Actors: Songs Connection
Japanese multimedia franchise
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Actors: Songs Connection, stylized as ACTORS: Songs Connection, is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Exit Tunes. It began as a series of drama CDs released in 2014, before having an anime television series for the franchise announced. The television series ran for twelve episodes from October to December 2019.
- Hideakira Kimura
- Tomotaka Ōsumi
- Hiroaki Tsutsumi
| Actors: Songs Connection | |
| Created by | Exit Tunes |
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| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Osamu Yamasaki |
| Written by | Osamu Yamasaki |
| Music by |
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| Studio | Drive |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, BS NTV, AT-X |
| Original run | October 6, 2019 – December 22, 2019 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Characters
- Saku Otonomiya (音之宮 朔, Otonomiya Saku)
- Voiced by: Gakuto Kajiwara[1] (Japanese); Brandon McInnis[2] (English)
- Uta Outa (往田 詩, Outa Uta)
- Voiced by: Yuya Hozumi[1] (Japanese); Howard Wang[2] (English)
- Sōsuke Kagura (神樂蒼介, Kagura Sōsuke)
- Voiced by: Wataru Urata[1] (Japanese); Aaron Campbell[2] (English)
- Mike Enjōji (円城寺 三毛, Enjōji Mike)
- Voiced by: Yūki Ono[1] (Japanese); Daman Mills[2] (English)
- Mitsuki Akika (鑑香 水月, Akiha Mitsuki)
- Voiced by: Kenji Nojima[1] (Japanese); Reagan Murdock[2] (English)
- Satsuma Kadonoōji (葛野大路 颯馬, Kadonoōji Satsuma)
- Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu[1] (Japanese); Josh Bangle[2] (English)
- Ryō Saotome (五月女 燎, Saotome Ryō)
- Voiced by: Tomohiro Tsuboi[1] (Japanese); Steven Kelly[2] (English)
- Keishi Harumoto (東本 桂士, Harumoto Keishi)
- Voiced by: Noriaki Sugiyama[1] (Japanese); Ricco Fajardo[2] (English)
- Kai Akizuki (秋月 甲斐, Akizuki Kai)
- Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi[1] (Japanese); Kyle Igneczi[2] (English)
- Chiguma Marume (丸目 千熊, Marume Chiguma)
- Voiced by: Subaru Kimura[1] (Japanese); Blake Jackson[2] (English)
- Kagetora Nagano (長野 影虎, Nagano Kagetora)
- Voiced by: Ryō Horikawa[1] (Japanese); Christopher Wehkamp[2] (English)
- Tsukasa Odawara (小田原 牧, Odawara Tsukasa)
- Voiced by: Show Hayami[1] (Japanese); J. Michael Tatum[2] (English)
- Washiho Usuki (臼杵 鷲帆, Usuki Washiho)
- Voiced by: Ryōta Takeuchi[1] (Japanese); David Wald[2] (English)
Production and release
The series began as a series of drama CDs released by Exit Tunes in March 2014. In November 2018, an anime television series adaptation was announced.[3] The series was produced by Drive, with direction and script writing by Osamu Yamasaki, character designs by Asako Nishida, and music composed by Hideakira Kimura, Tomotaka Ōsumi, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi.[1] While the first episode had an advanced screening at Anime Expo on July 7, 2019,[4] the series officially aired on Tokyo MX and other channels from October 6 to December 22, 2019.[5] The series ran for twelve episodes.[6] The series' opening theme is "Titania", while its ending theme is "Inazuma Shock"; both were performed by the series' Japanese and English cast members.[5]
The series is licensed outside of Asia by Funimation.[7] An English dub, produced by Sound Cadence Studios, was released on Funimation's streaming service on November 24, 2019.[2]
Episode list
| No. | Title [8] | Original release date |
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| 1 | "Adagio" | October 6, 2019[a] |
| 2 | "con brio" | October 13, 2019 |
| 3 | "dolente" | October 20, 2019 |
| 4 | "abandone" | October 27, 2019 |
| 5 | "traumend" | November 3, 2019 |
| 6 | "appassionato" | November 10, 2019 |
| 7 | "stravagante" | November 17, 2019 |
| 8 | "concerto" | November 24, 2019 |
| 9 | "agitato" | December 1, 2019 |
| 10 | "piu mosso" | December 8, 2019 |
| 11 | "decisivo" | December 15, 2019 |
| 12 | "piacere" | December 22, 2019 |
Reception
Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin, and Nick Creamer from Anime News Network praised the character designs and music, while criticizing the story as basic and the characters as unemotional.[9] Vrai Kaiser from Anime Feminist praised the music and animation, while also criticizing the characters as bland and unoriginal.[10]