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Revue Starlight: The Movie (2021)
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Original name: 劇場版 少女☆歌劇 レヴュースタァライト
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The stage emulates life and compresses it, setting free skills learned over lifetimes in brief but dazzling displays for the amusement and judgment of others. For the performers, it is the ultimate risk, and some will rise while others must fall. Nowhere is this truer than at the Seisho Music Academy, where music, dance and real weapons all come into play in the creation of the next great Star. Karen and Hikari’s destinies have been linked since a childhood promise, but their journeys here have taken very different paths. Now, after Hikari leaves, Karen must discover who she is without her opposite, while Hikari must rediscover her own course. Nor are they the only girls who must reassess and change if they want to achieve their dreams, as the dance, magic, and swordplay continue!
Style:
anime, surreal, postmodern, crying
Plot:
theater, train, tokyo tower, giraffe, high school life, surrealism, boxing, school, basketball, volleyball, motorcycle, desert, truck, baseball, gymnastics, subway, tennis, maze, fencing, judo, sword fight, track and field, underground, singing, destiny ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s
Place:
japan, england, london, tokyo, tower bridge london
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
japan
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
japan
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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