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Season 1 • Episode 26

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Mar 30, 2013

Overview

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AKB0048, sometimes stylized AKB∞48, is a 2012 Japanese anime television series based on the popular AKB48 idol group. The anime is produced by Satelight, with Shōji Kawamori as chief director and writer. The first season aired in Japan between April and July 2012 whilst the second season aired between January and March 2013.

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Standout Aspects

Direction

Kawamori's unhinged Macross energy meets idol industrial complex

Score

Real AKB48 tracks repurposed as revolutionary anthems

Production

Concert sequences rival actual idol staging with added explosions

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First AiredApr 29, 2012

StatusEnded

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Pacefast

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelmedium

Seasons1·Episodes26

Top Cast

Sayaka Nakaya

Orine Aida (voice)

Amina Sato

Yuuka Ichijou (voice)

Sawako Hata

Suzuko Kanzaki (voice)

Sumire Sato

Mimori Kishida (voice)

Karen Iwata

Nagisa Motomiya (voice)

Haruka Ishida

Kanata Shinonome (voice)

Mayu Watanabe

Chieri Sono (voice)

Mita Mao

Makoto Yokomizo (voice)

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

AKB0048 aired during AKB48's absolute dominance of Japanese pop culture, when the real group's 'elections' determined record sales and national news coverage.

Trivia

Voice cast were actual AKB48 members who performed motion capture for concert scenes, blurring anime fiction and idol reality.

AKB0048 Trailer

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