Idol Bu Show

Idol Bu Show
IDOL舞SHOW (Aidoru Bu Shō)
Anime film
Directed by	Shingo Kobayashi
Written by	Kotsukotsu
Music by	Shigeru Saitoh [ja], Akihiro Tomita [ja], and Yōhei Kisara [ja]
Studio	ORENDA and Amineworks
Released	June 24, 2022 (2022-06-24)

Idol Bu Show (IDOL舞SHOW, Aidoru Bu Shō, lit. "Idol Dance Show") is a Japanese multimedia project centered around competing Japanese idol groups. An anime film adaptation was released in June 2022.

Concept

The project is about idol groups who, after the dissolution of idol group Fool's End, compete for music and merchandise sales, concert audiences, and other things.[1] Each group operates under the leadership of a music producer reincarnated from a general from the Sengoku period.[2]

Cast and characters

No Princess

No Princess is a "dance and vocal" idol unit whose music is produced by Shigeru Saitoh [ja].[1]

• Machico (2020–present) as Hikaru Fuwa (不破ひかる, Fuwa Hikaru)[3]
• Reo Kurachi as Shiho Hoshino (星野しほ, Hoshino Shiho)[1]
• Marina Horiuchi [ja] as Ami Akise (明瀬亜美, Akise Ami)[1]
• Hisayo Abe [ja] as Love Kurumizaka (胡桃坂らぶ, Kurumizaka Rabu)[1]
• Junji Majima as Shigemichi Saitō (斎藤重道, Saitō Shigemichi),[4] the unit's music producer and a reincarnation of Saitō Dōsan, the head of the Saitō clan of Mino Province.[1]
• Sachika Misawa (2019–2020) as Yuika Hanazono (花園ユイカ, Hanazono Yuika).[1] She was replaced by Hikaru.[3]

Lunatic Eyes

Lunatic Eyes (三日月眼, Runatikku Aizu) is a "high tension" idol unit whose music is produced by Akihiro Tomita [ja].[1]

• Ibuki Kido as Futaba Ayase (綾瀬双葉, Ayase Futaba)[1]
• Miho Okasaki as Mirei Wakatsuki (若月美鈴, Wakatsuki Mirei)[1]
• Yuki Nakashima as Yui Kongōji (金剛寺ゆい, Kongōji Yui)[1]
• Shinji Kawada as Munehito Date (伊達宗人, Date Munehito),[4] the unit's music producer and a reincarnation of Date Masamune, the daimyō of Sendai Domain.[1]

X-UC

X-UC (X-UC, Ten'yūshi) is a "new-generation" idol unit whose music is produced by Yōhei Kisara [ja].[1]

• Nanaka Suwa as Risa Umino (羽美野りさ, Umino Risa)[1]
• Maki Hanatani as Sakura Saruno (猿野さくら, Saruno Sakura)[1]
• Moe Toyota as Koharu Hoshizuki (星月小春, Hoshizuki Koharu)[1]
• Rena Hasegawa as Kokoro Kakegawa (掛川こころ, Kakegawa Kokoro)[1]
• Misano Sakai as Aki Anna (安奈あき, Anna Aki)[1]
• Anna Suzuki [ja] as Misaki Yurigaoka (百合ヶ丘みさき, Yurigaoka Misaki)[1]
• Yuna Kitahara as Shiori Kirino (霧野しおり, Kirino Shiori)[1]
• Sakurako Aoyama as Kawori Hachimura (八村かをり, Hachimura Kawori)[1]
• Yui Ninomiya as Erina Isayama (伊佐山エリナ, Isayama Erina)[1]
• Erika Ishitobi as Misao Kiyomi (清見みさ緒, Kiyomi Misao)[1]
• Ryūnosuke Kawai as Kōnosuke Sanada (真田幸之助, Sanada Kōnosuke),[4] the unit's music producer and a reincarnation of Sanada Yukimura, a rebel general in the Siege of Osaka.[1]

