Actors: Songs Connection

Actors: Songs Connection, stylized as ACTORS: Songs Connection, is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Exit Tunes. It began as a series of drama CDs released in 2014, before having an anime television series for the franchise announced. The television series ran for twelve episodes from October to December 2019.

Characters

• Saku Otonomiya (音之宮 朔)
• Uta Outa (往田 詩)
• Sōsuke Kagura (神樂蒼介)
• Mike Enjōji (円城寺 三毛)
• Mitsuki Akika (鑑香 水月)
• Satsuma Kadonoōji (葛野大路 颯馬)
• Ryō Saotome (五月女 燎)
• Keishi Harumoto (東本 桂士)
• Kai Akizuki (秋月 甲斐)
• Chiguma Marume (丸目 千熊)
• Kagetora Nagano (長野 影虎)
• Tsukasa Odawara (小田原 牧)
• Washiho Usuki (臼杵 鷲帆)

Production and release

The series began as a series of drama CDs released by Exit Tunes in March 2014. In November 2018, an anime television series adaptation was announced.[1] The series was produced by Drive, with direction and script writing by Osamu Yamasaki, character designs by Asako Nishida, and music composed by Hideakira Kimura, Tomotaka Ōsumi, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi.[2] While the first episode had an advanced screening at Anime Expo on July 7, 2019,[3] the series officially aired on Tokyo MX and other channels from October 6 to December 22, 2019.[4] The series ran for twelve episodes.[5] The series' opening theme is "Titania", while its ending theme is "Inazuma Shock"; both were performed by the series' Japanese and English cast members.[4]

The series is licensed outside of Asia by Funimation.[6] An English dub, produced by Sound Cadence Studios, was released on Funimation's streaming service on November 24, 2019.[7]

Reception

Rebecca Silverman, Theron Martin, and Nick Creamer from Anime News Network praised the character designs and music, while criticizing the story as basic and the characters as unemotional.[9] Vrai Kaiser from Anime Feminist praised the music and animation, while also criticizing the characters as bland and unoriginal.[10]

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