World Dai Star


World Dai Star is a Japanese mixed-media project written by Takahiro and created by Egg Firm and Bandai Namco Filmworks, with original character designs by Mika Pikazo. An anime television series produced by Lerche aired from April to June 2023, and a mobile game titled World Dai Star: Yume no Stellarium was released in July 2023.

Plot

After Dai Star stage performers exploded in worldwide popularity in the 20th century, 16-year-old Kokona Ōtori follows her dream of becoming a World Dai Star by auditioning for the Sirius theatrical troupe.

Characters

Sirius

;Kokona Ōtori
;Shizuka
;Kathrina Griebel
;Yae Niizuma
;Panda Yanagiba
;Chisa Sasuga
;Noa Hiiragi
;Shamo Yamabuki
;Hana Kudo
;Dugong

Gingaza

;Koyomi Senju
;Ramona Wolf
;Xue Wang
;Lilja Kurtbay
;Hikari Yonaguni

Gekidan Denki

;Iroha Senju
;Mito Shiromaru
;Kamira Akiru
;Tsubomi Nekoashi
;Towa Motosu

Eden

;Hatsumi Renjakuno
;Daikoku Karasumori
;Nikako Toneri
;Iruru Yorozu
;Shigure Fudeshima

Media

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Nanafuji began serialization on Media Factory's Comic Alive+ website on April 2, 2023.

Anime

An anime television series by Lerche aired from April 9 to June 25, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The series is directed by Yū Kinome and written by Yasuhiro Nakanishi, with Majiro handling animation character designs based on Mika Pikazo's original designs, and Ryo Takahashi, Kenichi Kuroda and Tatsuya Yano composing the music. Crunchyroll streamed the series under the title Stella of the Theater: World Dai Star.

Mobile game

A mobile game titled World Dai Star: Yume no Stellarium was released on July 26, 2023.

Web radio

Web radio "World Daistar RADIO☆Waraji will be distributed on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Corporation's "Super! A&G+" from December 29, 2022. The main personalities are Manaka Iwami and Ikumi Hasegawa

Reception

The anime adaptation, Stella of the Theater: World Dai Star, was positively received by critics. Toni Sun Prickett of Anime Feminist reviewed the first episode, saying it more interested in the "actual process of acting", specifically how characters inhabit the minds of the characters they play, and called it "quite a pleasure", especially for those who enjoy Acting School shows, but criticized the "world-building info dumps" by the characters, and character designs of adults which "feel very little different from those of the children."

Discography

Theme song

  • "Wannabe Star!" by Sirius
  • "Two of Us" by Kokona Ōtori , Shizuka
  • "Na mo Naki Koibito yo" by Panda Yanagiba , Chisa Sasuga

Insert song

  • "Diamond no Chikai" by Kokona Ōtori
  • "Etoile" by Yae Niizuma
  • "Farewell song" by Yae Niizuma
  • "Mahou no Last Note" by Yae Niizuma
  • "Masquerade" by Kokona Ōtori , Yae Niizuma
  • "Masquerade" by Yae Niizuma
  • "New Nostalgic Friend" by Kokona Ōtori , Yae Niizuma
  • "Wasurena Uta" by Shizuka , Kokona Ōtori
  • "Yumemi Tsukiyo" by Kathrina Griebel
  • "Yumemi Tsukiyo" by Kokona Ōtori
  • "Yumemi Tsukiyo" by Yae Niizuma