It's Your Cider

It's Your Cider (It's your サイダー, It's your saidā) are a band of five girls.[5] Their in-universe producers, QTarō Mōri, are a quartet of reincarnations of western Chūgoku region daimyō Mōri Motonari, while Q-MHz [ja] is their real-life music producer.[5]

• Chihaya Yoshitake as Ichika[5]
• Misuzu Yamada as Nina[5]
• Haruka Yoshiki as Mina[5]
• Wakana Ōhara as Shion[5]
• Maki Yamamoto as Isuzu[5]

Other characters

• Aoi Yūki and Ayana Taketatsu as Shinobu Sakuma and Nagaho Mori, the two members of Fool's End, the idol unit whose dissolution is the catalyst for the idols' competition.[5][1] Their real-life music producer is Shigeru Saitoh [ja].[5]
• Reina Kondō as Mashiro Honma (本間ましろ, Honma Mashiro), an idol who operates solo.[5] Her in-universe producer, Kenji Uesagi, is a reincarnation of Uesugi Kenshin, while Kо̄ichi Tsurusaki [ja] is her real-life music producer.[5]

Production

In September 2019, the project was announced, as was a 26 October concert, Senran! Idol Bu Show: Toyosu no Jin (せんらん！IDOL 舞SHOW～豊洲の陣～, Senran! Aidoru Bu Shō ~Toyosu no Jin~, lit. "War! Idol Bu Show: Toyosu's Camp").[1] The screenwriter is Kanata Nakamura [ja] and the characters and key visual were designed by NOB-C.[1] In July 2020, Yuika Hanazono was replaced by a new character, Hikaru Fuwa.[3]

Two days before the 2022 release of the project's film, the voice actresses for Mashiro Honma and It's Your Cider were announced.[5]

Media

Film adaptation

In February 2022, it was announced that an anime film adaptation from ORENDA and Amineworks would be released that year.[2] In March, it was announced that the film would be released on 24 June, and that part of the film would also be concert footage.[6] The film was directed by Shingo Kobayashi, written by Kotsukotsu, produced by Ryō Aizawa, and supervised by Tetsuya Sano [ja].[2][7] The three primary idol units' music producers produced the music.[7]

Discography

Title	Year	Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales
			JPN	JPN Hot
Truth or Dare (by No Princess)	2020	Released: 8 January 2020 Label: Universal Music Artists	33[8]	—	—
Fanatic! (by Lunatic Eyes)	2020	Released: 8 January 2020 Label: Universal Music Artists	39[9]	—	—
Current Xanadu (by X-UC)	2020	Released: 8 January 2020 Label: Universal Music Artists	28[10]	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

References

1. "戦国武将がアイドルプロデューサーに転生!? 音楽バトルプロジェクト「IDOL舞SHOW」始動". Anime! Anime! (in Japanese). 25 September 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
2. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (28 February 2022). "Idol Bu Show Project Gets Anime Film This Summer". Anime News Network. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
3. "『IDOL舞SHOW』3ユニットの2ndシングル発売日決定 配信ライブの発表も". Real Sound (in Japanese). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
4. Idol Bu Show [@IDOL_bu_SHOW] (30 May 2022). "【#劇場版ドルショウ 情報】✨✨追加キャスト解禁✨✨" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 July 2023 – via Twitter.
5. Mateo, Alex (22 June 2022). "Idol Bu Show Anime Film Reveals 2 New Idol Unit Casts". Anime News Network. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
6. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (22 March 2022). "Idol Bu Show Anime Film's Trailer Reveals June 24 Opening". Anime News Network. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
7. "音楽バトルプロジェクト『IDOL舞SHOW』6月22日発売劇場版テーマソングCDより3曲、楽曲試聴開始！". LisAni! (in Japanese). 3 May 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
8. "Truth or Dare(初回限定盤)". Oricon News. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
9. "FANATIC!(初回限定盤)". Oricon News. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
10. "カレント・ザナドゥ(初回限定盤)". Oricon News. Retrieved 1 August 2023.