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Region：Japan
Type：TV
English name：Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto / Star Driver
Official name：STAR DRIVER 輝きのタクト
Chinese name：STAR DRIVER 闪亮的拓人
Other names：银河美少年 / 驭星者 / STAR DRIVER 闪亮的塔科特
Premiered：October 3, 2010
Status：Finished Airing
Tags：Campus / Youth / Science fiction / Robot war / Combat / Source original
Original author：BONES
Director：五十嵐卓哉 / 浅井義之
Scenario：榎戸洋司
Storyboard：長崎健司 / 池添隆博 / 村木靖 / 岩崎太郎 / 福島宏之 / タムラコータロー / 福田道生 / 増井壮一 / 金子伸吾 / 松尾慎 / 成田歳法 / 柳沢テツヤ / 五十嵐卓哉 / 別所誠人
Co-director：清水久敏 / 下司泰弘 / 大西景介 / 京極尚彦 / 岩崎太郎 / 松尾慎 / 夕澄慶英 / 成田歳法 / 高橋健司 / 佐藤育郎 / 浅井義之 / 五十嵐卓哉 / 渕上真
Studios：BONES
Production cooperation：ムークアニメーション / C2C / ブリッジ
Producers：STAR DRIVER製作委員会
Family：Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto
Official website：http://www.star-driver.net/
Rating：12+

Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto

In Southern Japan, there lies the verdant Minamijuuji Island.

One night, a youth by the name of Tsunashi Takuto arrives on one of the island's beaches.

This youth, who had swam to the island from the mainland, subsequently enters Minamijuuji Academy's High School Division.

Possessing a positive and forward-looking attitude, he easily develops relationships with Agemaki Wako, Shindou Sugata, and various other people he meets at the Academy.

However, Minamijuuji Academy hides a big secret.

Beneath it, 20 humanoid constructs lie dormant.

In this land that lies under a blue sky and surrounded by blue seas, a story of love, dreams and friendship begins.

~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston

Note: The first episode received a private screening on Thursday, September 16 in Tokyo.

100 people were chosen to participate through the anime's official website.

The regular television broadcast started on October 3, 2010.

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Main EpisodesTiles view / List view

Oct 3, 2010

EP1 - Galactic Pretty Boy

A boy named Takuto Tsunashi, swam from the mainland to a small island to make a difference in his life. After making friends with Sugata and Wako who rescued him, Takuto enrolls in the local school and gets himself involved in a conflict with the secret organization Kiraboshi Juujidan , that kidnap Wako as part of their plan to take control of the island's secret treasure.
Oct 10, 2010

EP2 - The Challenge of the Holy Order of Glittering Stars

The leaders of the many factions among Kiraboshi decide that whoever defeats Takuto will become the order's main commander. Meanwhile, Takuto is introduced to Wako's friends at the drama club that also oppose the order's plans.
Oct 17, 2010

EP3 - Adult Bank

Takuto is short on cash and is invited by his classmate Kanako to perform some cleaning job at her own luxury cruise ship. Little does he know, that both Kanako and her employees are part of Kiraboshi and one of them will become his next opponent.
Oct 24, 2010

EP4 - Wako's Singing Voice

While wandering alone through the city, Wako meets Takuto and the two spend some time talking about her past and her duties as a shrine maiden, until they find that they are trapped in an illusion created by one of the enemy's cybodies.
Oct 31, 2010

EP5 - The Meaning of Mandrake

Professor Green, the school's nurse and leader of Kiraboshi's science division is determined to infatuate all guys of the school with the aid of a powerful love potion and her special ability of returning temporarily to a teenager state. After failing to capture Takuto's heart, she fights it out with him in Zero Space.
Nov 7, 2010

EP6 - Pillar of the King

It's Sugata's birthday today, however he hates this very day. Wako explains to Takuto why and tells him that Sugata also possess a powerful Cybody, but Apprivoising it may put his life in danger. Whilst going to Sugata's home to celebrate his birthday, they're attacked by a mysterious glittering star member, and Sugata ends up doing what Wako feared at most to protect them.
Nov 14, 2010

EP7 - The Faraway World

Sugata remains unconscious much to Wako and Takuto's grief and the same glittering star member who attacked them in the previous night challenges Takuto on her Cybody.
Nov 21, 2010

EP8 - Always Like a Shooting Star

Despite being happy that Sugata regained conscience, Takuto is angry at him for not accepting Wako's present. Just when they are at brink of fighting, Scarlet Kiss, the leader of one of glittering star's Filament squad captures Sugata and uses his powers to increase the capabilites of her own Cybody in order to confront Takuto.
Nov 28, 2010

