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Love Stage!! (TV)

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Genres: comedy, romance
Themes: Shounen-ai, showbiz, yaoi
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Izumi was born in a family of celebrities. His father is a singer, his mother and artist, his older brother the lead vocalist for the popular band Crashers. Izumi himself, however, is just a nerdy college student. He loves the manga "Magical Girl Lala Lulu" and dreams of becoming a manga writer himself. One day he is roped into filming a commercial where he wears a dress. Another actor on the set, Ryoma Ichijo, mistakes him for a woman and falls in love at first sight. As it turns out, though, they met ten years in the past. And Ryoma feelings don't change when he finds out Izumi is a boy.
User Ratings: 234 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (sub:14, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 38 votes (sub:34, dub:3, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 64 votes (sub:55, dub:4, raw:1, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 59 votes (sub:56, dub:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 38 votes (sub:36, raw:1, dub:1)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:3, others:2
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 494 users, rank: #2136 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.385 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5626, rank: #2232 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.342 (Good+), rank: #2204 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.40 / seen some: 7.94 / won't finish: 3.95)
Bayesian estimate: 7.350 (Good+), rank: #1918 (of 7243)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 10
Episode titles: We have 10
Vintage: 2014-07-09
Opening Theme:
"LΦVEST" by SCREEN mode
Ending Theme:
"CLICK YOUR HEART!!" by Kazutomi Yamamoto
Official website:
Reviews:
Love Stage!! (Aug 29, 2014)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Love Stage!! - Complete Collection + OVA (Blu-ray) 2019-07-30 (from $47.48)
    Love Stage!! - Complete Collection + OVA (Blu-ray) 2022-01-25 (from $32.89)
    Love Stage!! - Complete Collection + OVA (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-06-14 (from $58.18)
DVD (Region 1)
    Love Stage!! - Complete Collection + OVA (Sub.DVD) 2016-06-14 (from $72.21)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kenichi Kasai
Series Composition: Michiko Yokote
Script:
Mariko Kunisawa (ep 9)
Michiko Yokote (eps 1-8, 10)
Unit Director:
Fumihiro Ueno (ep 4)
Hideaki Nakano (ep 5)
Hikaru Sato (eps 1, 8)
Kaori (ep 2)
Mitsutoshi Satō (ep 7)
Riki Fukushima (ep 10)
Sega Kajii (ep 6)
Takashi Yamazaki (ep 3) 
Youhei Suzuki (ep 9)
Original creator:
Eiki Eiki (story)
Taishi Zaou (art)
Character Design: Yōko Itō
Art Director: Hirotsugu Kakoi
Chief Animation Director:
Koji Haneda (ep 5)
Mai Matsuura (eps 2, 8)
Yōko Itō (7 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 9-10
)

