Cue! (video game)
{{Short description|Japanese mobile game and anime}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Cue!
| image = CUE (Japanese media franchise) logo.svg
| caption = Video game logo
| genre =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
| developer = Liber Entertainment
| publisher =
| genre = Simulation game, Seinen
| released = {{Video game release|JP|October 25, 2019}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = TV series
| title =
| director = Shin Katagai
| producer =
| writer = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| music = Ryousuke Nakanishi
| studio = Yumeta Company
Graphinica
| licensee = Crunchyroll
| network = MBS, TBS, BS-TBS, AT-X
| first = January 8, 2022
| last = June 25, 2022
| episodes = 24
| episode_list = #Episode list
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
Cue! (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese mobile game produced by Liber Entertainment. It launched on iOS and Android systems on October 25, 2019. The game is a simulation game where players can train up-and-coming voice actors. An anime television series adaptation by Yumeta Company and Graphinica aired from January to June 2022 on the Animeism programming block.
Characters
=Flower=
;{{Nihongo|Haruna Mutsuishi|六石 陽菜|Mutsuishi Haruna}}
:{{Voiced by|Yurina Uchiyama}}
:Haruna is an aspiring voice actress and a high school student. She was inspired to become a voice actress after she saw a certain work.
;{{Nihongo|Maika Takatori|鷹取 舞花|Takatori Maika}}
:{{Voiced by|Nene Hieda}}
;{{Nihongo|Shiho Kano|鹿野 志穂|Kano Shiho}}
;{{Nihongo|Honoka Tsukii|月居 ほのか|Tsukii Honoka}}
:{{Voiced by|Yuna Ogata}}
:She is a university student and comes from a family that runs a shrine.
=Bird=
;{{Nihongo|Yūki Tendō|天童 悠希|Tendō Yūki}}
:An up-and-coming voice actress. Her family runs a restaurant, and she decided to pursue a voice acting career against their wishes.
;{{Nihongo|Chisa Akagawa|赤川 千紗|Akagawa Chisa}}
:{{Voiced by|Satsuki Miyahara}}
;{{Nihongo|Airi Eniwa|恵庭 あいり|Eniwa Airi}}
:{{Voiced by|Mayu Iizuka}}
;{{Nihongo|Yuzuha Kujō|九条 柚葉|Kujō Yuzuha}}
:{{Voiced by|Manatsu Murakami}}
=Wind=
;{{Nihongo|Miharu Yomine|夜峰 美晴|Yomine Miharu}}
:{{Voiced by|Yukari Anzai}}
:A university student and a member of Wind. During the events of the series she accepts an offer to take up a short-term piano course in Vienna, Austria, but is still able to participate in group activities via the internet.
;{{Nihongo|Aya Kamuro|神室 絢|Kamuro Aya}}
;{{Nihongo|Mahoro Miyaji|宮路 まほろ|Miyaji Mahoro}}
:{{Voiced by|Megumi Yamaguchi}}
;{{Nihongo|Riko Hinakura|日名倉 莉子|Hinakura Riko}}
=Moon=
;{{Nihongo|Rie Maruyama|丸山 利恵|Maruyama Rie}}
:{{Voiced by|Hina Tachibana}}
:An 18-year-old freeter who has a chūnibyō personality.
;{{Nihongo|Satori Utsugi|宇津木 聡里|Utsugi Satori}}
:A 19-year-old university student who wants to follow in the footsteps of her voice actress mother.
;{{Nihongo|Rinne Myōjin|明神 凛音|Myōjin Rinne}}
;{{Nihongo|Mei Tōmi|遠見 鳴|Tōmi Mei}}
:{{Voiced by|Rio Tsuchiya}}
:A 17-year-old up-and-coming voice actress who originally came from France.
=Other characters=
;{{Nihongo|Rio Isuzu|五十鈴 りお|Isuzu Rio}}
:{{Voiced by|Aya Suzaki}}
:She serves the manager for the voice actresses at the AiRBLUE agency.
;{{Nihongo|Masaki Ōtori|鳳 真咲|Ōtori Masaki}}
:{{Voiced by|Yoko Hikasa}}
:She serves as the president of AiRBLUE agency.
