Carole &amp; TuesdayCarole &amp; Tuesday Carole & Tuesday Plot. In the future on a partially terraformed Mars, teenager Tuesday Simmons runs away from her affluent lifestyle as the daughter of a politician and makes her way to Alba City to pursue her dream of being a musician with just a suitcase and her Gibson acoustic guitar. On her first day in the city, she crosses paths with Carole Stanley, an orphaned refugee from Earth and another aspiring musician who plays the piano. The two decide to team up as a singer-songwriter duo under the name Carole & Tuesday. Media. Anime. The 24-episode anime television series  by studio Bones is directed by Motonobu Hori with Shinichirō Watanabe as supervising director. Eisaku Kubonouchi provides the original character designs, while Tsunenori Saito adapts them for animation. The series aired in Fuji TV's +Ultra timeslot from April 11 to October 3, 2019, and is streamed exclusively on Netflix. The series is in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Bones and the 10th anniversary of record label FlyingDog. A special broadcast, "Carole & Tuesday Golden Week Special", was aired on Line Live on May 1, 2019. It included a behind-the-scenes documentary, recording sessions with the singers, and  the music video for the opening theme song "Kiss Me". Netflix holds international distribution rights, and the first half of "Carole & Tuesday" was released worldwide on August 30, 2019 with an English dub. The other half was released on December 24. Starting on June 28, 2019, an eight-episode series of Flash-animated shorts titled "Car & Tue" began streaming on the series' official YouTube channel. The anime shorts center on "light-hearted, comical dialogue" between characters in the series. Music. The opening and ending theme songs for the first half respectively are "Kiss Me" and "Hold Me Now", both performed  by Nai Br.XX and Celeina Ann. The opening and ending theme songs for the second half respectively are "Polly Jean", performed by Nai Br.XX and Celeina Ann and "Not Afraid", performed by Alisa. Mocky composes the music at FlyingDog. Additional music is provided by other musicians, including: The first soundtrack album, covering the first 12 episodes and comprising 20 tracks, was released on July 31, 2019. The album consists of songs written for the series' characters by the contributing musicians. The first insert song used in episodes 1, 2 and 12, titled "The Loneliest Girl", was released on  digital streaming services on June 27, 2019. Episodes. All episode titles are taken from pop and rock songs. Media release. FlyingDog released "Carole & Tuesday" across two volumes, in DVD and Blu-ray media formats. Manga. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Morito Yamataka, began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's "Young Ace" magazine on May 2, 2019. Yen Press announced the license of the manga at Anime NYC and it is scheduled for release in 2020. The manga ended in July 2020. Reception. James Beckett of Anime News Network commended the show, giving it an A overall, citing "genuinely delightful" music, a  colorful, well-realized world, and stated that the English dub "serves the anime even better than its original Japanese track". In her review of the show for "Syfy", Laura Dale criticized the LGBTQ representation in the show, arguing that the show often uses "minority characters as punchlines, stereotypes for plot progression, or...presents one particular minority group as dangerous violent monsters created by poor environmental factors" and stating that while the show "really sweet, soft queer energy," she remained disappointed that the show had "repeated harmful representations of queer characters." Carole & Tuesday Plot. In the future on a partially terraformed