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The Idolm@ster SideM

Also known as THE IDOLM@STER Side M.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

Based on the Idom@ster SideM app.

315 Production – a newly set up small talent agency – has assembled a group of aspiring male idols from various occupational fields. They include a former lawyer, a former doctor, former pilot and so on… Even though everyone hails from different background, they share a common dream: to be the top idol. And so, the stories of these male idols at 315 Production take centre stage…



Includes episode 0 prologue, Episode of Jupiter.

Tags: Idol , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Work , Ensemble Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Dancing , LGBTQ+ Themes

Ensemble Stars!

Also known as Ensemble Stars!.

Studio: david production , Frontier Works , Movic , Happy Elements , Bandai Namco Arts
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

An anime adaptation of the idol raising game Ensemble Stars!

The "idol-training game" takes place at a private boys' idol-training school with a history of turning out many great talents in show business. The protagonist is the school's lone female student who transfers to the school because of a special situation, and enters the school's producer department.



Tags: Ensemble Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Idol , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Kuudere , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , CGI , Twins , Ninja , Band , Male Harem

Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION

Also known as TSUKIUTA. The Animation.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Studio Signpost
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

Six Gravity and Procellarum are two rival male idol groups who happen to live in the same dorm. Six Gravity is made up of young men who represent the months of December to May, while Procellarum’s members represent June to November. Follow the daily lives of these twelve young men as they deal with the stresses of idol-hood, school, and living together. With music by famous Vocaloid producers!



Tags: Idol , Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Band , Ensemble Cast

I★CHU: HALFWAY THROUGH THE IDOL

Also known as I★CHU.

Studio: Twin Engine , Lay-duce , Half H.P Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

Youths aiming to become full-fledged idols enroll in the Étoile Vio School where the students are called IChu. But soon after they begin, Kuma Kocho gets them off to a rocky start with a single phrase...?! As they each work toward their individual goals, their activities as idols make the IChu begin to wonder... "What is an idol?" In their struggle to find an answer, the springtime of the IChu's lives is whittled out in glittering moments and flashes of brilliance. Their story begins now!



Tags: Idol , Primarily Male Cast , Crossdressing , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Twins

Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji LOVE 1000%

Also known as Uta no Prince Sama.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Starchild Records , Movic , Sentai Filmworks , Dwango , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Romance

With dreams of becoming a composer and someday writing a song for her favorite idol, Haruka enters the Saotome Academy, a prestigious performing arts school. If successful there, she’ll be able to join the Shining Agency after graduation. However, it won’t be so easy when Haruka is already surrounded by potential idols and composers. On top of that, her homeroom teacher is a current idol, the headmaster was a record-breaking singer, and the academy itself is a chaotic place where anything can happen. Which prince of song will be paired up with Haruka?! Uta no Prince Sama is an exciting, coming-of-age romantic comedy that will be like sweet music to your eyes and ears!



Tags: Idol , Primarily Male Cast , Male Harem , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , School , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Musical Theater , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Animals , Kuudere , Tsundere , Dissociative Identities , Crossdressing

IDOLiSH7

Also known as IDOLiSH7.

Studio: TROYCA , Bandai Visual , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music , Slice of Life

A group of aspiring idols gather at Takanashi Productions and are entrusted with the company's future. The seven men who have just met represent a variety of totally different personalities. However, they each have their own charm and possess unknown potential as idols. Forming a group, they take their first step together as "IDOLiSH7." Their brilliantly shining dancing forms onstage eventually begin captivating the hearts of the people.



Episodes 1-2 were pre-streamed on November 3, 2017.

Tags: Idol , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Urban , Work , Male Protagonist , Disability , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Dancing , Otaku Culture , Twins , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Kuudere , Acting , Estranged Family , Orphan , Revenge , Tsundere , Language Barrier

Dream Festival!

Also known as Dream Festival!.

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

One day, second year high school student Kanade Amamiya is suddenly scouted by legendary idol Haruto Mikami. He now faces the life an idol with others in the same agency. He aims to make his CD debut in Dream Festival!, joined by the mysterious Shin Oikawa, the stoic Junya Sasaki, the kind but passionate Itsuki Katagiri, and the clumsy but smart Chizuru Sawamura. In order to receive the Dream Festival! Cards sent by fans, can Kanade and the others become the best on stage?

Tags: Idol , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Musical Theater , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , CGI , Dancing , Henshin , Twins , Bullying

Dream Festival! R

Also known as Dream Festival! R.

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

The second season of Dream Festival!

Tags: Idol , Primarily Male Cast , Musical Theater , Dancing , Henshin , Acting , CGI , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Twins , Foreign , Chibi , School

TSUKIPRO THE ANIMATION

Also known as TSUKIPRO THE ANIMATION.

Studio: PRA
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

At the Budokan, an annual event known as the Tsukino Concert puts Tsukino Entertainment Production's best and brightest idol units on the stage. The leaders of idol groups SolidS, SOARA, QUELL, and Growth must compose four unique and distinctive songs for their respective units, which they will perform on the second day of the festival.

Composing four new songs proves to be a difficult task for SolidS's leader, Shiki Takamura, as he struggles to find inspiration. Sora Oohara must learn to overcome past mistakes while propelling his unit, SOARA, to the top. Wanting to escape his past stardom, Shuu Izumi is determined to push his unit, QUELL, up to the level of popularity that his previous one had. Growth finds themselves working together with a rival group, ZIX, prior to their debut—something that leader Kouki Etou is reluctant to do.

TSUKIPRO THE ANIMATION tells the stories of these four units simultaneously as they go through their daily lives while preparing for the Tsukino Concert.



Tags: Idol , Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Twins , Band , Acting , Dancing

Paradox Live THE ANIMATION

Also known as Paradox Live THE ANIMATION.

Studio: PINE JAM , Avex Pictures , GCrest , MAGNET , Animax Broadcast Japan , TOKYO MX , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Sci-Fi

Saturated in hip hop culture comes the birth of a new movement known as “Phantom Live”. Each of the artists have a metal accessory known as “Phantom Metal” which chemically reacts to the wearer’s emotions to produce an image, setting a magnificent stage for enthusiastic youths. With legendary club “CLUB paradox” hosting the mysterious Paradox Live, four teams: BAE, The Cat’s Whiskers, cozmez and Akanyatsura each receive an invitation to participate, each with their own genre of music in a race to the top. Each of the four teams go into the competition for a reason. As the competition heats up, so do the unimaginably large motives each of them hides…

The curtain now rises on a swirling illusory stage battle between light and darkness–!



Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy , Hip-hop Music , Ensemble Cast , Idol , Found Family , Urban , Tragedy , Suicide , CGI , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Memory Manipulation , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bar , Cyberpunk , Bullying