Media
=Game=
A mobile game by Liber Entertainment was released on October 25, 2019. The game temporarily ended service on April 30, 2021, in order to revise gameplay elements.{{cite web |title=Cue! Idol-Training Game Temporarily Ends Service to Improve Game |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-27/cue-idol-training-game-temporarily-ends-service-to-improve-game/.170036 |publisher=Anime News Network|date=February 27, 2021|access-date=November 5, 2021}} On July 23, 2022 it was announced that efforts to relaunch the game had been discontinued and that the activities of the AiRBLUE idol units would be suspended.{{cite web|script-title=ja:『CUE!』と「AiRBLUE」についてお知らせ |url=https://cue-liber.jp/ |publisher=Liber Entertainment|date=July 23, 2022|language=ja}}
=Anime=
An anime television series adaptation was announced on November 1, 2020.{{cite web|title=Liber's Cue! Idol-Training Game Gets TV Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-01/liber-cue-idol-training-game-gets-tv-anime/.165832|website=Anime News Network|date=November 1, 2020}} It is produced by Yumeta Company and Graphinica and directed by Shin Katagai, with Tatsuhiko Urahata overseeing the series' scripts, Motohiro Taniguchi designing the characters, and Ryosuke Nakanishi composing the music. It aired from January 8 to June 25, 2022, on the Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS, and BS-TBS.{{cite web|title=Cue! Voice Actress Anime Reveals 1st Promo Video, January 2022 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-15/cue-voice-actress-anime-reveals-1st-promo-video-january-2022-debut/.176265|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=August 15, 2021|date=August 15, 2021}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:アニメ「CUE!」陽菜たちの声優活動の様子が描かれた新キービジュアル2種公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/450799|website=Natalie|publisher=Natasha Inc.|language=ja|date=October 25, 2021}}{{cite web|first=Adriana|last=Hazra|title=Cue! Anime Reveals Promo Video, Visual, January 7 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-11-21/cue-anime-reveals-promo-video-visual-january-7-debut/.179805|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 21, 2021|date=November 21, 2021}} The first opening theme is "Start Line", and the first ending theme is "Hajimari no Kane no Ne ga Narihibiku Sora".{{cite web|first=Crystalyn|last=Hodgkins|title=Cue! Anime's 6th Promo Video Previews Opening Theme Song |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-25/cue-anime-6th-promo-video-previews-opening-theme-song/.180970|website=Anime News Network|date=December 25, 2021}} The second opening theme is "Tomorrow's Diary", and the second ending theme is "Yumeda Yori."{{cite web|first=Alex|last=Mateo|title=Airblue Perform Cue! Anime's 2nd Opening/Ending Theme Songs|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-14/airblue-perform-cue-anime-2nd-opening-ending-theme-songs/.182614|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 14, 2022|date=February 14, 2022}} All songs are performed by the group Airblue. Crunchyroll streamed the series outside of Asia.{{cite web|first=Kyle|last=Cardine|title=Crunchyroll Announces Winter 2022 Lineup!|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/12/21/crunchyroll-announces-winter-2022-lineup|website=Crunchyroll|date=December 21, 2021|access-date=December 21, 2021}}
==Episode list==
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{{Episode table
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|titleR={{cite web|url=https://cue-animation.jp/story/#/introduction|title=Sutōrī {{!}} Anime "Kyū!" Kōshiki Saito|script-title=ja:Story {{!}} アニメ「CUE!」公式サイト|trans-title=Story {{!}} Anime "CUE!" Official Website|website=cue-animation.jp|access-date=January 7, 2022|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107211326/https://cue-animation.jp/story/|archive-date=January 7, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/cue|title=CUE! - Watch on Crunchyroll|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107211534/https://www.crunchyroll.com/cue|archive-date=January 7, 2022|url-status=live}}
|director=
|directorR={{efn|name=credits|Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.}}
|writer=
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|aux2=
|aux2T=Storyboarded by
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|airdate=
|airdateR={{cite web|script-title=ja:On Air {{!}} アニメ「CUE!」公式サイト|trans-title=On Air {{!}} Anime "CUE!" Official Website|url=https://cue-animation.jp/onair/|language=ja|website=cue-animation.jp|access-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123042141/https://cue-animation.jp/onair/|archive-date=November 23, 2021|url-status=live}}{{efn|MBS lists the series premiere at 25:55 on January 7, 2022, which is effectively 1:55 a.m. JST on January 8.}}
|episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = The Beginning of the Beginning
| TranslitTitle = Hajimari no Hajimari
| NativeTitle = はじまりのはじまり
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Shin Katagai
Takushi Shikatani
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| Aux2 = Shin Katagai
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|01|08}}{{efn|This episode aired at 2:25 a.m. JST, 30 minutes after the original air time.}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Their Respective Colors
| TranslitTitle = Sorezore no Iro
| NativeTitle = それぞれの色
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Rin Teraoka
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| Aux2 = Royden B
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|01|15}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = This Meeting Is Destiny
| TranslitTitle = Kono Deai wa Unmei
| NativeTitle = この出会いは運命
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Yoshifumi Sueda
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| Aux2 = Yoshifumi Sueda
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|01|22}}{{efn|name=2:10|This episode aired at 2:10 a.m. JST, 15 minutes after the original air time.}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Lucky Color?
| TranslitTitle = Rakkī Karā?
