Glass Mask (2005)
Her father passed away very early and her mother lives and works in a crowded Chinese restaurant. Kitajima Maya, a 13-year old girl, has to carry the burden of making ends meet as she fights against her ill fate. However, she is able to overcome the trials and tribulations in her life with her passion and enthusiasm. She happens to encounter the reclusive actress Tsukikage who decides to train and mould her into the foremost actress of her generation.
- Suzue Miuchi
- Toshimichi Saeki
- Mamoru Hamatsu
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Episode 1 - The Girl Who Has a Thousand Masks
Release Date: 2005-04-05Life so far for Kitajima Maya has been rough. One day she gets a small part in a school play and now her life has suddenly turned around.
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Episode 2 - Vivi's Mask
Release Date: 2005-04-12Tsukikage makes arrangements for Maya to transfer to another school; she also starts training her to become an actress.
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Episode 3 - The Escaped Bird
Release Date: 2005-04-19Kazehaya asks Sawako to meet him after school to discuss her study habits and for help with his homework. The other students learn she is a great teacher, and she starts helping out her other classmates.
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Episode 4 - The Stairway of Flame
Release Date: 2005-04-26Maya asks Tsukikage if she can work her way through acting school. Tsukikage agrees to give her a scholarship to the Tsukikage Acting Troupe.
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Episode 5 - Restricted Lines
Release Date: 2005-05-03Maya takes a job working in the park so that she doesn't have to borrow too much money from Tsukikage. Tsukikage gives the girls a new acting assigment which is to do a play only using four words.
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Episode 6 - My Own Beth
Release Date: 2005-05-17Tsukikage told the class their new play will be "Little Women" and Maya has been cast as the third sister, Beth. Maya now has to live as Beth for a week in order to better understand her role.
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Episode 7 - The Violet Rose
Release Date: 2005-05-24All the critics show up to review the Tsukikage's Acting Troupe's first play. Maya receives a bouquet of purple roses from her first fan.
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Episode 8 - Walking in the Wind
Release Date: 2005-05-31The investors visit Tsukikage after her release from the hospital and tell her she has to enter the upcoming acting competition in Nagoya.
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Episode 9 - The New Midori
Release Date: 2005-06-07Tsukikage Acting Troupe finds out the Ondine Troupe is also performing Takekurabe and that Ayumi will be Midori. The troupe starts rehearsals and Tsukikage really pushes Maya. This causes Maya to create her role and to make her own Midori.
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Episode 10 - Two Midoris of Takekurabe
Release Date: 2005-06-14The Tsukikage Acting Troupe and Ondine Troupe will go head to head in today's competition.
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Episode 11 - Spring Storm
Release Date: 2005-06-21Tsukikage Acting Troupe is again favored to win in the National Acting Competition. The night before their competition someone destroys all of their props and costumes.
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Episode 12 - Alone on the Stage
Release Date: 2005-06-21Since the cast does not return in time for the competition, Maya volunteers to perform solo.
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Episode 13 - Tomorrow's Grass
Release Date: 2005-06-28The girls ask Tsukikage if she will still teach them acting now that the troupe has been disbanded. Sakurakouji tries to persuade Maya to join is acting troupe.
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Episode 14 - The Fated Rivals
Release Date: 2005-07-05Ayumi vows to take any role possible. The schools' acting troupe is putting on a new production. When the lead actress has to be rushed to the emergency room, Maya volunteers to tackle the role.
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Episode 15 - Trap
Release Date: 2005-07-12Maya gets a role with another troupe after impressing them with her audition. The girl whose spot Maya took has something up for sleeve for Maya.
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Episode 16 - Theater Crasher
Release Date: 2005-07-19Miss Harada informs Tsukikage that they will never hire Maya again even though they know she will take the stage by storm one day. Maya auditions for "Wuthering Heights."
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Episode 17 - Wuthering Heights
Release Date: 2005-07-26As more people see the play during it's run, the audience is becoming more confused because the younger actors play with much more intensity than their adult actors. Due to this the play receives bad reviews.
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Episode 18 - Role of a Doll
Release Date: 2005-08-02Tsukikage pulls the troupe together to perform the play "The Stone's Smile" with Maya in the role of the doll. On the 10th days of performances they are a sell out.
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Episode 19 - The Fallen Mask
Release Date: 2005-08-09Maya loses her concentration during the play thus causing her to lose her mask as she is thinking about her Mom she just saw on the street.
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Episode 20 - The Switched Script
Release Date: 2005-08-16Maya goes on stage when called even though she does not know her lines as someone switched her script.
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Episode 21 - Etude of Flames
Release Date: 2005-08-23All the girls auditioning for the role spend the summer rehearsing for their chance to play Helen Keller.
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Episode 22 - The Miracle Worker, the Final Audition
Release Date: 2005-08-30The judges pick both Maya and Ayumi to be Helen and they will alternate who plays Helen during the run.
