Stage plays of the 2.5 Dimension Dance Live Tsukipro franchise.
They are grouped into series by the units that make up the main casts.
- Tsukista - Six Gravity and Procellarum; stage plays since 2016.
- SQS - SolidS and Quell; stage plays since 2018.
- Alivestage - SOARA and Growth; stage plays since 2019.
- Tsukiuta Girls Side (Megasta) - Fluna and Seleas; stage plays since 2021.
- Vazz Sta - Vazzy and Rock Down; stage plays since 2021.
Many of the episodes feature shared Alternate Universe settings, and these should be discussed on their own pages:
The performances consist of a play in the first act, and a dance performance in the second act, thus the title of 2.5 Dimension Dance Live.
Tropes appearing in the franchise as a whole:
- All There in the Manual: The AGF pamphlets for each "if" setting give more information about the alternate worlds, some of which will help you better understand the story. The characters who don't appear in the plays for each setting (e.g. SQ members in Tsukihana Kagura) have their settings explained in the pamphlets.
- Bat Family Crossover: When characters from one series appear in an episode of a different series — Alivestage members in Tsukista, for example — they're known as Guest characters, and they generally don't appear in the dance live (the only exceptions so far are when the Alivestage and Tsukista members joined in for "Dear Dreamer" in SQS 4, and when the SeleaS junior pair performed their solos in Shiawase Awase (Tsukista 9) before there was a Megasta).
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: Most installments of Ivesta, SQS and Tsukista have higawari improv comedy parts, particularly before 2021. What makes them special, is the fact characters will interact not only with audience, but also with each other's actors. Made absolutely hilarious (or cute, when the backstage staff felt like being merciful) with two instances of "Hearbreak Red" (Tsukista) and "Exposer Quell" (SQS ep3), where characters brought out embarrassing backstage talk about actors and told it to the audience. Made doubly funny in SQS' case, as the whole exposition took place in the middle of a swordfight.
- Colon Cancer: Their tendency to have "if" settings spread out across various character-focused series leads to titles like...
- 2.5 Dimension Dance Live Tsukiuta Stage The Eighth Stage: Tsukino Empire: Unleash Your Mind
- 2.5 Dimension Dance Live SQS episode 4: Tsukino Empire 2: Beginning of the World
- 2.5 Dimension Dance Live Tsukipro Stage: Machine Elements eins: Sora wo Wataru Kaze
- 2.5 Dimension Dance Live SQS episode 6: Machine Elements zwei: Akai Hono
- 2.5 Dimension Dance Live Alivestage episode 5: Tsukino Hyakki Yakou Kitan Tengoku: Kimi Shinita Mafu Koto Nakare
- Foreign Language Title:
- School Revolution
- Lunatic Party
- Rabbits Kingdom
- Cyber-Dive Connection
- Tsukino Empire: Unleash Your Mind and Beginning of the World
- ROMEO in the Darkness
- WYD: Wake Your Dreams
- Megasta 2: Goodbye my dear Frenemy (abbreviated Megasta GF).
- Subtitles: SQS 1's "Thanks for the chance to meet you" and Tsukista 12's "Children are sometimes ruthless and cruel"
- Machine Elements is not an example, since it's always called Kisosekai (Machine Elements World), but a) the English words "Machine Elements" are always prominent on the poster as if they are the title, and b) the German numbering counts.
- Non-Indicative First Episode: The first episodes of each series tend to be Slice of Life stories, generally going back to the time when their units first formed (though that may be as long as seven years ago in Megasta's case).
- Only One Me Allowed Right Now: When the characters Suttenkororin into other worlds, generally the visiting party's souls take over the bodies of their other-world counterparts. The souls of the other-world counterparts are simply dormant while their bodies are being used by the idol versions. This is seen in Yumemigusa, Seibou no Kanata, and Ura-Zanshin. The one notable exception seems to be Kurenai Enishi, in which all 12 Gravi and Procella members get brought into the Yokai world as themselves, even though at the same time Tsubasa and Eichi had inhabited their Yokai-version bodies.
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Unexpected Character: An odd but wonderful Breaking the Fourth Wall example - during the second performance of "Natsuyumesai", Ichiru and Issei spotted Shiki's stage actor in the audience and pulled him up on stage for a surprise appearance during the adlib portion of the play.
Tropes appearing in the alternate universes:
This setting has been depicted in:
- 2017 Summer Drama CDs.
- Natsu Yume Matsuri, a 2018 gaiden stage play featuring Rui and Kai of Procellarum, and Ichiru and Issei of Quell.
- Tsukiuta Stage Act 6: Kurenai Enishi — the idol characters find themselves sent to the Yokai world.
- SQS Episode 2: Seibou no Kanata — Tsubasa and Eichi of the main setting are sent to this world.
- TSUKIPRO the Animation 2 episodes 5-7.
- Alivestage Episode 5: Tengoku.
