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 quote:The boys' soft tennis club is the joke of the middle school. Not only does it not win nearly as much as the girls' team, its members also come off as lazy, entitled, and just generally lame. Team captain Toma Shinjo is constantly frustrated by his teammates' behavior and things come to a head when the president of the student council announces that clubs with poor performances will no longer receive school funding. When a kid Toma knew from childhood, Maki, moves back to town and proves to have potential in sports, Toma thinks his club is saved. But Maki's got his own issues to deal with, and even if he agrees to join the team, there may not be much he can do anyway. Stars Align - or Hoshiai no Sora - is a sports/drama/slice of life/coming-of-age original show made by 8bit studio, written and directed by Kazuki Akane (Escaflowne). It's available on Funimation (Thursdays 2 pm EST). This anime is full of good boys, relatable characters and some seriously hosed up poo poo -  CONTENT WARNING for domestic abuse. It also looks brilliant - both direction and animation (Yuichi Takahashi is an Animation Director) are top-notch.Few days ago there were some allegiations of plagiarism in the show's ED. The production committee is "looking into the issue". I really hope they will properly credit the artists and resolve this peacefully because those dancing sequences are SICK. But changing the ED and pretending nothing happened seems more probable... UPDATE: It's fine now! Producers apologised for not consulting the usage of the choreography and added the dancers to the team. Now let's just enjoy a good show and anticipate all the feels and heartaches! And if you've reached the ending and are totally confused, here's a translation of director's tweet explaining behind-the-scenes and promising some continuation. update: there are two movies in production , one of them is some kind of promotional 'memorial' video, but the other one is probably the sequel. (i hope) 
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It's sad how often in anime we see casual violence as comedy and all those Wacky Dysfunctional Families. Or, you know, suffering-porns on another spectrum. I'm really curious how will Stars Align turn out. I'm glad about those choreographers. Also, I was thinking of mentioning Akane's other works (since prob most people recognise titles, not names) but I'm not familiar with anything. He directed Escaflowne though and I heard it's good. What do you guys think?
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Nov 3, 2019 18:03
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The last episode was just lovely 
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Nov 9, 2019 22:52
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I'm just gonna leave this here https://twitter.com/i/status/1195112974194753537
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Nov 17, 2019 11:54
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I also like how little they care that they're losing and just take an opportunity to think of new strategies and get creative with their games
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Nov 17, 2019 15:33
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Don't you mean Mitsue? Cause the only other girl in this episode was Kamuy and she wasn't gremlin at all.
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Nov 22, 2019 19:39
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And her name is Kanako. Everybody keeps calling her Mitsue though, so I forgot.
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Nov 22, 2019 20:06
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Yeah, same. Although I enjoy this one more
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Dec 5, 2019 16:29
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Good to see Nao got better. I didn't expect that
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Dec 13, 2019 19:25
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I'm really proud of my boys. They grew so much
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Dec 20, 2019 22:58
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Whatever it is, seems like there's going to be A Twist in the next one.
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Dec 21, 2019 21:27
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Well. At least tennis plot got resolved. I guess.
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Dec 27, 2019 00:29
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I went in almost completely blind, I only heard the last scene is shocking but with this show it could've meant anything. And boooooy, was I surprised...
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Dec 27, 2019 16:40
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Lovely. I wonder whose decision was that. Anyway, I really hope they'll continue it somehow
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Dec 27, 2019 17:45
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The anime will be continued as a movie but there aren't many details yet.
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Feb 4, 2020 11:08
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drat, I thought that the phrasing is a bit weird, but I assumed it must be a sequel because why would they be doing anything else?
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Feb 7, 2020 12:31
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An interview with the director! It's pretty interesting and apparently there'll be a second part where he talks about the future of the show
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Mar 4, 2020 23:08
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So the ~special collaboration movie~ is out now on Youtube and it's a new dance to the ending theme! Also the dancers have shirts saying 'to be continued' in hiragana. This thread has officially become a dump for all Stars Align related information
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Mar 19, 2020 23:42
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Aaaand here's a second part of that interview I linked earlier! Tbh it's less of an interview and more Kazuki Akane and the interviewer brainstorming how could the second cour be funded and how can foreign viewers (i.e. us) support the series. Now I'm really curious how did they even got the first cour funded edit: OMG page 2!!!!!
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I was just about to close this thread when I found this. It's the special fan movie announced earlier . It does have some new footage though (I think it's 2 years after the end of tv series), but it's not translated.
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