Liar Exposed (Anime)

Liar Exposed is an Australian-American anime-inspired teen-oriented television drama series based on the manga and video game the same name. It was broadcasted in ABC Me in 15 November 2021. The anime is a sequel to the teen drama. Like the teen drama, the series is a jukebox musical with 1 song per episode with popular songs from the pop, rock and Broadway genre (mostly ballads). It is a direct sequel to Liar Exposed.

Series 1
A month after Kayla is officially expelled, a new school year dawns as Josh, Zoe and Hayden are able to move on with their lives. Kayla is now in New Zealand since the Australian school system won't enrol her to any school in Australia. However, a new liar is introduced to the school. Zoe's Year 8 friend, Mariela told her all about that liar. The liar's name is Edith and she pretended that she is Mariela's friend. Zoe doesn't like how it's going so she talked to her friends about the liar. While they were dealing with a liar, Zoe and Josh's mum collapsed and was rushed to the hospital. Unknown to them, she is suffering from Stage 4 cancer which scared the entire family. Also the fact that Josh, Hayden and Zoe are dealing with a liar.

Series 2
Soon, Mrs Besson died and her husband has to go on a business trip to Singapore. Without a legal guardian with the kids, Josh and Zoe's older sister, Addison, was forced to be the kids' legal guardian. But she didn't look after them, instead, she took advantage of them. Josh, Zoe and Hayden were hoping that their father (Hayden's uncle), would come back and get them. Only Addison's boyfriend, Ray, was able to look after them and take care of the kids. The kids tried to sneak away from home to go to school without Addison catching them. But eventually, Addison stopped them from going to school and banned Josh, Hayden and Zoe from doing so. So Kandace and Sofia had to sneak in some school books and give them to Ray so that he could give the books to the kids before departing to Singapore.

Series 3
Soon, Mr Besson is able get the kids to move to Singapore with him. However, Addison stayed in Perth, Western Australia because she isn't capable of looking after the kids and she was expelled from her university for suspicious behaviour. But the kids had a tough time dealing with the fact that they'll move to another country but at the same time, they don't want to stay in Perth under the wrath of their abusive sister. Josh, Hayden and Zoe had to say goodbye to their friends but they'll someday meet again soon. The Bessons soon arrive in Singapore and are welcomed by the people there. They moved into a flat because even though Mr. Besson is rich, they agreed to live like normal people. The flat is actually big enough to fit the entire family. But even though they're happier in Singapore, they still haven't exposed Edith because of the fact they were stuck with Addison. Despite this, they were enrolled into an Australian international school even though it takes a few bus stops and several train stations to go there. But in that international school, they managed to reunite with their friends, Kandace and Sofia. Along with their rival, Kayla. And 2 new friends, South African, Ashlynn and Hong Kong-Singaporean, Raphael.

Series 4
As soon as Josh, Hayden, Zoe, Kandace and Sofia reunited, they decided to debunk the truth behind a Year 8 student back in Australia. Revealing that they live in the same district, they are able to meet up in nearby parks before going to school. Raphael and Ashlynn joined the force while Kayla tried to apologise. Zoe asked her why she lies as Kayla revealed that she's lonely, ugly and stupid. Zoe explained that Kayla felt that way because of her lying and her friends knew that lying doesn't get you anywhere. Kayla pretended that she changed for a while. Sofia and Kandace are going to move out of Singapore the next day. Sofia will go back to her native country, Portugal while Kandace goes back to the UK. Ashlynn will be moving to another school in Singapore. So only Josh, Hayden, Raphael and Zoe are left. But they still hadn't stopped Kayla from lying because she complained of a stomach ache. It is up to them to expose her once and for all.

Cast

 * Zoe Tria as Zoe Besson, her vocal range is mezzo-soprano
 * Troye Sivan as Josh Besson, his vocal range is baritone
 * Denis Coleman as Hayden Besson, his vocal range is tenor
 * Bindi Irwin as Kayla Sanders, her vocal range is mezzo-soprano
 * Addison Rae as Addison Besson, her vocal range is alto (singing voice provided by Dixie D'Amelio)
 * Gun as Kandace Chan, her vocal range is mezzo-soprano
 * Ariel Winter as Sofia Mendes, her vocal range is treble
 * Alex McGregor as Ashlynn, her vocal range is mezzo-soprano
 * Raphael Lau as Raphael Chen, his vocal range is baritone

Trivia

 * Zoe Tria stated that both Josh and Zoe would have their hair and eye colours switched in the anime
 * While Zoe's hair and eye colour remain the same as the teen drama, Josh's hair became brown while his eyes became blue
 * Hayden won't change his hair and eye colour so he still has brown hair and hazel eyes like the teen drama
 * Each series is set in each month like the teen drama
 * Series 1 is set in March
 * In Introducing Edith, Josh stated that he's still 16 and his birthday is in May
 * In the following episode, Edith Is Kayla? Hayden stated that he's still 15 and his birthday is also in May
 * Series 2 is set in April
 * Series 3 is set in May
 * Series 4 is set in June
 * Mr and Mrs Besson's full names are revealed in Series 1 Episode 5
 * Mr. Besson's full name is Joshua Daniel Besson Sr
 * This might mean that Josh's name has junior in it.
 * Mrs. Besson's full name is Ariella Shannon Besson
 * Some episode titles might have pop culture references
 * Her Last Days is a reference to My Last Days
 * When Mum Is Gone is a reference to the song, When You're Gone by Avril Lavigne
 * Coincidentally, that song is sung in the episode, The Memorial
 * Addison In Perth is a reference to Emily In Paris