Opera Girls!! かげきしょうじょ!! (Kageki Shoujo!!)

Alternative Name: 歌剧少女!! (Gē Jù Shào Nǚ!!)

Genre: Drama, School, School Life, Music

Description: 

Ever since she was a little girl, Sarasa has wanted to play the role of Oscar as part of the Kouka Acting Troupe, an all-female acting troupe similar to the Takarazuka Revue. But before she can do that, she has to attend two years at the Kouka School of Musical and Theatrical Arts. As Sarasa practices singing, dancing, and acting, she grows closer to the other girls in her year, including her roommate, the stoic former J-idol, Ai. Though Sarasa is great at making friends, her outspoken nature and grand ambitions earn her lots of enemies as well.

Episode: 13

Original Run: July 4, 2021 – September 26, 2021

Studio: Pine Jam

Those Snow White Notes ましろのおと (Mashiro no Oto)

Alternative Name: 纯白之音 (Chún Bái Zhī Yīn)

 

Genre: Drama, Slice of Life, Music, Tournaments

 

Description: 

 

When Setsu's grandfather died, so did Setsu's "sound"—his unique creative spark. Grieving, he goes to Tokyo to find himself...but manages to become totally, literally lost on his first day. Only a chance meeting with Yuna—aka Yuka, the hostess—saves him from being robbed. At first glance their lives seem totally different, but they're both striving for their dreams—hers, of being an actress, and his, of developing his talent with the shamisen—and it could just be that life in the raucous, unfeeling urban sprawl of Tokyo could just be what binds their fates together.

 

Episode: 12 + 33 ONA

 

Original Run

Series: April 3, 2021 – June 19, 2021

ONA: January 15, 2021 – June 21, 2021

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation / AQUA ARIS (ONA)

Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima ヒプノシスマイク -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima

Alternative Name: 催眠麦克风 (Cuī Mián Mài Kè Fēng)

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Tournaments, Bishounen, Music, Sci-Fi, Rappers,

 

Description: 

 

After a third World War that killed a third of the human population, history as we know it came to an end at the hands of women. In this new age, rather than fighting using traditional weapons, people use a special microphone that attacks the human spirit called a "Hypnosis Mic." Lyrics uttered on this microphone act on the human nervous system and can produce altered states. Rap battles are now the main way to establish dominance as gangs of men fight in the districts of Tokyo to defend their territory.

 

Episode: 13 + 13 + 1 Movie

 

Original Run

Season 1: October 3, 2020 – December 26, 2020

Season 2: October 7, 2023 – December 30, 2023

Movie: February 21, 2025

Studio: A-1 Pictures

 

22/7 ナナブンノニジュウニ (Nanabun no Nijūni)

Genre: Music, Idols, Showbiz

 

Description: 

 

One day, Miu Takigawa suddenly receives a letter notifying her that she has been chosen as a member of a brand-new project. Half in disbelief, she heads over to the location stated on the letter. There, she finds seven other girls summoned there in the same fashion. The girls behold a giant, top-secret facility. They stand in bewilderment as they are told they are going to debut for a major record label as an idol group. A new kind of idol, never-before-seen, is about to be born here

 

Episode: 12 + 1 Special + 8 ONA

 

Original Run

Series: January 11, 2020 – March 28, 2020

Special: September 16, 2020

ONA: March 24, 2018 – November 12, 2018

Studio: A-1 Pictures

 

Given ギヴン

Genre: Romance, Drama, School, Shounen-Ai, Music, Slice of Life

 

Description: 

 

Ritsuka played guitar but has lost interest in the instrument. One day, he meets Mafuyu, who is holding a broken guitar. Ritsuka unwillingly starts teaching Mafuyu the guitar, but when he hears Mafuyu's voice, things suddenly begin to change for Ritsuka. 

