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71-595: Revue Starlight ( 少女☆歌劇 レヴュースタァライト , Shōjo Kageki Revyū Sutāraito , lit. Girls' Musical Revue Starlight ) is a Japanese media franchise created in 2017 by Bushiroad , Nelke Planning and Kinema Citrus . It primarily consists of a series of musicals , debuting between September 22 and 24, 2017 at the AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo; a 12-episode anime television series directed by Tomohiro Furukawa which aired between July and September 2018; and two animated films, released on August 7, 2020, and June 4, 2021, which abridged and continued

142-579: A Shinto shrine complex. She faces off against Futaba, as a sukajan -clad delinquent, as both crash dekotora trucks through the walls (Revue of Malice, "わがままハイウェー" Wagamama Highway ). Squabbling over Kaoruko's resentment for refusing to return to Kyoto together, Futaba offers rationalizations but cannot face Kaoruko when the scene changes to a seductive cabaret club. Atop high scaffolding, they mount opposing trucks and race head-on with weapons drawn, only to fall off together. In resignation, Kaoruko acquiesces to Futaba's victory and receives Futaba's motorcycle as

213-652: A Seiran-focused stage play, and played central roles in Siegfeld's stage play. Elle Nishino ( 西野 える , Nishino Eru ) Andrew ( アンドリュー , Andoryū ) The series began as a stage play performed at the AiiA 2.5 Theater in Tokyo. The first performances, titled Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: The LIVE #1 were held from September 22 to 24, 2017, and a re-run titled Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: The LIVE #1 revival took place from January 6 to 8, 2018. A sequel stage play, titled Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: The LIVE #2 Transition ,

284-522: A chaotic revue. Both the Starlight tower and Tokyo Tower fall to cataclysmic ruin in a desert as Hikari declares their parting. As they enter their graduating year, all but a few of the Stage Girls of Seisho's 99th class intend to apply to the top national theatrical troupe . Karen, mourning Hikari's return to London, is without future plans. On their way to visit the troupe, the Stage Girls are waylaid in

355-457: A frightening pursuit through the deserted backstage. Browbeaten into tearful contrition for leaving Karen, Hikari is solaced by a once-more encouraging Mahiru in a medal ceremony and is sent on her way. Nana coldly scorns Junna's retreat from performance to study theatre in university, offering a blade as if to prompt seppuku . After futilely attempting to ensnare Nana in a labyrinth paved in famous quotations while raining down arrows and copies of

426-433: A gift. Spurred by the giraffe to search for Karen, Hikari boards a London Underground train, arriving beneath the underground theatre. Hikari finds instead Mahiru opening a multi-sport event in a track and field stadium. Forced halfheartedly into a revue that instantaneously morphs into a variety of sport competitions (Revue of Competition, "MEDAL SUZDAL PANIC◎〇●"), Hikari is defeated by Mahiru, then further menaced in

497-426: A half-eaten tomato. Still speaking of only Hikari, Karen is unnerved by suddenly seeing the stage and the audience anew. Denied of another stage with Hikari, Karen falls dead as an uneaten tomato explodes. Weeping, Hikari confesses to running from her own admiration of Karen. Hikari drops her envelope and Karen's body through a chute, beckoning Karen to return. A position zero-shaped metal box with Karen's face lands on

568-489: A major travel agency; Nippon Light Metal , an aluminum and chemical products company; MOS Burger (in the ThinkPark Tower , Ōsaki ); Lawson (East Tower of Gate City Ohsaki in Ōsaki), Namco Bandai Holdings ; Namco Bandai Games ; Banpresto ; Rakuten , Honda brand Acura ; Toyo Seikan , a packaging manufacturer; NSK Ltd. , a bearing maker; Fuji Electric , an electrical equipment manufacturer; Imagica ,

639-539: A media post-production company; Nippon Chemi-Con , an electronic components manufacturer; Topy Industries , a machinery and automotive components company; Gakken , a publishing and educational services company; Comsys , a telecommunications construction and engineering company; and Pola Cosmetics all have their headquarters within Shinagawa Ward. Marza Animation Planet also has its headquarters in Shinagawa on

