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Stars Align

2019Show1 season · 12 episodesTV-14Canceled

Animation Drama

79

GreatGoodWatch score

79

GreatGoodWatch score

Summary

Toma Shinjo has one mission: save his school’s tennis team. And his only hope rests on the talent of Maki Katsuragi, who’s reluctant to part from his studies. This will be the team’s last summer together unless they convince Maki to step on the court!

Good for

Friends night
Teens
Binge-friendly

Skip it if

You want fast pacing

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Fingerprint

Feels like real life.
Hits close to home.
Pays off your patience.
Makes you care deeply.
Pulls you in.

Not for scares or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 74GoodWatch 79
IMDb7.4
Time to watch it all
4 h 48 min
12 episodes, about 24 min each
An episode a night: about 2 weeks.
Reach
Streams in 96 countries
+86
First aired
2019
October 11, 2019
Ended 2019
Genres
AnimationDrama
Language
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
- TV-14United States
Not for young kids: it's rated TV-14 in the United States for disturbing imagery and suicide themes, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
ViolenceLittle or none
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
20 of 20 · most episodes first
Directing · 5
Kazuki Akane Director, Screenplay, Original Story, Series Composition, Writer, Storyboard Artist
Yasuyuki Ooishi Director, Storyboard Artist, Assistant Director
Takayuki Tanaka Director, Assistant Director
Shoko Shiga Director
Kosuke Hirota Director
Production · 15
Kozue Kananiwa Executive Producer
Shiro Sasaki Executive Producer
Toshio Iizuka Executive Producer
Mayu Maeda Executive Producer
Toru Awaji Producer
Yoshinori Hasegawa Producer
Camera · 1
Shinji Tonsho Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Kashiko Kimura Editor
Sound · 4
jizue Original Music Composer
Yuji Furuya Sound Effects
Kyohei Akezuma Foley Artist
Nobuhiro Negishi Sound Mixer
Art · 4
Yasuhiro Ito Storyboard Artist, Director
Shiori Shiwa Art Direction
Masayuki Miyaji Storyboard Artist
Katsumi Terahigashi Storyboard Artist
Other crew · 53
Kazuo Miyake Assistant Director, Director, Storyboard
Miki Takeshita Key Animation, Animation Director
Yuichi Takahashi Character Designer, Supervising Animation Director
Jin Aketagawa Sound Director
Kazushi Fujii Art Designer
Yoshitaka Itai Modeling

Tropes

No Endingin 1,167 titlesThe anime was planned for 24 episodes but got Cut Short during the production.Dancing Themein 161 titlesThe ending theme features many of the characters dancing.All 26 tropes

Stars Align episodes

1 season · 12 episodes

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