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D4DJ Double Mix

Also known as D4DJ Double Mix.

Studio: SANZIGEN , Bushiroad
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

D4DJ Double Mix is a self-contained special episode centering around the groups Merm4id and RONDO.

"D4 FES.", a DJ festival that has been described as legendary, was relaunched, and Merm4id's long-cherished wish to participate came true. Marika Mizushima, Saori Hidaka, and Dalia Matsuyama are concerned about the unusual behavior of Rika Seto during the swimsuit photo shoot. Meanwhile, RONDO's Tsubaki Aoyagi is alone in the chapel, indulging her hopes for the future how their world will be expanded.

One day, after a live concert at the clubhouse ALTER-EGO, Rika rushes into Tsubaki's place where she is with Nagisa Tsukimiyama, Hiiro Yano, and Aoi Miyake. She, who overcomes everything with luck and charm in order to enjoy life, makes a surprising proposal.



Tags: Full CGI , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Work , Female Protagonist , Idol , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Coastal , Tanned Skin

D4DJ First Mix

Also known as D4DJ First Mix.

Studio: SANZIGEN , Bushiroad
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

Having moved back to Japan from abroad, Rinku Aimoto transfers to Yoba Academy where DJing is popular. She is deeply moved by a DJ concert she sees there, and decides to form a unit of her own with Maho Akashi, Muni Ohnaruto, and Rei Togetsu.

While interacting with the other DJ units like Peaky P-key and Photon Maiden, Rinku and her friends aim for the high stage!



Note: The first episode was released early on the official D4DJ and Funimation YouTube channels on October 23, 2020. The regular TV broadcast started on October 30, 2020.

Tags: Full CGI , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Idol , School , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Primarily Teen Cast , Dancing , Otaku Culture , Tanned Skin , Tsundere , Tomboy , Drawing

Love Live! Sunshine!!

Also known as Love Live! Sunshine!!.

Studio: Sunrise , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

Uranohoshi Girls’ High School, a private school in the seaside neighborhood of Uchiura at Numazu city, Shizuoka prefecture. A small high school in a corner of Suruga Bay, it is home to nine teens, led by second-year student Chika Takami, driven by one seriously big dream: To become the next generation of bright, sparkling “school idols”! As long as we don’t give up, any dream can come true... All we have to do now is keep pushing hard for fame and glory! Now their “School Idol Project” begins to make their dreams come true!



Tags: Idol , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Dancing , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ensemble Cast , Coastal , Rural , Chuunibyou , CGI , LGBTQ+ Themes

Love Live! School idol project

Also known as Love Live! School Idol Project.

Studio: Sunrise , Lantis , NIS America Inc.
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

Otonokizaka High School stands on the border of three cities: Akihabara—a pop culture mecca that's evolving by the minute; Kanda—a conservative, cultured city where history and tradition reign supreme; and Jinbo—a quiet area reserved for a more mature, sophisticated population. Amidst this culture clash, the school now faces closure due to the enrollment of fewer and fewer students.

With the school planning to close within three years, nine female students come together with one thing in mind—form a pop idol group to revive the school's popularity and keep it from shutting down. "In order to protect our beloved school, there's only one thing we can do... become pop stars!"

Their goal is simple: Become an overnight sensation and use their nationwide media exposure to promote their school and bring in a wave of new students to the ailing area. A simple but solid plan, they figure. Naturally, they're nervous and wonder if this plan can really succeed, but for better or worse their new journey has begun...

"All we can ask for is just a tiny bit of support from you. We truly believe that with your help, we can change the world around us. We will make our dreams come true!"



Tags: Idol , Dancing , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Ensemble Cast , School , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , CGI , Tsundere , Tomboy , Fashion , Yuri , Maids , Shrine Maiden , LGBTQ+ Themes

BanG Dream!

Also known as BanG Dream!.

