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Glass Mask (TV 1/1984)

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Alternative title:
Glass no Kamen (Japanese)
Il grande sogno di Maya (Italian)
Laura ou la passion du théâtre (French)
Quiero ser actriz (Spanish)
The Glass Mask
ガラスの仮面 (Japanese)
Genres: drama, romance
Themes: acting, theatre
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Kitajima Maya, a 13-year-old girl with a talent for acting, was discovered by the reclusive actress Tsukikage. The story follows Maya's growing up, intense training, overcoming challenges, and evolving into the foremost actress of her generation (she is about 20 so far). Maya's greatest rival is Himekawa Ayumi, the beautiful daughter of a famous movie couple. They ultimately vied for the most sought-after role—the "Crimson Goddess". An equally important subplot Maya's relationship with the handsome and ruthless entertainment mogul Hayami Masumi, who secretly became her number one fan, but misunderstandings and bad-timing obstructed their romance... (from manga)
User Ratings: 67 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Excellent: 8 votes (sub:7, raw:1)
 Very good: 19 votes (sub:14, raw:2, dub:1, others:2
1 French dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Good: 18 votes (sub:16, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 Decent: 9 votes (sub:6, ?:1, others:2
1 Italian dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 So-so: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 168 users, rank: #4316 (of 10068)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.224 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.7519, rank: #2942 (of 10252)
Weighted mean: 7.368 (Good+), rank: #2206 (of 10252) (seen all: 7.47 / seen some: 7.46 / won't finish: 5.53)
Bayesian estimate: 7.385 (Good+), rank: #1842 (of 7734)
Number of episodes: 23
Episode titles: We have 23
Vintage:
1984-04-09 to 1984-09-24
1985-05-20 to 1985-07-08 (Italy)
1988-10-20 to 1988-12-08 (France)
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"ガラスの仮面 (Glass no Kamen; Glass Mask)" by Mariko Ashibe
Ending Theme:
"パープル・ライト (Purple Light)" by Mariko Ashibe
#1: "パープル・ライト (Purple Light)" by Mariko Ashibe (eps 01-13)
#2: "夏の媚薬 (natsu no biyaku)" by Sister Q
Links: We have 4
News: Show:
HIDIVE to Stream 1984 Glass Mask TV Anime (Apr 30, 2018)
YouTube Rents More Anime Network, Funimation Videos (Apr 22, 2010)
YouTube, Crunchyroll Stream Kurokami TV Anime (May 21, 2009)
Crunchyroll Adds 2005 Glass Mask Shōjo TV Anime (Apr 14, 2009)
Dorama Encyclopedia (Jul 13, 2002)
Press Release:
Section23 Films Announces September Slate (May 25, 2018)
Other articles: Show:
The Spring 2023 Anime Preview Guide - Stella of the Theater: World Dai Star (Apr 9, 2023)
Anime News Network 2005 Spring Preview (May 13, 2005)
Answerman: Answerman In Love (Oct 19, 2001)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Glass Mask - The Complete Original Series (Sub.Blu-ray) 2018-09-04 (from $66.96)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Gisaburō Sugii
Script:
Chifude Asakura (eps 14-17)
Keisuke Fujikawa (ep 4)
Masaki Tsuji
Motoko Misawa (ep 13)
Tomoko Konparu (8 episodes
eps 5-7, 11-12, 18-20
)
Yoshimi Shinozaki (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 8-10, 21-22
)
Storyboard:
Gisaburō Sugii (ED1, OP1a,OP1b)
Hideo Nishimaki (ep 7)
Hiroko Tokita (eps 12, 17)
Junichi Sakata (eps 15, 20-21)
Mitsuko Kase (ep 9)
Mitsuo Kusakabe (eps 14, 19)
Ryōnosuke Nakamura (ep 2)
Satoshi Dezaki (ep 6)
Seiji Okuda (9 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 10-11, 13, 16, 18, 22
)
Taro Sayama (ep 4)
Toshitaka Tsunoda (ep 5)
Yūsaku Sakamoto (ep 5)
Episode Director:
Gisaburō Sugii (ep 23)
Hideo Nishimaki (eps 1, 4, 7)
Hiroko Tokita (eps 12, 17)
Junichi Sakata (eps 15, 21)
Mitsuko Kase (ep 9)
Seiji Okuda (eps 10, 16)
Toshitaka Tsunoda (eps 22-23)
Tsuneo Tominaga (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 14, 19
)
Yasuo Kageyama
Yoshinori Nakamura (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 20
)
Yūsaku Sakamoto (ep 22)
Yūsaku Saotome (eps 5, 11)
Music: Kazuo Ōtani
Original creator: Suzue Miuchi
Character Design: Makoto Kuniyasu
Art Director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura
Chief Animation Director: Mitsuo Shindō
Animation Director:
Ai Mineo (ep 12)
Hideaki Ōshika (eps 10, 16, 22)
Jirō Tsuno (ep 3)
Jūji Mizumura (ep 18)
Keizō Shimizu (ep 2)
Mari Okuda (ep 5)
Masae Ōtake (eps 1, 7)
Masami Abe (ep 16)
Masanori Nagashima (ep 11)
Mitsuo Shindō
Rū Sakisaka (ep 17)
Ryōko Hata (eps 8, 13, 20)
Shingo Araki (OP)
Takuo Toshima (eps 15, 21)
Teruhisa Ryū (eps 4, 11)
Yukari Kobayashi (4 episodes
eps 6, 9, 14, 19
)
Art design: Moritoshi Endō
Director of Photography: Teruji Takahashi
Producer:
Hidehiko Takei (NTV)
Masanobu Shimoda (Eiken)

