Best movies like Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow
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Plot Summary:
After the idol group Aqours has won the final Love Live! contest, its remaining members prepare to enroll at a new school only to run into some unexpected trouble while the former members go missing on the way to their graduation trip. Separated, the girls begin to realize the value of their friendships as they attempt to find a solution to their various crises.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime
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Do It Yourself!! (2022)
Plot Summary:
Building furniture and friendships have a lot in common. Intention, effort, and hard work are needed for both crafts. This is a story of girls in a DIY club building both as they carve out their futures. None of it comes easy, but that doesn’t stop any of ’em. Furniture, friendships, and the future—they’re building it all with their own hands!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, tsundere
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Re:Stage! Dream Days♪ (2019)
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The story centers around the first-year student Mana Shikimiya as she pursue her dreams of winning at the Prism Stage, the competition that determines the top middle-school idol.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, super sentai, 2d animation
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Eternal Boys (2022)
Plot Summary:
“The Mature Idol Project” - The latest project proposed by Manpuku Entertainment Productions, in a bid to revive the company. Experienced in the successes and failures of the business world, 6 middle-aged men now face the many hurdles of age and physical ability, whilst pursuing their goal to become idols. In an effort to prove that old dogs can learn new tricks, and that you can still learn to shine no matter your age, these middle-aged men, at the end of their ropes, are taking a stand!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Animation, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS U149 (2023)
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These small girls are ready to make it big! All 12 or younger and under 149 centimeters tall (4'11"), these aspiring pop idols dream of performing for thousands of people. But with zero experience, they've got a lot of work to do! With the help of their rookie producer, who's almost just as short, can they stay focused and make it to the top?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen, 2d animation
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Lapis Re:LiGHTs (2020)
Plot Summary:
Based on a mixed media project that blends fantasy, magical girl, and idol elements, Lapis Re:LiGHTs will follow a group of students as they train to become idols. Together, they'll use the magic of music and the magic of... well, literal magic... in their performances.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, adult anime
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Bocchi the Rock! (2022)
Plot Summary:
Hitori Gotoh, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who’s so introverted and shy around people that she’d always start her conversations with “Ah...” During her middle school years, she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she thought it could be an opportunity for even someone shy like her to also shine. But because she had no friends, she ended up practicing guitar for six hours every day all by herself. After becoming a skilled guitar player, she uploaded videos of herself playing the guitar to the internet under the name “Guitar Hero” and fantasized about performing at her school’s cultural festival concert. But not only could she not find any bandmates, before she knew it, she was in high school and still wasn’t able to make a single friend! She was really close to becoming a shut-in, but one day, Nijika Ijichi, the drummer in Kessoku Band, reached out to her. And because of that, her everyday life started to change little by little.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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Love Live! The School Idol Movie (2015)
Plot Summary:
Although μ's, the defending champions of the school idol tournament, plans to dissolve their group after the graduation of their senior members, they receive news that leads them to holding a concert event! The 9 girls continue to learn and grow in this new and unfamiliar world. What is the last thing that these girls can do as school idols? With the clock ticking, what kind of meaning will the μ's members find in performing the most exciting live performance?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, sweet, captivating, tsundere
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Otaku Elf (2023)
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Koito Koganei works as the teenage shrine maiden at the Takamimi Shrine, catering to the whims of its resident: a centuries-old elf who loves video games as much as she hates going outside! Line up your offerings for the otaku elf—some energy drinks, chips and video games will do nicely—and watch her new friends scramble to keep up!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen
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Wake Up, Girls! - Seven Idols (2014)
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Green Leaves Entertainment is a tiny production company on the verge of going out of business in Sendai, Japan. The agency once managed the careers of magicians, photo idols, fortune-tellers, and other entertainers, but its last remaining client finally quit. Faced with having absolutely no one to represent, agency president Tange thinks up a plan to produce an idol group, forming the seven-girl group known as the "Wake Up, Girls".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, super sentai
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Idoly Pride (2021)
Plot Summary:
After a successful audition, high school student Kotono Nagase and her best friend move into a dorm with eight other aspiring idols. They quickly realize it takes more than cute choreography and cute outfits to reach the top—it will take blood, sweat, and tears to advance in the idol-ranking VENUS program, where the top spot is held by superstar Mana Nagase... who happens to be Kotono’s older sister.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating
