Kaleido Star
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Naekino Sora is a sixteen year old girl who has travelled to the US to join the Kaleido Stage, one of the greatest circuses in existence. However, as luck would have it, she arrives to the audition late, which almost costs her the chance of a lifetime. Fortunately, she manages to join the Kaleido Stage anyways due to the compassion of Kalos, the owner of the troupe. With the help of her friends and Fool, the perverted spirit of the stage who has the ability to predict the future, Sora will overcome trials and tribulations and she struggles to become the Kaleido Star.
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Full Moon wo Sagashite
Twelve year old Mitsuki's desire is to become a singer. She has the talent and a beautiful voice, but she also has a throat tumor which threatens to rob her of her gift of song. As if things weren't bad enough, two shinigami inform Mitsuki that she only has one year left to live. However, all is not lost, for they make a deal that if she goes with them, they will help realize her dream by changing her into a healthy 16-year-old, who is able to sing and apply for auditions.
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add recFull Moon and Kaleido Star really have a lot in common without being so similar that it's boring to watch both (like Evangelion and Rahxephon). Talented young girls strive to express themselves via their chosen artistic medium: singing for Full Moon and circus acts for Kaleido Star.
Both series are long, so if you are looking for something that will last, is entertaining and feelgood (mostly), this is for you.
Kaleido Star and Full Moon wo Sagashite are both well worth watching. Their storylines and plot developments are pretty contrasting, but there are key elements that are the same. The main protagonist of both anime (Kaleido Star - Sora, Full Moon - Mitsuki) have very big dreams and goals that they strive to reach, as well as an exceptional amount of dedication, perserverance, and creativity. Both Kaleido Star and Full Moon wo Sagashite have the capability of drawing you into the show so much that you might have the urge to cheer for the characters, or at least, hope that they are one step closer to their goal. If you've enjoyed watching either Sora or Mitsuki, you'll definitely enjoy watching the other attempt to reach their biggest dreams and aspirations.
In both Kaleido Star and FMoS the main character is a young girl who wants to follow her dreams, but of course she finds a lot of obstacles in her way. Even if neither show reveals to you the meaning of your existence, they are perfect for those times when you need to believe that everything will work out in the end.
Kaleido Star and FMoS both are about a girl whose dreams are very important to her, and she won't stop at anything in trying to accomplish them. Her guardians, who are not looked highly upon at first, grow alongside her, protect and take care of her. Both shows try to teach us that regardless of your fame and fortune, you should never forget who you are and where you came from.
Princess Tutu
- TV (26 eps)
- 2003
Once there lived an eccentric author called Drosselmeyer who wrote grand tragedies - one of them was the tale of a prince who sealed away an evil raven by breaking his own heart into tiny pieces. However, before the story could be completed, the author died and the tale took on a life of its own. Now, in a town where fiction and reality meet, the story continues on its tragic course with Ahiru, a duck who transforms into the beautiful Princess Tutu in order to restore the prince's heart. But will Ahiru's act of love be enough to defy the story's terrible destiny and lead to a happy ending?
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add recBoth anime have a form of performing art woven into them. One dances for the happiness of her prince, and the other to find out who she is and to inspire young girls like herself. The animation is light and cheery and can really make you smile.
The amazing acrobatics of Kaleido Star are definitly compareable to beautiful ballet of Princess Tutu. Both of these series have beautiful animation that gives you the feeling that you can do anything! The heroines of both are constantly trying to improve, trying to make the ones they love smile, and helping them in anyway they can. If all of that doesn't do it for you, then their similar styles of comedy definitly will!
Ginban Kaleidoscope
Tazusa Sakurano is a 16-year-old girl whose beauty is worth $10 billion -- or at least, that's how she describes herself. She is a skilled figure skater who represents Japan, and is working hard to earn a spot in the Olympics; but unfortunately, at the same time that she fumbled on her triple lux, a ghost possessed her body! His name is Pete Pumps, and he now sees all that Tazusa sees, and feels all that she feels -- especially hard falls. The two have no idea why Tazusa's body was chosen, and how to undo it. If things weren’t complicated enough, the media also hounds Tazusa for being a poor representative for Japanese women in the figure skating arena, and worst of all she has absolutely no privacy! Realizing that there's no way fight against the situation, Tazusa and Pete work together to give their best performance in figure skating.
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add recGinban Kaleidoscope and Kaleido Star are extremely similar. Both are partly sports-related and focused on a girl's dream to be the top star. While in Ginban Kaleidoscope you see the world of ice skating, in Kaleido Star you see the world of stage performing (like a circus). Lots of comedy and a bit of drama. If you liked one, you'll like the other for sure.
In both series we have a talented yet clumsy girl who's aiming to be a top skater/acrobat. They both have to overcome their rivals ( who are "the perfection in person" but who lack spirit/heart). In their jurney they have lots of friends besides them, make their rivals their fiends and admirers , and also , become friends with a ghost. Watch them as they come closer to their goals, ad grow day by day little by little
Both series deal with the stage. Kaleido Star is filled with trapeze, diabolo, tightrope, iceskating, knifes, juggling, traning a seal etc. Where as Ginban Kaleidoscope deals with the stage also, but with pure iceskating. So if anyone loves ice skating and the stage, you would sertainly would love this
Hikaru no Go
While examining an old Go board in his grandfather's basement, twelve-year-old Shindo Hikaru is possessed by the restless spirit of Sai, an ancient Go master who has waited for over one thousand years to play the Hand of God: the perfect move. Sai convinces Hikaru to act as a vessel for making his moves, but it is soon clear that Hikaru also enjoys Go and wants to play his own games. Moreover, the rules of Go have changed since Sai's time, and Go players from all over the world are now much stronger, having had the benefit of hundreds of years of evolution and experimentation by the masters before them. Can this unlikely pair form a successful partnership and rise to the top of Japan's Go community, and can Sai finally play the Hand of God and find some peace?
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add recIf you enjoy watching a main character develop and grow before your very own eyes like Sora in Kaleido Star, I have a feeling that you'd also be attracted to Hikaru from Hikaru no Go. Both anime have light humour and a supernatural companion (Sai in Hikaru no Go, and Fool Kaleido Star). Hikaru no Go has more intense battles and more drama. I'm confident that you'll enjoy Hikaru no Go if you enjoyed watching Sora develop.
Battle Athletes Victory
The year is 4998. Girls from all over the galaxy come together to train for the title of Cosmo Beauty in a bevy of athletic events. Akari, our heroine, wants to go to University Satellite where her mother once went and won the title. That is, if her bad luck will give her a chance! Add into the mix a cutthroat competition between star athletes and complicated midterms, and you have some rough competition revolving around bizarre plots and insane hijinks! Oh, and did we mention the field events? Bring your hard hats everyone, as the galaxy will never be the same!
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add recBoth Battle Athletes and Kaleido Star focus on a young girl with extraordinary but untapped ability, while the antagonists of both series are uncannily similar in how their relationship with the main character serves to spur her on towards greatness. "Try your best" and "give it your all" are the key themes in both series as well.
