AKB0048

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AKB0048 is the first anime based on AKB48. The 1st season was aired from April 29, 2012 to July 22, 2012 and the 2nd from January 5, 2013 to March 30, 2013. The anime is produced by Satelight, with Shoji Kawamori (Macross Plus & Macross Zero director) as chief director. New sub-group NO NAME, formed of the seiyuus, sing the opening and ending songs.

Information

• Episodes:

Season 1: 13

Season 2: 13

• Broadcast network: TV Tokyo, Amazon Prime Japan
• Air time: Saturday 0:20
• Opening theme:

Season 1: Kibou ni Tsuite (NO NAME)

Season 2: Aruji Naki Sono Koe (NO NAME)

• Ending theme:

Season 1: Yume wa Nando mo Umarekawaru (NO NAME)

Season 2: Kono Namida wo Kimi ni Sasagu (NO NAME)

Staff

• Creator: Akimoto Yasushi

Plot

At the start of the 21th century the earth is destructed by war over interplanetary travel tech. The humanity was forced to flee the planet and populate new planets. This marks the day 00 in year 000 of Star Calendar. The planets are controlled by an totalitarian government, the Deep Galactic Trade Organization (DGTO ), which forbid the use, contact or participation of entertainment activities like music. Short, things that can "diaturb the heart". The legendary idol group AKB48 changed their name to AKB0048 and is from now on made up of girls who have the same spirit and characte of the original members. Those girls will give away their past life and will suceed an original member. Since entertainment is forbidden, AKB0048 becomes an illigal idol group who cannot held their concerts official. In case of that the group changes their concept from "idol who you can meet" to "idol who come to see you" and the girls learn to fight and defend theirself.

The actual plot starts with an illigal concert of AKB48 on a planet called Lancastar. The young girls Motomiya Nagisa, Sono Chieri, Ichijo Yuka and Aida Orine visits it and decided to join one day AKB48.

Included Songs

Episode 1

• Aitakatta
• Shoujotachi yo
• Shonichi

Seiyuus

Successors

• Ayako Kawasumi - Akimoto Sayaka the 10th
• Kana Ueda - Itano Tomomi the 11tth
• Akemi Kanda - Oshima Yuko the 9th
• Yui Horie - Kashiwagi Yuki the 6th
• Mamiko Noto - Kojima Haruna the 8th
• Ryoko Shiraishi - Takahashi Minami the 5th
• Mai Nakahara - Miyazawa Sae the 10th
• Yukari Tamura - Mayu Watanabe MK3
• Miyuki Sawashiro - Maeda Atsuko the 13th

Kenkyuusei

75th Generation

• Sato Sumire (Team B) - Kishida Mimori
• Ishida Haruka (Team B) - Shinonome Kanata

76th Generation

• Kinoshita Momoka (NMB48 Team M) - Wanibuchi Megumi
• Takeuchi Miyu (Team 4) - Yanagikawa Hazuki

77th Generation

• Nakaya Sayaka (Team A) - Aida Orine
• Sato Amina (Team B) - Ichijo Yuka
• Hata Sawako (SKE48 Team KII) - Kanazaki Suzuko
• Yagami Kumi (SKE48 Team S) - Shinonome Sonata
• Watanabe Mayu (Team B) - Sono Chieri
• Iwata Karen (Team 4) - Motomiya Nagisa
• Mita Mao (NMB48 Team M) - Yokomizo Makoto

Staff Members

• Yumi Kakazu - Katagiri Tsubasa (formerly Shinoda Mariko the 7th)
• Sachiko Kojima - Minamino Mikako (formerly Minegishi Minami the 5th)
• Daisuke Ono - Ushiyama
• Itaru Yamamoto - Chef Papa

External Links

• Official Site