otome_games | Ensemble Stars! Promo post (Reply)

In May 2015, the gacha game Ensemble Stars! was first released. Since then, it has seen massive success, garnering multiple mangas, a light novel, several musicals, two different kinds of concerts (performed by voice actors and holograms), and dozens of albums. An anime adaptation was announced December 2015, but it was delayed massively. And so yesterday, July 7th 2019, marks the release of its first episode - and the first ever official English version of any part of the Ensemble Stars! franchise.

Enstars is a fandom that has become very near and dear to my heart through the tireless work of fan translators, but now that it is finally starting to make its name in the English speaking world, I really wanted to make a promo post to tell new people about it! It's a little long but I promise you that this is a very interesting and influential franchise - like, it has done so well in Asia that it was more talked-about on twitter in 2018 than Super Smash Bros or Final Fantasy! It's honestly wild that it's been so looked-over by English-speaking anime/otome fans!

So if you're interested, please come on over to my dreamwidth to learn about this giant cast of weird-ass ridonkulously shippable dumbasses working hard to become the best school idols in Japan! <3