Kaleido Star

Kaleido Star one of the popular anime series from year 2003 and an original shoujo anime series about circus performance. Anime adaptation of Kaleido Star is produced by Gonzo and Production I.G. Kaleido Star series consist of 51 episodes, runs about 23 minutes per episode and aired from April 2003 till March 2004. Opening song “Take it Shake it” performed by Sugar, “Yakusoku no Basho e” performed by Chihiro Yonekura and “Tattoo Kiss” performed by r.o.r/s. Ending song “Real Identity” performed by Sugar, “Boku wa Kokoni Iru” performed by SOPHIA and “Escape” performed by r.o.r/s. Kaleido Star anime series directed by Junuchi Satou and Yoshimasa Hiraike. 

Sora Naegino's dream is to become a stage performer at Kaleido Stage, since she was a child when Sora first witnessed how fun and entertaining it was to watch people perform at the Kaleido Stage. Kaleido Stage is a world-renowned circus that combines great acrobats around with dazzling colorful costumes and stunts that keep the audience on the edge of the seat. Sora moved from Japan to California to audition for the show and hopes to perform at the Kaleido Stage.

Finding a right place at Kaleido Stage for Sora will not be an easy path to reach her dream. Sora will need to work more than what it takes to be a performer and become a part of the Kaleido Stage. Along Sora’s journey to her dream she will meet new people who are inspired by her performance and at the same time rivals who don’t believe Sora that she can’t shine at the Kaleido Stage. Sora needs to endure all the trials she will face along the way for her quest to become a star performer at the Kaleido Stage.

Kaleido Star story is an original anime series, a story about a circus performance and journey of Sora Naegino to become a star performer at Kaleido Stage, to reach her dream Sora needs to work more not just to perform but also to prove to everyone around that she can shine bright and become a star performer. The story focuses on Sora’s journey to reaching her childhood dream to become a performer at Kaleido Stage. A dream she strives to reach the goal not just to perform but also to bring joy to the audience around the stage.

Kaleido Star anime series is produced by two studios Gonzo and Production I.G did a great job for the whole series for bringing this kind of anime around. Anime quality is great. A well detailed draw of characters especially when they start to perform is the highlight of the whole anime series to watch for. For the music choice, the opening song got the good rhythm music introduction it shows that this is an amazing series to watch and the ending song a bit relaxing and emotional for the main character of Sora reaching her dream and her long journey to be a star performer.

Kaleido Star deserves a great anime recommendation in terms of story; a circus performance is cool, with a balance of drama and comedy for the balance story and entertainment acrobatic moves. How is Kaleido Star as an original anime series? It’s great anime series to begin it, the storyline is the strong point of the Kaleido Star, a story about circus that you don’t see often this days and it’s made only to become an anime to see the acrobatic movement and fluid performance that can only be translate or relay the whole story of the whole anime series is to thank for its great quality instore. Is Kaleido Star an overrated series? Nope, not at all but deserves a good rate because of the story it has and the anime quality in terms of the detail drawn inside the series is amazing start to end of the whole series. Kaleido Star, a great anime series about a big dream to make it happen needs to work for it and to show how you enjoy the hard process to reach your dream Kaleido Stage.

Information:

Title:

• Kaleido Star
• カレイドスター

Type: Series (51 episode)

Aired: April 3, 2003 to March 27, 2004

Studio: Gonzo, Production I.G

Source Story: Original 

Genre: Comedy, Sports, Drama, Fantasy, Shoujo

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Song:

Opening:

• "Take it Shake it" by Sugar (eps 1-13)

• "Yakusoku no Basho e" by Chihiro Yonekura (eps 14-26)

• "Tattoo Kiss" by r.o.r/s (eps 27-51)

Ending:

• "Real Identity" by Sugar (eps 1-13)

• "Boku wa Kokoni Iru" by SOPHIA (eps 14-26)

• "Escape" by r.o.r/s (eps 27-50)

• "Yakusoku no Basho e (約束の場所へ)" by Chihiro Yonekura & Kaleido Stars (ep 51)

Director: Junichi Satou, Yoshimasa Hiraike

Character and Voice Actor:
• Naegino, Sora (Hirodashi, Ryou)

• Hamilton, Layla (Ohara, Sayaka)

• Fool (Koyasu, Takehito)

• Oswald, Leon (Sakurai, Takahiro)

• Passel, Rosetta (Mizuhashi, Kaori)