

Anpanman (アンパンマン), also Soreike! Anpanman, is a Japanese children's superhero created by Takashi Yanase, first published 1969, picture book 1973, anime on Nippon TV since October 3, 1988; Guinness record 1,768 characters in 2009, over 2,300 now.

Anpao Dorsa

Anpao Dorsa is a 550-km ridge system (dorsum) on Venus at 62°N, 207°E, in quadrangle V-5, named in 1997 from the Dakota word for the dawn and linked to the Pandrosos Dorsa belt.

Anpara power station

The Anpara power station is a complex of coal-fired thermal power stations at Anpara in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, India, on the Rihand Reservoir with a total capacity of 3,830 MW.

Anpara-C power station

Anpara-C power station is a 1,200 MW coal-fired power plant near Anpara village in Sonebhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, India, built by Lanco and now owned by MEIL Anpara Energy Limited.

Anpara-D power station

Anpara-D power station is a coal-fired power station with two 500 MW units at Anpara in Sonebhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, India, built by BHEL and owned by UPRVUNL.

Anpodu Kanmani

Anpodu Kanmani (അൻപോട് കൺമണി) is a 2025 Malayalam comedy-drama directed by debutant Liju Thomaz, starring Arjun Ashokan and Anagha Narayanan as newlyweds Nakulan and Shalini facing pressure to conceive; released 24 January 2025, streamed on Prime Video from 26 March 2025.

Oct 22, 2026

Anqasa Amin

Anqasa Amin (Ge'ez: አንቀጸ አሚን, "The Gate of Faith") is a sixteenth-century Christian apology against Islam written in Ge'ez by Enbaqom, a Muslim convert and abbot of Däbrä Libanos.

Anqet Farra

Anqet Farra (formerly Anqet Farrum) is a 125-km-wide farrum, a pancake-shaped volcanic structure, on Venus at 33.60N, 311.50E, IAU-named in 1994 for the Egyptian goddess of fertile waters.

Sep 23, 2026

Anqi Sheng

Anqi Sheng (安期生) is a legendary Chinese immortal of the Qin and Han era, said to be a thousand-year-old medicine seller on the Shandong coast.

Anqing

Anqing (安庆), also called Yicheng, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Anhui, China, on the north bank of the lower Yangtze and Anhui's capital from 1760 to 1938.

Anqing power station

Anqing power station is a coal-fired power station on the Yangtze River in Anqing, Anhui, China, generating 2,640 MW and owned by Guoneng Shenwan Anqing Power Generation.

Anqiu

Anqiu (安丘市) is a county-level city under Weifang, Shandong, China; formerly Quqiu, county since 148 BC, city since 1994; about 2,025 km², ginger and vegetable farming, 2024 GDP 51.7 billion yuan.

Anquan Boldin

Anquan Boldin (born 1980, Pahokee, Florida) is a retired NFL wide receiver, 2003 second-round pick, who played for the Cardinals, Ravens, 49ers, and Lions, totaling 1,076 catches, 13,779 yards, and 82 touchdowns, winning Super Bowl XLVII and the 2015 Walter Payton Man of the Year.

ANR Pipeline

ANR Pipeline is an American interstate natural gas transmission company founded in 1945, moving gas from Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana to Midwest markets and owned by TC Energy since 2007.

Sep 19, 2026

Anra scarab

Anra scarabs are design scarabs of Egypt's Second Intermediate Period whose bases always include the hieroglyphs n and r, produced mainly in Canaan around 1650 to 1530 BC.

Anran

Anran (안란) is a fire-wielding Damage (flanking DPS) hero in Blizzard's Overwatch, sister of Wuyang, launched February 10, 2026 in The Reign of Talon Season 1: Conquest, with an Ignition burn mechanic, dual ultimate, and a Season 2 face redesign after fan criticism.

Anredera

Anredera (Madeira-vines), genus of climbing vines in Basellaceae, Caryophyllales, published 1789; 10-12 species native to tropical and subtropical Americas; includes invasive ornamental Anredera cordifolia.

Anredera cordifolia

Anredera cordifolia, Madeira vine or mignonette vine (binahong), a Basellaceae twining vine native to South America, grown as ornamental and vegetable, invasive in Australia and New Zealand via aerial tubers.

Sep 19, 2026

Anri

Anri (杏里), born Eiko Kawashima in 1961, is a Japanese pop singer and defining city pop voice whose 1983 anime theme "CAT'S EYE" topped the Oricon chart.

Anri Okita (沖田杏梨)

Anri Okita (沖田杏梨), born 1986 in Birmingham, England, is a British-born Japanese entertainer: former AV performer (2011–2016), mainstream actress, singer (GORILLA, 2017), and member of the idol group BLACK DIAMOND; distinct from the city pop singer Anri.

Anrikefon injection

Anrikefon injection (安瑞克芬注射液, HSK21542, brand Sishujing) is Haisco's peripheral kappa opioid receptor agonist, approved in China in May 2025 for post-abdominal-surgery pain and in September 2025 for dialysis-related pruritus, without narcotic control.

Anrufen

Anrufen, also known within the Königrufen group, is an Austrian and German four-player 24-card marriage-group trick-taking game where the bidder calls a card to choose a secret partner, with 90 card points plus marriage bonuses per deal.

Ans Polak

Ans Polak (Anna Dresden-Polak, 1906-1943), Dutch Jewish gymnast with club Bato Amsterdam, won team gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics in the first women's Olympic gymnastics event; murdered at Sobibor with her daughter Eva.

Ans Schut

Ans Schut (Johanna Schut, Boekema-Schut), Dutch long-track speed skater (1944-2025), 1968 Grenoble Olympic 3,000 m gold in 4:56.2, 1969 world record holder at 1,500 m and 3,000 m, pioneer of Dutch women's skating.

Ansa Biotechnologies

Ansa Biotechnologies is a DNA synthesis company in Emeryville, California, founded in 2018 by Daniel Lin-Arlow and Sebastian Palluk, using enzymatic synthesis rather than chemical methods.

Oct 22, 2026

Ansab literature

Ansab literature (أدب الأنساب) is the body of Arabic writing on tribal lineages, in which genealogical records carry poems, battle tales, proverbs, and anecdotes, foremost among them al-Baladhuri's Kitab Ansab al-Ashraf.

Ansai gas field

The Ansai gas field (安塞气田) is the gas-producing area of the Yan'an gasfield in Ansai district, Yan'an, Shaanxi, China, a "three-low" reservoir with low pressure, low permeability, and low gas abundance.

Ansaldo Energia

Ansaldo Energia is an Italian power generation company headquartered in Genoa that makes gas turbines, steam turbines, and generators, controlled by Italy's state-owned Cassa Depositi e Prestiti group.