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Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band (2016)
Plot Summary:
Recap of Season 1. After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest in the high school brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some of whom are new like novice tubist Hazuki Katou; veteran contrabassist Sapphire Kawashima; and band vice president and fellow euphonist Asuka Tanaka. Others are old friends, like Kumiko's childhood friend and hornist-turned-trombonist Shuuichi Tsukamoto, and trumpeter and bandmate from middle school, Reina Kousaka. However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless the new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime, compilation film
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Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit (2022)
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Joined by fellow mountaineering enthusiasts, including the spirited Hinata Kuraue and the other climbers they've met on their journey to great heights, Aoi and friends tackle tough challenges and conquer new summits while they embark on adventures throughout the mountain ranges of Japan.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Love Live! School Idol Project (2013)
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The school idol project is set at a school between Tokyo's Akihabara, Kanda, and Jinbouchou neighbourhoods. The school faces the danger of being streamlined out of existence, so nine of its female students decide to become idols to protect their school and boost attendance.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, light, humorous, tsundere
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Miss Monochrome - The Animation (2013)
Plot Summary:
Miss Monochrome is an android who decides to try and become a top idol singer in the ever growing competitive market.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 5 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, manga
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Laidbackers (2019)
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In order to take over her grandmother's Dagashi store, art student Kumi Honamanuma moved to Kyoto. She met Harami Mino, K Kusanagi, Mai Haisaka, and a dog who lives in the store, which supposed to be empty. Kumi ended up living with these girls, who claim that they are heroes reincarnated to contemporary period to chase after the demon king. Harami and others seem to live in a peaceful life with no missions to to do anymore, Ran, who was demon king in the past and appears to be an elementary school girl from failing to reincarnate, one day. The story begins with Ran requesting to collect demon king's fragments.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime
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Book Girl (2010)
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Konoha Inoue and Tōko Amano, the Literary Girl, as she calls herself, are the sole members of their high school literature club. Their lives will be altered when Konoha's past, forgotten for a long time, reaches the present, involving them in a whirlwind of feelings where love, jealousy, revenge, remorse and forgiveness struggle to prevail.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, shoujo
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Zombieland Saga (2018)
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A typical morning. The usual music. Their normal lives. The peace these seven girls experience will suddenly be destroyed. By the living dead... zombies. A reality that they never wanted a part of, an amazing and terrifying zombie world. They all share one wish: "We want to live." These girls will struggle through this saga, in order to achieve a miracle.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, cynical, horror comedy, humorous, absurd
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Ultimate Teacher (1988)
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At a run down school the "Ultimate Teacher" Ganpachi is sent to get things back on track and prepare the delinquent students for the real world. But the students don't want Ganpachi ruining the gang they got going so their boss, Hinako, fights back Ganpachi aided by her secret power...her lucky kitty underwear. Things get more interesting when we findout Ganpachi is the result of genetic experiments.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime
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Love Live! Superstar!! (2021)
Plot Summary:
Yuigaoka Girls High School is a newly established school that lies between the Omotesando, Harajuku, and Aoyama neighborhoods of Tokyo. The story centers on its first batch of students. With no history, no upperclassmen or alumni, and no reputation, it is a school full of unknowns. Five girls, among them Kanon Shibuya, have a fateful encounter with school idols. Kanon decides, "I love singing. I want to make something come true with song!" Many feelings converge upon a star that has only started to grow. The future is blank and full of possibility for these girls, and their story that everyone will make possible has only just begun. Soar with your wings, our Love Live!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Shine Post (2022)
Plot Summary:
Although the idol group TiNgS is chasing after big dreams, so far their accomplishments have only been small — and now, suddenly, they're facing a potential break up! Hope seems lost, but when a new manager with a special skillset takes them under his wing, the members of TiNgS find themselves shooting for the stars all over again.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Animation, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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BanG Dream! (2017)
Plot Summary:
Since she was very young, Kasumi Toyama has always been searching for the "Star Beat", a sparkling and exciting sound she heard while looking up at the night sky. Just after getting into high school, Kasumi comes across a "star-shaped guitar" in the storage area of an old pawn shop. Feeling a rush and excitement she has never felt before, Kasumi teams up with four other girls and embarks on a journey to seek out the shiny place. We promise to perform a live here!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, tsundere, super sentai, 3d animation
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K-On! (2009)