Animation Director:
Atsushi Komori (ep 6)
Chika Nōmi (eps 5, 9)
Haruna Gōzu (ep 9)
Hiroki Abe (ep 4)
Kaori Ishii (ep 9)
Kenji Matsuoka (松岡謙司; ep 9)
Mai Matsuura (eps 2, 10)
Noriaki Kobayashi (ep 7)
Shinya Kōno (eps 6-7, 10)
Takenori Tsukuma (ep 4)
Tomoki Kōda (ep 5)
Toshiaki Satō (ep 6)
Tsukasa Sakurai (eps 5, 9)
Yōko Itō (ep 1)
Yūgo Mizutani (ep 4)
Yukako Tsuzuki (eps 2, 7, 10)
Yumi Nakayama (eps 3, 8)
Sound Director: Chikako Yokota
Director of Photography: Yutaka Kurosawa
Executive producer: Takeshi Yasuda
2nd Key Animation:
Akane Hirota (eps 1, 8)
Azuma Sugawara (eps 1, 3, 7)
Azusa Miyanaga (eps 1, 10)
Emi Tezuka (ep 7)
Ena Nishikawa (eps 1-3)
Fumi Ōsuga (eps 3, 5)
Haruka Okutani (ep 3)
Kanari Yamada (ep 9)
Kazumasa Shimoe (ep 3)
Kazumi Shirai (ep 4)
Kazutoshi Inoue (ep 9)
Maiko Ochiai (eps 5, 7)
Mika Takahashi (eps 1, 8)
Naoto Kōno (ep 10)
Natsumi Ishizaki (eps 5, 7-8)
Ryoko Kawamura (ep 7)
Sana Komatsu (ep 7)
Tatsunori Ozawa (ep 10)
Tatsuya Miki (ep 8)
Teru Ikumi (ep 3)
Tomoko Kameyama (eps 1, 8)
Yoshiyuki Nogami (eps 3, 8, 10)
Yu Murakami (ep 2)
Yūichi Kondō (ep 4)
Yukiko Idate (eps 1-3, 5)
Yuri Yamamura (ep 10)
Yuriko Maeda (eps 1, 7-8)
Animation Production Producer: Atsushi Fujishiro
Animation Production Supervisor: Yuji Matsukura
Assistant Animation Director:
Hisatake Hayashi (ep 8)
Kōji Ogawa (ep 8)
Ryousuke Tanigawa (ep 8)
Tsukasa Sakurai (ep 8)
Color design: Miho Kimura
Editing: Kentarō Tsubone
In-Between Animation:
Chikara Hashizume (eps 2-3, 5-7, 9)
Do Young Kim (eps 2-3, 5-10)
Emiko Yamada (山田瑛美子; eps 1-3, 5-7)
Hiroka Isano (eps 2-3, 5-10)
Hiroko Komatsu (ep 5)
Katsuya Matsumoto (eps 1-3, 6-9)
Kenichirō Aoki (eps 1-3, 5-10)
Kenta Fujimaki (eps 2-3, 5-10)
Kenta Nagahashi (eps 1-3)
Kiyoshi Hara (ep 5)
Kyōko Saitō (ep 1)
Mai Ono (ep 5)
Makoto Murata (eps 1-3, 5-10)
Miki Matsumoto (eps 1-3, 6-7, 9)
Misaki Sakamoto (7 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-7, 9-10
)

Miyuki Shimota (ep 5)
Namiko Iwasa (eps 1-3, 5-7)
Nanami Takahashi (eps 1-3, 5-9)
Rebecca Yasukawa (ep 5)
Rina Kitahara (eps 1-3, 5-10)
Risa Saitō (eps 2-3)
Ryo Naitou (eps 2-3, 5-10)
Ryūki Hashimoto (ep 5)
Saori Hashidate (eps 1, 6)
Saya Hashidate (eps 3, 7)
Sayako Matsuzaki (eps 2-3, 5-10)
Shigeru Nishigori (ep 5)
Shōma Ōno (ep 5)
Souki Okada (eps 1-3, 5-10)
Teru Ikumi (ep 1)
Yuki Yanagisawa (eps 1-3, 5-9)
Key Animation:
Ai Yamazaki (eps 2, 6)
Aiko Utsumi (ep 7)
Akane Hirota (eps 3-9 odd, 10)
Akihiko Mamashita (ep 4)
Akiko Kawazoe (eps 5, 9)
Akira Tabata (ep 4)
Asuka Hayashi (ep 1)
Atsuko Takahashi (eps 1-2)
Ayako Karatani (eps 3, 8)
Ayako Tauchi (eps 6, 10)
Ayano Ōwada (ep 1)
Ayumi Tsukamoto (ep 6)
Beom Seok Hong (ep 2)
Chinatsu Kameyama (eps 5, 9)
Chisa Shibata (ep 2)
Chiyoko Sakamoto (ep 6)
Daisuke Kamei (ep 8)
Eiji Tominaga (冨永詠二; ep 9)
Eizo Kawada (ep 4)
Emi Sakamoto (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 10
)