Background Art:
Chisato Sunagawa (eps 2-22 even)
Hatsue Saitō (eps 2-22 even)
Hisae Oomiya (eps 1-21 odd)
Kazuko Nakajima (eps 1-7 odd)
Keiko Kanemura (eps 1-7 odd)
Noriko Hataoka (eps 2, 4, 6)
Tsutomu Nishikura (eps 2, 4, 6)
Yōji Nakaza (ep 5)
Yōko Komiya (eps 1-7 odd)
In-Between Animation: Kinji Yoshimoto
Key Animation:
Atsuko Nakajima (ep 3)
Junji Uesugi (ep 3)
Keiichirō Mochizuki (eps 4, 7)
Keiko Shirai (ep 5)
Kiyoshi Nakamura (eps 2, 6)
Kunihito Takahashi (ep 3)
Masae Ōtake (ep 1)
Masanori Nagashima (ep 5)
Mayumi Ogura (eps 2, 6)
Michi Himeno (OP)
Miki Kitagawa (eps 2, 6)
Minoru Yamazawa (ep 5)
Rū Sakisaka (ep 11)
Ryōko Hata (ep 3)
Setsuko Shibuichi (ep 6)
Tadashi Hasegawa (ep 5)
Toshio Takahashi (ep 3)
Toyoaki Nakajima (ep 4)
Yoshimi Kanbara (ep 4)
Yoshio Chatani (ep 1)
Yoshio Kabashima (ep 1)
Yūichirō Sueyoshi (ep 7)
Yukari Kobayashi (ep 2)
Yūko Kiyoshima (ep 2)
Yutaka Kawasuji (ep 6)
Music Director: Sei Tōjōbeppu
Recording Director: Etsuji Yamada
Theme Song Performance: Mariko Ashibe
Masako Katsuki as Maya Kitajima

Hoshiko Kikuchi as Mina Sawatari
Katsuji Mori as Masumi Hayami (eps 19-23)
Keiko Toda as Rei Aoki
Kyōko Hamura as Taiko Kasuga
Miho Yoshida as Sayaka Minazuki (eps 2-5)
Minori Matsushima as Ayumi Himekawa
Nachi Nozawa as Masumi Hayami (eps 1-18)
Run Sasaki as
Mina Sawatari (eps 2-5)
Sayaka Minazuki
Taeko Nakanishi as Chigusa Tsukikage
Yūji Mitsuya as Yuu Sakurakouji

Akiko Takamura as Mrs. Yamashita (eps 18-19)
Akiko Takeguchi as Nanny (eps 20-21)
Arisa Andō as Yuki Egawa (eps 12-14)
Daisuke Gōri as Mr. Tanuma (eps 10, 19)
Eken Mine as Doctor (ep 10)
Eriko Hara as Asae Yuki (eps 10-11)
Haruko Kitahama as
Haru Kitajima
Narration
Utako Himekawa (eps 8-9, 11)
Hirotaka Suzuoki as Hideaki Kagawa (eps 12-13)
Hisako Kyōda as Kikuko Harada (eps 10-12)
Kazue Komiya as Keiko Hinomiya (eps 6-7, 15)
Kazuhiko Inoue as Actor as Hindley (ep 13)
Keaton Yamada as Chief (ep 14)
Keiko Han as Emi Tabuchi (ep 9)
Kenichi Ogata as Genzō Kobayashi (eps 1-3, 8, 14)
Kumiko Takizawa as Saeko Mizuki
Mari Yokoo as Emi Kanaya (eps 17, 19)
Masaaki Tsukada as Mr. Yamashita (eps 18-19)
Miho Yoshida as Reina Shiratori (ep 19)
Naoko Matsui as Schoolgirl (ep 17)
Satoko Kitō as
Actress (ep 20)
Akiko Hayakawa (ep 19)
Shigeru Nakahara as Ryo Majima (eps 12-15)
Shōzō Iizuka as Mitsugu Himekawa (ep 9)
Takao Ōyama as Mr. Hasegawa (6 episodes
eps 12, 16-19, 22
)
Takurō Kitagawa as Man A (ep 10)
Tesshō Genda as Film director (ep 9)
Tomie Kataoka as Restaurant lady (5 episodes
eps 1, 14-16, 22
)
Yoshie Ōhashi as Haru Kitajima
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Eriko Natsu (eps 12-14)
Yūji Fujishiro as Mr. Suzumoto (eps 10-11)
Yuzuru Fujimoto as
Hajime Onodera
Ono

