AKB0048

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AKB0048 is an anime based on the Japanese idol group, AKB48. The anime aired from April 29, 2012 - July 22, 2012 and currently has 13 Episodes. A second season is due to start airing in January 2013.

Synopsis

In the beginning of the 21st century, a world war breaks out over interplanetary travel tech. The planet is destroyed so mankind leaves Earth, settling on other planets, and restarts at Star Calendar 00. Entertainment and songs become heavily regulated and eventually banned on several planets due to their power to move people, but a brave idol group puts on guerrilla performances in these systems in the name of a famous act from earlier times that sang to Earth's bitter end, AKB48. Famous throughout the galaxy, the group's name is AKB0048.

This story centers around a group of girls from various planets striving to become great idols and join AKB0048.

Characters/Cast

Main Characters

• Nagisa Motomiya (本宮 凪沙): Voiced by Iwata Karen
• Chieri Sono (園 智恵理) : Voiced by Watanabe Mayu
• Kanata Shinonome (東雲 彼方) : Voiced by Ishida Haruka
• Yuka Ichijo (一条 友歌) : Voiced by Sato Amina
• Orine Aida (藍田 織音) : Voiced by Nakaya Sakaya
• Sonata Shinonome (東雲 楚方) : Voiced by Yagami Kumi
• Mimori Kishida (岸田 美森) : Voiced by Sato Sumire
• Suzuko Kanzaki (神埼 鈴子) : Voiced by Hata Sawako
• Makoto Yokomizo (横溝 真琴) : Voiced by Mita Mao

Successors

• Sayaka Akimoto The Tenth (秋元 才加): Voiced by Ayako Kawasumi
• Tomomi Itano The Eleventh (板野 友美) : Voiced by Kano Ueda
• Yuki Kashiwagi The Sixth (柏木 由紀) : Voiced by Yui Horie
• Haruna Kojima The Eighth (小嶋 陽菜) : Voiced by Mamiko Noto
• Sae Miyazawa The Tenth (宮澤 佐江) : Voiced by Mai Nakahara
• Yuuko Oshima The Ninth (大島 優子) : Voiced by Akemi Kanda
• Minami Takahashi The Fifth (高橋 みなみ) : Voiced by Ryoko Shiraishi
• Mayu Watanabe The Third (渡辺 麻友) : Voiced by Yukari Tamura

Supporting Characters

• Tsubasa Katagiri(片桐 ツバサ): Voiced by Yumi Kakazu
• Megumi Wanibuchi (鰐淵 恵) Voiced by Kinoshita Momoka
• Ushiyama (牛山) : Voiced by Daisuke Ono
• Mr. Motomiya (凪沙の父) : Voiced by Tooru Ookawa
• Mrs Motomiya (凪沙の母) : Voiced by Kikuko Inoue
• Mamoru (護) : Voiced by Ishida Haruka
• Aoi Kouenji (高円寺 葵) : Voiced by Furukawa Airi
• Mikako Noono (南野 美果子) : Voiced by Sachiko Kojima
• Atsuko Maeda The Thirteenth (前田 敦子) : Voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro
• Hazuki Yanagawa (柳川 葉月) : Voiced by Takeuchi Miyu
• Papa Cook(パパコック) : Voiced by Itaru Yamamoto
• Yayoi (やよい) : Voiced by Furukawa Airi
• Alena (アリョーナ) : Voiced by Murashige Anna

Music

Talk about the music for the series. What label provides it, what songs and artists, and the episodes they were used in.

Opening themes

• NO NAME - "Kibou Ni Tsuite" (episodes 1-13)

Ending themes

• NO NAME - "Yume wa Nandomo Umarekawaru|" (episodes 1-13)

Manga

• AKB0048 Episode 0
• AKB0048 Heart-Gata Operation (
• AKB0048 Gaiden: Fly! AKB Zero Zero Girl's School
• AKB0048: The Most Serious Guy in the Universe

External Links

• Official Website
• Anime News Network Profile