The anime adaptation of Bandai Namco’s rhythm game “IDOLiSH7”(アイドリッシュセブン) streams the second PV for its second season “IDOLiSH7 Second BEAT!” (アイナナ Second BEAT!). The first two episodes are scheduled to premiere on 5th April 2020.
The video previews the anime’s opening theme song “Perfection Gimmick” by the idol group IDOLiSH7, and previews the plot in the first episode of the second season, with Riku Nanase dropping out as the center of IDOLiSH7 due to sickness.
▍Story
The series follows Tsumugi Takanashi, an inexperienced manager for a new idol group under her father’s small agency. The idol group is named “Idolish7,” and consists of seven male singers, each with their own unique personality and background. She must train and turn all of them into the famous idols, all the while struggling against the hardships of the entertainment industry.
▍Staff and Production
The anime season 1 director Makoto Bessho (別所 誠人) is returning to direct the new season at TROYCA, and Ayumi Sekine (関根 アユミ) is back as the series script supervisor. Also credited as returning are supervisor Ei Aoki (あおき えい), original character designer Arina Tanemura (種村 有菜), and animation character designer Kazumi Fukagawa (深川 可純).
▍ Characters and Cast
■ Iori Izumi (和泉 一織) – CV: Toshiki Masuda (増田 俊樹)
■ Yamato Nikaidō (二階堂 大和) – CV:Yūsuke Shirai (白井悠介)
■ Mitsuki Izumi (和泉 三月) – CV: Tsubasa Yonaga (代永 翼)
■ Tamaki Yotsuba (四葉 環) – CV: KENN
■ Sōgo Ōsaka (逢坂 壮五) – CV: Atsushi Abe (阿部 敦)
■ Nagi Rokuya (六弥ナギ) – CV: Takuya Eguchi (江口 拓也)
■ Riku Nanase (七瀬 陸) – CV: Kenshō Ono (小野 賢章)
■ Gaku Yaotome (八乙女 楽) – CV: Wataru Hatano (羽多野 渉)
■ Tenn Kujō (九条 天) – CV: Sōma Saitō (斉藤 壮馬)
■ Ryūnosuke Tsunashi (十 龍之介) – CV: Takuya Satō (佐藤 拓也)
■ Momose Sunohara (春原 百瀬) – CV: Sōichirō Hoshi (保志総一朗)
■ Yukito Orikasa (折笠 千斗) – CV: Shinnosuke Tachibana (立花慎之介)
■ Tsumugi Takanashi (小鳥遊 紡) – CV: Satomi Satō (佐藤聰美)
