Grow Up Show: Himawari no Circus-dan
Grow Up Show • グロウアップショウ ～ひまわりのサーカス団～
TV · 2026 · Airing · Score 7.0
Genres: Adventure, Slice of Life, Sports
Themes: Circus, Cute Girls Doing Cute Things, Female Protagonist, Yuri, Primarily Female Cast, Acrobatics, LGBTQ+ Themes, Historical, Orphan, Found Family, Estranged Family
Studios: A-1 Pictures, Psyde Kick Studio
Synopsis
The anime's story is set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, during the height of Japan's economic boom, when the circus is a major form of entertainment. Different circus troupes travel throughout Japan to perform and compete for a chance to participate in the world-renowned festival called "Circus Collection." One troupe called the "Sunflower Circus," led by its ringmaster Maria, travels around Japan to perform, despite struggling with financial difficulties. However, they meet a circus prodigy named Mizuka Tsurumaki. This is the story of a one-of-a-kind circus show of young girls with big dreams. (Source: Anime News Network)
Voice Actors
- Tomoka Noda as Mizuka Tsurumaki
- Shiori Kurosaki as Ouka Kawasumi
- Reo Osanai as Imari Agano
- Nanako Andou as Isuzu Ikazuchi
- Tomori Kusunoki as Aoi Yura
- Yuuko Natsuyoshi as Akane Yura
- Yuna Kamakura as Shizuku Sakawa
- Yuka Iwahashi as Svetlana
- Ai Kayano as Rin Mamiya
- Rie Kugimiya as Maria
- Akira Sekine as Nanami Sumeragi
- Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi as Black Lotus
- Eri Suzuki as Mutsumi Kongouji
- Tsumugi Misono as Kasumi Shirahama
- Mari Okamoto as Shino
- Hitomi Nabatame as Rafflesia Danchou
- Noka Odajima as Kalmia no Ie no Kodomo
- Kouya Noda as Daiku
- Takuya Nakashima as Fuku Danchou
- Tsumugi Andou as Kalmia no Ie no Kodomo
- Masaaki Ihara as Tenshu
- Tadaaki Doi as Knife Nage
- Aoto Abe as Kalmia no Ie no Kodomo
- Misato Murai as Otokonoko
- Hironori Kondou as Leader
- Yuuki Urushiyama as Sumeragi Danin
- Yasuhiro Kikuchi as Kanshiin
- Shiori Sugiura as Sumeragi Danin
- Yuujirou Kakuda as Kanshiin
- Koyomi Asakawa as Kalmia no Ie no Kodomo
- Ryunosuke Oikawa as Kalmia no Ie no Kodomo
- Marie Ooi as Shisetsuchou