What is Idol anime?

In Japanese culture, idols (アイドル) are media personalities in their teens and early twenties who are considered particularly cute and cuddly and who will, for a period ranging from several months to a few years, regularly appear in the mass media, e.g. as singers for J-pop groups, bit-part actors, TV personalities, models in photo spreads published in magazines, advertisements, etc.Source: wiki

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PriPara

7.43

Description:

Every little girl waits for the day she'll get her special ticket, one that will grant her entry into the world of PriPara (Prism Paradise). PriPara is a world of music, fashion, and daily auditions for a chance to become a pop idol. Laala Manaka's friends and classmates aspire to become idols, but her school forbids elementary school students from participating in the idol competitions. Luckily, Laala is only interested in watching the idol shows. Yet somehow despite all this, she manages to bumble her way into the PriPara world, and debut as a fresh new talent. After being told all her life that she's too loud, Laala has finally found a place where she can be as loud as she wants and sing from her heart. And not only that, but there's a possibility that she might be the legendary Prism Voice. Adventure, fashion, and music awaits as Laala climbs her way to the top, on her way to become the cutest and most beloved pop idol in the world of PriPara!
Type

TV

Episodes

38

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Children

Status

finished

Aired

2014-07-05

Ochikobore Fruit Tart

(Dropout Idol Fruit Tart)

6.66

Description:

Fourth dormitory of the Rat Production (commonly known as Nezumi-sou), the place were dropout idol girls live; the former child actor Sekino Roko, musician Nukui Hayu, and model Maehara Nina. Sakura Ino, who always dreamed of becoming an idol, moves in. At the same time the decision is made to demolish the dormitory. Due to the project launched by the manager Kajino Hoho, "Ochikobore Fruit Tart," occupants of the dormitory form a new idol group called "Fruit Tart," and start their activities in order to repay a one hundred million yen debt.(Source: Wikipedia)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

23 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2020-10-12

Aikatsu Stars!

7.67

Description:

The series will feature a new protagonist named Yume Nijino. Yume aims to become a top idol, and she enrolls in the Yotsuboshi Gakuen (Four Stars Academy). This academy has a special group called the S4, who are the top four active idols in the school. Yume and the other first-year students aim to become a part of the S4.
Type

TV

Episodes

100

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Children

Status

finished

Aired

2016-04-07

IDOLiSH7: Second BEAT!

7.96

Description:

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!(Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

15

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2020-04-05

Idol

(Idol)

8.23

Description:

Music video directed by Naoya Nakayama for the song Idol by YOASOBI. The song is based on the original novel "45510" written by Aka Akasaka. Note: The song featured in this music video also serves as the opening theme of the anime [Oshi no Ko].
Type

music

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

4 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2023-04-12

The iDOLM@STER SideM

7.13

Description:

A group of young men leave their previous careers—including a lawyer and a doctor—behind to become male idols. (Source: Anime Now!)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2017-10-07

Holo no Graffiti

(Holo Graffiti)

7.79

Description:

Comedy shorts featuring various VTuber characters from Hololive agency.(Source: AniList)
Type

ONA

Ep.Length

1 Min

Status

current

Aired

2019-05-05

Shounen Hollywood: Holly Stage for 49

5.77

Description:

The anime tells an original story set 15 years after the novel's story. It takes place at a fictional theater called Hollywood Tokyo in Harajuku, where members of the idol group "Shounen Hollywood" develop their talents with diligent work and studying. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2014-07-06

Miss Monochrome: The Animation 3

6.43

Description:

Third season of Miss Monochrome: The Animation.
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

7 Min

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

2015-10-02

Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R

5.81

Description:

The new "slapstick" story will depict Komugi-chan and her rivals as they juggle their daily lives as students, idols, and magical girls "with laughter and tears." Komugi Yoshida is a somewhat clumsy second-year middle-school student whose strong point is her spiritedness. She performs as an idol like Kokona Saionji (her classmate and close friend) and Tsubasa Kisaragi (an idol who dresses in male clothing). However, unlike Kokona whose popularity is skyrocketing and Tsubasa with her charisma in male attire, Komugi's only gigs are low-end ones like those at the local shopping district. Still, Komugi has her "dream" as she lives her dual lives as a idol and a middle school girl. One day, a mysterious injured creature named Usa-P appears before Komugi. Komugi gives Usa-P medical treatment, and Usa-P, in consideration of Komugi's kindness, asks if she wants to be a Legendary Girl who can use magical powers. Having become a reluctant Legendary Girl, Komugi battles strange masked figures who suddenly appear! As a newly deemed Magical Nurse, she fights still more waves of masked figures. Meanwhile, a Magical Maid, a Magical Sister, and more also appear to make it a three-way battle!? Can Komugi handle the three roles of middle school girl, idol, and Magical Nurse? And, what lies ahead in these battles and her "dream"...?! (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

22 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2016-01-10

Mahou no Stage Fancy Lala

(Magical Stage Fancy Lala)

7.3

Description:

