AKB0048

AKB0048
Official AKB0048 Blu-Ray cover released by Sentai Filmworks
Genre	Comedy, music,[1][2] science fiction
Created by	Shōji Kawamori Satelight
Anime television series
Directed by	Shōji Kawamori (Chief) Yoshimasa Hiraike
Produced by	Kenjirō Kawahito Gō Shukuri
Written by	Mari Okada
Music by	Hiroshi Takaki Slavek Kowalewski
Studio	Satelight
Licensed by	AUS: Hanabee NA: Sentai Filmworks
Original network	JAITS, TBC, IBC (JNN), TVQ (TXN), HTB (ANN), FTB (FNN/FNS), HTV (NNN/NNS), BS11, NOTTV one
Original run	April 29, 2012 – July 22, 2012
Episodes	13[3] (List of episodes)
Anime television series
AKB0048: Next Stage
Directed by	Shōji Kawamori (Chief) Yoshimasa Hiraike
Produced by	Kenjirō Kawahito Gō Shukuri
Written by	Mari Okada Toshizo Nemoto Tatsuto Higuchi
Music by	Hiroshi Takaki Slavek Kowalewski
Studio	Satelight
Licensed by	AUS: Hanabee NA: Sentai Filmworks
Original network	tvk, HTB, TBC, FTB, Tochigi TV, GTV, TV Saitama, Chiba TV, Tokyo MX, Mie TV, Sun TV, KBS, Hiroshima TV, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting, NOTTV one
Original run	January 5, 2013 – March 30, 2013
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)

AKB0048 (stylized as AKB∞48) is a 2012 Japanese science fiction musical comedy anime television series based on the idol group AKB48.^[4] The anime is produced by Satelight, with Shōji Kawamori as chief director. The first season aired in Japan between April and July 2012 whilst the second season aired between January and March 2013.