Ensemble Stars!

, often referred to as Enstars! (あんスターズ！, "Ansutāzu!") is a Japanese game franchise by Happy Elements and a spin-off of the 2012 game "Ensemble Girls!" It was first released as a Mobile Japanese CCG (Card Collecting Game) released on Google Play on April 28, 2015 and on the App Store on May 1, 2015. On March 9, 2020, the app was relaunched and was split into two separate games, "Basic", the original Mobile Japanese CCG with brand new story content, and "Music", a brand new rhythm game. An anime television series by David Production aired from July 7 to December 22, 2019.
Media.
Game.
"Ensemble Stars!" was released for the Android on April 28, 2015 and iOS on May 1, 2015. On March 9, 2020, the app was relaunched and was split into two separate games: "Basic" the original game with brand new story content; and "Music", a brand new rhythm game. In June 2020, Happy Elements announced that they were changing the game's App Store rating from 4+ to 17+.
Manga.
A manga adaptation written and illustrated by Ichi Sayo was launched in Kodansha's "Shōjo" manga magazine Aria on August 28, 2015 and ended on December 28, 2016.
Anime.
An anime television series adaptation was announced in December 2015. It was planned to premiere in 2017, but the staff announced they had postponed it in February 2017. The series was produced by David Production aired from July 7 to December 22, 2019 on Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, TVA, and BS11. Masakazu Hishida was the director under the pseudonym Junpaku Yagurashita. Yasufumi Soejima was the series director, with Shinichi Inotsume as chief writer, and Haruko Iizuka, Tomoyuki Shitaya, and Eri Nagata as character designers. Akira was the scriptwriter, and Tatsuya Kato composed the series' music. Funimation has acquired the series for streaming in North America; the simuldub premiered on August 4, 2019. The anime uses the CACANi 2D animation & in-between software tool.