AKB0048: next stage

Details

Also known as: AKB0048 next stage, AKB0048 2nd Season, AKB0048 Second Season
Type: TV
Status: Finished Airing
Score: 7.4
Episodes: 13
Genres: Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
Studio: Satelight
Aired: 2013-01-06 to 2013-03-31
Season: Winter 2013

Synopsis

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)

The whole series

AKB0048 (TV · 2012)
AKB0048: next stage (TV · 2013)

Characters and voice actors

Nagisa Motomiya (main character) · Japanese voice: Karen Iwata · English voice: Luci Christian
Chieri Sono (main character) · Japanese voice: Mayu Watanabe · English voice: Emily Neves
Hikari Kimishima (main character) · Japanese voice: Akemi Kanda · English voice: Tiffany Terrell
Sonata Shinonome (main character) · Japanese voice: Kumi Yagami · English voice: Juliet Simmons
Kanata Shinonome (main character) · Japanese voice: Haruka Ishida · English voice: Genevieve Simmons
Mimori Kishida (main character) · Japanese voice: Sumire Satou · English voice: Carli Mosier
Suzuko Kanzaki (main character) · Japanese voice: Sawako Hata · English voice: Caitlynn French
Makoto Yokomizo (main character) · Japanese voice: Mao Mita · English voice: Molly Searcy
Orine Aida (main character) · Japanese voice: Sayaka Nakaya · English voice: Brittney Karbowski
Yuuka Ichijou (main character) · Japanese voice: Amina Satou · English voice: Monica Rial
Shiori Arisawa (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Ryouko Shiraishi · English voice: Cynthia Martinez
Atsuko Maeda the 13th (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Miyuki Sawashiro · English voice: Sasha Paysinger
Mayu Watanabe CG-3 (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yukari Tamura · English voice: Hayley Adams
Mao (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Ai Kayano
Ayako Kuroki (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yui Horie · English voice: Margaret McDonald
Chiharu Sakuragi (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Mamiko Noto · English voice: Nancy Novotny
Tomoyo Itano (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Kana Ueda · English voice: Allison Sumrall
Youko Asamiya (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Mai Nakahara · English voice: Shannon Emerick
Akira Igarashi (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Ayako Kawasumi · English voice: Beth Lazarou
Mikako Minamino (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Sachiko Kojima · English voice: Allison Keith

Opening and ending songs

Opening 1: Aruji Naki Sono Koe · NO NAME
Ending 1: Kono Namida wo Kimi ni Sasagu · NO NAME
Ending 2: Kibou ni Tsuite · NO NAME
Ending 3: Aruji Naki Sono Koe · NO NAME