Miho Shinohara is a care-free third-grader and an aspiring manga artist. One day, she encounters Mogu and Pigu - two lost fairies disguised as stuffed animals. In exchange for staying at her home until they find a way to return to their own world, the fairies give Miho a special sketch pad and pencil that enable her to magical create real objects from what she draws. With the pen, Miho can also transform into Lala, a beautiful teenage girl created from her manga art. As Lala, she is discovered by a talent agency, and so begins her adventures from an ordinary school girl to a model to an idol singer. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

26

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

1998-04-05

Visual Prison

(Visual Prison)

6.34

Description:

Ange Yuki, a boy who wrestles with deep-seated loneliness and can't fit in... With nobody to call family, he leaves his hometown. Longing to see an artist he admires perform, he heads for Harajuku, where he encounters a live battle between visual kei units ECLIPSE and LOS † EDEN. Overwhelmed by the energetic performance, he is suddenly struck by an intense pain... (Source: MAL News)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2021-10-09

Ongaku Shoujo (TV)

(Music Girls)

6.05

Description:

Haru Chitose, Eri Kumagai, Sarasa Ryuoh, Kiri Mukae, Uori Mukae, Sasame Mitsukuri, Miku Nishio, Hiyo Yukino, Shupe Gushiken, Kotoko Kintoki, and Roro Morooka are the eleven members of "Music Girls," an idol group produced by Pine Records. However, they're a third-rate idol group that can't seem to sell CDs at all. But even though they're obscure and constantly in debt, the members and their producer, Ikehashi, are all trying their hardest. Ikehashi gets the idea that Music Girls needs a new member—an idol who can light a fire under them so that they can grasp success! (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2018-07-06

Wonderful Rush

6.91

Description:

Music video bundled with the fifth single of the anime-idol group μ's.
Type

music

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

6 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2012-09-05

Mogyutto "Love" de Sekkinchuu!

6.93

Description:

Music video bundled with the fourth single of the anime-idol group μ's (Source: AniDB)
Type

music

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

6 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2012-02-15

Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai

(Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night)

7.81

Description:

"I want to find what I enjoy." Shibuya, a district overflowing with identity. A girl trying to find herself drifts through Shibuya in the dead of night until a special encounter changes everything. For the first time, the creative activities of unknown young girls will begin— (Source: Crunchyroll, edited)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

finished

Aired

2024-04-07

Natsu-iro Egao de 1, 2, Jump!

6.91

Description:

Third single for the anime-idol group, µ's!
Type

music

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

5 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2011-08-24

Fate/Grand Order CMs

(Fate/Grand Order CMs)

7.45

Description:

