Chance! Pop Sessions: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This anime is based on a 1999 radio drama about three very different girls: Akari, Yuki and Nozomi; going to see the concert of top pop idol Reika and by going to see this concert their lives are greatly influenced by it.

Akari was raised in a very religious background, she is bright and cheerful and a big Reika fan. Yuki is an independent girl who ran away from her home in Hakodate. She is working in the concert hall of Reika's performance. Nozomi is the daughter from a wealthy family in Kobe. She's got one of the VIP seats at the concert.

The three girls are so inspired by Reika's performance, that they all enroll in the Akiba music school and endeavor to become pop idols themselves.

Series details

• Title: Chance! Pop Sessions
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime, Music
• Premiere date: 2001-05-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 2001-08-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 21032
• TVDB ID: 75968

Cast and credited roles

• Atsuko Enomoto — Aoyama Yuki
• Maria Yamamoto — Nozomi Kaihara
• Mayumi Iizuka — Mizushima Akari
• Mariko Kouda — Reika

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-05-21; final listed air date 2001-08-27; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Chance! Pop Sessions on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.