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Episode 23 - Show Down! The Two Helens
Release Date: 2005-09-06Ayumi and Maya both perform their versions of Helen for the Theater Festival; Ayumi is first to perform.
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Episode 24 - The Beautiful Maze
Release Date: 2005-09-13After Maya accepts the award for Best Supporting Actress, Tsukikage comes onstage and offers both Maya and Ayumi the chance to play the lead role in "The Scarlet Angel".
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Episode 25 - Heavenly Brilliance
Release Date: 2005-09-20Masumi's people have found Maya's Mother but Masumi decides to keep that information to himself. Maya starts to realize how jealous people are of her success.
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Episode 26 - The Shadow Who Hunts Maya
Release Date: 2005-09-27Someone is out to sabotage Maya as so far they have spiked her food, removed bolts from set props and made a bucket of water fall on her.
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Episode 27 - The Invisible Pitfall
Release Date: 2005-10-04Maya's personal assistant, Norie Otobe, is bullied by Miss Mizuki.
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Episode 28 - Failure as an Actress
Release Date: 2005-10-11Maya believes that Hayami Masumi killed her mother, meanwhile Miss Mizuki is worried about Maya's sudden disappearance.
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Episode 29 - Carmilla
Release Date: 2005-10-18Masumi Hayami continues to criticize Maya on her acting abilities.
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Episode 30 - One Million Rainbows
Release Date: 2005-10-25Ayumi finds Maya choking on the fake balls of mud from the play.
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Episode 31 - One Person Play
Release Date: 2005-11-01Maya performs a solo show to her audience.
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Episode 32 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Release Date: 2005-11-08Ayumi Himekawa wins an award for her acting ability. Tsukikage declares there that Maya has two years to win the Best Actress Award or the role of the Scarlet Angel goes to Ayumi. The Tsukikage and Ikkakujuu acting troupes decide to put on Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in an outdoor theater with Maya playing the role of the fairy Puck. Can Maya learn to move like Puck in time for the performance?
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Episode 33 - The Miracle at the Outdoor Ampitheatre
Release Date: 2005-11-15Masumi Hayami lectures a small outdoor theater troupe about their play and gives them crucial advice. The night of the first show has arrived and Maya is ready to ignite the crowd with her version of Puck. Will the play be a success?
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Episode 34 - Maya's Challenge
Release Date: 2005-11-22A fundraiser performance by the Tsukikage Acting Troupe and the Ikkakujuu Troupe of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was an instant hit! But Maya was cut from the show... what does Masumi Hayami have in store for her?
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Episode 35 - Aldis & Origeld
Release Date: 2005-11-29Maya reads a story about two princesses, Aldis and Orgeld.
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Episode 36 - Winter Constellations
Release Date: 2005-12-06Maya meets an actress who once played Aldis in a play.
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Episode 37 - The Two Princesses: Act One
Release Date: 2005-12-13Maya takes the role as Princess Aldis in the play "The Two Princesses".
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Episode 38 - The Two Princesses: Act Two
Release Date: 2005-12-20The play continues as Maya's role of Aldis is challenged.
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Episode 39 - A Purple Shadow
Release Date: 2005-12-27"The Two Princesses" approaches its final show.
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Episode 40 - Wolf Girl Jane
Release Date: 2006-01-10Maya's newest play is "The Forgotten Wilderness," in which she plays a girl raised by wolves.
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Episode 41 - Wild Heart
Release Date: 2006-01-17An open casting call for "The Forgotten Wilderness" brings in some very inexperienced yet eager actors and actresses.
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Episode 42 - The Bet to the Drama Arts Festival
Release Date: 2006-01-24Getting into her role, Maya travels in to the mountainous wilderness to further understand her character.
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Episode 43 - The Forgotten Wilderness
Release Date: 2006-01-31"The Forgotten Wilderness" begins rehearsal.
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Episode 44 - Boundless Stage
Release Date: 2006-02-07It's opening night for "The Forgotten Wilderness" and already a huge line has formed!
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Episode 45 - Stars of the City
Release Date: 2006-02-14Thirty years have passed since Chigusa Tsukikage, Maya's mentor, was in the public eye.
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Episode 46 - To the Valley of Plums
Release Date: 2006-02-21Masumi Hayami runs into Maya on the bullet train station and encourages her to continue pursuing her dream.
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Episode 47 - The Blaze of Love
Release Date: 2006-02-28In the countryside, Maya contemplates her life while watching the fire.
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Episode 48 - A Dreamy One Night
Release Date: 2006-03-07Masumi reads the story of The Scarlet Angel to Maya.
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Episode 49 - One Half of a Soul
Release Date: 2006-03-14On her death bed, Ichiren Ozaki recalls her life.
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Episode 50 - The Mask of the Goddess
Release Date: 2006-03-21While crossing an eerie bridge deep in the forest, the bridge suddenly breaks and Maya falls through.
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Episode 51 - The Crimson Goddess
Release Date: 2006-03-28The Scarlet Angel finally reveals herself!