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| A3! | |
| エースリー (Ēsurī) | |
|---|---|
| Video game | |
| Developer | Liber Entertainment |
| Publisher |
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| Genre | Life simulation |
| Platform | iOS Android |
| Released |
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| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Keisuke Shinohara |
| Written by | Naoki Hayashi |
| Music by | Masaru Yokoyama |
| Studio | |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX |
| Original run | January 13, 2020 – present |
| Episodes | 3 (postponed) (List of episodes) |
A3! (Japanese: エースリー, Hepburn: Ēsurī, acronym for "Act! Addict! Actors!") is a Japanese mobile game developed by Liber Entertainment. The game was released on January 27, 2017 in Japan and was later given a worldwide English release on October 23, 2019.
Plot
Mankai Company is a talent agency for actors, who are split into four troupes and named after seasons. The player character becomes the director of one of the troupes of choice and is responsible for managing their careers.
Characters
Spring
- Sakuya Sakuma (佐久間 咲也, Sakuma Sakuya)
- Voiced by: Kodai Sakai
- Masumi Usui (碓氷 真澄, Usui Masumi)
- Voiced by: Yūsuke Shirai
- Tsuzuru Minagi (皆木 綴, Minagi Tsuzuru)
- Voiced by: Kōtarō Nishiyama
- Itaru Chigasaki (茅ヶ崎 至, Chigasaki Itaru)
- Voiced by: Shintaro Asanuma
- Citron (シトロン, Shitoron)
- Voiced by: Masashi Igarashi
- Chikage Utsuki (卯木 千景, Utsuki Chikage)
- Voiced by: Wataru Hatano
Summer
- Tenma Sumeragi (皇 天馬, Sumeragi Tenma)
- Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi
- Yuki Rurikawa (瑠璃川 幸, Rurikawa Yuki)
- Voiced by: Shunichi Toki
- Muku Sakisaka (向坂 椋, Sakisaka Muku)
- Voiced by: Yoshitaka Yamaya
- Misumi Ikaruga (斑鳩 三角, Ikaruga Misumi)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Hirose
- Kazunari Miyoshi (三好 一成, Miyoshi Kazunari)
- Voiced by: Ren Ozawa
- Kumon Hyodo (兵頭 九門, Hyōdō Kumon)
- Voiced by: Tasuku Hatanaka
Autumn
- Banri Settsu (摂津 万里, Settsu Banri)
- Voiced by: Chiharu Sawashiro
- Juza Hyodo (兵頭 十座, Hyōdō Jūza)
- Voiced by: Shunsuke Takeuchi
- Taichi Nanao (七尾 太一, Nanao Taichi)
- Voiced by: Kento Hama
- Omi Fushimi (伏見 臣, Fushimi Omi)
- Voiced by: Kentaro Kumagai
- Sakyo Furuichi (古市 左京, Furuichi Sakyō)
- Voiced by: Yoichi Hose
- Azami Izumida (泉田 莇, Izumida Azami)
- Voiced by: Seiya Konishi
Winter
- Tsumugi Tsukioka (月岡 紬, Tsukioka Tsumugi)
- Voiced by: Atsushi Tamaru
- Tasuku Takato (高遠 丞, Takatō Tasuku)
- Voiced by: Takuya Satō
- Hisoka Mikage (御影 密, Mikage Hisoka)
- Voiced by: Junta Terashima
- Homare Arisugawa (有栖川 誉, Arisugawa Homare)
- Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
- Azuma Yukishiro (雪白 東, Yukishiro Azuma)
- Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara
- Guy (ガイ, Gai)
- Voiced by: Satoshi Hino
Media
Game
A3! was launched for the iOS and Android on January 27, 2017. The music production for the game included artists such as Masayoshi Onishi, Yuki Kimura, Hige Driver, R.O.N Elements Garden member Asuka Oda and Ryōta Suemasu, Takeyuki Tonegawa, Round Table member Katsutoshi Kitagawa, Yuyoyuppe, and Tweedees member Reiji Okii. Cybird licensed the game for English release in June 2018. The English version was released on October 23, 2019.
Stage plays
A series of stage plays titled Mankai Stage A3! has been running since 2018. The first stage play, Mankai Stage A3! Spring & Summer 2018, ran from June 28 to July 8, 2018 in Tokyo and July 13 to July 16, 2018 in Kyoto, before returning to Tokyo for another run from October 26 to November 4, 2018. The Spring and Summer shows were alternated on a rotational schedule. The second stage play, Mankai Stage A3! Autumn & Winter 2019, ran from January 31 to February 11, 2019 in Tokyo, February 23-24, 2019 in Yamaguchi, and February 27 to March 3, 2019 in Osaka, before returning to Tokyo from March 15 to March 24, 2019 for a final run. A third stage play, Mankai Stage A3! Spring 2019 ran from April to June 2019, while the fourth stage play, Mankai Stage A3! Summer 2019, ran from August to September 2019.
In addition to the stage plays, the cast of Mankai Stage A3! hosted their own radio program, Mankai Stage A3! Radio, which began broadcast on October 6, 2018 on Nippon Broadcasting System. The cast has also participated in Avex's Stage Fes concerts with other 2.5D musical acts. Their first solo concert, Four Seasons Live 2020, is scheduled to take place in September 2020.
Mankai Stage A3! has endorsed brands such as Utena and Orangina.
Anime
A television anime adaptation was announced in February 2019, with Keisuke Shinohara directing and Naoki Hayashi writing the script. The series is animated by P.A.Works and Studio 3Hz. The anime adaptation is split into two parts, with A3! Season Spring & Summer airing from January to March 2020 and A3! Season Autumn & Winter airing from July to September 2020. Funimation acquired English distribution rights to the series.
A3! Season Spring & Spring began on January 13, 2020 and the theme song for the series is "Act! Addict! Actors!" Episodes 2 and 3 were delayed to February 10 and February 17, 2020 due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Episode 4 was delayed for two weeks before the official anime production announced the entire series would be rebroadcast from the beginning on April 6, 2020. A3! Season Autumn & Winter was postponed until further notice.
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "To the Future in Full Bloom" Transliteration: "Mankai no Mirai he" (Japanese: 満開の未来へ) | January 13, 2020 (2020-01-13) |
| 2 | "Romeo and Julius" Transliteration: "Romio to Juriusu" (Japanese: ロミオとジュリアス) | February 10, 2020 (2020-02-10) |
| 3 | "Good Night, Theater" Transliteration: "Oyasumi Shiatā" (Japanese: おやすみシアター) | February 17, 2020 (2020-02-17) |
Reception
A3! was downloaded by 800,000 users within the first three days of the original Japanese release, with 300,000 of the registrations taking place on the day of release. By February 21, 2017, the game had a cumulative total of 2 million downloads. A3! was nominated for the Google Play Best of 2017.
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