Stars Align


Stars Align is a Japanese original anime television series written and directed by Kazuki Akane at studio Eight Bit. The series aired from October 10 to December 26, 2019.
On January 31, 2020, it was announced that there will be a Special Collaboration Movie and a Special Fan Movie. On May 18, 2020, it was announced that the Special Fan Movie has been completed. The special fan movie was released on May 20, 2020, and takes place two years after the end of the series.

Characters

;Maki Katsuragi
;Toma Shinjo
;Itsuki Ameno
;Rintaro Futsu
;Tsubasa Soga
;Shingo Takenouchi
;Nao Tsukinose
;Taiyo Ishigami
;Yuta "Yū" Asuka
;Kanako Mitsue
;Kei Takada
;Namie Ameno
;Kinuyo Kasuga
;Takuto Murakami
;Takayuki Sakurai
;Sakura Muroi
;Aya Katsuragi
;Kenji Kyobate
;Ryoma Shinjo
;Toma's mother

Production and release

On April 5, 2018, studio Eight Bit announced via Twitter that it was collaborating with Kazuki Akane to produce a new original anime. Akane is writing and directing the series, and Itsuka is providing the original character designs. Yūichi Takahashi is serving as the series' animation director as well as adapting Itsuka's designs for animation. Additionally, Miki Takeshita is in charge of scene setting, Shiori Shiwa is serving as art director, and Jin Aketagawa is serving as sound director at Magic Capsule. FlyingDog is producing the series' music. Instrumental band jizue is composing the series' music. The series is listed for 12 episodes. Megumi Nakajima performed the series' opening theme song "Suisō", while AIKI from bless4 performed the series' ending theme song "Kago no Naka no Bokura wa".
The series aired from October 10 to December 26, 2019, and was broadcast on TBS, BS-TBS, and other channels. Funimation has licensed the series for a simuldub.
In October 2019, two dancers accused the show of plagiarizing their choreography for the ending sequence, and their posts went viral on Twitter. In response, TBS Entertainment issued an apology to the dancers.
After the final episode, Kazuki Akane revealed that the anime was originally planned to be 24 episodes, but the production committee had decided to cut down the length of the series last minute. Akane promised that he would find another way to wrap up his original story through a sequel.
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