Popsky

Season 1

Season 1 • 2005

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Episodes

1. The Girl Who Has a Thousand Masks

Life 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.

2005-04-0524 min

2. Vivi's Mask

Tsukikage makes arrangements for Maya to transfer to another school; she also starts training her to become an actress.

2005-04-1224 min

3. The Escaped Bird

Kazehaya 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.

2005-04-1924 min

4. The Stairway of Flame

Maya asks Tsukikage if she can work her way through acting school. Tsukikage agrees to give her a scholarship to the Tsukikage Acting Troupe.

2005-04-2624 min

5. Restricted Lines

Maya 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.

2005-05-0324 min

6. My Own Beth

Tsukikage 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.

2005-05-1724 min

7. The Violet Rose

All 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.

2005-05-2424 min

8. Walking in the Wind

The investors visit Tsukikage after her release from the hospital and tell her she has to enter the upcoming acting competition in Nagoya.

2005-05-3124 min

9. The New Midori

Tsukikage 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.

2005-06-0724 min

10. Two Midoris of Takekurabe

The Tsukikage Acting Troupe and Ondine Troupe will go head to head in today's competition.

2005-06-1424 min

11. Spring Storm

Tsukikage 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.

2005-06-2124 min

12. Alone on the Stage

Since the cast does not return in time for the competition, Maya volunteers to perform solo.

2005-06-2124 min

13. Tomorrow's Grass

The 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.

2005-06-2824 min

14. The Fated Rivals

Ayumi 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.

2005-07-0524 min

15. Trap

Maya 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.

2005-07-1224 min

16. Theater Crasher

Miss 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."

2005-07-1924 min

17. Wuthering Heights

As 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.

2005-07-2624 min

18. Role of a Doll

Tsukikage 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.

2005-08-0224 min

19. The Fallen Mask

Maya 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.

2005-08-0924 min

20. The Switched Script

Maya goes on stage when called even though she does not know her lines as someone switched her script.

2005-08-1624 min

21. Etude of Flames

All the girls auditioning for the role spend the summer rehearsing for their chance to play Helen Keller.

2005-08-2324 min

22. The Miracle Worker, the Final Audition

The judges pick both Maya and Ayumi to be Helen and they will alternate who plays Helen during the run.

2005-08-3024 min

23. Show Down! The Two Helens

Ayumi and Maya both perform their versions of Helen for the Theater Festival; Ayumi is first to perform.

2005-09-0624 min

24. The Beautiful Maze

After 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".

2005-09-1324 min

25. Heavenly Brilliance

Masumi'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.

2005-09-2024 min

26. The Shadow Who Hunts Maya

Someone 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.

2005-09-2724 min

27. The Invisible Pitfall

Maya's personal assistant, Norie Otobe, is bullied by Miss Mizuki.

2005-10-0424 min

28. Failure as an Actress

Maya believes that Hayami Masumi killed her mother, meanwhile Miss Mizuki is worried about Maya's sudden disappearance.

2005-10-1124 min

29. Carmilla

Masumi Hayami continues to criticize Maya on her acting abilities.

2005-10-1824 min

30. One Million Rainbows

Ayumi finds Maya choking on the fake balls of mud from the play.

2005-10-2524 min

31. One Person Play

Maya performs a solo show to her audience.

2005-11-0124 min

32. A Midsummer Night's Dream

Ayumi 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?

2005-11-0824 min

33. The Miracle at the Outdoor Ampitheatre

Masumi 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?

2005-11-1524 min

34. Maya's Challenge

A 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?

2005-11-2224 min

35. Aldis & Origeld

Maya reads a story about two princesses, Aldis and Orgeld.

2005-11-2924 min

36. Winter Constellations

Maya meets an actress who once played Aldis in a play.

2005-12-0624 min

37. The Two Princesses: Act One

Maya takes the role as Princess Aldis in the play "The Two Princesses".

2005-12-1324 min

38. The Two Princesses: Act Two

The play continues as Maya's role of Aldis is challenged.

2005-12-2024 min

39. A Purple Shadow

"The Two Princesses" approaches its final show.

2005-12-2724 min

40. Wolf Girl Jane

Maya's newest play is "The Forgotten Wilderness," in which she plays a girl raised by wolves.

2006-01-1024 min

41. Wild Heart

An open casting call for "The Forgotten Wilderness" brings in some very inexperienced yet eager actors and actresses.

2006-01-1724 min

42. The Bet to the Drama Arts Festival

Getting into her role, Maya travels in to the mountainous wilderness to further understand her character.

2006-01-2424 min

43. The Forgotten Wilderness

"The Forgotten Wilderness" begins rehearsal.

2006-01-3124 min

44. Boundless Stage

It's opening night for "The Forgotten Wilderness" and already a huge line has formed!

2006-02-0724 min

45. Stars of the City

Thirty years have passed since Chigusa Tsukikage, Maya's mentor, was in the public eye.

2006-02-1424 min

46. To the Valley of Plums

Masumi Hayami runs into Maya on the bullet train station and encourages her to continue pursuing her dream.

2006-02-2124 min

47. The Blaze of Love

In the countryside, Maya contemplates her life while watching the fire.

2006-02-2824 min

48. A Dreamy One Night

Masumi reads the story of The Scarlet Angel to Maya.

2006-03-0724 min

49. One Half of a Soul

On her death bed, Ichiren Ozaki recalls her life.

2006-03-1424 min

50. The Mask of the Goddess

While crossing an eerie bridge deep in the forest, the bridge suddenly breaks and Maya falls through.

2006-03-2124 min

51. The Crimson Goddess

The Scarlet Angel finally reveals herself!

2006-03-2824 min