AKB0048: next stage
AKB0048 next stage / AKB0048 2nd Season / AKB0048 Second SeasonSummary
The road trip to war has already been brutal for the 77th generation of understudies to AKB0048, the combination singing group and combat squad seeking to bring peace and entertainment back to the universe. However, the competition between the individual candidates, as well as the remaining 75th and 76th generation understudies, is about to get even rougher. With the opportunity to become a successor to one of the original members of the legendary singing squad hanging in the balance, the fights on stage and on the battlefield will become even more cutthroat, and things are only going to get nastier when it turns out that someone has been feeding critical information to the opposing DES forces. Will the revelation of the source of the Kiraras prove to be a deadly misstep in the intricate choreography that’s allowed the team to keep dancing out of danger? Will public opinion prove to be more important than actual skill and valor as the squad undergoes a series of grueling trials by fan?
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Where to watch
Official and social
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Episodes
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 13
- Episode length
- 23 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 4 h 59 min (13 × 23 min)
- Season
- Winter 2013
- Start date
- January 6, 2013
- End date
- March 31, 2013
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Original
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Satelight
- Romaji title
- AKB0048 next stage
- English title
- AKB0048: next stage
- Native title
- AKB0048 next stage
- Other titles
- AKB0048 2nd Season · AKB0048 Second Season
Relations
Suggested watch order
Based on known prequels and sequels.
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Characters 25
Main characters
- Orine Aida藍田織音Main
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- Akira Igarashi五十嵐アキラSupporting
- Mayu Watanabe渡辺麻友Supporting
- Ayako Kuroki黒木綾子Supporting
- Youko Asamiya朝宮陽子Supporting
- Chiharu Sakuragi桜木千春Supporting
- Atsuko Maeda前田敦子Supporting
- Tomoyo Itano板野友世Supporting
- Father Sono智恵理の父Supporting
- Motomiya no Haha凪沙の母Supporting
- Ushiyama牛山Supporting
- Hikari Kimishima君島光Supporting
- Nagisa no Chichi凪沙の父Supporting
- Mikako Minamino南野美果子Supporting
- Tsubasa Katagiri片桐ツバサSupporting
- Yasunaga安永Supporting
- Shiori Arisawa有沢栞Supporting
- Kazuo Tokumatsu徳光和夫Supporting
- WOTA LeaderWOTA リーダーSupporting
- HigashinoヒガシノSupporting
- Mei芽衣Supporting
- Saya咲夜Supporting
- Himeko Ichioka市岡姫子Supporting
- Mao真緒Supporting
- Mizuho Shirai白井瑞穂Supporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Shouji KawamoriChief Director
- Shouji KawamoriOriginal creator
- Mari OkadaSeries composition
- Risa EbataCharacter design
- Mariko ItouChief animation director
- Hideki InoueChief animation director
- Jin AketagawaSound director
Show the full staff (18)
- Shouji KawamoriStoryboard (ep 1, 3, 4, 6, 8)
- Toshizou NemotoScript (eps 2, 6, 9, 11)
- AKB48Insert Song Performance
- Shouko TakimotoKey Animation (ep 3)
- Mariko ItouAnimation Director (ED)
- Mariko ItouKey Animation (eps 1, 2, 5)
- Rena OkuyamaKey Animation (ep 3)
- Yasushi AkimotoPlanning
- Hideki InoueAnimation Director (ED)
- Hideki InoueKey Animation (ep 1)
- Hideki InoueSub-Character Design
- Risa EbataKey Animation (ep 13)
- Seiya NumataAnimation Director (OP)
- Seiya NumataUnit Director (OP)
- Asuka HayashiKey Animation
- Mari OkadaScript (eps 1, 3, 4, 8, 12, 13)
- Tatsuto HiguchiScript (eps 5, 7, 10)
- Toshiharu SugieKey Animation (ep 8)