# Love Stage!! (2014)

> A nerdy college student from a family of celebrities is mistaken for a woman by an actor who fell for him ten years earlier.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/54852

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 10
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy, romance
- Network: Chiba TV, BS11, Mie TV
- Cast: DAIGO, Tsubasa Yonaga, Daisuke Hirakawa, Takuya Eguchi, Sayaka Ohara, Ryotaro Okiayu, Kyoko Sakai, Ryohei Kimura
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3792116/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: light, sweet, breezy, flustered, warm

## Synopsis

Love Stage!! (2014) is a Japanese animated romantic comedy series produced by J.C.STAFF for Chiba TV, BS11 and Mie TV. Its single 24-minute-per-episode season of ten episodes follows Izumi Sena (voiced by Tsubasa Yonaga), a nerdy college student born into a family of celebrities whose father, mother and older brother are all performers. Izumi dreams of becoming a manga writer and admires the manga Magical Girl Lala Lulu, but he is pulled onto a commercial shoot where he wears a dress. There, actor Ryoma Ichijo (voiced by Takuya Eguchi) mistakes him for a woman and falls instantly in love, a connection rooted in an encounter from ten years earlier. The engine of each episode is the awkward comedy of Izumi trying to hide his identity while Ryoma's devotion refuses to waver once the truth comes out. Supporting voices including Daisuke Hirakawa as Rei Sagara and DAIGO as Shogo Sena add the entertainment-industry world around them. The tone is light, sweet and breezy, with flustered humor and a warm, earnest romance at its center. Fans of Ouran High School Host Club, Sekaiichi Hatsukoi and Bakuman will find resonance in its blend of cross dressing comedy, boys love romance and manga-world backdrop.

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