Kazuhiko Inoue
Kenichi Ogata
Kenyū Horiuchi
Nobuo Tobita
Shigeru Nakahara
Japanese companies
Backgrounds: Studio Jack
Broadcaster: Nippon Television Network
In-Between Animation:
Magic Bus (ep 15)
SHAFT (ep 15)
Key Animation: Anime R (ep 15)
Paint:
E&G World (ep 12)
Hadashi Pro (ep 10)
Kikura Kobo (ep 10)
Kozue Anime (eps 12, 17, 21)
Kyoto Animation (4 episodes
eps 12, 15, 17, 21
)
Oscar Planning (eps 8, 13, 20)
Sakai Planning (ep 10)
SHAFT (ep 15)
Studio Angel (eps 8, 13, 20)
Studio Marine (eps 12, 15)
Studio Runrun (4 episodes
eps 8, 13, 15, 20
)
Suzuki Animation Planning (eps 17, 21)
Yamato Production (eps 8, 13, 20)
Photography:
Imagination (ep 8)
Studio Wood (5 episodes
eps 12-13, 15, 18, 20
)
T. Nishimura (7 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10-11, 14, 16, 19
)
Production: Eiken
Production Cooperation:
AIC (5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 14, 16, 19
)
Anime Spot (eps 10, 16)
Kikura Kobo (ep 22)
Kitty Films (4 episodes
eps 12, 15, 17, 21
)
Magic Bus (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 9, 14, 19
)
Shindō Production (eps 10, 16, 22)
Studio Korumi (eps 1, 4, 7)
Studio Liberty (eps 8, 13, 20)
Studio Look (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 20
)
Tama Production (ep 18)
Recording Studio: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
English staff
English cast
Translation: Tomoe Spencer
Executive producer:
Matt Greenfield
Toru Iwakami

Disc Authoring: Joel McCray
Menu Design: Andrea Rodriguez
Packaging Design: Andrea Rodriguez
Production:
Crystal Ruiz
Janice Williams
Joey Goubeaud
Son Phan Le
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford
E.W. Rector, III
Jose DeArmas
Kjell Doucet
Luke La Padula
Natalie Jones
Ned Gayle
Shannon Reed
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Son Phan Le
Subtitling: Robert Cardenas
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE
Licensed by: Maiden Japan
French cast
French staff
Dubbing Director: Nadine Delanoë

Theme Song Performance: Claude Lombard
Dorothée Jemma as Laura Nessonier

Danièle Hazan as Sidonie Lecuyer
Evelyne Grandjean as Chloé de St Fiacre
Georges Berthomieu as Mr Fontange
Jean-Louis Broust as Maxime Darcy
Nadine Delanoë as Léa
Nicolas Brémont as Yann Chamberlain

Danièle Hazan as
Agnès
Isabelle
Mère de Laura
Michele
Mme Renaudin
Dorothée Jemma as Laura
Evelyne Grandjean as
Alexia
Caroline Lefevre
Céline
Emilie
Mina
Patronne de la mère de Laura
Ursula Lecuyer
Georges Berthomieu as
Genzo
M. Audibert
M. Letour
Patron de la mère de Laura
Jean-Louis Broust as
Hugo
M. Lecuyer
Nadine Delanoë as
Carole
Erika
Muriel
Narratrice
Nicolas Brémont as
Robert
Thibault
French companies
Broadcaster:
AB Cartoons (from 10 May 1998)
France 5 (from 22 March 2004)
La 5 (from 20 October 1988)
Mangas (from 14 December 1998)
TMC (from 18 June 1995)
Distributor: Déclic Images
Dubbing: Studio Mediadub International
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Theme Song Lyrics: Carlos Toro
Distributor: Gestevisión
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena
Elda Olivieri as Maya Kitajima

Agostino De Berti as Masumi Hayami

Adele Pellegatta as Utako Himekawa, madre di Ayumi (2^voce)
Carlo Bonomi as Capo della Comp. Ondine
Elisabetta Cesone as Ayumi
Laura Rizzoli as Signora Tsukikage
Lisa Mazzotti as Sayaka
Marcello Cortese as Yuu Sakurakouji
Rosetta Salata as Voce Narrante
Silvana Fantini as Rei Aoki

Antonio Ballerio
Lisa Mazzotti
Natale Ciravolo
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Canale 5 (from Summer 1996)
Italia 1 (from June 1985)
La 7 Cartapiu (from August 2007)
Man-Ga (from March 2011)
Rai Gulp (from September 2009)
Rai Sat Smash Girls (from February 2009) 
Rete 4
Distributor: Yamato Video
Dubbing:
Cooperativa ADC
SEDE Società Europea Doppiaggio Edizione
Studio Monachesi
Internet Streaming: TIMvision
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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