| NativeTitle = ラッキーカラー？
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Masakazu Sunagawa
| WrittenBy = Yoriko Tomita
| Aux2 = Shigeru Kimiya
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|01|29}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Starting Line
| TranslitTitle = Sutāto Rain
| NativeTitle = スタートライン
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Yumeta Company Direction Department
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| Aux2 = Masatoshi Hakata
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|02|05}}{{efn|name=2:05|This episode aired at 2:05 a.m. JST, 10 minutes after the original air time.}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Ride the Headwind
| TranslitTitle = Mukaikaze o Tsukamaete
| NativeTitle = 向かい風を捕まえて
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Kōjin Ochi
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| Aux2 = Kōjin Ochi
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|02|12}}{{efn|name=2:05}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Moon and Sun
| TranslitTitle = Tsuki to Taiyō
| NativeTitle = 月と太陽
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Masakazu Sunagawa
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
Yoriko Tomita
| Aux2 = Masakazu Sunagawa
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|02|19}}{{efn|name=2:05}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = 100 Percent
| TranslitTitle = 100 Pāsento
| NativeTitle = １００ぱーせんと
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Rin Teraoka
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| Aux2 = Hidetoshi Yoshida
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|02|26}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = We Can Fly!!!!
| DirectedBy = Shunji Yoshida
| WrittenBy = Shin Katagai
| Aux2 = Katsuyuki Kodera
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|03|05}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = Are You Free After This?
| TranslitTitle = Kono Ato, Aitemasu ka?
| NativeTitle = この後、空いてますか？
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Yoshiki Kitai
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| Aux2 = Yoshiki Kitai
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|03|12}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = Take Flight, Little Birds!
| TranslitTitle = Tobitate Kotori-tachi!
| NativeTitle = 飛び立て小鳥たち!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Daisuke Nishimura
| WrittenBy = Shin Katagai
| Aux2 = Kōjin Ochi
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|03|19}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = Fledgling Voice Actresses
| TranslitTitle = Seiyū no Tamago
| NativeTitle = 声優のタマゴ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Tarō Kubo
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| Aux2 = Hiroyuki Hata
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|03|26}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = Special
| Title = Sing about everything
| DirectedBy = {{small|N/A}}
| WrittenBy = {{small|N/A}}
| Aux2 = {{small|N/A}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|04|02}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = Season 2 Confirmed!?
| TranslitTitle = Niki Seisaku Kettei!?
| NativeTitle = ２期制作決定！？
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Yasutaka Yamamoto
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| Aux2 = Yasutaka Yamamoto
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|04|09}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| Title = The Work of Fate
| TranslitTitle = Unmei no Shigoto
| NativeTitle = 運命の仕事
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Takashi Andō
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| Aux2 = Royden B
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|04|16}}{{efn|name=2:10}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| Title = Actually, I Won't Take This Job
| TranslitTitle = Yappari Kono Shigoto, Okotowari Shimasu
| NativeTitle = やっぱりこの仕事、お断りします
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Akira Mano
| WrittenBy = Kasumi Tsuchida
| Aux2 = Daisuke Nishimura
Shin Katagai
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|04|23}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| Title = To Me, Now That I'm 20
| TranslitTitle = Hatachi ni Natta Watashi e
| NativeTitle = 二十歳になった私へ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Takayuki Hamana
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| Aux2 = Daisuke Nishimura
Shin Katagai
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|04|30}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| Title = Thunder Woman!
| TranslitTitle = Sandā Ūman!
| NativeTitle = サンダーウーマン！
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Misuzu Hoshino
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| Aux2 = Daisuke Nishimura
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|05|07}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| Title = Light
| TranslitTitle = Hikari
| NativeTitle = 光
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Hiromichi Matano
| WrittenBy = Kasumi Tsuchida
| Aux2 = Hiroyuki Hata
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|05|14}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| Title = The Three Little Pigs
| TranslitTitle = Sanbiki no Kobuta
| NativeTitle = ３びきのこぶた
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Naoki Murata
| WrittenBy = Kasumi Tsuchida
| Aux2 = Tatsuji Yamazaki
Moe Katō
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|05|21}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| Title = The Voice
| DirectedBy = Jang Hee-kyu
Daisuke Nishimura
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| Aux2 = Royden B
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|05|28}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| Title = The Bird That Can't Fly
| TranslitTitle = Tobenai Kotori
| NativeTitle = 飛べない小鳥
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Akira Shimizu
| WrittenBy = Kasumi Tsuchida
| Aux2 = Hiroyuki Hata
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|04}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| Title = Forever Friends
| DirectedBy = Moe Katō
| WrittenBy = Shin Katagai
| Aux2 = Moe Katō
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|11}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| Title = Final Episode
| TranslitTitle = Saishūkai
| NativeTitle = 最終回
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Hibari Kurihara
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
| Aux2 = Hiroyuki Hata
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|18}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| Title = The End of the Beginning
| TranslitTitle = Hajimari no Owari
| NativeTitle = はじまりのおわり
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Daisuke Nishimura
| WrittenBy = Tatsuhiko Urahata
Shin Katagai
| Aux2 = Daisuke Nishimura
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|25}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
}}
Notes
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References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.cue-liber.jp/ Game official website] {{in lang|ja}}
- [https://cue-animation.jp/ Anime official website] {{in lang|ja}}
- {{ann|anime|24629}}
{{Yumeta Company}}
{{Graphinica}}
{{Animeism}}
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