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IDOLiSH7 Anime アイドリッシュセブンアニメ


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. In the glorious but sometimes harsh world of idols, They aim for the top with dreams in their hearts!
Information
An Anime Adaptation was announced during a Live Broadcast on NicoNico Live on August 20, 2016, the one year anniversary of the release of the game.^[1] On June 19, 2017 the anime site opened and it was revealed that the anime project will consist of a TV series and a spinoff series.^[2] On November 2, 2017 during the live screening it was announced that the Anime will consist of 17 episodes, following the storyline of the game while including sidestories! On July 7, 2018 at the IDOLiSH7 First Live on day 1, it was announced that the anime adaptation will be getting a season 2!^[3] The staff is the same as season 1 and season 2 will be covering Part 2 of the IDOLiSH7 main story that can be found within the game! The first two episodes were screened in advance on November 2, 2017 in Japan.^[4] After the live screening, the first and second episodes were being broadcast for free on November 3, 2017 at 12:00 (JST). The first two episodes had a special broadcast on January 1, 2018! However, the anime officially began airing on January 7, 2018 starting with Episode 3 and going from there.^[5] Because the Anime Season ended, the anime went on a small hiatus on April 1, 2018 ending with Episode 15. The anime picked back up on May 19, 2018 at 19:30 JST where Episode 16 and 17 was aired back to back. In regards to the spinoff series, it's called IDOLiSH7 Vibrato (アイドリッシュセブン Vibrato, Aidorisshu Sebun Vibrato). This series is going to be adapting the novels written by Tsushimi Bunta and turning them into the anime format.

Episodes

1 - Shaking your heart	2 - First Stage	3 - Their Feelings	4 - A Pro's Resolve	5 - Secret

6 - Triumphant Return In The Rain	7 - Ray of Light	8 - Please, Music	9 - Precious Time	10 - Expanding World

11 - The Direction of Summer	12 - Five and Two	13 - What Was Lost	14 - That Song Once Again	15 - Closing Doors

16 - Resolve at Zero	17 - making the dream

IDOLiSH7 Vibrato

1 - Before The Radiant Glory	2 - Before The Radiant Glory	3 - The Entangled Man	4 - The Entangled Man
			To be released January 27, 2019 (19:00 JST)

5 - PARTY TIME TOGETHER	6 - PARTY TIME TOGETHER	7 - NATSU☆Shiyouze!	8 - NATSU☆Shiyouze!
To be released February 7, 2019 (19:00 JST)	To be released February 17, 2019 (19:00 JST)	To be released February 27, 2019 (19:00 JST)	To be released March 7, 2019 (19:00 JST)

Blu-Ray and DVD

01
Release date: February 23, 2018 Price: Blu-ray: ￥7,777 • DVD: ￥7,000 Cover character(s): Iori Izumi	Episode list: 01. Shaking your heart 02. First Stage	Bluray & DVD slipcase
Preview screening talk digest Creditless Opening CM, PV Cast/staff audio commentary Yuusuke Shirai, Tsubasa Yonaga and Takuya Eguchi commentary for Shaking your heart Toshiki Masuda, KENN, Atsushi Abe and Kensho Ono commentary for First Stage Advanced lottery ticket for Day 1 of the first live New Drama CD いつかのための今日 (Today for Someday) Anime scene bromide Special booklet (8 Pages)

02
Release date: March 23, 2018 Price: Blu-ray: ￥7,777 • DVD: ￥7,000 Cover character(s): Yamato Nikaido	Episode list: 03. Their Feelings 04. A Pro's Resolve	Bluray & DVD slipcase
Creditless Ending CM Cast/staff audio commentary Wataru Hatano, Soma Saito and Takuya Satou commentary for A Pro's Resolve Advanced lottery ticket for Day 2 of the first live New Drama CD Handstand!! Anime scene bromide Special booklet

03
Release date: April 24, 2018 Price: Blu-ray: ￥7,777 • DVD: ￥7,000 Cover character(s): Mitsuki Izumi	Episode list: 05. Secret 06. Triumphant Return In The Rain	Bluray & DVD slipcase
IDOLiSH7′s Fan Thanksgiving Vol. 1 ~We need to speak about love with you more~ Event Picture Cast/staff audio commentary Yuusuke Shirai, Tsubasa Yonaga and Kensho Ono commentary for Triumphant Return In The Rain New Drama CD スローテンポで進もう！ (Advancing at Slow Tempo!) Anime scene bromide Special booklet