EP9 - Mizuno's First Love

Head takes a license from his position as leader of glittering star's Vanishing Age squad and leaves another member, Marino You, aka Manticore in his place. Little the order know that Marino's twin sister Mizuno is actually one of the four maidens.
Dec 5, 2010

EP10 - And Marino's First Love

Takuto and his classmates play a baseball game against Mizuno and Marino's class. During the match, Marino's growing interest on Takuto brings forth the anger of one of Manticore's subordinates who decide to challenge him in in Zero Time.
Dec 12, 2010

EP11 - Personal Uses of Cybodies

Determined to bring revenge upon Kanako by taking over the glittering star's leadership, her assistant Simone devises a plan to fight Takuto with the aid of Takashi who gains a second chance to confront Tauburn.
Dec 19, 2010

EP12 - A Kiss Through the Glass

Kanako is determined to become leader of the glittering star by defeating Tauburn in combat, but before challenging Takuto, she invites him to a date.
Dec 26, 2010

EP13 - The Red Sword in Love

In order to confront Takuto once more and regain her position as a Star Driver, Benio volunteers herself to be a test subject in a experiment to reactivate destroyed Cybodies.
Jan 9, 2011

EP14 - Ayingott's Eyes

Having successfully managed to reactivate a broken Cybody, the Glittering Star uses the same process to repair Manticore's hoping to use its special ability to discover the identity of the West Maiden, but soon they find that maneuver a mistake when it escapes Marino's control and goes berserk.
Jan 16, 2011

EP15 - Maidens of the Seal

Mizuno and Marino's estranged mother returns and a desperate Mizuno tries to leave the island to avoid her, but her maiden powers prevents her to do so. Wako conforts her and finds that she is the West maiden, a fact that Glittering Star already knows.
Jan 23, 2011

EP16 - Takuto's Mark

Having captured Mizuno, the Glittering Star manages to break her seal and reach the Third Phase. While Mizuno manages to glimpse on Takuto's past and his days before he gains his mark, he struggles against Head, whose cybody resembles his own in both appearance and abilities.
Jan 30, 2011

EP17 - Banishing Age

Having assembled all remaining able pilots under his leadership, Head takes over Glittering Star and prepares for the breaking of the two final seals. But first they must defeat Takuto, who now must find a way to defeat his newest opponent, Madoka Kei, without bringing harm to her.
Feb 6, 2011

EP18 - Keito's Morning and Night

Takuto's room is destroyed by fireworks and Sugata offers a room at his mansion for him to stay. To make ends meet, Takuto starts working at the same karaoke bar as his classmate Keito Nichi, unaware that she is the East Maiden, and also a member of Glittering Star.
Feb 13, 2011

EP19 - The Trio's Sunday

Sugata and Takuto hang out with Wako to celebrate her birthday, but their cheerful day is disturbed by Kou Atari, another member of Glittering Star, who uses her powers on them to amuse herself.
Feb 20, 2011

EP20 - The Rainbow Painted That Day

Ryousuke Katashiro, Head's second in command, reminisces about his past with his former fiancee Sora and Head. Meanwhile, Ginta Ryo, another member of Glittering Star, uses his First Phase ability to spy on the island's inhabitants and find out why Head is unwilling to break the final seals so soon. He decides to challenge Takuto by himself, but not before have him poisoned by a snake.
Feb 27, 2011

EP21 - The Age for Libido

After Kou was defeated by Takuto once again, Madoka volunteers herself to an experiment to further increase her cybody's abilities, but in result her body was fused with it, leaving Takuto defenseless as he is unable to fight back without harming her.
Mar 6, 2011

EP22 - Eve of Legend

The time has come for the drama club's play and Takuto's first performance. Along the spectators is Hana, an old friend of his who comes to meet him and Wako. After the play, Sugata allegedly falls into into a deep slumber again and finds that Keito has used her powers to keep him awake, discovering that she is the East Maiden.
Mar 20, 2011

EP23 - Emperor

The Vanishing Age squad is more determined than ever to break the seals and Takuto is forced to face three of their members at once. He manages to overcome them thanks to Sugata's help, but unbeknownst to him, Sugata himself is later introduced to the Glittering Star as their new leader.
Mar 27, 2011

EP24 - The Eastern Maiden

The members of Glittering Star prepare themselves for the destruction of the remaining seals. After being pulled into Zero Time for their final battle, Takuto and Wako learn that Keito and Sugata are members of the Glittering Star, and when the Eastern seal is released, the King Cybody, Samekh, is finally broken free.
Apr 3, 2011

EP25 - Our Apprivoise

Reiji shows his true colors and uses the powers of his cybody to hijack Samekh and restore all cybodies Takuto defeated to put them under his control. The other members of Glittering Star regain control of ther cybodies and confront Samekh just to be easily overpowered by it, and it's up only to Takuto to put an end to his father's ambitions and rescue Sugata.