Chance Pop Session

Chance: Triangle Session (チャンス　トライアングルセッション, Chansu Toraianguru Sesshon), also known as Chance: Pop Session, is a 2001 anime produced by Madhouse. The series aired from May 21 to August 27, 2001 and ran for 13 episodes.

Three young girls—Akari, Yuki, and Nozomi—meet at a concert and set out to follow in the footsteps of their idol, Reika, and become music stars. They enroll in the prestigious music school that produced Reika and are placed in the "S class" due to their potential.

While Chance Pop Session could be characterized as a romantic comedy in the shōjo category, it does have some elements of tragedy.

This is one of the few anime that for which ADV Films was on the production committee during their time in the anime industry. In the US, they released three volumes of videos on VHS and DVD in 2003. They also released a complete series thinpak on DVD in 2007 and a regular DVD case in 2009. It is currently streaming on Crunchyroll and HIDIVE.

Cast

 * Akari Mizushima (水島アカリ, Mizushima Akari)

Voiced by Mayumi Iizuka in the Japanese and Kelli Cousins in the English dub


 * Yuki Aoyama (青山ユウキ, Aoyama Yūki)

Voiced by Atsuko Enomoto in the Japanese and Hilary Haag in the English dub


 * Nozomi Kaibara (柏原ノゾミ, Kaibara Nozomi)

Voiced by Maria Yamamoto in the Japanese and Monica Rial in the English dub


 * Jun Morimura (森村ジュン, Morimura Jun)

Voiced by Kana Ueda in the Japanese and Tiffany Grant in the English dub


 * Reika (レイカ)

Voiced by Mariko Kouda in the Japanese and Shelley Calene-Black in the English dub


 * Kisaragi Akiba (秋葉キサラギ, Akiba Kisaragi)

Voiced by Yuu Daiki in the Japanese and Christine Auten in the English dub


 * Kaito Kosaka (者振快人, Kosaka Kaito)

Voiced by Takehito Koyasu in the Japanese and David Matranga in the English dub