Season 1

Episodes • 2005

Sanae Kobayashi
Megumi Toyoguchi
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Toshiko Fujita
Akiko Yajima
Ayumi Kinoshita
Fumiko Orikasa
Iemasa Kayumi
Jun Fukuyama
Masako Katsuki
The Girl Who Has a Thousand Masks

1. The Girl Who Has a Thousand Masks

24 min

Life so far for Kitajima Maya has been rough. One day she gets a small part in a school play and now her life has suddenly turned around.

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Vivi's Mask

2. Vivi's Mask

24 min

Tsukikage makes arrangements for Maya to transfer to another school; she also starts training her to become an actress.

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The Escaped Bird

3. The Escaped Bird

24 min

Kazehaya asks Sawako to meet him after school to discuss her study habits and for help with his homework. The other students learn she is a great teacher, and she starts helping out her other classmates.

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The Stairway of Flame

4. The Stairway of Flame

24 min

Maya asks Tsukikage if she can work her way through acting school. Tsukikage agrees to give her a scholarship to the Tsukikage Acting Troupe.

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Restricted Lines

5. Restricted Lines

24 min

Maya takes a job working in the park so that she doesn't have to borrow too much money from Tsukikage. Tsukikage gives the girls a new acting assigment which is to do a play only using four words.

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My Own Beth

6. My Own Beth

24 min

Tsukikage told the class their new play will be "Little Women" and Maya has been cast as the third sister, Beth. Maya now has to live as Beth for a week in order to better understand her role.

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The Violet Rose

7. The Violet Rose

24 min

All the critics show up to review the Tsukikage's Acting Troupe's first play. Maya receives a bouquet of purple roses from her first fan.

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Walking in the Wind

8. Walking in the Wind

24 min

The investors visit Tsukikage after her release from the hospital and tell her she has to enter the upcoming acting competition in Nagoya.

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The New Midori

9. The New Midori

24 min

Tsukikage Acting Troupe finds out the Ondine Troupe is also performing Takekurabe and that Ayumi will be Midori. The troupe starts rehearsals and Tsukikage really pushes Maya. This causes Maya to create her role and to make her own Midori.

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Two Midoris of Takekurabe

10. Two Midoris of Takekurabe

24 min

The Tsukikage Acting Troupe and Ondine Troupe will go head to head in today's competition.

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Spring Storm

11. Spring Storm

24 min

Tsukikage Acting Troupe is again favored to win in the National Acting Competition. The night before their competition someone destroys all of their props and costumes.

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Alone on the Stage

12. Alone on the Stage

24 min

Since the cast does not return in time for the competition, Maya volunteers to perform solo.

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Tomorrow's Grass

13. Tomorrow's Grass

24 min

The girls ask Tsukikage if she will still teach them acting now that the troupe has been disbanded. Sakurakouji tries to persuade Maya to join is acting troupe.

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The Fated Rivals

14. The Fated Rivals

24 min

Ayumi vows to take any role possible. The schools' acting troupe is putting on a new production. When the lead actress has to be rushed to the emergency room, Maya volunteers to tackle the role.

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Trap

15. Trap

24 min

Maya gets a role with another troupe after impressing them with her audition. The girl whose spot Maya took has something up for sleeve for Maya.

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Theater Crasher

16. Theater Crasher

24 min

Miss Harada informs Tsukikage that they will never hire Maya again even though they know she will take the stage by storm one day. Maya auditions for "Wuthering Heights."

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Wuthering Heights

17. Wuthering Heights

24 min

As more people see the play during it's run, the audience is becoming more confused because the younger actors play with much more intensity than their adult actors. Due to this the play receives bad reviews.

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Role of a Doll

18. Role of a Doll

24 min

Tsukikage pulls the troupe together to perform the play "The Stone's Smile" with Maya in the role of the doll. On the 10th days of performances they are a sell out.

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The Fallen Mask

19. The Fallen Mask

24 min

Maya loses her concentration during the play thus causing her to lose her mask as she is thinking about her Mom she just saw on the street.

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The Switched Script

20. The Switched Script

24 min

Maya goes on stage when called even though she does not know her lines as someone switched her script.

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Etude of Flames

21. Etude of Flames

24 min

All the girls auditioning for the role spend the summer rehearsing for their chance to play Helen Keller.

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The Miracle Worker, the Final Audition

22. The Miracle Worker, the Final Audition

24 min

The judges pick both Maya and Ayumi to be Helen and they will alternate who plays Helen during the run.

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Show Down! The Two Helens

23. Show Down! The Two Helens

24 min

Ayumi and Maya both perform their versions of Helen for the Theater Festival; Ayumi is first to perform.

