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Season 1 (2021)

Release date: 2021-07-04

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7.7 / 10

Director: Kazuhiro Yoneda

Episodes (13):

1. Beneath the Cherry Tree, in a Rain of Petals

After leaving the popular idol group JPX48, Ai Narata starts a new journey into the world of the Kouka Revue, an all-female musical theater troupe. It's there that she meets Sarasa Watanabe, a tall, semi-obnoxious go-getter with lofty dreams.

2. Those Who Long to Cross the Silver Bridge

The Kouka High School freshmen meet their sophomore advisors, and Sarasa needs to think about her aspirations. Later, the freshmen take a backstage tour of the Kouka Theater.

3. The Teddy Bear

Ai confronts an overly pushy Sarasa. A traumatic experience in Ai's past leads to her cold disposition, her decision to join JPX, and her fall from grace.

4. Tears Overwritten

When Ai runs off, leaving Sarasa with the stalker, Sarasa decides to hear out his side of the story. An explosive argument threatens to end any hope of friendship between Ai and Sarasa.

5. The Chosen Maidens

Yamada struggles to keep up with the rest of her class. As her diet grows more extreme and more detrimental to her health, she begins to wonder if she really belongs in the world of Kouka.

6. A Glimpse of Stardom

A surprise present from Tokyo rings in Sarasa's sixteenth birthday. When the class is assigned a scene from Romeo and Juliet, Sarasa's group struggles to put together their performance.

7. The Hanamichi and the Silver Bridge

Sarasa and Ai head back to Tokyo for summer vacation. Kabuki actor and Sarasa's boyfriend, Akiya Shirakawa, reflects on his childhood with Sarasa and their memories of kabuki.

8. Kaoru's Summer

Kaoru looks back on her last summer before attending Kouka, where she struggled with misplaced assumptions about her on her fourth and final try at auditioning for the illustrious school.

9. The Two Juliets

The first-year class learns they'll be participating in the once-a-decade Kouka Grand Sports Festival. A spark of jealousy and deep-seated resentment tear a rift between Chika and Chiaki.

10. A Once-in-a-Century Autumn

When the Superiors grant a rare opportunity to Sarasa, the decision earns her the ire of the second-year students. Finding herself uncharacteristically nervous, Sarasa turns to Ai and her senpai for advice as the Sports Festival begins.

11. 4/40

The first-year class gets another opportunity to act, this time in front of a crowd at the Culture Festival. However, there are only four roles, and forty students, which only means one thing: auditions.

12. Surely Someone

The Romeo and Juliet auditions begin in earnest. Yamada looks back on her pre-Kouka years as she finds her bearings in her role. Sarasa revisits a conversation she overheard between Kouzaburou and Akiya.

13. Kageki Shojo!!

Sarasa takes the stage as Tybalt. Sugimoto struggles with a crisis of self-worth. The cast list for the Culture Festival performance is revealed.

Cast

Sayaka Senbongi

as Sarasa Watanabe (voice)

Yumiri Hanamori

as Ai Narata (voice)

Sumire Uesaka

as Sawa Sugimoto (voice)

You Taichi

as Kaoru Hoshino (voice)

Rico Sasaki

as Ayako Yamada (voice)

Risae Matsuda

as Chika Sawada (voice)

Satsumi Matsuda

as Chiaki Sawada (voice)

Kana Hanazawa

as Hijiri Nojima (voice)

Mikako Komatsu

as Risa Nakayama (voice)

Yuka Terasaki

as Tomomi Takei (voice)

Junichi Suwabe

as Mamoru Ando (voice)

Kenji Nojima

as Taichi Narata (voice)

Hiroki Nanami

as Sei Satomi (voice)

Kengo Takanashi

as Akiya Shirakawa (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

as Kōzaburō Shirakawa (voice)

Crew - click here to expand

Miyuki Koga - Prop Designer, Yasuji Sakagami - Color Designer, Yasuhiro Asagi - Director of Photography, Daisuke Imai - Editor, Yukio Nagasaki - Sound Director, Takahiro Kishida - Character Designer, Kazuhiro Yoneda - Series Director, Tsuneyoshi Saito - Original Music Composer, Takao Maki - Character Designer, Hiromichi Tanigawa - Art Direction, Tadashi Morishita - Series Composition, Eriko Iida - Character Designer, Saji - Theme Song Performance, Kumiko Saiki - Comic Book, Akira Takata - Character Designer, Yui Ando - Sound Effects, Hiromichi Tanigawa - Art Designer, Ryoji Nagasawa - Special Effects, Keiichi Eda - CGI Director, Riki Kimura - Assistant Editor, Yasuyuki Konno - Sound Effects, Yasunari Usuda - Assistant Art Director, Yutaka Suwa - Music Producer, Yutaka Suwa - Producer, Kazuki Mukaitoge - Other, Ayano Sasaki - Other