Studio: Xebec , Issen
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music , Slice of Life

Kasumi Toyama was enthralled by the stars as a young girl, so when she discovers a trail of star-shaped signs one day after transferring to a new school, she can't help but follow them. They lead her to a shop run by the grandmother of one of her new classmates, and Kasumi finds something that will change her life forever: a star-shaped guitar! And just like that, Kasumi knows that forming a band is her destiny.

Of course, convincing Arisa and her grandmother to sell her the guitar won't be easy, and finding a group of other girls who want to become musicians will be even harder. But when a girl has stars in her eyes and a starbeat in her heart, there's nothing that will stop Kasumi from making her fantasies come true!



Tags: Band , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Rock Music , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Urban , CGI , Chuunibyou , Tsundere , Swimming

BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I: Yakusoku

Also known as BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I: Promise.

Studio: SANZIGEN , Good Smile Company , Bushiroad , TOKYO MX , Ultra Super Pictures , Horipro
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

“Are you prepared to fully devote yourselves to Roselia?”

To reach the stage of “FES.“, Yukina Minato decides to form a band. Each holding their own convictions, the members of the band come together. The five girls now begin their journey to the top as Roselia... This is the story of their “promise” made to each other, from the start of the band to their challenge towards FUTURE WORLD FES!



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Rock Music , Full CGI , Female Protagonist , Band , Urban , Video Games , Gyaru , Twins , Coming of Age , Chuunibyou , Idol

Hibike! Euphonium

Also known as Sound! Euphonium.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Pony Canyon , Lantis , Rakuonsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Slice of Life

Spring in the first year of high school. Kumiko, a member of the brass band in junior high school, visits the high school brass band club with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire. There, she comes across Reina, her former classmate from junior high. Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko can’t make up her mind. She recollects her experience with Reina at a competition in junior high school.



Tags: Band , School Club , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Classical Music , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle

K-ON!

Also known as K-ON!.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Pony Canyon , TBS , Movic , Rakuonsha , Animation Do , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Hirasawa Yui, a young, carefree girl entering high school, has her imagination instantly captured when she sees a poster advertising the ‘Light Music Club’. Being the carefree girl that she is, she quickly signs up. However, Yui has a problem, she is unable to play an instrument.

When Yui goes to the clubroom to explain, she's greeted by the other members: Ritsu, Mio and Tsumugi. Although disheartened at Yui’s lack of musical know-how, they still try to convince her to stay to prevent the club’s disbandment. After playing Yui a short piece which re-ignites her imagination, they succeed in keeping their new member and guitarist.

Along with the tasks of school and homework, Yui begins to learn the guitar with the help of the other band members, experiencing many mishaps along the way. However, with the school-festival drawing near and Yui getting stuck with her practice, will the Light Music Club be ready in time for their debut?



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School Club , Band , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic , Rock Music , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Tsundere , Seinen , Food , Tomboy , Slapstick , LGBTQ+ Themes

THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: U149

Also known as THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS U149.

Studio: CygamesPictures , Bandai Namco Entertainment , Cygames , Nippon Columbia
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music , Slice of Life

The U149 in the title refers to the aspiring idols at the center of it all: These small girls are ready to make it big! All under 149 centimeters tall, this group of aspiring pop idols dream of performing for thousands of people. But with zero experience, they’ve got a lot of work to do. Not to mention there’s a distractingly cute prince in town! With the help of their rookie producer, who’s just as short, can they stay focused and make it to the top?



Note: Announced during DAY 2 of "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 10th ANNIVERSARY M@GICAL WONDERLAND!!!" final tour concert, a TV anime adaptation of the spin-off manga THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: U149.

Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Idol , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Work , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Dancing , Acting , Iyashikei

BanG Dream! Poppin' Dream!

Studio: SANZIGEN , Bushiroad
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

After performing at the Budokan Live, the stage of their dreams, a mysterious woman appears before Kasumi and the others.

Poppin'Party's next stage will be... overseas?!

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Travel , Full CGI , Band , Female Protagonist , Rock Music , Tsundere , Urban , Aviation , Ensemble Cast , Foreign , Language Barrier , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things