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The Beautiful Maze

24. The Beautiful Maze

24 min

After Maya accepts the award for Best Supporting Actress, Tsukikage comes onstage and offers both Maya and Ayumi the chance to play the lead role in "The Scarlet Angel".

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Heavenly Brilliance

25. Heavenly Brilliance

24 min

Masumi's people have found Maya's Mother but Masumi decides to keep that information to himself. Maya starts to realize how jealous people are of her success.

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The Shadow Who Hunts Maya

26. The Shadow Who Hunts Maya

24 min

Someone is out to sabotage Maya as so far they have spiked her food, removed bolts from set props and made a bucket of water fall on her.

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The Invisible Pitfall

27. The Invisible Pitfall

24 min

Maya's personal assistant, Norie Otobe, is bullied by Miss Mizuki.

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Failure as an Actress

28. Failure as an Actress

24 min

Maya believes that Hayami Masumi killed her mother, meanwhile Miss Mizuki is worried about Maya's sudden disappearance.

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Carmilla

29. Carmilla

24 min

Masumi Hayami continues to criticize Maya on her acting abilities.

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One Million Rainbows

30. One Million Rainbows

24 min

Ayumi finds Maya choking on the fake balls of mud from the play.

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One Person Play

31. One Person Play

24 min

Maya performs a solo show to her audience.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

32. A Midsummer Night's Dream

24 min

Ayumi Himekawa wins an award for her acting ability. Tsukikage declares there that Maya has two years to win the Best Actress Award or the role of the Scarlet Angel goes to Ayumi. The Tsukikage and Ikkakujuu acting troupes decide to put on Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in an outdoor theater with Maya playing the role of the fairy Puck. Can Maya learn to move like Puck in time for the performance?

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The Miracle at the Outdoor Ampitheatre

33. The Miracle at the Outdoor Ampitheatre

24 min

Masumi Hayami lectures a small outdoor theater troupe about their play and gives them crucial advice. The night of the first show has arrived and Maya is ready to ignite the crowd with her version of Puck. Will the play be a success?

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Maya's Challenge

34. Maya's Challenge

24 min

A fundraiser performance by the Tsukikage Acting Troupe and the Ikkakujuu Troupe of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was an instant hit! But Maya was cut from the show... what does Masumi Hayami have in store for her?

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Aldis & Origeld

35. Aldis & Origeld

24 min

Maya reads a story about two princesses, Aldis and Orgeld.

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Winter Constellations

36. Winter Constellations

24 min

Maya meets an actress who once played Aldis in a play.

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The Two Princesses: Act One

37. The Two Princesses: Act One

24 min

Maya takes the role as Princess Aldis in the play "The Two Princesses".

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The Two Princesses: Act Two

38. The Two Princesses: Act Two

24 min

The play continues as Maya's role of Aldis is challenged.

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A Purple Shadow

39. A Purple Shadow

24 min

"The Two Princesses" approaches its final show.

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Wolf Girl Jane

40. Wolf Girl Jane

24 min

Maya's newest play is "The Forgotten Wilderness," in which she plays a girl raised by wolves.

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Wild Heart

41. Wild Heart

24 min

An open casting call for "The Forgotten Wilderness" brings in some very inexperienced yet eager actors and actresses.

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The Bet to the Drama Arts Festival

42. The Bet to the Drama Arts Festival

24 min

Getting into her role, Maya travels in to the mountainous wilderness to further understand her character.

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The Forgotten Wilderness

43. The Forgotten Wilderness

24 min

"The Forgotten Wilderness" begins rehearsal.

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Boundless Stage

44. Boundless Stage

24 min

It's opening night for "The Forgotten Wilderness" and already a huge line has formed!

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Stars of the City

45. Stars of the City

24 min

Thirty years have passed since Chigusa Tsukikage, Maya's mentor, was in the public eye.

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To the Valley of Plums

46. To the Valley of Plums

24 min

Masumi Hayami runs into Maya on the bullet train station and encourages her to continue pursuing her dream.

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The Blaze of Love

47. The Blaze of Love

24 min

In the countryside, Maya contemplates her life while watching the fire.

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A Dreamy One Night

48. A Dreamy One Night

24 min

Masumi reads the story of The Scarlet Angel to Maya.

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One Half of a Soul

49. One Half of a Soul

24 min

On her death bed, Ichiren Ozaki recalls her life.

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The Mask of the Goddess

50. The Mask of the Goddess

24 min

While crossing an eerie bridge deep in the forest, the bridge suddenly breaks and Maya falls through.

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The Crimson Goddess

51. The Crimson Goddess

24 min

The Scarlet Angel finally reveals herself!

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