Ena Nishikawa (ep 7)
Eri Sano (ep 2)
Fumiko Kon (昆冨美子; ep 6)
Haru Sakuramoto (ep 4)
Haruka Okutani (ep 2)
Hideaki Tsukioka (ep 2)
Hime Kanenobu (ep 4)
Hina Mōri (ep 5)
Hiromi Ariga (ep 3)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 2)
Hisatake Hayashi (eps 6, 10)
Ikumi Oka (ep 1)
Ju-Hyeon Lee (ep 4)
Junko Yoshigai (eps 3, 8)
Kana Tamiya (ep 6)
Kanako Inoue (ep 6)
Kanako Ōyabu (ep 6)
Kanako Ueda (植田華奈子; eps 1, 9)
Kaori Ikeda (eps 5, 7)
Kaori Ishii (ep 6)
Kaori Itō (伊藤香織; ep 2)
Kayo Nomichi (ep 9)
Kazuki Ito (ep 6)
Kazuko Matsumura (ep 6)
Kazuko Shibata (ep 8)
Kazuma Kikuchi (ep 9)
Kazumi Ono (eps 1, 7)
Kazunori Ozawa (ep 1)
Kazutoshi Inoue (eps 2, 6, 8, 10)
Keiichi Ishida (ep 2)
Keiko Motoya (ep 6)
Kenta Mizusaki (ep 6)
Kenta Taniguchi (eps 2, 8)
Kiyoshi Nohji (ep 4)
Kōichi Hayami (ep 9)
Kōichi Shimoda (ep 8)
Kōji Ogawa (eps 7, 9)
Kyota Washikita (ep 2)
Maiko Ochiai (eps 3, 8)
Makiko Uemura (ep 1)
Mamiko Nakanishi (中西麻美子; eps 3, 8, 10)
Mariko Aoki (ep 4)
Mariko Inagaki (eps 2, 6)
Marina Maki (eps 5, 9)
Maya Uenishi (ep 7)
Megumi Miyazaki (ep 10)
Miho Ogawa (小川未帆; eps 5, 9)
Miho Sekimoto (eps 3, 5, 8)
Mika Inoue (井上美香; ep 6)
Mika Takahashi (高橋みか; eps 3-9 odd, 10)
Miyuki Honda (ep 9)
Miyuki Kobayashi (eps 6, 10)
Miyuki Nakayama (eps 6, 10)
Momoko Nagakawa (eps 6, 10)
Naho Koyama (ep 4)
Naoko Ozawa (小澤尚子; ep 8)
Natsue Chibayama (ep 1)
Natsumi Ishizaki (ep 7)
Natsuo Kawamura (ep 2)
Nobuo Iino (ep 5)
Nobuyoshi Nagayama (eps 4-5)
Noriaki Kobayashi (ep 6)
Noriko Shibata (eps 1, 8)
Noriko Takahashi (高橋紀子; eps 2, 7)
Nozomu Shimazaki (ep 4)
Reiko Nozaki (ep 10)
Rena Okuyama (奥山玲奈; ep 1)
Rie Ikegami (池上理恵; ep 7)
Rina Sugimoto (eps 1, 5, 8, 10)
Ryoko Kawamura (川村涼子; ep 8)
Sana Komatsu (ep 2)
Satomi Yabe (eps 3, 8)
Sawako Shigematsu (ep 5)
Seika Saruwatari (ep 9)
Setsuko Unno (ep 4)
Shigenori Taniguchi (eps 2, 8)
Shin Tanoue (田之上愼; ep 4)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 5)
Shintaro Tsubota (ep 9)
Shinya Kōno (ep 5)
Shinya Yamada (ep 6)
Shiori Nakasone (ep 7)
Shogo Morishita (eps 5, 7, 9)
Shōgo Nishi (ep 7)
Sono Kato (ep 2)
Takao Hasegawa (eps 1-2, 4)
Takashi Morimoto (ep 5)
Takeshi Miyamoto (ep 7)
Tatsunori Ozawa (eps 3, 6, 8)
Tetsuya Sakamoto (ep 2)
Tomoaki Mimiura (ep 10)
Tomoko Fukunaga (eps 1, 10)
Tomoko Hamanaka (eps 6, 10)
Tomoko Kameyama (eps 3-9 odd, 10)
Wan Qian Xie (ep 2)
Yasuhiko Uetake (ep 7)
Yohei Yaegashi (ep 2)
Yōko Itō (eps 1, 3)
Yoshie Sakata (ep 5)
Yoshihiro Nagata (ep 1)
Yoshiki Masui (eps 5, 9)
Yoshiko Nakajima (ep 6)
Yoshiko Takemoto (ep 9)
Yoshinori Wakana (ep 2)
Yūgo Mizutani (ep 4)
Yuichi Hirano (ep 1)
Yukari Kobayashi (ep 4)
Yūki Morikawa (ep 7)
Yūki Yamashita (eps 1, 7)
Yukio Okano (eps 1, 5, 7)
Yūko Fujii (eps 5, 9)
Yumi Nakayama (ep 3)
Yumiko Kinoshita (eps 2, 8)
Yuri Kajiwara (ep 9)
Yuri Nakajima (eps 1-2, 8)
Yuri Yagisawa (ep 8)
Yuriko Maeda (eps 3-9 odd, 10)
Yusuke Adachi (eps 2, 9)
Planning: Takeshi Yasuda
Prop Design: Mai Matsuura
Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Theme Song Performance:
Kazutomi Yamamoto (ED)
SCREEN mode
Yuu Hayashi (OP; as SCREEN mode)
Takuya Eguchi as Ryōma Ichijō
Tsubasa Yonaga as Izumi Sena

