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Kaleido Star

Kaleido Star

Alternative Titles

English: Kaleido Star
Japanese: カレイドスター

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 51
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 3, 2003 to Mar 27, 2004
Duration: 23 min. per episode
Rating: PG - Children
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.141 (scored by 4454 users)
Ranked: #2432
Popularity: #525
Members: 8,210
Favorites: 274
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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Popular Tags

comedy drama shoujo sports

Synopsis

Sora, a young girl from Japan, comes to America in search of her dream. She wants, with all her heart, to be a member of the famous Kaleido Stage, a combination of musicals, acrobatics and magical effects. With the help of her friends, she struggles to make this dream come true.

Related Anime

Sequel: Kaleido Star: New Wings Extra Stage
Alternative version: Kaleido Star: It's Good! Goood!!

Characters & Voice Actors

Fool
Fool
Main
Koyasu, Takehito
Japanese
Koyasu, Takehito
Hickman, Jay
English
Hickman, Jay
...
Hamilton, Layla
Hamilton, Layla
Main
Ohara, Sayaka
Japanese
Ohara, Sayaka
Naegino, Sora
Naegino, Sora
Main
Hirohashi, Ryou
Japanese
Hirohashi, Ryou
Martinez, Cynthia
English
Martinez, Cynthia
...
Oswald, Leon
Oswald, Leon
Main
Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese
Sakurai, Takahiro
MacRae, Mike
English
MacRae, Mike
...

Staff

Hiraike, Yoshimasa
Director, Episode Director, 2nd Key Animation
Sato, Junichi
Director, Creator
Hiramatsu, Tadashi
Director, Storyboard, Key Animation
Sayama, Kiyoko
Episode Director, Storyboard


Write a review | More reviews (12)Reviews

Mar 21, 2008
Washi
A certain expectation arises for an anime series such as this, which takes the effort to build a unique premise and story. Without the telltale signs of pervasive cliché, like a harem or giant piloted robot, I had good hopes for Kaleido Star. The show wasn’t even approaching flawless or astonishing on any technical level, or even in the way its story was written and reared, but what I found is that it had an intoxicating charm and that it was far more vibrant and ‘energetic’ than most anime. When I say energetic, I don’t mean just a cast of genki characters relentlessly talking quickly, read more
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Aug 1, 2007
ZJun
Kaleido Star was a big surprise for me as I expected it to be a typical shoujo with probably many cheesy moments...
I was proven wrong..

Animation:
Overall, it was beautiful, bright colours and flowing movements that even appeared graceful, a very colorful setting that didn't appear too flashy....it totally captured the brilliance of a circus and the lovely performances that I just had to rewatch again. However it had its flaws, I noticed that several episodes had seemingly worse animation compared to the rest in which the characters looked distorted, thankfully this was hardly significant during the performances which kept their high standard throughout the whole read more
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Recommendations

Kaleido star is a much better version of the whole girl reaching for a goal/dreams. kaleido star has better comedy and character development and animation for sure.
These two shows are extremely similar, both focusing on a teenage girl with a big dream and trying to make it. The only difference is that in Kaleido Star they focus more on things like gymnastics and dancing, while in Glass Mask it's about acting.

Opening Theme

#1: "Take it Shake it" by Sugar (eps 1-13)
#2: "Yakusoku no Basho e" by Chihiro Yonekura (eps 14-26)
#3: "Tattoo Kiss" by r.o.r/s (eps 27-51)

Ending Theme

#1: "Real Identity" by Sugar (eps 1-13)
#2: "Boku wa Kokoni Iru" by SOPHIA (eps 14-26)
#3: "Escape" by r.o.r/s (eps 27-50)
#4: "Yakusoku no Basho e" by Chihiro Yonekura & Kaleido Stars (ep 51)

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