During a special stage event at Animate Girls Festival 2022 (AGF2022), it was announced that the anime adaptation of Sony Music’s “multi-dimensional” idol project UniteUp! will premiere on January 7, 2023. A new visual, promotional video, and staff were also revealed.
The story centers on Akira Kiyose, a high school student who loves singing. After posting his song on a video-streaming site with the name ”KIKUNOYU”, he was scouted by sMiLea, a talent agency that once trained the legendary group Anela before it suddenly disappear. Akira decided to form a group with Mari Naoe and Chihiro Isuzugawa, who were also scouted. The three, who just started out singing, are inspired by the idols LEGIT and JAXX JAXX and aim for a successful debut with their own thoughts in mind.
The idol project has been initiated since December 2021. On its official YouTube channel, the project has been streaming over 25 songs performed by new-generation male singers. Sony Music originally launched this project in order to feature various artists and “hidden talents”. The AGF2022 stage also features five cast members including Kikunosuke Toya, Ryōtarō Yamaguchi, Amon Hirai, Magura Sukegawa, and masa.
The music project mainly focused on the striving of the four vocal groups Protostar, Legit, Jaxx Jaxx, and AneLa, and all of them will appear in the anime series animated by Clover Works.
▍UniteUp! Anime PV1
▍UniteUp! Anime Cast
Director: Shinichiro Ushijima
Series Composition: Rino Yamazaki
Character Design:
Chief Animation Director: Majiro, Asami Komatsu, Yurie Hama
Action Director: Hiromi Ishigami
Design Works: Yurie Hama, Megumi Takagi, Iori Nonoshita, Yōko Kubara, Shiori Mizutani, Hiromi Ishigami
Art Setting: Yuri Sanan
Art Director: Masakazu Miyake
Color Design: Kazuko Nakashima
Director of Photography: Yukiko Nagase
3DCG: 5-inc
3D Director: Makoto Honda
Editing: Akinori Mishima
Music: Yuki Hayashi
Animation: CloverWorks
▍UniteUp! Anime Cast and Characters
Protostar
■ Akira Kiyose – CV: Kikunosuke Toya
■ Banri Naoe – CV: Ryōtarō Yamaguchi
■ Chihiro Isuzugawa – CV: Amon Hirai
Legit
■ Daiki Takao – CV: Magura Sukegawa
■ Eishiro Nijo – CV: Shinnosuke Morikage
■ Fuga Togo – CV: Ryūichirō Sakata
Jaxx Jaxx
■ Gakuto Haruka – CV: masa
■ Homare Katsura – CV: Yūki Shimomae
■ Izumi Kashii – CV: Takumi Magoshi
■ Jun Wakasa – CV: Kōsei Tsubokura
■ Kanata Morinomiya – CV: Gaku Takumoto
AneLa
■ Lin Otsuki – CV: Sōma Saitō
■ Maoto Tsujido – CV: Yoshiki Nakajima
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