
The Price of Smiles
- Rate: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
- Native: Egao no Daika, The Cost of Smiles, エガオノダイカ, The Price of Smiles, The Price of Smiles (Egao no Daika)
- Synonyms: The Cost of Smiles
- Aired: Jan 4, 2019 to Mar 22, 2019
- Premiered: winter 2019
- Duration: 23 min per ep
- Episodes: 12
- Score: 6.04
- Producers: Asmik Ace Dynamo Pictures Happinet MediaNet Nippon Television Network Rakuten Tokyo MX VAP WOWOW Yomiuri Telecasting
- Studio: Tatsunoko Production
- Licensor: Sentai Filmworks
- Genres: Action Drama Fantasy Mecha Military Sci-Fi Slice of Life
Characters and Voice Actors
Shining, Stella
MainHayami, Saori
JapaneseSoleil, Yuuki
MainHanamori, Yumiri
JapaneseAlan
SupportingBoyer, Break
SupportingShiraishi, Minoru
JapaneseEarhart, Lily
SupportingNagaku, Yuki
JapaneseEtoile, Leila
SupportingSatou, Rina
JapaneseIngram, Joshua
SupportingMatsuoka, Yoshitsugu
JapaneseLangford, Izana
SupportingOkiayu, Ryoutarou
JapaneseMalthus, Huey
SupportingMasuda, Toshiki
JapaneseMiller, Harold
SupportingCanna, Nobutoshi
JapaneseOwens, Gail
SupportingMatsuyama, Takashi
JapaneseThorne, Pierce
SupportingIshiya, Haruki
JapaneseVanquish, Rune
SupportingEnoki, Junya
JapaneseVanquish, Yuni
SupportingKoichi, Makoto
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