Liar Exposed (Anime)

Liar Exposed is a Singaporean-Malaysian-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 (2 songs in Season 3, 4, 5 and 6) 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. Zoe decided to break up with Sofia due to long-distance relationship but remained in good terms. Same for Hayden but with Kandace. 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 rival, Kayla. And they made 2 new friends, South African, Ashlynn and Hong Kong-Singaporean, Raphael. They all joined forces and try to expose Kayla who has been haunting Josh, Zoe and Hayden. Ashlynn later moved to an all-girls school leaving Josh, Hayden, Zoe and Raphael behind to deal with Kayla. Kayla pretended to change and she eventually continued her lies. The 4 boys and girl formed a new team consisting of themselves called, the Dream Team.

Series 4
During the summer break, the newly-formed Dream Team decided to launch a new Youtube channel. Consisting of covers and vlogs as well as gaming videos consisting of them playing mostly Minecraft. On Mondays, they post Minecraft videos, on Tuesdays and Saturdays they post song covers and on Thursdays they post vlogs and reaction videos. Their videos went viral and they even started an Instagram and Twitter account. But ever since their new-found fame, they were being stalked by Kayla. Everywhere they go, Kayla is there. So all they have to do is to prevent being spot by her and try to go around Singapore. But that doesn't stop her from stalking the Dream Team, online. Every time the Dream Team makes a new video, Kayla would have to make a video about them for no reason. Hayden decided to go back to Australia due to homesickness and has to stay with his grandparents. So Zoe, Raphael and Josh were left. Before 2 of Josh and Zoe's favourite Minecraft streamers, Toby (also known as Tubbo) and Tommy (also known as Tommyinnit) decided to join the team. But to prevent copyright issues, the kids renamed the Dream team into the SG Team to represent Singapore. Although Raphael is the only member of Singaporean descent.

Series 5
After their new-found fame, the kids went to Malaysia during their second month of summer break before going back to school on August. Mr. Besson assigned them to visit Kuala Lumpur with the help of his business team there. However, Kayla, who is currently studying in Malaysia, was caught stalking them. The Dream Team weren't surprised to find Kayla there because of her expulsion. Toby and Tommy didn't know who Kayla was before they realised that she was the liar mentioned in the Straits times. They had finally met each other in person after a long time. The SG Team decided to ignore her and focus on their cover videos as well as their vlogs and gaming videos. Tired of Kayla stalking them in Malaysia, the kids decided to postpone their Malaysia tour quickly and go back to Singapore halfway through the season. They reunited with Mr. Besson in the train station and they were exhausted so Mr. Besson decided to schedule their Malaysia tour until the school break so that the kids would focus on school.

Series 6
After heading back from Malaysia to Singapore, the SG Team went back to school. Only to find out that Kayla is back in school under a new identity. In the theatre club, the team confronted Kayla but Kayla wouldn't 'fall' for them just because Tommy and Toby are both famous. Toby said that he and his friend are more than just famous and that they're normal people who just wanted to do stuff other than gaming. Even though the SG Team does Minecraft streaming every Monday and uploads them that same day. Kayla had lied that she'll study in Malaysia and is in Singapore just to trick people. She revealed that she doesn't like Malaysia because of their bad traffic, low quality of life and the fact that there are Muslims. Neither of the members of the SG Team took that as an excuse and didn't like the fact that Kayla is racist as well. Eventually, the teenage Youtubers finally exposed Kayla one last time before she goes to Hong Kong in exile.

Cast

 * Zoe Tria as Zoe Besson, a Filipino-Australian 15-year-old girl and her vocal range is mezzo-soprano
 * Troye Sivan as Josh Besson, an Australian teenage 17-year-old boy and his vocal range is baritone
 * Denis Coleman as Hayden Besson, a British-Australian 16-year-old boy and his vocal range is tenor
 * Bindi Irwin as Kayla Sanders, an Australian 17-year-old girl and her vocal range is mezzo-soprano
 * Addison Rae as Addison Besson, an Australian 19-year-old girl her vocal range is alto (singing voice provided by Dixie D'Amelio)
 * Gun as Kandace Chan, a British-Chinese-Australian 15-year-old girl and her vocal range is mezzo-soprano
 * Ariel Winter as Sofia Mendes, a Portuguese-Australian 13-year-old girl and her vocal range is treble
 * Alex McGregor as Ashlynn Grace, a South African 15-year-old girl and her vocal range is mezzo-soprano
 * Raphael Lau as Raphael Chen, a Hong Kong-Singaporean 16-year-old boy and his vocal range is baritone
 * Tubbo as Toby Smith, a British 17-year-old boy and his vocal range is tenor
 * Tommyinnit as Tommy Simons, a British 17-year-old boy and his vocal range is tenor

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
 * In Going To Singapore, Josh stated that he would turn 17 'next month' which means that before May is April
 * Hayden said he would turn 16 that same episode 'next month' as well
 * Series 3 is set in May
 * In First Day of International School, Josh stated that he's 17 now
 * In The Audition, Hayden stated that he's 16 now
 * Series 4 is set in June
 * Series 5 is set in July
 * Series 6 is set in August
 * 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
 * Stuck At Home With Addison is most likely a reference to Keeping Up With The Kardashians
 * Tales of Perth, Western Australia is a reference to an episode from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Tales of Ba Sing Se
 * I'm In Love With A Streamer is a reference to Wilbur Soot's song, I'm In Love With An E-Girl
 * Hayden's middle name is revealed to be Elijah
 * Addison was originally going to have a song and her voice would be provided by Dixie D'Amelio, however this was cut off due to Addison not being an important character
 * The newly formed Dream Team is a reference to the main creators of the Dream SMP where some of Josh and Zoe's favourite Youtubers/Streamers play in Minecraft.
 * The anime is the longest consecutive series of the Liar Exposed franchise
 * Series 4 promotes Singapore's tourism where the kids travel throughout the downtown areas of Singapore with many tourist attractions such as:
 * Marina Bay Sands
 * The Esplanade
 * Gardens by the Bay
 * Merlion Park
 * Fountain of Wealth