 

Episode: 11 + 1 Movie + 1 OVA + 2 Movies

 

Original Run

Series: July 11, 2019 – September 19, 2019

Movie: August 22, 2020

OVA: December 1, 2021

Movie: January 27, 2024

Movie: September 20, 2024

Studio: Lerche

Television Drama: July 17, 2021 - August 21, 2021 (6 Episodes)

B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious B-PROJECT～鼓動＊アンビシャス～

Alternative Name: B-PROJECT～鼓动*Ambitious～ 

                                      (B-PROJECT~Gǔ Dòng*Ambitious~)

Genre: Idols, Music, Bishounen, Showbiz

Description: 

Tsubasa is a new hire in the A&R department of the major recording company Gandala Music. Tsubasa is immediately assigned to oversee the idol unit "B-PROJECT," which is made up of three idol groups: Kitakore, Thrive, and MooNs. This is Tsubasa's first job, and she gets involved in various incidents and accidents as she deals with this group of young men who each have their own differing personalities.

Episode: 12 + 12 + 12

Original Run 
Season 1: July 3, 2016 – September 24, 2016
Season 2: January 12, 2019 – March 30, 2019

Season 3: October 2, 2023 – December 18, 2023

Studio: A-1 Pictures (S1) / Bandai Namco Pictures (S2) / 

               Asahi Production (S3)

Kitsune no Koe 狐狸之声 (Hú Lí Zhī Shēng)

Genre: Music, Idols, Showbiz

Description: 

Hu Li is a poor but talented high school boy. He is a "ghost" singer/songwriter for the popular and narcissistic boy idol Kong Que, who is very handsome but can barely sing. Hu always wears a fox mask to hide his large facial scar caused by a traffic accident. He also uses a screen name "Mr. Fox" to publish his music online.

Episode: 12

Original Run: October 5, 2018 – December 21, 2018

Studio: Yumeta Company

Violinist of Hameln ハーメルンのバイオリン弾き (Hamelin no Violin Hiki)

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Demons, Tragedy, Comedy, Music,

               Alternative Version 

Description: 

Flute is a young girl living in the small Staccato village of the kingdom of Sforzend, till the day when Queen Horn's barrier is destroyed, and that Flute learns she is the queen's daughter... Now to protect the world from the menacing army of demons, she must travel to the capital with her mysterious childhood friend Hamel, who has still to learn the truth about his own heritage.

Episode: 25 + 1 Movie  

Original Run

Series: October 2, 1996 – March 26, 1997

Movie: April 20, 1996

Studio: Studio Deen / Nippon Animation (Movie)

Zombie Land Saga ゾンビランドサガ (Zonbi Rando Saga)

Alternative Name: 佐賀偶像是傳奇 (Zuǒ Hè Ǒu Xiàng Shì Chuán Qí)

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Music, Supernatural, Idols, Showbiz

Description: 

In 2008, high school student Sakura Minamoto is on her way to audition for an idol group when she is killed in a traffic accident. Ten years later, she discovers that she, along with six other "legendary" girls from various eras of Japan's history, are resurrected as zombies by Kotaro Tatsumi to save Saga Prefecture as the all-zombie idol group Franchouchou.

Episode

Season 1: 12 + 1 Special

Season 2: 12 + 1 Movie

Original Run
Season 1: October 4, 2018 – December 20, 2018
Special: October 3, 2019

Season 2: April 8, 2021 – June 24, 2021

Movie: TBA

Studio: MAPPA

Angel's 3Piece 天使の3P! (Tenshi no 3P!)

Alternative Name: 天使的3P! (Tiān Shǐ De 3P!)

Genre: Comedy, Drama, School Life, Music, Moe, Slice of Life, School,

               Idols

Description: 

Kyō Mekui is a high school student who tends to skip school due to a trauma in his past. Kyō secretly creates songs using vocal song synthesis software as his hobby. Three girls who just entered fifth grade — the crybaby Jun "Jun-tan" Gotō, the strong-willed Nozomi "Zomi" Momijidani, and the somewhat sleepy Sora "Kū" Kaneshiro who takes life at her own pace — email Kyō. These three girls, who were raised together like sisters since childhood, want Kyō to help them break into music.

