Idoly Pride (2021)

Season 1

After a successful audition, high school student Kotono Nagase and her best friend move into a dorm with eight other aspiring idols. They quickly realize it takes more than cute choreography and cute outfits to reach the top—it will take blood, sweat, and tears to advance in the idol-ranking VENUS program, where the top spot is held by superstar Mana Nagase... who happens to be Kotono’s older sister.

Released Jan. 10, 2021 Episode 24 min 14+

Genres: Animation, Anime, Anime: Music, Drama, Fantasy

Keywords: tmdb.anime, imdb.two-word-title, imdb.twintails, imdb.ponytail, imdb.idol, imdb.ghost, imdb.singing + 32 more, imdb.heart, imdb.dancing, imdb.anime-animation, imdb.female-protagonist, imdb.primarily-female-cast, imdb.idols, imdb.female-idol, imdb.showbiz-drama, imdb.slice-of-life, imdb.japan, imdb.showbiz, imdb.mixed-media, imdb.showbusiness, imdb.performing-arts, imdb.high-school-student, imdb.ensemble-cast, imdb.predominantly-female-cast, imdb.supernatural-power, imdb.aspiring-idol, imdb.primarily-teen-cast, imdb.cgi, imdb.cute-girls-doing-cute-things, imdb.slice-of-life-anime-animation, imdb.dorm, imdb.dormitory, imdb.high-school-girl, imdb.a-i, imdb.artificial-intelligence, imdb.teen-drama, tmdb.idol, tmdb.idol-group, tmdb.idol-anime

Production Companies: Lerche, CAAnimation

Network: ABEMA

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

IMDb

6.4

/159/

/29/

/16/

7.4

/20526/

Yuu Kinome
Director

Mirai Tachibana
Kotono Nagase (voice)

Mai Sugano
Sakura Kawasaki (voice)

Moeko Yuki
Rei Ichinose (voice)

Sayaka Kanda
Mana Nagase (voice)

Kokona Natsume
Nagisa Ibuki (voice)

Nao Sasaki
Haruko Saeki (voice)

Koharu Miyazawa
Saki Shiraishi (voice)

Kanon Takao
Chisa Shiraishi (voice)

S1E1 - From This First Step

Mana Nagase gets classmate Kohei Makino involved and starts her idol career in high school. She makes it to the final round of the Next Venus Grand Prix, but dies in a tragic car accident.

Jan. 10, 2021, midnight

S1E2 - The Reason We Stand Here

Mana's younger sister Kotono and a mysterious girl with Mana's voice, Sakura Kawasaki, passes the audition to sign with Hoshimi Productions. They move into the company dorms to start their path to become idols.

Jan. 17, 2021, midnight

S1E3 - Everyone's Looking for the Answer

Kotono feels uncomfortable working as a group. When LizNoir shows up at Hoshimi Productions and gives a lesson, it helps everyone come together as a group.

Jan. 24, 2021, midnight