The Bushiroad New Year Grand Presentation 2026 event announced on Monday that a brand-new sequel anime for the Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight (Revue Starlight) series is currently in production and revealed an announcement promotional video.
The new anime will be a completely original continuation of the series, with Kinema Citrus returning to handle the animation production.
Produced by Kinema Citrus, the television anime aired in Summer 2018, running for 12 episodes. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series and streamed it with English subtitles and an English dub. Two anime films followed: the compilation film Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: Rondo Rondo Rondo, which premiered in August 2020, and the sequel film Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Movie (Revue Starlight: The Movie), released in June 2021, continuing the story beyond the television series.The musical drama anime series has received three manga adaptations, all of which began serialization in January 2018, published across Monthly Bushiroad and Dengeki G's Comic.
Synopsis
As preparations begin for Seishou Music Academy's yearly Seishou Festival, the girls of the 99th class are gearing up to perform their very own rendition of Starlight, the tragic tale of two goddesses drawn together by the glow of the heavens but destined to be pulled apart, never to meet again. Created to foster the next generation of theatrical talent, this girls' only school works to improve the singing, acting, and dancing skills of its students.
One student is 16-year-old Karen Aijou, an easygoing girl who has dreamed of performing on stage since she was a child. Her love for theater is further invigorated when her childhood friend Hikari Kagura transfers to Seishou Academy. Through her old friend, Karen stumbles upon a secret elevator leading to a massive theater underneath the school. Hosted by a talking giraffe, this arena serves as a battleground where her classmates participate in duels to determine who among them deserves the title of "Top Star," earning them the right to play one of the lead roles in Starlight. Emboldened by the promise she made with Hikari to someday be stars together, Karen enters these mysterious battles in the hopes of making their dream a reality. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Announcement
Official X: @revuestarlight
Source: PR Times
Starlight Project (Shinsaku Animation Zoku-hen) on MAL