- Tsukista Act 13: Iirenren — the yokai versions of all 12 Gravi and Procella characters appear.
This setting contains examples of:
- Abstract Apotheosis: Kurotenko and Shirotenko aren't humans, or ayakashi, or gods, but something else entirely — Life and Death, Beginning and Ending, themselves.
- Horned Humanoid: Shiki (Shuten-doji), Soshi, Aoi, and other Oni, as well as water spirits Shu and Ryou.
- Little Bit Beastly: Most of the yokai appear this way, humans with animal ears and tails.
Natsu Yume Matsuri:
Performed at the Tsukipro Bunkasai event in August 2018.- Audience Participation: Members of the audience were invited to dance with the cast in the aisles at the end of the play.
Tsukipro's 2015 AGF setting and its subsequent Defictionalization stage plays.
Every year at the AGF event in November, Tsukipro creates an ensemble play (goudou butai) that all of their currently debuted idol units perform in together. This takes the form of a pamphlet, sold at the event, which describes the setting and each idol's character in the play (which are generally Alternate Universe personas of the idols themselves, keeping the same names). Starting in 2019, the real-world Tsukipro Stage series have put on real plays based on the fictional plays described in the pamphlets.
The Tsukino Empire setting has been depicted in:
- 2.5 Dimension Dance Live Tsukiuta 8th Stage: Tsukino Empire: Unleash Your Mind
- 2.5 Dimension Dance Live S.Q.S. Episode 4: Tsukino Empire 2: Beginning of the World
The Machine Elements series takes place in this same world some 3000 years later, as the reincarnations of these characters reconnect with their shinjuu.
Tropes appearing in the Tsukino Empire setting as a whole:
- Alien Animals: Many of the Shinjuu, appear extremely similar to Earth animals, though many of those have extra fantastical elements to them, such as horned tanuki or spiked panthers, or a majestic tiger with a flame eye.
- Alien Fair Folk: ... and then there are the dragons, and firebird Chabo-kun (Suzaku). Though in the actual Four Gods, Genbu is a turtle, here Hajime's Kuro appears more like a Western dragon with a turtle shell. You's shinjuu isn't an ichi-i (top level shinjuu, only the Four Gods) at all, but it still appears as a dragon.
- Alien Invasion: The planet "Terre" is being invaded by mysterious sentient spaceships called Unidentified Mysterious Assailants (UMA), or just "Them".
- Arc Words: 心, kokoro or shin, "heart" or "mind"— usually "heart", but it's what the "mind" in the title points to. Specifically, remnants, echoes, pieces of one's heart left behind. It's this that indicates a connection between this world and 2021's Zanshin setting.
- Big "WHAT?!": The rest of the first and second fleets when Hajime and Shun's true existence is explained to them.
- Bond Creatures: the Shinjuu are defectors from "Them" that bond to chosen humans and take the forms of animals.
- Four Gods: The most powerful Shinjuu take these forms.
- Gender Is No Object: The original pamphlet states that Fluna and Seleas are also Tekigousha (Shinjuu partners), and that You avoids areas where his ex-girlfriends' units tend to be.
- Gorgeous Garment Generation: Hajime's Imperial costume apparently appears spontaneously when he enters the Heart of the World.
- Impractically Fancy Outfit: Prince Shun tells the juniors that his beautiful clothes are also very hard to walk in. He constantly needs Kai to carry the train of his robes (which they then went on to parody in the dance live segment).
- Living Ship: "They" are this, at least until some of them take animal forms and become Shinjuu. They also take the form of rings.
- Mildly Military: They wear the uniforms, but there really isn't much military action going on in this play.
- Non-Uniform Uniform: The First, Second, and Fourth fleets have uniforms that look cohesive as a group, but are all unique to each individual member. Even Ichiru and Issei, who are more or less wearing the same articles of clothing, look distinct from each other in how they wear them — Issei is very proper and buttoned up, while Ichiru is more casual, with his jacket open and pants rolled up. The Third Fleet — Alive series members — are an aversion, though. When the setting was first created, they were too new, so their uniforms are pretty standard.
- Space Opera: Not only is it going for this aesthetic, but it actually does fit all of the ten points on the list on the trope page (the Distressed Dude would be Shun).
Tsukipro's 2018 AGF setting and it's subsequent Defictionalization stage plays.
Every year at the AGF event in November, Tsukipro creates an ensemble play (goudou butai) that all of their currently debuted idol units perform in together. This takes the form of a pamphlet, sold at the event, which describes the setting and each idol's character in the play (which are generally Alternate Universe personas of the idols themselves, keeping the same names). Starting in 2019, the real-world Tsukipro Stage series have put on real plays based on the fictional plays described in the pamphlets.
Machine Elements, or Kisosekai, takes place some 3000 years after the Tsukino Empire series. That world has ended, but the world goes on, and society has begun rebuilding itself, with very little knowledge of their ancient history. Ancient runes are discovered, with amazingly powerful artifacts, and Steampunk ensues.