710-553: A mobile game and bands made up by the voice actors of the characters which perform in live events with instruments and also launch music albums and singles. A male-centric version titled From Argonavis launched in 2018. Beginning in 2017, it has a unit with voice actors for musicals, an anime, manga, a radio program and a mobile game. Beginning in 2019, it has an anime, a game, and live DJ performances. Published games through their Bushimo social smartphone gaming service: Shinagawa Shinagawa ( 品川区 , Shinagawa-ku )

781-437: A partnership in the same year for the creation of different anime, and one of the reasons for the deal was due to that partnership and a day later Bushiroad announced that it had acquired 8.2% of Sanzigen with Ultra Super Pictures owning 75.4% of Sanzigen and studio president Hiroaki Matsuura owning 16.4% of the company. On March 16, 2021, Bushiroad acquired a 50.625% controlling stake in video game company Frontwing . In

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852-534: A rail car, which carries the box through a fierce sandstorm by igniting rocket engines and launching off a ramp. The rocket exhaust incinerates, in its wake, Hikari's envelope and scenes of Karen's past life. A reborn Karen emerges from the box in front of Hikari, and both are paraded in ostentatious displays of stage lighting (The Final Lines, "スーパー スタァ スペクタクル", Super Star Spectacle ). Hikari's radiance, visible for miles, awes Karen and snaps her sword in two. Both thrust their weapons, and Hikari stabs Karen squarely in

923-430: A subsidiary to help the company with the trading sales. In May 2016 Bushiroad change the name of Alcard Co., Ltd. to Bushiroad Creative and is currently headed by Kosuke Narita and they moved their headquarters from Warabi, Saitama to Nakano, Tokyo . The company also helps the main company with Merchandising sales. Formerly known as Bushiroad Media, Bushiroad Move specializes in internet radio production and also manages

994-475: A surprise revue when their subway train and the city landscape transform into a stage. Detached and without exertion, Nana dispatches nearly everyone, posing cryptic questions about their future that only Maya seems to comprehend (Revue of Annihilation, "wi(l)d-screen baroque"), and leaving them playing out a graphic tableau of death. After receiving the unfinished Starlight script for their graduating performance, featuring new lines calling for change and rebirth,

1065-448: A train platform high above the clouds, the giraffe drops a tomato before bursting into flame and falling to the desert far below. Maya and Claudine perform a play on the stage of a conventional, empty theatre (Revue of Souls, "美しき人　或いは其れは", Utsukushiki Hito Arui wa Sore wa ). The Devil in human guise (Claudine) wagers for the soul of a stage performer (Maya) by the signature of a contract . They trick each other, in turn, with artifices as

1136-413: A way to win together. After Kaoruko fails the initial Seisho Festival auditions while Futaba passes, Futaba rebels against Kaoruko's dependency to prioritize her own success. The two fall out, going to drastic lengths to spite and guilt trip each other. In the wake of the 99th class's first-year production of Starlight , Nana Daiba became deeply attached to that performance and all her experiences with

1207-654: Is "Hoshi no Dialogue" ( 星のダイアローグ , Star Dialogue ) , while the ending theme is "Fly Me to the Star", both performed by Starlight 99-gumi, the series' voice actors. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime and is streaming the series on Hidive with English, Portuguese and Spanish subtitles, and is also dubbed in English. MVM Entertainment acquired the distribution rights for the UK and Ireland via Sentai Filmworks. A spin-off comedy series, titled Shōjo Konto All-Starlight ( 少女☆寸劇 オールスタァライト ) ,

1278-574: Is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan . The Ward refers to itself as Shinagawa City in English. The Ward is home to ten embassies. As of 1 April 2016 , the Ward had an estimated population of 380,293 and a population density of 16,510 persons per km . The total area is 22.84 km . Shinagawa is also commonly used to refer to the business district around Shinagawa Station , which

1349-513: Is a compilation film titled Rondo Rondo Rondo that was slated to premiere on May 29, 2020, but was delayed to August 7, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The second is a brand-new anime film, entitled after the series itself, was planned to premiere on May 21, 2021, but was delayed to June 4, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the extension of Japan's state of emergency period. Rondo Rondo Rondo

