25 minSeason 2 • Episode 25
LatestOpening night has arrived, and Sora takes the stage on a mission to make her wildest dreams come true. If she successfully performs the Angel’s Maneuver, she’ll finally be a true Kaleido Star!
Sora, a young girl from Japan, comes to America in search of her dream. She wants, with all her heart, to be a member of the famous Kaleido Stage, a combination of musicals, acrobatics and magical effects. With the help of her friends, she struggles to make this dream come true.
Direction
Junichi Sato makes every routine feel like a life-or-death battle.
Production
Actual circus consultants. The physics are nonsense but the emotion is real.
Writing
Reiko Yoshida's character arcs hit harder than Leon's ego.
Ryo Hirohashi
Sora Naegino (voice)
Takehito Koyasu
Fool, The Stage Spirit (voice)
Etsuko Kozakura
Jonathan (voice)
Kaori Mizuhashi
Rosetta Passel (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Leon Oswald (voice)
Hiro Shimono
Ken Robbins (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Kalos Eido (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Sarah Dupont (voice)
Akeno Watanabe
Anna Heart (voice)
Sayaka Ohara
Layla Hamilton (voice)
Chinami Nishimura
Mia Guillem (voice)
Susumu Chiba
Yuri Killian (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Mr. Policeman (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa
Marion Benigni (voice)
Mai Nakahara
May Wong (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series used actual Cirque du Soleil performers as reference, and Sora's voice actor trained in basic aerial silks for authenticity.
The 'Fool' character draws from traditional Japanese kami spirits that inhabit performance spaces, explaining his weirdly specific advice and boundary issues.
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