Based on Liber Entertainment’s idol-raising game “I★CHU Étoile Stage” (アイ★チュウ Étoile Stage), the TV anime “I★CHU” (アイ★チュウ) is confirmed to premiere in January 2021. A new visual and the 1st PV are revealed for the announcement.
“Golden Kamuy” director Hitoshi Nanba is directing the series at Lay-duce.“Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu.” anime writer Yoshimi Narita is penning the script. “Given” Mina Osawa is designing the characters.
▍PV
▍Character Design
(From Left to Right)
F∞F
■ Kanata Minato (湊奏多) – CV: Yūichi Iguchi (井口祐一)
■ Seiya Aido (愛童星夜) – CV: KENN
■ Akira Mitsurugi (御剣晃) – CV: Toshiyuki Toyonaga (豊永 利行)
Twinkle Bell
■ Satsuki Kururugi (枢木皐月) – CV: Showtaro Morikubo (森久保 祥太郎)
■ Matsuki Kururugi (枢木睦月) – CV: Takashi Kondō (近藤隆)
I♥B
■ Lucas – CV: Yūichirō Umehara (梅原裕一郎)
■ Leon – CV: Toshiki Masuda (増田俊樹)
■ Noah – CV: Natsuki Hanae (花江夏樹)
■ Li Chaoyang (黎朝陽) – CV: Junya Enoki (榎木淳弥)
■ Rabi – CV: Naoya Nakanishi (中西尚也)
ArS
■ Shiki Amabe (海部子規) – CV: Katsufumi Yachi (谷地克文)
■ Akio Tobikura (鳶倉アキヲ) – CV: Atsushi Tamaru (田丸篤志)
■ Kyosuke Momoi (桃井恭介) – CV: Hiroyuki Kagura (花倉洸幸)
■ Torahiko Kusakabe (日下部虎彦) – CV: Yoji Ikuta (生田鷹司)
■ Hikaru Orihara (折原輝) – CV: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (松岡禎丞)
■ Raku Wakaoji (若王子楽) – CV: Daisuke Hirakawa (平川大輔)
POP’N STAR
■ Momosuke Oikawa (及川桃助) – CV: Kazutomi Yamamoto (山本 和臣)
■ Kokoro Hanabusa (華房心) – CV: Ayumu Murase (村瀬 歩)
■ Runa Kagurazaka (神楽坂ルナ) – CV: Amasaki Kouhei (天﨑 滉平)
Lancelot
■ Futami Akabane (赤羽根双海) – CV: Yuma Uchida (内田雄馬)
■ Issei Todoroki (轟一誠) – CV:Tomoaki Maeno (前野 智昭)
■ Takamichi Sanzenin (三千院鷹通) – CV: Yūsuke Shirai (白井 悠介)
RE:BERSERK
■ Guilty Clown – CV: Yoshiyuki Shimozuma (下妻 由幸)
■ Bloody Master – CV: Hiro Shimono (下野 紘)
■ Death Chronos – CV: Tetsuya Kakihara (柿原 徹也)
Tenjyou Tenge
■ Aoi Kakitsubata (杜若葵) – CV: Ryōhei Kimura (木村 良平)
■ Toya Honoki (朴木十夜) – CV: Minegishi Kei (峯岸 圭)
■ Tsubaki Rindo (竜胆椿) – CV: Yūki Ono (小野 友樹)
■ Tatsumi Madarao (斑尾巽) – CV: Sōma Saitō (斉藤 壮馬)
▍Synopsis
“Étoile Vio-school”, an academy that aims to train successful students, welcomes a group of young students to their new semester. This is a tough beginning for those who want to be idols. But through overcoming different challenges and interacting with different people, these young idols get closer to their goal and start to ponder over the question, “What is an idol?”
As they struggle to search for the answer, the hotblooded youth story begins…
▍Staff and Production
Original Work: Liber Entertainment
Director: Hitoshi Nanba (難波日登志)
Series Composition: Yoshimi Narita (成田良美)
Character Designer: Mina Osawa (大沢美奈)
Color Design: Reiko Iwasawa (岩沢れい子)
Sound Effects: HALF H・P STUDIO
Music: Yoshiaki Dewa (出羽良彰)
Animation: Lay-duce
