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Title (English) Glass Mask, the

Title (Japanese) Garasu no Kamen

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Fantasy Novel

Notes a.k.a. Glass no Kamen, "Mask of Glass". Fr.="Laura ou la passion du theatre."
From a manga by MIUCHI Suzue, published in Hana to Yume magazine.
LD Box 500 min. [Shoujo Anime List]

Classification shoujo

Synopsis Maya Kitamara is inspired by Chigusa Tsukikage, a star who retires due to injury, and resolves to become an actress. Joinng her idol's theatre troupe, Maya trains to perform the Red Angel role solo, pushed to the limit by Chigusa, who has turned out to be a tough taskmistress.
Maya scorns the advances of the boy-next-door, Masami Hayami, while competing with a fierce rival, Ayumi Himekawa, from the Theatre Undine.
Maya Kitajima (Laura Messonier)'s dream is to become an actress and decided to leave her family to join the theatre company of Chisuga Tsukikage (Chloe de Saint Fiacre), a famous actress. Maya has a rival named Ayumi Himekawa (Sidonie), from a different company and also an anonymous fan, who gave her purple roses. Maya made her major breakthrough with a great performance of a Helen Keller role... (RIV)

Review Between the continuing efforts of the "Kids Station" in Japan to put on old anime, and my friend's determination to find new shows for me, I continue to receive a rather varied selection of experiences. This evening, for example, I got to see the first episode of the old shoujo series, "Glass no Kamen", aka, "The Glass Mask".
The "formula" is working right off the bat in this "Cinderella"-type story. A determined heroine, struggling against immense odds, strives to reach her heart's desire. It isn't really to my tastes, but it is interesting from a historical point of view. But since I am currently "filling my quota" of classic shoujo with "Rose of Versailles", I'm going to take a pass on this show. (Dave Baranyi)
Garasu no Kamen was a classic. Based on the same titled shojo manga by Miuchi Suzue serially published by Hana to Yume (Hakusensha) Anime version was from 1984.4.9 to 1984.9.24 by Eiken/NTV. A Sugii Gizaburou's film. The original story was, a poor, unblessed girl Kitajima Maya awoke by charms of the world of play, and wished to be an actress. This was one of the classic straightfoward shojo manga'c 'clische' plotline and manga readers were skeptical about the success of this series because of this 'concept' was too old even the series came out in the 70s since the establishment of new shojo manga magazine called 'Hana to Yume'. But because of the excellent manga technic of Miuchi Suzue's talent, this series made a HUGE success and even became a social phenomena. There was a live action TV series, too. Anime version was a bit surprise because it was estimated too oldfashioned in the age of 1980's. The anime version follows the initial part of the manga faithfully, but the evaluations by fans went apart. Anime version didn't translate the real joy of the original manga so I can't say this anime version was very successful, but you can see what was told in the original manga. If you are interested, I recommend to check the original manga version. Surprising enough, the series is still on going for 25 years!!! (^_^) (CALCI)
A great story which is based on one of the longest running mangas. The character interactions along with the training which the actresses have to go through make this a great anime. Shingo Haraki is the character designer. (HBV) Rating ***

Credits Dir: Sugii Gizaburou.

Episodes 23

Release Jap:LD, Jap:VHS

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 1984-04-09 to 1984-09-24

Production Eiken/ NTV

Broadcaster Nippon TV

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Glass Mask, the
Title (Japanese)	Garasu no Kamen
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	a.k.a. Glass no Kamen, "Mask of Glass". Fr.="Laura ou la passion du theatre." From a manga by MIUCHI Suzue, published in Hana to Yume magazine. LD Box 500 min. [Shoujo Anime List]
Classification	shoujo
Synopsis	Maya Kitamara is inspired by Chigusa Tsukikage, a star who retires due to injury, and resolves to become an actress. Joinng her idol's theatre troupe, Maya trains to perform the Red Angel role solo, pushed to the limit by Chigusa, who has turned out to be a tough taskmistress. Maya scorns the advances of the boy-next-door, Masami Hayami, while competing with a fierce rival, Ayumi Himekawa, from the Theatre Undine. Maya Kitajima (Laura Messonier)'s dream is to become an actress and decided to leave her family to join the theatre company of Chisuga Tsukikage (Chloe de Saint Fiacre), a famous actress. Maya has a rival named Ayumi Himekawa (Sidonie), from a different company and also an anonymous fan, who gave her purple roses. Maya made her major breakthrough with a great performance of a Helen Keller role... (RIV)
Review	Between the continuing efforts of the "Kids Station" in Japan to put on old anime, and my friend's determination to find new shows for me, I continue to receive a rather varied selection of experiences. This evening, for example, I got to see the first episode of the old shoujo series, "Glass no Kamen", aka, "The Glass Mask". The "formula" is working right off the bat in this "Cinderella"-type story. A determined heroine, struggling against immense odds, strives to reach her heart's desire. It isn't really to my tastes, but it is interesting from a historical point of view. But since I am currently "filling my quota" of classic shoujo with "Rose of Versailles", I'm going to take a pass on this show. (Dave Baranyi) Garasu no Kamen was a classic. Based on the same titled shojo manga by Miuchi Suzue serially published by Hana to Yume (Hakusensha) Anime version was from 1984.4.9 to 1984.9.24 by Eiken/NTV. A Sugii Gizaburou's film. The original story was, a poor, unblessed girl Kitajima Maya awoke by charms of the world of play, and wished to be an actress. This was one of the classic straightfoward shojo manga'c 'clische' plotline and manga readers were skeptical about the success of this series because of this 'concept' was too old even the series came out in the 70s since the establishment of new shojo manga magazine called 'Hana to Yume'. But because of the excellent manga technic of Miuchi Suzue's talent, this series made a HUGE success and even became a social phenomena. There was a live action TV series, too. Anime version was a bit surprise because it was estimated too oldfashioned in the age of 1980's. The anime version follows the initial part of the manga faithfully, but the evaluations by fans went apart. Anime version didn't translate the real joy of the original manga so I can't say this anime version was very successful, but you can see what was told in the original manga. If you are interested, I recommend to check the original manga version. Surprising enough, the series is still on going for 25 years!!! (^_^) (CALCI) A great story which is based on one of the longest running mangas. The character interactions along with the training which the actresses have to go through make this a great anime. Shingo Haraki is the character designer. (HBV) Rating ***
Credits	Dir: Sugii Gizaburou.
Episodes	23
Release	Jap:LD, Jap:VHS
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	1984-04-09 to 1984-09-24
Production	Eiken/ NTV
Broadcaster	Nippon TV
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.