Heroines Run the Show (2022)

Season 1

What would you do to pursue your passion? For Hiyori Suzumi, it’s leaving her simple rural hometown for the bustling city of Tokyo to join Sakuragaoka High School’s track team. Between being a manager-in-training for two cutthroat schoolboy idols, track, and friends, Hiyori shows no signs of slowing down.

Released April 7, 2022 Episode 24 min 14+

Genres: Animation, Anime, Anime: School, Comedy, Drama, Music

Keywords: tmdb.slice-of-life, tmdb.school, tmdb.anime, tmdb.idol-anime, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.anime-animation, imdb.based-on-song + 29 more, imdb.pusue-life-s-passion, imdb.based-on-a-song, imdb.series-title-based-on-song, imdb.title-based-on-song, imdb.series-based-on-song, imdb.passion, imdb.male-idols, imdb.school, imdb.idols, imdb.tokyo, imdb.athletics, imdb.high-school-track-team, imdb.female-protagonist, imdb.work, imdb.primarily-male-cast, imdb.high-school, imdb.cute-boys-doing-cute-things, imdb.crossover, imdb.gyaru, imdb.school-club, imdb.slice-of-life, imdb.youth, imdb.heroine, imdb.unpopular-girl, imdb.tokyo-japan, imdb.girl-heroine, imdb.high-school-girl, mdblist.anime-dub, tmdb.honeyworks

Watch Providers: Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel

Production Companies: Lay-duce, Tamakoshi, INCS toenter, MusicRay'n, Movic + 7 more, Alice, Futabasha, Marui Group, U-NEXT, flaggs, Laulea Works, Lawson Entertainment

Network: Tokyo MX

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

IMDb

6.8

/183/

Trakt

/45/

TMDb

/18/

MAL

7.2

/27520/

Koji Kobayashi
Director

Inori Minase
Hiyori Suzumi (voice)

Koki Uchiyama
Yujiro Someya (voice)

Nobunaga Shimazaki
Aizo Shibasaki (voice)

Ayane Sakura
Juri Hattori (voice)

Saori Hayami
Chizuru Nakamura (voice)

Junya Enoki
Nagisa Shiranami (voice)

Momo Asakura
Hina Setoguchi (voice)

Natsuki Hanae
Koutarou Enomoto (voice)

6.0

S1E1 - I Don't Understand Idols!

Suzumi Hiyori left her tiny hometown to pursue a big dream: join a track team and compete at nationals. But her first day of high school turns weird fast when she accidentally makes enemies of two up-and-coming pop stars... who are in her class.

April 7, 2022, midnight

6.0

S1E2 - The Manager-in-Training Job!

Hiyori's job skills get two thumbs up from her boss and CEO, and two thumbs down from the boys of LIP×LIP.

April 14, 2022, midnight

S1E3 - Nonfantasy

If Hiyori doesn't keep her grades up, she won't be allowed to go to track competitions. Meanwhile, Yujiro and Aizo have to think of a good gift for their fans... which means they have to try to understand their fans' feelings.

April 21, 2022, midnight

S1E4 - What I Can Do

Hiyori can't help Aizo and Yujiro with their family circumstances, but there's one thing the idols need that she's very, very good at.

April 28, 2022, midnight

S1E5 - Idols Are Amazin'!

Hiyori's manager-in-training contract is about to end. Luckily her dad is doing better, so she doesn't need a new job. She's free to focus on her track dream again. But has helping with Aizo and Yujiro's dream changed her?

May 5, 2022, midnight

S1E6 - Producing Hiyori.

When President Tamura suggests that Hiyori dress up for an outing, Hiyori's insecurities about her appearance come to the fore. She can't help but worry that only "cute" girls can be heroines, and that she can never be cute... but is that all in her mind?

May 12, 2022, midnight

S1E7 - My Childhood Friend

Hiyori enjoys surprising Nagisa with her cute makeover, and it leads to some unexpected revelations. Meanwhile, Aizo and Yujiro are helping them both... maybe. Is that what "help" means?

May 19, 2022, midnight

S1E8 - Idols Run the Show!

Aizo and Yujiro aren't exactly happy to get assigned to the relay race for Field Day. Is there anything that can motivate them to run?

May 26, 2022, midnight

S1E9 - Scandal

Just when things are going great for Hiyori and LIP×LIP, someone posts stealth photos of them talking to each other. Even though there's nothing scandalous happening in the photos, talking to any girl alone is scandalous when you're a male pop idol!

June 2, 2022, midnight

S1E10 - I'm Quittin' My Manager Job!

Devastated by fans' reactions to the photos of her with LIP×LIP, Hiyori decides to quit her job. Meanwhile, Aizo and Yujiro's respective brothers offer advice on addressing the scandal.

June 9, 2022, midnight