Love Stage!!

Love Stage!! / LOVE STAGE!!
Love Stage!!
Genres: Adult Cast, Boys Love, Comedy, Otaku Culture, Showbiz
Themes: Adult Cast, Otaku Culture, Showbiz
Studios: J.C.Staff
Producers: Kadokawa Shoten, Lantis
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Rating: 7.14 / 10
Rank: #3795
Popularity: #977
Users Listed: 272,605
Users Scored: 151,016
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 09/07/2023
Aired: July 10, 2014 – September 11, 2014 (Summer)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 10
Broadcast: Thursday at 01:05 (JST)

Synopsis:

Izumi Sena has consciously avoided the entertainment industry, preferring the solitary world of manga creation despite a family deeply embedded within it. His quiet life is disrupted when a decade after a childhood commercial, he’s contacted for a 10th-anniversary advertisement. The reunion with Ryouma Ichijou, now a well-known actor, stirs unexpected complications. Ryouma harbors a long-held affection for Izumi, based on a mistaken initial impression that he was a girl. This persistent feeling continues even after the truth is revealed, creating a delicate dynamic between the two. The series explores themes of identity, unspoken affections, and navigating personal desires against societal expectations within the context of a familiar, yet subtly shifting environment. It focuses on the quiet complexities arising from a past encounter and the evolving relationship forged in its wake.

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Episodes:

  • Episode 1: The Door to My Dreams (Aired: 07/10/2014)
  • Episode 2: Because I Was Able to Meet You (Aired: 07/17/2014)
  • Episode 3: If Only It Had All Been a Dream (Aired: 07/24/2014)
  • Episode 4: But I Do Like You (Aired: 07/31/2014)
  • Episode 5: Just a Little (Aired: 08/07/2014)
  • ... and 5 more episodes

Characters:

  • Ichijou, Ryouma (Main) - Voice Actors: Eguchi, Takuya, Hirai, Sachie, Gibbs, Adam
  • Sagara, Rei (Main) - Voice Actors: Hirakawa, Daisuke, Wald, David
  • Sena, Izumi (Main) - Voice Actors: Yonaga, Tsubasa, Ayres, Greg, Ballard, Tia
  • Sena, Shougo (Main) - Voice Actors: DAIGO, Cote, Greg
  • Biscuit (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sabat, Christopher, Hirai, Sachie
  • Futoyama, Zenon (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Gotou, Hiroki, Love, Andrew
  • Gaga-Lulu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Zougou, Saeko, Karbowski, Brittney, May, Moira
  • Hidaka, Tenma (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Majima, Junji, Dailey, Kregg, Hoffmann, Florian
  • Ichihara, Ai (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyazaki, Chieko, Bannor, Marcy
  • Kaneda, Kurimu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shepard, Blake, Kawai, Minoru, Dawn-Claude, René
  • Kurio, Nene (Supporting)
  • Kuroi, Takahiro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kimura, Ryouhei, Grelle, Jessie James
  • LalaLulu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsumita, Kayoko, Rial, Monica
  • Maho (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Barr, Katelyn
  • Miho (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hino, Mari, McDonald, Margaret, Ballard, Tia
  • Ryuuzaki, Kojirou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Morikubo, Shoutarou, Belcher, James
  • Saotome, Miyabi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayashi, Yuu, Hickman, Jay
  • Satou, Kanna (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishikawa, Yuzuka, Ballard, Tia
  • Sena, Nagisa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ohara, Sayaka, Rial, Monica
  • Sena, Seiya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okiayu, Ryoutarou, Swasey, John
  • Shanti (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hino, Mari, Ballard, Tia
  • Shino, Kasumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakai, Kyouko, Karbowski, Brittney
  • Sotomura, Kousuke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamamoto, Kazutomi, Sinclair, Ian
  • Sugirin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hirai, Sachie, McDonald, Margaret

Staff:

  • Fujishiro, Atsushi (Producer)
  • Matsuki, Ai (Producer)
  • Ogura, Rie (Producer)
  • Kasai, Kenichi (Director)
  • Yokota, Chikako (Sound Director)
  • Fukushima, Toshinori (Episode Director)
  • Suzuki, Youhei (Episode Director)
  • Ueno, Fumihiro (Episode Director)
  • Kunisawa, Mariko (Script)
  • Yokote, Michiko (Script, Series Composition)
  • Takada, Kouichi (Storyboard)
  • Codama, Saori (Theme Song Lyrics)
  • Hayashi, Yuu (Theme Song Lyrics)
  • SCREEN mode (Theme Song Performance)
  • Yamamoto, Kazutomi (Theme Song Performance)
  • Eiki, Eiki (Original Creator)
  • Haneda, Kouji (Chief Animation Director)
  • Hashimoto, Ryuuki (In-Between Animation)
  • Iino, Nobuo (Key Animation)
  • Inoue, Kazutoshi (2nd Key Animation, Key Animation)
  • Ishii, Kaori (Animation Director)
  • Itou, Youko (Character Design)
  • Kakoi, Hirotsugu (Art Director)
  • Kimura, Miho (Color Design)
  • Kobayashi, Miyuki (Key Animation)
  • Komori, Atsushi (Animation Director)
  • Kouda, Tomoki (Animation Director)
  • Kouno, Shinya (Animation Director)
  • Matsumoto, Miki (In-Between Animation)
  • Matsuoka, Kenji (Animation Director)
  • Matsuura, Mai (Animation Director, Chief Animation Director)
  • Miki, Tatsuya (2nd Key Animation)
  • Nakanishi, Ryousuke (Music)
  • Nakasone, Shiori (Key Animation)
  • Noumi, Chika (Animation Director)
  • Ozawa, Kazunori (Key Animation)
  • Sakamoto, Chiyoko (Key Animation)
  • Tabata, Akira (Key Animation)
  • Tezuka, Emi (2nd Key Animation)
  • Tsubone, Kentarou (Editing)
  • Tsuda, Mikiyo (Original Character Design)
  • Wald, David (ADR Director)
  • Yasuda, Takeshi (Planning, Executive Producer)

Related Anime/Manga:

  • Love Stage!!: Chotto ja Nakutte (anime - Sequel)
  • Love Stage!! (manga - Adaptation)