Assorted commercials for the Fate/Grand Order mobile RPG. These short animations are aired on TV and posted to Type-Moon's official YouTube channel, and advertise the game itself or promote a new in-game event. The animation is unique to these commercials and is not present in the game nor in the Fate/Grand Order series. The list of the commercials is as follows (note that CMs without animation are not present and, for the ones with long and short versions, the longer version is taken into consideration) 1) Fate/Grand Order TV-CM 第1弾 (27 Dec 2014) 2) Fate/Grand Order TV-CM 第2弾 (27 June 2015) 3) Fate/Grand Order TV-CM 第3弾 (6 Nov 2015) 4) Fate/Grand Order TV-CM 第4弾 (30 Dec 2015) 5)『Fate/Grand Order』×『空の境界』コラボCM (19 Feb 2016) 6) Fate/Grand Order TV-CM 第5弾 (25 Mar 2016) 7) 「Fate/Accel Zero Order」告知CM (20 Apr 2016) 8) Fate/Grand Order TV-CM 第6弾 (6 July 2016) 9) 夏だ! 海だ! FGO 2016 Summer TVCM (8 Aug 2016) 10) 『魔法少女紀行 ~プリズマ・コーズ~』告知CM 11) TVCM 第7弾 (6 Dec 2016) 12) TVCM 第8弾 (22 Feb 2017) 13) Fate/EXTRA CCC×Fate/Grand Order GW・EXスペシャルイベント「BBちゃんの逆襲/電子の海で会いましょう!」告知CM (26 Apr 2017) 14) TVCM 第9弾 (28 June 2017) 15) デッドヒート・サマーレース!TVCM (5 Aug 2017) 16) 「Fate Grand Order」TVCM 第10弾 (16 Oct 2017) 17) 亜種特異点Ⅳ 禁忌降臨庭園 セイレム TVCM (28 Nov 2017) 18) Fate/Grand Order -Cosmos in the Lostbelt-」永久凍土帝国 アナスタシア 30秒CM (3 Apr 2018) 19) Fate/Apocrypha × Fate/Grand Order スペシャルイベント「Apocrypha/Inheritance of Glory」告知CM (18 May 2018) 20) ぐだぐだ帝都聖杯奇譚 告知CM (6 June 2018) 21) Lostbelt No.2 無間氷焔世紀 ゲッテルデメルング 消えぬ炎の快男児 30秒TVCM (18 July 2018) 22) サーヴァント・サマー・フェスティバル! 告知CM (7 Aug 2018) 23) Fate/Grand Order TVCM (5 Sept 2018) 24) Lostbelt No.3 人智統合真国 シン 30秒CM (30 Nov 2018) 25) 期間限定イベント 徳川廻天迷宮 大奥 TVCM (27 Mar 2019) 26) Fate/Grand Order TVCM (17 Apr 2019) 27) Lostbelt No.4 創世滅亡輪廻 ユガ・クシェートラ 30秒CM (15 June 2019) 28) オール信長総進撃 ぐだぐだファイナル本能寺2019 30秒告知CM (3 July 2019) 29) 「Fate/Grand Order」配信4周年記念映像 (4 Aug 2019) 30) 見参!ラスベガス御前試合 水着剣豪七色勝負!告知CM (14 Aug 2019) 31) Fate/Grand Order TVCM (21 Sept 2019) 32) セイバーウォーズ2 ~始まりの宇宙へ~ TVCM (26 Oct 2019) 33) クリスマス2019 ナイチンゲールのクリスマス・キャロル TVCM (4 Dec 2019) 34) Lostbelt No.5 神代巨神海洋 アトランティス 30秒CM (18 Dec 2019) 35) Fate/Grand Order TVCM (13 Feb 2020) 36) Lostbelt No.5 星間都市山脈 オリュンポス 30秒CM (9 Apr 2020) 37) Fate/Requiem×Fate/Grand Orderコラボレーションイベント「『Fate/Requiem』盤上遊戯黙示録」TVCM (25 May 2020) 38)「Fate/Grand Order」配信5周年記念アニメーションPV (9 Aug 2020) 39)「サーヴァント・サマーキャンプ! ~カルデア・スリラーナイト~」告知CM (14 Aug 2020) 40)「超古代新選組列伝 ぐだぐだ邪馬台国 2020」告知CM フルver. (9 Oct 2020) 41)「虚数大海戦イマジナリ・スクランブル ~ノーチラス浮上せよ~」告知CM 30秒ver. (9 Nov 2020) 42) 第2部 第5.5章「地獄界曼荼羅 平安京 轟雷一閃」 30秒CM (2 Dec 2020) 43) 期間限定イベント「栄光のサンタクロース・ロード ~封じられたクリスマスプレゼント~」 TVCM (15 Dec 2020) 44) Fate/Grand Order Waltz in the MOONLIGHT/LOSTROOM×FGOコラボレーションイベント「輝け! グレイルライブ!! ~鶴のアイドル恩返し~」告知TVCM (26 Apr 2021) 45) Lostbelt No.6 妖精円卓領域 アヴァロン・ル・フェ TVCM (11 June 2021) 46) Lostbelt No.6 妖精円卓領域 アヴァロン・ル・フェ(後編) TVCM (14 July 2021) 47)「Fate/Grand Order」配信6周年記念アニメーションPV (1 Aug 2021) 48)「カルデア・サマーアドベンチャー! ~夢追う少年と夢見る少女~」告知TVCM (8 Sept 2021) 49) ハロウィン・ライジング! ~砂塵の女王と暗黒の使徒~ (20 Oct 2021) 50) 昭和キ神計画 ぐだぐだ龍馬危機一髪! 消えたノッブヘッドの謎 (17 Nov 2021) 51) 期間限定イベント「非霊長生存圏 ツングースカ・サンクチュアリ」(18 Dec 2021) 52) マンガで分かる!Fate/Grand Order×Fate/Grand Orderコラボレーションイベント「連続活劇神話 ミシシッピ・ミササイザーズ」TVCM (27 Apr 2022) 53)「アークティック・サマーワールド! ~カルデア真夏の魔園観光~」告知TVCM (10 Aug 2022) 54) Fate/Grand Order「ぶっちぎり茶の湯バトル ぐだぐだ新邪馬台国 地獄から帰ってきた男」告知TVCM (14 Sep 2022) 55) Lostbelt No.7 黄金樹海紀行 ナウイ・ミクトラン 15秒TVCM (24 Dec 2022)
Type

special

Ep.Length

1 Min

Rating

13 - Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Aired

2014-12-27

Selection Project

7.11

Description:

Held every summer, the national show "Selection Project" is the biggest gateway for girls who strive to be idols, and the place where the legendary idol Akari Amazawa was born. Suzune Miyama is also one who has longed for such a dream stage. Having been sick since childhood, she listened to the song of the light many times in her bed in the hospital room. Akari's singing voice gave her a lot of smiles and courage, inspiring Suzune to follow in her footsteps. In her last summer of junior high school, Suzune decides to challenge the 7th annual Selection Project to make her dream come true. The girls who challenge Selection all have strong feelings that are second to none, accumulated efforts, and extraordinary charm. Only nine stars are selected from among the thousands of candidates. Now, the hot and harsh "Audition Battle" of the girls begins to make their dreams come true. (Source: MAL News)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2021-10-01

Tsukipro The Animation

6.49

Description:

SOARA, Growth, SolidS, and QUELL are four groups belonging to Tsukino Entertainment Production (AKA TSUKIPRO). The slice of life music anime "PRO ANI" depicting their music overflowing with uniqueness and the drama surrounding their lives begins now! Will you open this glittering treasure box of music? (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2017-10-04

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