Play Oeka Kids - Anpanman no Hiragana Daisuki (Japan) Online

Game Overview

Oeka Kids - Anpanman no Hiragana Daisuki is one of those weirdly endearing NES games that makes learning Japanese feel like a Saturday morning cartoon. You play as Anpanman—this squishy, bread-headed superhero—bouncing through mini-games that teach hiragana characters. The pixel art is bright and goofy, like someone turned a kindergarten workbook into an 8-bit playground.

It’s definitely aimed at kids, but there’s something oddly satisfying about matching hiragana to pictures of apples or balloons while Anpanman cheers you on. The music’s got that classic NES chirpiness, and the whole thing feels like stumbling into a time capsule of 1980s Japanese edutainment. Fair warning: you might finish a session and suddenly need to find the nearest bakery for some anpan.