DAIGO as Shōgo Sena
Daisuke Hirakawa as Rei Sagara
Junji Majima as Tenma Hidaka
Kazutomi Yamamoto as Kōsuke Sotomura
Kyōko Sakai as Kazumi Shino
Ryōhei Kimura as Takahiro Kuroi
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Seiya Sena
Sayaka Ōhara as Nagisa Sena
Showtaro Morikubo as Kojirō Ryūzaki

Chieko Miyazaki as Ai Ichihara (ep 5)
Hiroki Gotō as
Host B (ep 4)
Suspicious person (ep 8)
Zenon Futoyama
Kanehira Yamamoto as
Ichiro Shin (ep 3)
Kenta Yamada (ep 9)
Kayoko Tsumita as
Female student 1 (ep 5)
Lala-Ruru
Kazumasa Katsura as CM director (eps 1-2)
Keisuke Kōmoto as
AD (eps 3, 9)
Boy B (ep 4)
CM narration (ep 1)
Haru (ep 2)
Hooligan (ep 10)
Male reporter (ep 8)
Kentarō Tone as Editor (eps 7, 10)
Manami Ono as Girl (ep 3)
Mari Hino as
CM narration (ep 3)
Female reporter (ep 9)
Female student 2 (ep 5)
Girl A (ep 10)
Girl C (ep 4)
Miho (eps 1, 8)
Schoolgirl 2 (ep 2)
Shanti (ep 6)
Masaaki Itatori as Lecturer (ep 1)
Megumi Okada as Schoolgirl 1 (ep 2)
Minoru Kawai as
Kurimu Kaneda
Taxi driver (ep 8)
Sachie Hirai as
Biscuit (ep 6)
Commentator (ep 9)
Girl A (ep 4)
Interviewer (ep 7)
Ryōma Ichijō (young)
Sugirin (ep 10)
Saeko Zōgō as
Gaga-Ruru
Girl B (ep 4)
Takao Mizuno as
Boy A (ep 4)
Company employee (ep 8)
Editor (ep 6)
Male co-star (ep 9)
Rinpei (ep 2)
Tetsuharu Ohta as Host A (ep 4)
Yūga Kagami as Suspect (ep 3)
Yukiko Aruga as Female high-schooler (ep 9)
Yuu Hayashi as Miyabi Saotome (eps 7, 10)
Yuzuka Nishikawa as
Girl B (ep 10)
Girl D (ep 4)
Kanna Sato
Schoolboy (ep 2)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
AI (ep 2)
Art Base Bam (ep 8)
Brain's Base (ep 3)
D-Motion (eps 1, 5)
FAI (ep 2)
Jumondo (eps 1-3, 5-8)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 3)
Nakamura Production (ep 2)
Rising Force (eps 5, 7)
Studio DEEN (ep 7)
Studio Elle (eps 8-9)
Sunshine Corporation (ep 8)
TAP (eps 3, 8)
Triple A (eps 1-2, 7)
TYO Animations (ep 5)
Zero-G (ep 5)
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
In-Between Animation:
A-Line (ep 7)
A.C.G.T (ep 9)
Actas (eps 2-3, 7, 9)
AI (eps 1-2, 7, 9)
Anime R (eps 1, 9)
Ashi Productions (ep 9)
asread (ep 6)
AZETA PICTURES (eps 1, 7)
BEEP (ep 4)
Brain's Base (eps 2, 5-7)
Candy Box (ep 9)
diomedéa (eps 6, 9)
Doga Kobo (eps 7, 9)
Ekura Animal (eps 1, 9-10)
FAI (ep 2)
GAINAX (eps 3, 6)
Graphinica (eps 3, 5, 9)
Hanil Animation (ep 4)
Hayashi (ep 4)
Jumondo (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9
)

