A Quiet Beginning

A Quiet Beginning
Season	1
Episode	1
Overall	2
静かなる始動
Shizukanaru Shidou
Air Date
Japanese	January 11, 2014
Music
Opening	Tachiagare! (TV), 7 Girls War (Blu-ray)
Ending	Kotonoha Aoba
Insert Song(s)	Tachiagare! (Blu-ray)
Credits
Written and Storyboarded by	Touko Machida Yuuta Yamazaki
Directed by	Kumiko Shishido, Sayaka Takase, and Keisuke Kobayashi (animation) Sunao Chikaoka (chief animation director) Yuuta Yamazaki (episode director)
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The Silent Start-Up (静かなる始動, Shizukanaru Shidou^?) is the 1^st episode in the 1^st season of Wake Up, Girls!. It was aired on January 11, 2014 and set roughly one week after the movie "Wake Up, Girls! Seven Idols".

The opening theme for the TV broadcast is "Tachiagare!", which is used as an insert song in the Blu-ray edition, whilst the opening is replaced with "7 Girls War," the ending theme for both versions is "Kotonoha Aoba."

Summary

On Christmas 2013, the new idol group "Wake Up, Girls!" performed their debut concert on an outdoor stage in a small park in Sendai. However, their agency's president Junko disappeared with the company's money. The remaining manager Kouhei was at a loss, and the seven members were uncertain of their group's future.

Features

Characters

• Junko Tange
• Kouhei Matsuda
• Wake Up, Girls! members:
  • Mayu Shimada
  • Airi Hayashida
  • Minami Katayama
  • Yoshino Nanase
  • Nanami Hisami
  • Kaya Kikuma
  • Miyu Okamoto

Trivia

Major Events

• The news of Mayu's return to the idol world has been spread.
• I-1club is going to build a theatre in Sendai.
• Sudo has take an interest in Wake Up, Girls!.

Cultural References

• This episode's title A Quiet Beginning (静かなる始動, Shizukanaru Shidō^?) is a reference to the film A Quiet Duel (静かなる決闘, Shizukanaru Kettō^?) by director Akira Kurosawa.