The main characters are members of guilds in various places around the world — the guilds correspond to their idol units in the main setting.
Tropes appearing in this setting in general:
- Archaeological Arms Race: The guild members around the world go out exploring the ruins in hope of finding the Rings and other lost technology.
- "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: This series seems like Tsukipro's one aversion — the theme songs are sung by Infinit0, who do not appear in either play — until you realize that Roa's actor, Mizuki Chiba, both starred in and sang the theme songs to both of Tsukipro's sibling franchises, Identity V and Kuro to Shiro, meaning he's so much their theme song guy he sings theme songs for plays he isn't even in! Double subversion?
Tropes appearing in Tsukipro Stage Machine Elements eins: Aoi Sora:
- Really 700 Years Old: Hajime has been asleep since the fall of the Empire, yet he still appears in his early 20s.
Tsukipro's 2019 AGF setting and its subsequent Defictionalization stage plays.
Every year at the AGF event in November, Tsukipro creates an ensemble play (goudou butai) that all of their currently debuted idol units perform in together. This takes the form of a pamphlet, sold at the event, which describes the setting and each idol's character in the play (which are generally Alternate Universe personas of the idols themselves, keeping the same names). Starting in 2019, the real-world Tsukipro Stage series have put on real plays based on the fictional plays described in the pamphlets.
The world of TSUKIHANA KAGURA features a flower-shaped continent comprised of 13 island nations resembling petals.The inhabitants of these island kingdoms do battle at the "Tsukihana Matsuri" (月花祭 lit. Moonflower Festival) every four years, but instead of using weapons and violence these kingdoms compete through dance and song using festival songs known as "Hana" (花 lit. Flower).Each of the twelve kingdoms chooses representatives who will best show off their countries beauty for the competition. The winners of the festival are crowned "Hana no Ou" (花の王 lit. The King of Flowers) and will rule the palace residing on the central island of the continent, "Mushiki" (無色 lit. Colorless), until the next festival is held.All of the island kingdoms are named after either traditional Japanese names for colors or certain species of flowers that are known for being a particular color, all of these colors match up closely with that units usual image color.
The Tsukihana Kagura setting has been depicted in:
- 2.5 Dimension Dance Live Alivestage Episode 2: Tsukihana Kagura: Story of Blue and Green
- 2.5 Dimension Dance Live Tsukiuta Act 11: Tsukihana Kagura: Story of Shikkoku and Geppaku
- VAZZROCK The Animation episodes 9 and 10
Tropes appearing in the Tsukihana Kagura setting as a whole:
- Colorful Theme Naming: All of the countries are named after their units' image colors from the main idol setting:
- Shikkoku (Six Gravity) - Jet Black
- Geppaku (Procellarum) - Moonlight White
- Akane (SolidS) - Red
- Asahanada (Quell) - Light indigo
- Seiran (Soara) - Indigo
- Asagi (Growth) - Teal
- Momo (Fluna) - Peach
- Tsuyukusa (SeleaS) - Asiatic dayflower
- Costume Porn: Even more than Tsukipro's usual.
- Dance-Off: A dance competition to decide who will rule the continent? Well, it makes more sense than saying might makes right.
- "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: Every story set in this world features a new version of the theme song originally performed by Yuki of Fluna
, performed by the cast of that episode.
Every year at the AGF event in November, Tsukipro creates an ensemble play (goudou butai) that all of their currently debuted idol units perform in together. This takes the form of a pamphlet, sold at the event, which describes the setting and each idol's character in the play (which are generally Alternate Universe personas of the idols themselves, keeping the same names). Starting in 2019, the real-world Tsukipro Stage series have put on real plays based on the fictional plays described in the pamphlets.
This setting features a unified theme song, sung by Haruto of Rock Down and covered by the cast of each stage episode.
The Zanshin setting has been depicted in:
- SQS Episode 7 - Chiioaki no Asa ni.
- Tsukiuta Stage Act 12 - Ura-Zanshin: Children are sometimes ruthless and cruel
- Alivestage Episode 7
The setting contains examples of:
- Abandoned Laboratory: The front line soldiers are heading towards this, because they know the Final Boss is there.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: In Zanshin and Urazanshin, Zessekyo has this effect one one half of the characters.
- "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: The cast of each play records their own version of the theme song originally sung by Haruto of Rock Down.
- Fighting Your Friend: One unit will become Brainwashed and Crazy, and the other will have to fight them.
- Final Boss: Zessekyo, a.k.a. this world's version of Shun. He is this for the in-universe characters in the story, but in Ura-Zanshin, Zessekyo crosses the boundaries of worlds and threatens the real-world idol setting Haru, Kai, and Hajime.
- "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: One of the feature units to the Brainwashed and Crazy unit.
- Time Loop Trap: The soldiers will be stuck in this until they defeat Zessekyo, at which point they will awaken from the dream.
