tsukiuta

   Tsukiuta (Japanese: ツキウタ。; Stylised: Tsukiuta.) is a character CD series which started as a music collaboration between Vocaloid producers and popular voice actors, but has now expanded into a media franchise with its own animation, multiple stage plays, manga anthologies, video games, and a range of related merchandise.

Characters

   The characters of Tsukiuta. are split into four idol groups under the fictional Tsukino Talent Production. There are twelve men and twelve women, each representing a month of the year. Tsukino Talent Production also manages the fictional idol groups under TsukiPro.

The men belong to the rival sibling units of Six Gravity and Procellarum. The members of Six Gravity come from Eastern Japan, while the members of Procellarum come from Western Japan.

The women belong to the units Fluna and Seleas. They are goddess candidates from a different dimension, unknown to the people on Earth.

Men

Six Gravity

Kakeru Shiwasu (師走 駆 Shiwasu Kakeru)

Voiced by: Yuki Kaji / Composition by Satsuki ga Tenkomori

Month- December

Hajime Mutsuki (睦月 始 Mutsuki Hajime)

Voiced by: Kousuke Toriumi / Composition by Machigerita

Month- January

The leader of Six Gravity. Often called 'King' by those around him due to a commanding yet charismatic presence beyond his age. Although he is a man of few words, he can be quite blunt and sarcastic but does not do it out of spite. He possesses a high intellect and physical strength, demonstrated in his "Iron Claw" technique and is known to be able to crush an apple with his bare hands. Proficient in a wide range of martial arts, Hajime is the only son of the prominent Mutsuki family of Eastern Japan. A rare childish side of Hajime surfaces when the oldest members assemble. Part of the oldest pair with March's Yayoi Haru.

Koi Kisaragi (如月 恋 Kisaragi Koi)

Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda / Composition by NijiharaPeperon

Month- February

Haru Yayoi (弥生 春 Yayoi Haru)

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno / Composition by Yuuyu

Month- March

Arata Uduki (卯月 新 Uzuki Arata)

Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya / Compostion by ChouchouP

Month- April

Aoi Satsuki (皐月 葵 Satsuki Aoi)

Voiced by: KENN / Composition by Nem

Month- May

Procellarum

Rui Minaduki (水無月 涙 Minazuki Rui)

Voiced by: Shouta Aoi / Composition by Yuyoyuppe

Month- June

Kai Fuduki (文月 海 Fuzuki Kai)

Voiced by: Wataru Hatano / Composition by Hitoshizuku x Yama△

Month- July

You Haduki (葉月 陽 Hazuki You)

Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara / Composition by UtataP

Month- August

Yoru Nagatsuki (長月 夜 Nagatsuki Yoru)

Voiced by: Takashi Kondou / Composition by John

Month- September

Iku Kannaduki (神無月 郁 Iku Kannazuki)

Voiced by: Kensho Ono / Composition by takamatt

Month- October

Shun Shimotsuki (霜月 隼 Shimotsuki Shun)

Voiced by: Ryohei Kimura / Composition by Kikuo

Month- November

The leader of Procellarum. The self proclaimed 'Demon Lord' who leads the unit with a mysterious charisma, despite claiming his reluctance to work. His profound smile adds to his peculiar nature but he is intelligent, able to memorise a book after only one reading. He has been shown to exhibit a various amount of magical abilities, ranging from ice magic to maintaining 20°C around him. Shun is a big fan of Six Gravity's leader, Hajime Mutsuki, and holds the latter's fanclub card, entitled "Honorary Member No. 6". Being the only son of the prominent Shimotsuki family of Western Japan, he has grown up to be quite pampered and shows no motivation for work or manual labour. Part of the oldest pair with July's Fuduki Kai.

Women

Fluna

Kurisu Hijiri (聖 クリス Hijiri Kurisu)

Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto / Composition by Satsuki ga Tenkomori

Month- December

Yuki Hanazono (花園 雪 Hanazono Yuki)

Voiced by: Asami Imai / Composition by Machigerita

Month- January

Ai Kisaragi (如月 愛 Kisaragi Ai)

Voiced by: MAKO / Composition by NijiharaPeperon

Month- February

Hina Momosaki (桃崎 ひな Momosaki Hina)

Voiced by: Rumi Ōkubo / Composition by Yuuyu

Month- March

Chisa Togawa (兎川 千桜 Togawa Chisa)

Voiced by: Ai Nonaka / Compostion by ChouchouP

Month- April

Wakaba Yuki (結城 若葉 Yuuki Wakaba)

Voiced by: Yumi Uchiyama / Composition by Nem

Month- May

Seleas

Yuno Terase (照瀬 結乃 Terase Yuno)

Voiced by: Rina Satō / Composition by Yuyoyuppe

Month- June

Mizuki Himekawa (姫川 瑞希 Himekawa Mizuki)

Voiced by: Shizuka Ishigami / Composition by Hitoshizuku x Yama△

Month- July

Matsuri Motomiya (元宮 祭莉 Motomiya Matsuri)

Voiced by: Yuka Ōtsubo / Composition by UtataP

Month- August

Akane Asagiri (朝霧 あかね Asagiri Akane)

Voiced by: Kaori Fukuhara / Composition by Jun

Month- September

Reina Ichisaki (伊地崎 麗奈 Ichisaki Reina)

Voiced by: Tomoyo Kurosawa / Composition by takamatt

Month- October

Tsubaki Tendouin (天童院 椿 Tendouin Tsubaki)

Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka / Composition by Kikuo

Month- November

Other characters

Managers

Kanade Tsukishiro (月城 奏 Tsukishiro Kanade)

Voiced by: Masahiro Yamanaka

Six Gravity's manager.

Dai Kurotsuki (黒月 大 Kurotsuki Dai)

Voiced by: Yasuhiro Mamiya

Procellerum's manager.

Other

Mikoto Tsukino (月野 尊 Tsukino Mikoto)

The president of Tsukino Talent Production and the overall producer for Six Gravity and Procellarum.

Media

Anime

An anime for the series was announced at the stage event at Animate Girls Festival 2014. The anime titled "Tsukiuta. The ANIMATION" (ツキウタ。 THE ANIMATION) (shortened as "Tsukiani." (ツキアニ。)), aired between July  and September 2016 on Tokyo MX, BS11 and several other TV channels.

The anime was produced in celebration of Animate's 30th year anniversary.  The anime focuses on the members of Six Gravity and Procellarum, with a different character being the main focus of each episode.

Music 

The opening theme alternates between GRAVATIC-LOVE by Six Gravity and LOLV –Lots of Love- by Procellarum. The ending themes are sung by each character in the order of their representative months, starting with December. Episode 13 finished with Tsuki no Uta (ツキノウタ。), a combined song by Six Gravity and Procellarum.