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 10, 2017 – September 25, 2017

Studio: Project No.9

Caligula カリギュラ

Alternative Name: 卡里古拉 (Kǎ Lǐ Gǔ Lā)

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Music, Transformation

Description: 

Tadashi Satomi is a virtual idol known as μ who performs user-inputted songs and gains self-awareness through exposure to users' bitter feelings and dissatisfaction toward reality. Wanting to save humanity — which she believes is continuously suffering — she lures people to a virtual reality world called Mobius with her songs. She then imprisons them in Mobius, thinking they will be free from the suffering of reality and that all their wishes will come true. Nine members of the "Going Home Club," a club that was formed because the characters want to escape from Mobius and go home, try to find a way out.

Episode: 12

Original Run: April 8, 2018 – June 24, 2018

Studio: Satelight

Venus Project -Climax- ヴィーナス プロジェクト-CLIMAX-

Genre: Sci-Fi, Tournaments, Action, Music, Idols

Description: 

In a not too distant future, Japan's data devices and video technology have been progressing to new heights, and people are abuzz about a new form of entertainment — Formula Venus. In Formula Venus or "F-V," the chosen top idols battle in live performances with their willpower, skills, and all their experience gained.

Episode: 6

Original Run: July 12, 2015 – September 20, 2015

Studio: Nomad

Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION ツキウタ。THE ANIMATION

Alternative Name: 月歌 (Yuè Gē)

Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Idols, Alternative Version, Music, Workplace

Description: 

Six Gravity and Procellarum are two rival male idol groups who happen to live in the same dorm. Six Gravity is made up of young men who represent the months of December to May, while Procellarum’s members represent June to November. Follow the daily lives of these twelve young men as they deal with the stresses of idol-hood, school, and living together.

Episode: 13+ 13 + 12 ONA

Original Run
Season 1: July 6, 2016 – September 28, 2016
Season 2: October 7, 2020 – December 30, 2020

ONA: October 7, 2020 – December 23, 2020

Studio: Studio Pierrot (S1) / Children's Playground Entertainment (S2)

Hand Shakers ハンドシェイカー (Handosheikā)

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, School, Fighting, Music, Special Abilities, Twins

Description: 

In Osaka in the year "AD20XX," Hand Shakers are partners who can summon "Nimrodes," weapons born from their deep psyche by joining hands. In order to grant the pair's wish, the Hand Shakers compete with and fight other Hand Shaker pairs. The top pair will then meet and challenge "God."

Episode
Season 1: 12 + 1 Special
Season 2: 13 + 1 Special

Original Run

Season 1: January 10, 2017 – March 28, 2017

Special: July 26, 2017
Season 2: January 5, 2019 – March 31, 2019
Special: February 27, 2019

Studio: GoHands

HaruChika: Haruta to Chika wa Seishun suru ハルチカ ～ハルタとチカは青春する～

Alternative Name: 春&夏推理事件簿 (Chūn & Xià Tuī Lǐ Shì Jiàn Bù)

Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Music, School, Slice of Life, 

               School Life, Tournaments

Description: 

Haruta and Chika are members of their high school wind instrument club that is on the verge of being shut down. The two are childhood friends, and they spend their days practicing hard while also trying to recruit new members. When a certain incident happens within their school, they work together to solve it.

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 7, 2016 – March 24, 2016

Studio: P.A.Works

Live-Action Film: March 4, 2017

Miss Monochrome ミス・モノクローム (Misu Monokurōmu)

Alternative Name: 單色小姐 -The Animation- 

                                       (Dān Sè Xiǎo Jiě -The Animation-)

Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life, Idols, Moe, Music, Androids, 

               Showbiz, Celebrities

Description: 

In order to be more in the eyes of the public, Miss Monochrome begins working to become a top-selling idol. Spacey Miss Monochrome once again runs around the idol show biz world, being tossed around by others.

Episode

Season 1: 13 Episodes + 1 OVA + 1 ONA

Season 2: 13 Episodes

Season 3: 13 Episodes

Original Run

Season 1: October 1, 2013 – December 24, 2013

OVA: March 25, 2014

ONA: June 17, 2014

Season 2: July 3, 2015 – September 25, 2015

Season 3: October 2, 2015 – December 18, 2015

Studio: SANZIGEN & LIDENFILMS / SANZIGEN (OVA)

Million Doll ミリオンドール (Mirion Dōru)

Genre: Idols, Music, Drama

Description: 

Sūko is an idol-loving hikikomori (shut-in) who has one ability: To make any idol popular through the power of blogging. She puts her sights on the Fukuoka idol Itorio and tries to make her more popular, but she is impeded by the charismatic idol Ryūsan and the underground idol Mariko.

