Like the opera, the story is set in Nagasaki in the early 1900s. It portrays the ups and downs of a young woman known as Butterfly, who lost her parents at a young age and has become an apprentice geisha. She later meets a naval officer and gets married, though the officer intends for the marriage to last only while he is stationed in Nagasaki.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Episode 1 | 2012-10-06 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 2 | 2012-10-07 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Episode 3 | 2012-10-13 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Episode 4 | 2012-10-14 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Episode 5 | 2012-10-20 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Episode 6 | 2012-10-21 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Episode 7 | 2012-10-27 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Episode 8 | 2012-10-28 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Episode 9 | 2012-11-03 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Episode 10 | 2012-11-04 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Episode 11 | 2012-11-10 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Episode 12 | 2012-11-11 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Episode 13 | 2012-11-17 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Episode 14 | 2012-11-18 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | Episode 15 | 2012-11-24 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Episode 16 | 2012-11-25 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Episode 17 | 2012-12-01 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | Episode 18 | 2012-12-02 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Episode 19 | 2012-12-08 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Episode 20 | 2012-12-09 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Episode 21 | 2012-12-15 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Episode 22 | 2012-12-22 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | Episode 23 | 2012-12-23 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | Episode 24 | 2013-01-05 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | Episode 25 | 2013-01-06 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | Episode 26 | 2013-01-12 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 27 | Episode 27 | 2013-01-13 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 28 | Episode 28 | 2013-01-19 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 29 | Episode 29 | 2013-01-20 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 30 | Episode 30 | 2013-01-26 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 31 | Episode 31 | 2013-01-27 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 32 | Episode 32 | 2013-02-02 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 33 | Episode 33 | 2013-02-03 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 34 | Episode 34 | 2013-02-09 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 35 | Episode 35 | 2013-02-10 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 36 | Episode 36 | 2013-02-16 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 37 | Episode 37 | 2013-02-17 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 38 | Episode 38 | 2013-02-23 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 39 | Episode 39 | 2013-02-24 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 40 | Episode 40 | 2013-03-02 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 41 | Episode 41 | 2013-03-03 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 42 | Episode 42 | 2013-03-09 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 43 | Episode 43 | 2013-03-10 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 44 | Episode 44 | 2013-03-16 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 45 | Episode 45 | 2013-03-17 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 46 | Episode 46 | 2013-03-23 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 47 | Episode 47 | 2013-03-24 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 48 | Episode 48 | 2013-03-30 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 49 | Episode 49 | 2013-03-31 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 50 | Episode 50 | 2013-04-06 | 70 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 51 | Episode 51 | 2013-04-07 | 70 min |