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Rock n' Roll may never die, but the Sakuragoaka Girl's High School Light Music Club might not be here to stay unless would-be drummer Ritsu Tainaka can find three more members to replace the graduated seniors. Determined to see that the beat goes on, Ritsu can get a little help from her friend Mio Akiyama on bass, and together they might be able to convince choir-inclined Tsumugi Kotobuki to join on the keyboards. But even then, they'll still need a hero, preferably of the juke-box variety with stars in her eyes. Instead they find Yui Hirasawa, who's looking for a club to join and who's never held a guitar in her life. But when Yui does pick up a beat-up six-string, it feels good in her hands, and it doesn't take long to understand that maybe she's finally found a place where she belongs. Because you can't stop the music when four girls share a dream, even if it's something as crazy as someday playing at the famous Budokan. It's going to be a long and winding road, but if they find their passion and follow their muse, they could go anywhere in K-ON!.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, feel good, realistic, stylized, semi serious, seinen, iyashikei, offbeat, slapstick
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Selection Project (2021)
Plot Summary:
A group of nine determined girls enter the 7th Annual “Selection Project,” a television show where they’ll audition to become idols…and pursue their dreams!.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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D4DJ (2020)
Plot Summary:
Rinku Aimoto, who has a habit of saying "Happy Around!", has returned to Japan from abroad and enrolls at Yoba Academy where DJing is popular. She is deeply moved by a DJ concert she sees there and decides to form a unit of her own with DJ Maho Akashi, VJ Muni Ohnaruto and keyboardist Rei Togetsu. While interacting with other DJ units like Peaky P-key and Photon Maiden, Rinku and her friends aim for the high stage!.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, 3d animation
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K-On! The Movie (2011)
Plot Summary:
Graduation draws near for Yui, Ritsu, Mio and Tsumugi, the four 3rd-year students of the Light Music Club. They, together with Azusa, decide to go on a post-graduation trip. Their destination, decided by lot, is London!.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, yuri, iyashikei
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Phantom of the Idol (2022)
Plot Summary:
Yuya is part of the idol duo ZINGS, but his laziness and disdain for fans puts him in danger of getting blacklisted. That is, until he meets Asahi, the ghost of a former idol who’s eager to stage her own comeback by possessing Yuya's willing body!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, josei
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Sound! Euphonium the Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day (2019)
Plot Summary:
Kumiko is now a second year and one of the senior players of the euphonium section. With new underclassmen joining the concert band, Kumiko will have to learn new things in order to deal with awkward and difficult underclassmen. She and third-year trumpeter Tomoe Kabe have been chosen to lead the new underclassmen members. Among the new members to Kumiko's bass section are euphonist Kanade Hisaishi, whose appearances are deceiving; tuba player Mirei Suzuki, who cannot adapt to her new environment; tuba player Satsuki Suzuki, who wants to get along with Mirei; and double bassist Motomu Tsukinaga, who cannot talk about himself. Between the Sunrise Festival, chair placement auditions, and the competition, a number of problems quickly begin to arise.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, disturbing, yaoi, yuri
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Wake Up, Girls! (2014)
Plot Summary:
On Christmas 2013, the band Wake Up, Girls plays their debut song to a small audience without much fanfare. After the concert, the group’s manager takes off with the money, leaving Green Leaves Entertainment on the verge of closure and the band without a future. Despite this tumultuous beginning, the girls get a second chance, thanks to a mysterious benefactor and a shady business proposal. From here it’s a rocky climb to the top, but it’s a climb the girls are ready to make. Wake Up, Girls! follows the internal and external struggles of being a small-time idol girl band, from finding and accepting gigs to competing in popularity against other pop bands. Through the band, the girls come to accept their pasts and become more certain about their futures. Faced with increasing stakes and popularity, each of the band’s seven members must find the strength and courage inside herself to give her all to the band.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, super sentai
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Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club (2020)
Plot Summary:
Nijigasaki High School is located in Odaiba, Tokyo. The school is popular due to its free school style and diverse majors. The story centers on the members of school idol club in Nijigasaki, and their attempt to prevent the club from being abolished.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Detroit Metal City (2008)
Plot Summary:
Soichi Negishi is a shy young musician who dreams of a career in pop. Dreams don't pay the bills, so he's ended up as the lead singer and guitarist of a death metal band, "Detroit Metal City". In stage costume he is Johannes Krauser II, rumored to be a terrorist demon from hell, to have killed and raped his parents, to wield his giant death penis with abandon, and other menacing tales being said about him after each public performance. The songs of DMC often encourage the audience to engage in immoral and illegal behavior, such as rape or murder, or tell of Krauser's exploits with similar actions, in a parody of the genre. Negishi despises DMC and all that it stands for, but he can't walk away as he has a talent to play the psychotic frontman of the band. Negishi is under his meager exterior a Rageaholic and also is very skilled in his guitar play. Further, he feels obligation to the rest of the band and his label and even if he manages to escape, he is invariably being roped back in.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: anime, gothic, parody, realistic, humorous, semi serious, absurd, seinen