Episode: 11 + 1 Special

Original Run

Series: July 6, 2015 – September 21, 2015

Special: November 20, 2015

Studio: Asahi Production

Gravitation グラビテーション (Gurabitēshon)

Alternative Name: 萬有引力 (Wàn Yǒu Yǐn Lì)

Genre: Shounen-Ai, Idols, Drama, Romance, Comedy, Music, Showbiz, 

Description: 

Shuichi Shindou wants to create a famous band. He works on his band, hoping to get a chance in the public eye, with nothing on his mind but his musical ambitions. One night Shuichi writes song lyrics, his paper blows away, and a stranger picks it up. Yuki, a famous romance novelist who tells Shuichi that his writing skills are grade school level. 

From the moment on, Shuichi is determined to find Yuki and have him explain his rudeness... he just doesn't realize that he's experienced love at first sight. When Shuichi finally found Yuki, it's a journey of obstacles, frightening experience and haunting pasts trying to keep them apart. But, it's just the gravitation of fate and love always pulls theses lovers back together every time.  

Episode: 13 + 2 OVA

Original Run
Series: October 4, 2000 – January 10, 2001
OVA: July 23, 1999 – September 22, 1999

Studio: Studio Deen (Series) / Plum (OVA)

La Corda d'Oro 金色のコルダ (Kin'iro no Koruda)

La Corda d'Oro: Primo Passo  金色のコルダ ～primo passo～ 
(Kin-iro no Corda - primo passo) 

Alternative Name: 金色琴弦 (Jīn Sè Qín Xián)

Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Music, Magic, Bishounen, Reverse Harem, 
               Drama, Tournaments, Comedy, Alternative Version, School

Description: 

Hino goes to a school that specializes in music and has two streams: the normal stream and the music stream, where the music students are regarded as the more elite. She was running late for her class one day when she saw a tiny fairy, who seemed really excited that she could see it. The next day, the entrants in the music competition, who are decided by the school, are announced. Hino's name appears on the list - except she doesn't play an instrument. The fairy gives her a magical violin that can be played by anyone. Reluctantly, she enters into the competition and is forced to deal with the prejudices of her peers.

Episode

Primo Passo: 26 episodes + 1 Special

Secondo Passo: 2 episodes
Blue Sky: 12 episodes

Original Run

Primo Passo: October 1, 2006 – March 25, 2007

Secondo Passo: March 26, 2009 – June 5, 2009
Blue Sky: April 5, 2014 – June 21, 2014 

Studio: Yumeta Company (Series)/ TYO Animation (Alternative Version)

UTAPRI: Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 1000% うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ マジLOVE1000%

Alternative Name: 歌之☆王子殿下♪ 真爱1000% 

                                      (Gē Zhī☆Wáng Zǐ Diàn Xià♪ Zhēn Ài 1000%)

Genre: Bishounen, Music, School, Drama, Romance, Reverse Harem,
               Comedy, Tournaments, Idols

Description: 

Nanami Haruka wants to be a song writer, so she attends an idol training school filled with beautiful bishounen. The school pairs each aspiring songwriter with an aspiring idol, but Haruka finds herself paired with 6 bishounen idols. To make things more difficult, Nanami is also not allowed to date any of her beautiful partners.

Episode
Season 1: 13 episodes
Season 2: 13 episodes + 1 Special
Season 3: 13 episodes
Season 4: 13 episodes + 3 Movies + 1 Special

Original Run
Season 1: July 3, 2011 – September 24, 2011
Season 2: April 3, 2013 – June 26, 2013
Special: December 25, 2013
Season 3: April 5, 2014 – June 28, 2015
Season 4: October 1, 2016 – December 24, 2016
Movie: June 14, 2019 

Special: July 31, 2022

Movie: September 2, 2022

Movie: TBA

Studio: A-1 Pictures