More details on Revue Starlight TV Anime Characters and Music!
In today's announcement stream, a whole lot more information about the characters in the upcoming Revue Starlight TV Anime were revealed. They all also have confirmed that the anime will be following the #1 Stage Play's storyline. The #1 Revival Blu-ray will be on sale on June 27th (WED), don't forget to buy your copies!
First of all, we would like everyone to learn and memorize these three keywords.
[Theatre Girls] (Butai Shoujo)
- These are girls who aim to become Theatre Actresses. They are girls full of Starlight and Sparkles.
[Seisho Music Academy] (Seisho Ongaku Gakuin)
- A famous music school. Classes are divided into two. Class A = Theatre Actress Training and Class B = Theatre Creation Class.
[Starlight]
- This is the title of the Revue that Karen and Hikari aimed to perform at when they were young. It is beautiful, even though quite sad.
And now we will proceed into the character introduction.
※ Please know before hand that the current character profile in this site is set to match the Theatre Play. A lot of details are different. They will be updated at a different time.
Hanayagi Kaoruko (CV: Itou Ayasa). She embodies the image of a classic Japanese lady. She speaks in full Kyoto-accent. She's the granddaughter of head of Japanese traditional dance in her hometown. She's the childhood friend of Futaba.
Isurugi Futaba (CV: Ikuta Teru). She is Kaoruko's childhood friend. She's good at swordfighting as well as rides a bike. She takes care of Kaoruko a lot, and watches over her.
Saijou Claudine (CV: Aiba Aina). She is Half French and Half Japanese. She speaks a lot of French in the anime, in full sentences, aside from her usual Oui, Merci, Bonjour. She was a child actress. Her rival is Tendou Maya.
Daiba Nana (CV: Koizumi Moeka). Her nickname is "Banana". She's like everyone's Mother. She is not only talented in theatre acting, but she can also write scripts and direct production of a play.
Tsuyuzaki Mahiru (CV: Iwata Haruki). She is Karen's roommate. Her talent is Baton Twirling. She loves Karen a lot. She is shy, gentle and kind, but she is very passionate in things she loves.
Hoshimi Junna (CV: Satou Hinata). She is very smart. She is 2nd year Class A's Class Representative. She pushed past her parent's disapproval of her attending Seisho Music Academy to become part of this school.
Tendou Maya (CV: Tomita Maho). She is called "Maya-sama". She is the Queen of the School. She is the school's celebrity. Everyone looks up to her and she wants to be the very best, no one ever was. The one person whose name is said in full the most. Her casting voice, Tomita Maho, asks everyone to count how many times she will be called "Tendou Maya" in the run of the anime.
Kagura Hikari (CV: Mimori Suzuko). She is a transfer student from England. She is cool and mysterious. Karen's childhood friend. She kept in her heart the want to reach "Starlight" with Karen. She did her best to reach this far to fulfill her promise. She loves a character named "Mr. White", the white bear pouch that can be found on her waist. Her hairpin is a sparkle hairpin, but it doesn't sparkle, it is just in the shape of a sparkle.
Aijo Karen (CV: Koyama Momoyo). Hikari's Childhood friend. She loves the Starlight. She loves theatre plays. She's a very energetic and cheerful girl, like the sun. She is quite selfless but she still aims to become the top star to reach the Starlight with her childhood friend, Hikari.
Pony Canyon will be producing all the music in the Revue Starlight TV Anime.
The music will be composed and arranged by:
Fujisawa Yoshiaki (Love Live!, GATE, Riddle Story of the Devil)
Katou Tatsuya (Free!, Shokugeki no Shoma, Love Live! Sunshine!!)
And all the song's lyrics will be by Nakamura Kanata (Yuuki Yuuna Series).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC6RcF441U4&feature=em-uploademail
The insert songs for the first three episodes were previewed and introduced in this stream. Please do know there may be talking voices at the background for these are only cuts from the full stream.
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Episode 1 [Theatre Girl] (Butai Shoujo)
Insert Song: Sekai wo Hai suru made (Lit. Until the World becomes Ashes)
Sung by: Kagura Hikari (CV: Mimori Suzuko), Hoshimi Junna (CV: Satou Hinata), Aijou Karen (CV: Koyama Momoyo)
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Episode 2 「Fated Theatre] (Unmei no Butai)
Insert Song: The Star Knows
Sung by: Hoshimi Junna (CV: Satou Hinata), Aijou Karen (CV: Koyama Momoyo)
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Episode 3 [Top Star]
Insert Song: Hokori to Ogori (Lit. Pride and Arrogance)
Sung by: Tendou Maya (CV: Tomita Maho), Aijou Karen (CV: Koyama Momoyo)
And this wraps up the anime section for today's announcement stream.
Don't forget to watch the full stream if you are interested!