04
Release date: May 25, 2018 Price: Blu-ray: ￥7,777 • DVD: ￥7,000 Cover character(s): Tamaki Yotsuba	Episode list: 07. Ray of Light 08. Please, Music	Bluray & DVD slipcase
CM, PV Cast/staff audio commentary Toshiki Masuda, Takuya Eguchi, Satomi Satou, and Bessho Makoto commentary for Please, Music TODAY IS CD Anime scene bromide Special booklet

05
Release date: June 22, 2018 Price: Blu-ray: ￥7,777 • DVD: ￥7,000 Cover character(s): Sogo Osaka	Episode list: 09. Precious Time 10. Expanding World 11. The Direction of Summer 12. Five and Two	Bluray & DVD slipcase
IDOLiSH7′s Fan Thanksgiving Vol. 2 ~We need to speak about love with you more~ Event Picture Creditless Ending of Episode 12 (Ame) Cast/staff audio commentary KENN, Atsushi Abe and Bessho Makoto commentary for Five and Two New Drama CD 夏の風に吹かれて (The Passing of Summer's Wind) Anime scene bromide Special booklet

06
Release date: July 27, 2018 Price: Blu-ray: ￥7,777 • DVD: ￥7,000 Cover character(s): Nagi Rokuya	Episode list: 13. What Was Lost 14. That Song Once Again 15. Closing Doors	Bluray & DVD slipcase
キミと振り返らないと！ The recap episode of the anime that was aired after the original airing of Episode 15. IDOGLiSH7 The dog videos that was posted on the official Twitter to promote the anime and celebrate the New Years (2018). Creditless Opening of Episode 15 (WiSH VOYAGE Alternative Version) Cast/staff audio commentary Satomi Satou, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Yoshihisa Kawahara (Kaoru Anesagi's voice actor), and Shimooka Soukichi (Supervision Producer) commentary for That Song Once Again Visuals for Magical Power and Continuation of Smiles The opening and ending of the Magical Kokona New Drama CD ラウンジトーク (Lounge Talk) Anime scene bromide Special booklet

07
Release date: August 28, 2018 Price: Blu-ray: ￥7,777 • DVD: ￥7,000 Cover character(s): Riku Nanase	Episode list: 16. Resolve at Zero 17. making the dream	Bluray & DVD slipcase
IDOLiSH7′s Fan Thanksgiving Vol. 3 ~We need to speak about love with you more~ Event Picture Cast/staff audio commentary New Drama CD 誇りを胸に (Pride in Your Chest) Anime scene bromide Special booklet

Staff
All voice actors from both IDOLiSH7 and TRIGGER will be reprising their roles, and Tsumugi Takanashi will be voiced by Satomi Sato (佐藤聡美 Satou Satomi)!^[4] Staff: Original Work: Bandai Namco Online (バンダイナムコオンライン, Bandai Namuko Onrain) Character Designs: Arina Tanemura (種村有菜, Tanemura Arina) Director: Makoto Bessho (別所誠人 Bessho Makoto) Supervisor: Ei Aoki (あおきえい Aoki Ei) Script: Ayumi Sekine (関根アユミ Sekine Ayumi) Animation Character Design: Kasumi Fukagawa (深川可純 Fukagawa Kasumi) Animation Studio: TROYCA (トロイカ)

Promotional Videos
IDOLiSH7 Anime PV 0 IDOLiSH7 Anime PV 1

Anime Twitter

Twitter

Trivia
The anime's offcial site is named "Aninana" (ア二ナナ) which is extremely simmilar to "Ainana" (アイナナ, Ainana), exceptes there's an added "N" at the start making it "ani" which is the most common abbreviation for Anime. The anime website is ran via wordpress. (Proof shown to the right) January 17, 2019 - When the second half of Before the Radiant Glory (Vibrato) was about to be released, YouTube had a glitch where the introduction for Vibrato appeared on BTS's YouTube channel description. (Proof shown to the right)

References
Source of Blu-Ray and DVD information ↑ Anime Announcement ↑ Teaser site ↑ Offcial Tweet ↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Fan Meeting's Anime News ↑ Official Tweet

[Ref1-0] Anime Announcement

[Ref2-1] Teaser site

[Ref5-2] Offcial Tweet

[Ref3-3] 4.0 ^4.1 Fan Meeting's Anime News

[Ref4-4] Official Tweet

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