1420-471: Is an abridged theatrical presentation of previously broadcast content from the anime series, re-edited and expanded with a few new scenes. Many dialogue scenes are removed, and several of the revue scenes segue directly into each other. Dialogues between Nana and the giraffe are added, commenting on the audition and the surrounding events. All songs from the series appear in the film, some with new musical arrangements, except "-Star Divine- finale" and "Fly Me to

1491-574: Is crowned Top Star, and disappears entirely, ending the auditions. Karen rouses Hikari from an endless solo performance of Starlight , in which she is repeatedly battered by red stars hoisted from far above, but Hikari still resolves to condemn herself for falling to the temptation of becoming Top Star. In a final revue recreating the ending of Starlight , Hikari takes on Claire's role, casting Karen, as Flora, out from her stage (Main revue: Revue of Astral Sins; New ending: Revue of Starlight Gathering, Revue Song: "Starlight" for both Revues). Karen forces

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1562-590: Is in fact located in neighboring Minato but also serves the northern part of Shinagawa, and is a stop on the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen line. Shinagawa is also home to the main motor vehicle registration facility for central Tokyo (located east of Samezu Station). As a result, many license plates in Tokyo are labeled with the name "Shinagawa." Shinagawa has sister-city relationships with Auckland in New Zealand, Geneva in Switzerland, and Portland, Maine , in

1633-625: Is not in Shinagawa Ward. This Shinagawa is in the Takanawa and Konan neighborhoods of Minato Ward, directly north of Kita-Shinagawa. Shinagawa Ward includes natural uplands and lowlands, as well as reclaimed land. The uplands are the eastern end of the Musashino Terrace . They include Shiba-Shirokanedai north of the Meguro River , Megurodai between the Meguro and Tachiai Rivers, and Ebaradai south of

1704-406: Is retained today with several large hotels near the train station offering 6,000 rooms, the largest concentration in Tokyo. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed rail line began serving Shinagawa Station in 2003. Shinagawa is run by an assembly of 40 elected members. Many companies are headquartered in Shinagawa Ward. Isuzu , a diesel engine and commercial truck manufacturer; JTB Corporation ,

1775-723: Is supposed to be completed in 2024 and its address is: 5480-1, Nishioi 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Other companies maintain branch offices or research facilities in Shinagawa Ward. Sony operates the Gotenyama Technology Center and the Osaki East Technology Center in Shinagawa. Sony used to have its headquarters in Shinagawa. Sony moved to Minato, Tokyo around the end of 2006 and closed the Osaki West Technology Center in Shinagawa around 2007. Adobe Systems maintains its Japan headquarters on

1846-696: The Edo period , when Shinagawa-juku was the first shukuba (post town) in the " 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō " that a traveler would reach after setting out from Nihonbashi to Kyoto on the Tōkaidō . The Tokugawa shogunate maintained the Suzugamori execution grounds in Shinagawa. Following the Meiji Restoration and the abolition of the han system , Shinagawa Prefecture was instituted in 1869. The prefectural administration

1917-649: The 18th floor of the Tennoz Ocean Square near Tennōzu Isle Station . And since August 2018, Sega Sammy , best known for its Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and also the owner of the Nakano -based TMS Entertainment (which itself owns the aforementioned Marza Animation Planet), has its headquarters in Shinagawa at the Sumitomo Fudosan Osaki Garden Tower near Ōsaki Station . Japan Airlines (JAL),

1988-719: The 19th Floor of Gate City Ohsaki near Ōsaki Station , while Siemens AG has its Japan offices in Takanawa Park Tower. Phoenix Technologies operates its Japan office on the 8th floor of the Gotanda NN Building in Gotanda . Siemens Japan and Philips also have offices in Shinagawa. Microsoft and ExxonMobil have their Japanese headquarters in Konan, Minato , near Shinagawa. Kojima Productions offices are also located in Shinagawa. A JAL subsidiary, Japan Asia Airways ,

2059-474: The Devil seeks to take the performer's soul in return for a display of brilliance. Discarding their roles, they goad each other into a frenzied, passionate duel across a web of aerial pathways and platforms. Claudine defeats Maya, fulfilling the contract as the stage set burns down in a towering conflagration. Holding hands, they commit once more to their rivalry to come. Arriving on Tokyo Tower, Karen finds Hikari with