M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 4, 9)
Nakamura Production (eps 8-9)
PRA (eps 3, 8)
Production IMS (eps 5-6, 9-10)
Sakura Create (eps 1, 6-7, 10)
SCC
Shuka (ep 10)
SILVER LINK. (ep 1)
Studio Angle (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-7, 10
)

Studio μ (ep 8)
Sunshine Corporation (eps 1-2, 9)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 5)
The Answer Studio Co., Ltd. (ep 9)
Triple A (eps 1-10)
Wafū Animation (eps 1, 6-7, 10)
XEBECzwei (ep 1)
xenron (ep 4)
Zero-G (ep 1)
Key Animation: Hanil Animation (ep 4)
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: David Wald
Translation: Su Mon Han (Crunchyroll)
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Audio Engineer: Patrick Marrero
Commentary:
Adam Gibbs (eps 3-4)
David Wald (ep 1)
Greg Ayres (eps 3-4)
Greg Cote (ep 8)
Hannah Trum (ep 1)
John Swasey (ep 8)
Monica Rial (ep 8)
Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Mixing: Bryan Leach
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Luke Patterson
Subtitling: Jordan Hemann
Supervising Translator: Jennifer Challenger
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Adam Gibbs as Ryoma Ichijou
Greg Ayres as Izumi Sena

Brittney Karbowski as Kasumi Shino
David Wald as Rei Sagara
Greg Cote as Shogo Sena
Ian Sinclair as Kosuke Sotomura
James Belcher as Kojiro Ryuuzaki
John Swasey as Seiya Sena
Josh Grelle as Takahiro Kuroi
Kregg Dailey as Tenma Hidaka
Monica Rial as Nagisa Sena

Andrew Love as Zenon Futoyama
Blake Shepard as Kurimu Kaneda
Brittney Karbowski as Gaga-Ruru
Christopher R. Sabat as
Biscuit (ep 6)
Miss Terry
Jay Hickman as Miyabi Saotome (eps 7, 10)
Katelyn Barr as
Maho
Ryoma Ichijou (Young)
Marcy Bannor as Ai Ichihara (ep 5)
Margaret McDonald as
Miho (eps 1, 8)
Sugurin (ep 10)
Monica Rial as Lala-Lu-Lu
Tia Ballard as
Izumi Sano (Young)
Kanna Sato
Miho (eps 1, 8)
Shanti (ep 6)

English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films (North America)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
HIDIVE (Subtitled) 
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Studios
French staff
French companies
Translation: Amandine Martel
French cast
(none)

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