Cue! | |
Video game | |
Developer | Liber Entertainment |
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Genre | Simulation game,Seinen |
Platform | Android,iOS |
Released |
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Anime television series | |
Directed by | Shin Katagai |
Written by | Tatsuhiko Urahata |
Music by | Ryousuke Nakanishi |
Studio | Yumeta Company Graphinica |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | MBS,TBS,BS-TBS,AT-X |
Original run | January 8,2022 – June 25,2022 |
Episodes | 24 |
Cue! (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese mobile game produced by Liber Entertainment. It launched on iOS and Android systems on October 25,2019. The game is a simulation game where players can train up-and-coming voice actors. An anime television series adaptation by Yumeta Company and Graphinica aired from January to June 2022 on the Animeism programming block.
A mobile game by Liber Entertainment was released on October 25,2019. The game temporarily ended service on April 30,2021,in order to revise gameplay elements. [2] On July 23,2022 it was announced that efforts to relaunch the game had been discontinued and that the activities of the AiRBLUE idol units would be suspended. [3]
An anime television series adaptation was announced on November 1,2020. [4] It is produced by Yumeta Company and Graphinica and directed by Shin Katagai,with Tatsuhiko Urahata overseeing the series' scripts,Motohiro Taniguchi designing the characters,and Ryosuke Nakanishi composing the music. It aired from January 8 to June 25,2022,on the Animeism programming block on MBS,TBS,and BS-TBS. [1] [5] [6] The first opening theme is "Start Line",and the first ending theme is "Hajimari no Kane no Ne ga Narihibiku Sora". [7] The second opening theme is "Tomorrow's Diary",and the second ending theme is "Yumeda Yori." [8] All songs are performed by the group Airblue. Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia. [9]
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No. | Title [10] [11] | Directed by [lower-alpha 1] | Written by [lower-alpha 1] | Storyboarded by [lower-alpha 1] | Original air date [12] [lower-alpha 2] |
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1 | "The Beginning of the Beginning" Transliteration: "Hajimari no Hajimari" (Japanese: はじまりのはじまり) | Shin Katagai Takushi Shikatani | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Shin Katagai | January 8, 2022 [lower-alpha 3] |
2 | "Their Respective Colors" Transliteration: "Sorezore no Iro" (Japanese: それぞれの色) | Rin Teraoka | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Royden B | January 15, 2022 |
3 | "This Meeting Is Destiny" Transliteration: "Kono Deai wa Unmei" (Japanese: この出会いは運命) | Yoshifumi Sueda | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Yoshifumi Sueda | January 22, 2022 [lower-alpha 4] |
4 | "Lucky Color?" Transliteration: "Rakkī Karā?" (Japanese: ラッキーカラー?) | Masakazu Sunagawa | Yoriko Tomita | Shigeru Kimiya | January 29, 2022 |
5 | "Starting Line" Transliteration: "Sutāto Rain" (Japanese: スタートライン) | Yumeta Company Direction Department | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Masatoshi Hakata | February 5, 2022 [lower-alpha 5] |
6 | "Ride the Headwind" Transliteration: "Mukaikaze o Tsukamaete" (Japanese: 向かい風を捕まえて) | Kōjin Ochi | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Kōjin Ochi | February 12, 2022 [lower-alpha 5] |
7 | "Moon and Sun" Transliteration: "Tsuki to Taiyō" (Japanese: 月と太陽) | Masakazu Sunagawa | Tatsuhiko Urahata Yoriko Tomita | Masakazu Sunagawa | February 19, 2022 [lower-alpha 5] |
8 | "100 Percent" Transliteration: "100 Pāsento" (Japanese: 100ぱーせんと) | Rin Teraoka | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Hidetoshi Yoshida | February 26, 2022 |
9 | "We Can Fly!!!!" | Shunji Yoshida | Shin Katagai | Katsuyuki Kodera | March 5, 2022 |
10 | "Are You Free After This?" Transliteration: "Kono Ato, Aitemasu ka?" (Japanese: この後、空いてますか?) | Yoshiki Kitai | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Yoshiki Kitai | March 12, 2022 |
11 | "Take Flight, Little Birds!" Transliteration: "Tobitate Kotori-tachi!" (Japanese: 飛び立て小鳥たち!) | Daisuke Nishimura | Shin Katagai | Kōjin Ochi | March 19, 2022 |
12 | "Fledgling Voice Actresses" Transliteration: "Seiyū no Tamago" (Japanese: 声優のタマゴ) | Tarō Kubo | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Hiroyuki Hata | March 26, 2022 |
Special | "Sing about everything" | N/A | N/A | N/A | April 2, 2022 |
13 | "Season 2 Confirmed!?" Transliteration: "Niki Seisaku Kettei!?" (Japanese: 2期制作決定!?) | Yasutaka Yamamoto | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Yasutaka Yamamoto | April 9, 2022 |
14 | "The Work of Fate" Transliteration: "Unmei no Shigoto" (Japanese: 運命の仕事) | Takashi Andō | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Royden B | April 16, 2022 [lower-alpha 4] |
15 | "Actually, I Won't Take This Job" Transliteration: "Yappari Kono Shigoto, Okotowari Shimasu" (Japanese: やっぱりこの仕事、お断りします) | Akira Mano | Kasumi Tsuchida | Daisuke Nishimura Shin Katagai | April 23, 2022 |
16 | "To Me, Now That I'm 20" Transliteration: "Hatachi ni Natta Watashi e" (Japanese: 二十歳になった私へ) | Takayuki Hamana | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Daisuke Nishimura Shin Katagai | April 30, 2022 |
17 | "Thunder Woman!" Transliteration: "Sandā Ūman!" (Japanese: サンダーウーマン!) | Misuzu Hoshino | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Daisuke Nishimura | May 7, 2022 |
18 | "Light" Transliteration: "Hikari" (Japanese: 光) | Hiromichi Matano | Kasumi Tsuchida | Hiroyuki Hata | May 14, 2022 |
19 | "The Three Little Pigs" Transliteration: "Sanbiki no Kobuta" (Japanese: 3びきのこぶた) | Naoki Murata | Kasumi Tsuchida | Tatsuji Yamazaki Moe Katō | May 21, 2022 |
20 | "The Voice" | Jang Hee-kyu Daisuke Nishimura | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Royden B | May 28, 2022 |
21 | "The Bird That Can't Fly" Transliteration: "Tobenai Kotori" (Japanese: 飛べない小鳥) | Akira Shimizu | Kasumi Tsuchida | Hiroyuki Hata | June 4, 2022 |
22 | "Forever Friends" | Moe Katō | Shin Katagai | Moe Katō | June 11, 2022 |
23 | "Final Episode" Transliteration: "Saishūkai" (Japanese: 最終回) | Hibari Kurihara | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Hiroyuki Hata | June 18, 2022 |
24 | "The End of the Beginning" Transliteration: "Hajimari no Owari" (Japanese: はじまりのおわり) | Daisuke Nishimura | Tatsuhiko Urahata Shin Katagai | Daisuke Nishimura | June 25, 2022 |
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