2130-1301: The Junior High students of said school, titled Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: The STAGE Junior High Regalia , was held at the Hikosen Theater in Taito from October 14 to 24, 2022. A manga adaptation of the musical drawn by Tsubaki Ayasugi, titled Butai Revue Starlight: Show Must Go On ( 舞台 レヴュースタァライト SHOW MUST GO ON ) , and a 4-panel manga series by Makimaki Mawaru, Yonkoma Starlight ( よんこま すたぁらいと ) , both began serialization in Bushiroad 's Monthly Bushiroad magazine from January 6, 2018. A third manga written by Kanata Nakamura and illustrated by Sora Goto, Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight Overture ( 少女☆歌劇 レヴュースタァライト オーバーチュア ) , began serialization in ASCII Media Works ' Dengeki G's Comic magazine from January 30, 2018. A 12-episode anime television series produced by Bushiroad , Tokyo Broadcasting System Television , Pony Canyon , Overlap, Nelke Planning and Kinema Citrus aired in Japan between July 12 and September 27, 2018. The series

2201-447: The Stage Girls arrive at understandings of Nana's exhortations. On another train, the giraffe, appearing in the form of vegetables, drops tomatoes which each of the Stage Girls bites into. Karen, oblivious to all this, is left alone in a solitary train car heading through a vast desert to Tokyo Tower. In extended flashbacks, Karen's childhood since meeting Hikari is shown: once shy and withdrawn, Karen became outgoing and found her love for

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2272-412: The Stage Girls at their new professions and studies across the world. Karen is seen at an unspecified audition, her destination unrevealed. A smartphone game titled Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight -Re LIVE- developed by Ateam and Bushiroad was released for Android devices on October 22, 2018, and an iOS version was released on October 28. The game features gacha gameplay elements. A worldwide version of

2343-492: The Stage Girls' backstage exploits during school theatre productions. The plots of these plays, most prominently the fictional play Starlight , are often recounted as a story within a story . As the same characters appear in both staged and animated media, each character is performed live by her voice actress in stage shows and concerts. The franchise launched in 2017 with a cast made up of nine students from Seisho Music Academy's 99th graduating class, who have since appeared as

2414-407: The Star". The former is replaced with "Star Diamond", while the new song "Hymn to Rebirth" plays over the end credits. "The Star Knows" and "Pride and Arrogance" exchange order of appearance. Before the end credits, Nana, in the underground theatre, notices the red star props suspended overhead as a portent of death. After the end credits, the fallen Tokyo Tower is seen in the underground theatre, and

2485-538: The Tachiai River. The Ward lies on Tokyo Bay . Its neighbors on land are all special wards of Tokyo: Kōtō to the east, Minato to the north, Meguro to the west, and Ōta to the south. Shinagawa Ward consists of five areas, each consisting of multiple districts and neighborhoods: Most of Tokyo east of the Imperial Palace is on reclaimed land . A large proportion of the reclamation took place during

2556-429: The battles end harmlessly with the removal of a piece of the opponent's stage costume, and victory is declared by standing at a taped T-mark dubbed "position zero". The franchise portrays the spectacle of these revues both on stage using choreography and stage combat , and in animation. A talking giraffe, as well as, eventually, other denizens of the underground theatre, preside over the revues, all seeking to witness

2627-533: The beginning of the company was an associated in six distinct subgroups that later merged into one entity. The two most important companies that extended the company's global market were in subsidiary which was created on November 12, 2010, to expand the company to market overseas for Collectible card games . On May 18, 2012, Bushiroad set up a subsidiary called Bushiroad USA Inc., which is located in Los Angeles, California to help them demand and increased interest in

2698-445: The character 星 ( hoshi , lit. star ), Junna, reduced to tears by Nana's contempt, claims Nana's blade as her own and fights back, renouncing the quotations for words of her own (Revue of Hunting, "ペン : 力 : 刀", Pen:Chikara:Katana ). Battling obstinately through spotlit haze, Junna steps onto an unseen position zero and defeats Nana through her shocked denial. They reconcile and part without looking back. Confronted by Hikari on

2769-410: The chest. A geyser of position zero-shaped boxes erupts forth from Karen, tearing Tokyo Tower in two. The tower's upended tip plants into a vast position zero swathed across the desert. The Stage Girls, including the others watching from afar, cast away their pelisses as the revue ends. Unharmed, Karen looks forward to her next stage as Hikari gives her a tomato. Over the end credits, Hikari encounters

