S01E01 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.
Glass Mask
S01E06: 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.
Overview
Her father passed away very early and her mother lives and works in a crowded Chinese restaurant. Kitajima Maya, a 13-year old girl, has to carry the burden of making ends meet as she fights against her ill fate. However, she is able to overcome the trials and tribulations in her life with her passion and enthusiasm. She happens to encounter the reclusive actress Tsukikage who decides to train and mould her into the foremost actress of her generation.
Episodes
S01E02 Vivi's Mask
Tsukikage makes arrangements for Maya to transfer to another school; she also starts training her to become an actress.
S01E03 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...
S01E04 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.
S01E05 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...
S01E06 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...
S01E07 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.
S01E08 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.
S01E09 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...
S01E10 Two Midoris of Takekurabe
The Tsukikage Acting Troupe and Ondine Troupe will go head to head in today's competition.
S01E11 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.
S01E12 Alone on the Stage
Since the cast does not return in time for the competition, Maya volunteers to perform solo.
S01E13 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.
S01E14 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.
S01E15 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.
S01E16 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."
S01E17 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...
S01E18 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.
S01E19 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.
S01E20 The Switched Script
Maya goes on stage when called even though she does not know her lines as someone switched her script.
S01E21 Etude of Flames
All the girls auditioning for the role spend the summer rehearsing for their chance to play Helen Keller.
S01E22 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.
S01E23 Show Down! The Two Helens
Ayumi and Maya both perform their versions of Helen for the Theater Festival; Ayumi is first to perform.
S01E24 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".
S01E25 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.
S01E26 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.
S01E27 The Invisible Pitfall
Maya's personal assistant, Norie Otobe, is bullied by Miss Mizuki.
S01E28 Failure as an Actress
Maya believes that Hayami Masumi killed her mother, meanwhile Miss Mizuki is worried about Maya's sudden disappearance.
S01E30 One Million Rainbows
Ayumi finds Maya choking on the fake balls of mud from the play.
S01E32 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...
S01E33 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...
S01E34 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...
S01E37 The Two Princesses: Act One
Maya takes the role as Princess Aldis in the play "The Two Princesses".
S01E38 The Two Princesses: Act Two
The play continues as Maya's role of Aldis is challenged.
S01E40 Wolf Girl Jane
Maya's newest play is "The Forgotten Wilderness," in which she plays a girl raised by wolves.
S01E41 Wild Heart
An open casting call for "The Forgotten Wilderness" brings in some very inexperienced yet eager actors and actresses.
S01E42 The Bet to the Drama Arts Festival
Getting into her role, Maya travels in to the mountainous wilderness to further understand her character.
S01E44 Boundless Stage
It's opening night for "The Forgotten Wilderness" and already a huge line has formed!
S01E45 Stars of the City
Thirty years have passed since Chigusa Tsukikage, Maya's mentor, was in the public eye.
S01E46 To the Valley of Plums
Masumi Hayami runs into Maya on the bullet train station and encourages her to continue pursuing her dream.
S01E47 The Blaze of Love
In the countryside, Maya contemplates her life while watching the fire.
S01E50 The Mask of the Goddess
While crossing an eerie bridge deep in the forest, the bridge suddenly breaks and Maya falls through.
Cast
Sanae Kobayashi
Maya Kitajima (voice)
Megumi Toyoguchi
Taiko Kasuga (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Masumi Hayami (voice)
Toshiko Fujita
Chigusa Tsukikage (voice)
Akiko Yajima
Ayumi Himekawa (voice)
Ayumi Kinoshita
Rei Aoki (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa
Sayaka Minazuki (voice)
Iemasa Kayumi
Eisuke Hayami (voice)
Jun Fukuyama
Yuu Sakurakouji (voice)
Masako Katsuki
Utako Himekawa (voice)
Tomoko Munakata
Haru Kitajima (voice)
Yoko Honna
Mina Sawatari (voice)
