Grow Up Show
Details
- Also known as: Grow Up Show: Himawari no Circus-dan, グロウアップショウ ～ひまわりのサーカス団～, GROW UP SHOW -คณะเซอร์คัสดอกทานตะวัน-, GROW UP SHOW ~Sunflower Circus~
- Type: TV
- Status: Finished Airing
- Score: 7.2
- Episodes: 13
- Genres: Adventure, Slice of Life, Sports
- Studio: A-1 Pictures, Psyde Kick Studio
- Aired: 2026-07-05 to 2026-09-27
- Season: Summer 2026
Where to watch (US)
- Crunchyroll
- Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Synopsis
Step right up to 1950s Japan! The postwar economy is booming, but the Sunflower Circus is not. Led by ringmaster Maria, the cash-strapped troupe tours the country in desperate competition for a spot in the Circus Collection–an elite global festival. When circus prodigy Mizuka Tsurumaki joins their ranks, the Sunflower Circus’s fortune shifts, finally giving them a shot at big top glory.
Episodes
- Episode 1: Welcome to the Sunflower Circus! (2026-07-04)
- Episode 2: That Was So Dazzling (2026-07-11)
- Episode 3: I Don't Want to Show My Scars (2026-07-18)
- Episode 4: I Just Can't Bring Myself to Be Honest (2026-07-25)
- Episode 5: There Is Nowhere I Belong (2026-08-01)
- Episode 6: A Sinister Legend Summons a Storm (2026-08-08)
- Episode 7: I Don't Get the Circus (2026-08-15)
- Episode 8: This Is What I Always Wanted (2026-08-22)
- Episode 9: Is All That Kindness Just a Lie? (2026-08-29)
- Episode 10: Beyond the Stage of Dreams (2026-09-05)
- Episode 11: For Whose Sake Is This Unfulfilled Dream? (2026-09-12)
- Episode 12: Where the Heart Resides – Weaving Dreams (2026-09-19)
- Episode 13: Even Higher (2026-09-26)
Characters and voice actors
- Mizuka Tsurumaki (main character) · Japanese voice: Tomoka Noda · English voice: Lizzie Freeman
- Ouka Kawasumi (main character) · Japanese voice: Shiori Kurosaki · English voice: Cristina Valenzuela
- Svetlana Rosen Yamada (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yuka Iwahashi · English voice: Sky Santacruz
- Maria (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Rie Kugimiya · English voice: Cassandra Lee Morris
- Imari Agano (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Reo Osanai · English voice: Risa Mei
- Rin Mamiya (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Ai Kayano · English voice: Kira Buckland
- Dorothy (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yoshino Aoyama
- Isuzu Ikazuchi (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Nanako Andou · English voice: Jenny Yokobori
- Mutsumi Kongouji (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Eri Suzuki · English voice: Cat Protano
- Aiden Jett Mitscher (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Junichi Suwabe
- Rafflesia's Ringmaster (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Hitomi Nabatame
- Shizuku Sakawa (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yuuna Kamakura · English voice: Katiana Sarkissian
- Shino (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Mari Okamoto · English voice: Allegra Clark
- Kasumi Shirahama (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Tsumugi Misono · English voice: Christina Costello
- Nanami Sumeragi (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Akira Sekine · English voice: Allegra Clark
- Jisaburo Tsurumaki (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
- Akane Yura (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yuuko Natsuyoshi · English voice: Michelle Marie
- Aoi Yura (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Tomori Kusunoki · English voice: Lisa Reimold
Opening and ending songs
- Opening 1: Yurari Yureru · NOMELON NOLEMON
- Ending 1: DAYS! · Aooo