2840-477: The companies' subsidiary theater company Thearter Company HIKOSEN. Furthermore, on February 3, 2020, Bushiroad would acquire all shares of the company made a wholly owned subsidiary. Those are original crossmedia projects of the company that are made available on different media like manga, anime, games and live events. Beginning in 2010, it has a voice actor unit for live performances, an anime, light novel, manga and games. Created in 2015, it has an anime, manga,

2911-556: The company in those markets. The company also has large number of stores offering its products in Australia , Canada , China , France , Germany , United Kingdom , Colombia , Brazil , Argentina , Indonesia , Singapore , Thailand , Malaysia , New Zealand , India , Italy , Turkey , Qatar , Philippines , Spain , Portugal , Cambodia , Mexico , South Africa , Panama , Uruguay , Peru , Paraguay , Mexico , South Africa , and Hong Kong . On February 27, 2015, Bushiroad formed

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2982-432: The copyright, development, and publishing of musical works. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) is a professional wrestling promotion that was acquired on January 31, 2012, by Bushiroad and is the largest and oldest wrestling promotion in Japan. In 2019, NJPW formed an American subsidiary of the company called New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America. In June 2024, World Wonder Ring Stardom (formerly traded as Bushiroad Fight Co., Ltd.)

3053-447: The franchise to use as revue songs during battles. Bushiroad On January 29, 2012, Bushiroad announced that it had fully acquired New Japan Pro-Wrestling , a major professional wrestling promotion, for ¥500 million. In October 2019, Bushiroad acquired World Wonder Ring Stardom , a joshi puroresu promotion. At the 2012 Tokyo Game Show , Bushiroad announced Bushimo, a new social gaming platform for smartphones , which

3124-401: The game, localized into English, Korean, and Traditional Chinese, was released on April 22, 2019. In the game, players collect Stage Girls performing a variety of roles from literature, history, mythology, legends, and original stories, then build parties to challenge a growing variety of single-player and multi-player activities, most featuring leaderboards. Players can select songs from across

3195-552: The head office of its subsidiary JAL Hotels , and registered offices of JAL Express and JALways are located in the Tennōzu Isle area. In addition, Jalux, a subsidiary, has its head office in the I·S Building. One group of employees moved into the building on July 26, 2010, and one on August 2, 2010. On 8 July 2022, Nikon announced they have begun construction on a new headquarters adjacent to their Ōi Plan. The Nikon HQ

3266-590: The main casts of three numbered stage plays, an anime series, two animated films, and several manga. They have also received prominent focus in a mobile game. In addition, they have recorded most of the musical discography of the franchise under the billing of Starlight Kuku Gumi (スタァライト九九組, lit. Starlight 99 Group ), and have performed the franchise's music live in three numbered concerts, as well as two orchestral concerts. Five students from Rinmeikan Girls School, an institution specializing in traditional theatre of Japan , debuted in 2018 as additional main characters in

3337-461: The media franchise BanG Dream! in January 2015, which consists of a musical group, several manga series, and an anime television series. It also created the media franchise Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight in 2017, which consists of a musical and an anime television series. On December 12, 2019, Bushiroad and Kadokawa each acquired 31.8% of Kinema Citrus . The three companies previously announced

3408-513: The mobile game. They have also released one single and performed alongside Starlight Kuku Gumi in their third concert. Five students from Frontier School of Arts, an unconventional, modern school, debuted in 2018 as additional main characters in the mobile game. They have also released one single and performed alongside Starlight Kuku Gumi in their third concert. Five students from Siegfeld Institute of Music, an elite school fostering strong competition, debuted in 2018 as additional main characters in

3479-440: The mobile game. They have also released two singles, performed alongside Starlight Kuku Gumi in their third concert, and starred in a Siegfeld-focused stage play with guest appearances from each other school. Three students from Seiran General Arts Institute debuted in 2018 in the franchise's second numbered stage play, before being added to the mobile game as additional main characters. They have also released one single, starred in

