GLASS MASK

 ガラスの仮面 - Garasu no Kamen 

Maya is a young girl who is not the prettiest nor smartest girl in the world, but is a devout actress. She dreams of becoming a famous actress, but her mother forbids it. So one day, Maya runs away to go to an acting school run by a hasbeen actress, Chigusa Tsukikage, whose face was scarred during a performance. There, Maya endures and the trials and tribulations of acting in order to triumph.