3550-463: The only potential winners remaining, the giraffe allows them to fight two-on-two. Together, Karen and Hikari overcome Maya and Claudine's teamwork, defeating Maya and winning the revue (Revue of Fate, Revue Song: "-Star Divine- finale"). A distraught Claudine tries to assume Maya's loss, but Maya takes the outcome in stride and accepts Claudine as her partner. The other Stage Girls watch on as Hikari refuses to take their brilliance, to spare Karen. Hikari

3621-513: The rest of the class. The following school year, Nana joined the giraffe's auditions after learning that the Top Star can stand on any stage across time itself. Nana defeated even Maya to win the auditions, and wished to relive the first-year Starlight , causing time to rewind to the start of the previous school year. While studying in London, Hikari diligently worked to fulfill her promise with Karen, but

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3692-399: The revue to continue, conceiving a new ending in which Flora reunites with Claire, and reaches Hikari by summoning Tokyo Tower onto the stage as a bridge. Hikari gives in to Karen, and together they perform the revue to its conclusion. On November 3, 2019, during the "Revue Starlight 3rd StarLive 'Starry Diamond'" concert, it was announced that the series would receive two new films. The first

3763-448: The round , where the "brilliance" that embodies their passion for acting empowers them to stage impromptu musical theatre revues without stagehands or audiences. In these revues, the Stage Girls sing seemingly spontaneously composed musical numbers , clash in largely hand-to-hand combat , and may even act out dramas, on an ever-changing set constructed by unmanned stagecraft . Though the Stage Girls are depicted as using real weapons,

3834-481: The sound of an oncoming train is heard. Revue Starlight the Movie ( Gekijōban Shōjo☆Kageki Revyū Sutāraito ) is a sequel film continuing from the ending shared by the anime and Rondo Rondo Rondo . The film includes 50 minutes of musical sequences featuring six new revue songs, as well as the new end credits song "私たちはもう舞台の上" ( Watashitachi wa Mō Butai no Ue ). Having performed Starlight together, Hikari defeats Karen in

3905-411: The stage with Hikari's encouragement. Receiving from Hikari a Starlight poster folded as an envelope, Karen kept the envelope as a lifelong possession. Even over years of theatre training to reunite with Hikari on the stage, however, Karen repeatedly shrank from learning about Hikari's activities. In the underground theatre, Kaoruko, as a bakuto , deals a game of chō-han at an illicit gambling den in

3976-453: The story of the anime. It has received three manga adaptations, all of which began serialization in January 2018. A smartphone game titled Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight: Re LIVE , developed by Ateam , launched in October 2018. The Revue Starlight franchise includes stage musicals, a musical animated series, musical films , and a mobile game each telling original, interconnected stories about

4047-432: The top students of the class, to reclaim those roles. Karen spends an entire day wandering Tokyo in search of Hikari, who has left campus unannounced. By phone, the two gradually open up to each other after reaffirming their childhood promise: to perform together in Starlight . They finally meet up at Tokyo Tower, where Hikari hints at terrible consequences for losing in the auditions. Karen assures Hikari that they can find

4118-569: The training, personal lives, and growth of several groups of female performing arts students, who are distinguished from their peers as "Stage Girls" by their exceptional zeal for stage acting, ambition for stardom, and competitive nature. Over multiple school years, the characters are drawn together by these shared qualities despite their greatly different personalities and talents, while also coming into conflict in their pursuit to surpass each other. The Stage Girls invariably settle their conflicts by performance in an otherworldly underground theatre in

4189-499: The unpredictable scenes that will play out on stage each time. The Stage Girls join some of these revues by enticement and others by their own volition, but always to fight for consequential stakes in their theatrical pursuits. In each revue, the characters perform an original "revue song" in duets and ensembles. The franchise further includes a discography of albums and singles collecting these and other original songs, composed in various show tune styles. The franchise also chronicles

4260-471: The voice acting agency, HiBiKi, along with HiBiKi Radio Station, which is dedicated to promoting Bushiroad's anime, games, and voice talents. Operates a music business and handles activities such as the planning, production and sales of music contents. Bushiroad Music is also highly involved in the production of live events. Bushiroad Music Publishing is a wing of the Bushiroad Music tasked with handling

4331-406: Was acquired by NJPW, thus becoming a subsidiary of NJPW. Bushiroad Works, Inc. was established to create and publish original IP through manga and novel format. Bushiroad Well-Be is a subsidiary of Bushiroad that owns fitness clubs and theaters and was founded in 2004. Bushiroad would acquire 14.5% of the shares in 2019 and then later on October 1, 2019, for the purpose of forming a tie-up with

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4402-400: Was adapted from. In the tragedy, two girls, Flora and Claire, ascend a tower to seek out a star, but are forever separated in the end. On the final day of the auditions, Karen and Hikari revisit Tokyo Tower, recalling how they embodied their promise there by trading hair barrettes . Claudine is surprised when Maya acknowledges what she had believed to be a one-sided rivalry. With these four as

4473-745: Was also headquartered in the JAL Building until JAL dissolved it. GEOS , an English language school company, once had its headquarters in Shinagawa. At one time Air Nippon had its headquarters in Shinagawa. Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Shinagawa Ward Board of Education. Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . Municipal combined elementary and junior high schools: Municipal junior high schools: Municipal elementary schools: Shinagawa Station

4544-462: Was announced on March 31, 2019. At Seisho Music Academy, a prestigious performing arts school in Tokyo , the 99th graduating class begins preparing for the 100th annual Seisho Festival, where they will perform the play Starlight for the second year running. While various students hope for the leading roles , Karen Aijō, an enthusiastic but easygoing student, is content for Maya Tendo and Claudine Saijō,

4615-503: Was directed by Tomohiro Furukawa, with Tatsuto Higuchi handling series composition and writing the scripts, Hiroyuki Saita designing the characters and Yoshiaki Fujisawa and Tatsuya Kato composing the score. In addition, most episodes feature musical numbers by various composers, with lyrics by Kanata Nakamura. The series was released on three Blu-ray Disc/DVD volumes, each containing additional original video animation shorts, between October 24, 2018, and February 27, 2019. The opening theme

4686-577: Was originally meant to be performed in July 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic , and an online prequel stage play, titled Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: The LIVE ONLINE , was held in its place. A fourth stage play will be held in February 2023 at Tokyo Tatemono Brilla Hall. A stage play focusing on the students of Seiran General Art Institute and a spin-off of The LIVE #2 Transition , titled Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: The LIVE Seiran BLUE GLITTER ,

4757-631: Was performed at the Galaxy Theater in Shinagawa from October 13 to 21, 2018, with a re-run titled Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: The LIVE #2 Revival performed at the Maihama Amphitheater in Chiba from July 12 to 15, 2019. A third stage play, titled Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: The LIVE #3 Growth , was performed at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball in Shinagawa from July 27 to August 1, 2021. The play

4828-536: Was performed at the Galaxy Theater in Shinagawa from December 21 to 27, 2020. A stage play based on the Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: Re LIVE game and focusing on the Edels and Junior High students of Siegfeld Institute of Music, titled Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: The LIVE Edel Delight , was performed at the Galaxy Theater in Shinagawa from February 18 to 27, 2022. A spin-off stage play focusing on

4899-623: Was released in Winter 2012. In March 2013, Bushiroad announced the revival of the media franchise Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road , with an anime television series that aired on December 31, 2013, as a collaboration between Bushiroad, Bandai Visual , Nitroplus , and Kinema Citrus . Bushiroad introduced a monthly magazine in September 2013 titled Monthly Bushiroad ( 月刊ブシロード , Gekkan Bushirōdo ) . It features manga serializations of their various trading card games and other franchises. Bushiroad created

4970-497: Was tempted by the giraffe into an audition where she ultimately lost to a fellow classmate. Afterwards, Hikari realised that the intangible "brilliance" that propelled her stage performances had been taken to fuel the winner's Top Star role. Fearful of forsaking her promise, Hikari accepted a second chance to compete in the auditions in Japan. Hikari reads to Karen The Starlight Gatherer , the English-language book that Starlight

5041-488: Was to be set up in the Ebara District, but in 1871 Shinagawa Prefecture was integrated into Tokyo Prefecture . In 1932, during the reorganisation of the municipal boundaries of Tokyo City following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake , a smaller version of Shinagawa Ward was created. On March 15, 1947, this was merged with the neighboring Ebara Ward to create the present Shinagawa Ward. The Ward's historic post-town function

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