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Plot Summary:
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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Revue Starlight (2018)
Plot Summary:
Starlight is a song and dance revue troupe loved throughout the world. Karen and Hikari make a promise with each other when they're young that one day they'll stand on that stage together. Time passes, and now the girls are 16 years old. Karen is very enthusiastic about the lessons she takes every day, holding her promise close to her heart. Hikari has transferred schools and is now away from Karen. But the cogs of fate turn, and the two are destined to meet again. The girls and other Stage Girls will compete in a mysterious audition process to gain acceptance into the revue.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, surreal, super sentai, yuri
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Angel's 3Piece! (2017)
Plot Summary:
A shut-in ever since he had a traumatic experience, Nukui Hibiki's biggest hobby has been using vocalization software to create and uploading songs online. One day, he receives an email from some fifth-grader girls, asking to meet and discuss something with him. The three girls, who have grown up together almost like siblings, ask him to help them show their gratitude to the people who have taken care of them. The method they've devised? Putting on a successful concert at a place full of memories.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Animation, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi
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Kizuna no Allele (2023)
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In the virtual world, you can be anyone. And for Miracle, her dream is to be a famous virtual artist! Miracle attends ADEN Academy, where she learns new talents to prepare her for her big debut. Although she’s a bit of a klutz, she’s determined to follow in the footsteps of her idol: the legendary VTuber, Kizuna AI. With dedication and the help of her friends, her dream just might come true!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, 2d animation
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Music Girls (2018)
Plot Summary:
Haru Chitose, Eri Kumagai, Sarasa Ryuuouh, 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!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Animation, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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Lemon Angel Project (2006)
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Lemon Angel was once the greatest girl band of Japan, but then it broke up and most of its members vanished. When a music producer decides to put together a new Lemon Angel, average high schooler Tomo Minaguchi is approached to audition for the group. Little does she know of the mystery behind the original Lemon Angel.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Eternal Boys (2022)
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“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)
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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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Prince of Stride: Alternative (2016)
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"Stride," is an extreme sport that involves six people on one team who run relay races through towns. Hōnan Academy and other schools compete to win eastern Japan's top Stride competition, "End of Summer." However, Hōnan's team has shut down. First-year high school students Takeru Fujiwara and Nana Sakurai attempt to restart the club, but they must recruit six members for the team. They ask Riku Yagami to join, but he turns them down by saying that Stride is the one thing he doesn't want to do.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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22/7 nanabun no nijyuuni (2020)
Plot Summary:
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: "You 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.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, 2d animation
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The Landlord is in Puberty (2016)
Plot Summary:
Maeda-san is living alone in rented accommodations for the first time after finding employment. In his tiny, no-bath apartment he is visited by Chie Satonaka, who looks like the little sister he never had, but turns out to be the landlord of this apartment building. Chie's high degree of competence when it comes to cooking and housework, sometimes makes her appear very much older than the middle school girl she actually is. Maeda-san's other neighbour, Reiko Shirai, quite jealously tries to guard the cute landlord for herself though. And so Maeda-san's otherwise uneventful life, supposedly living alone, suddenly becomes quite lively.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 2 min
Plot tags: anime
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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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The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten (2023)
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Amane lives alone in an apartment, and the most beautiful girl in school, Mahiru, lives just next door. They've almost never spoken—until the day he sees her in distress on a rainy day and lends her his umbrella. To return the favour, she offers him help around the house, and a relationship slowly begins to blossom as the distance between them closes….
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, iyashikei, 2d animation
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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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Sound of the Sky (2010)
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On the outskirts of the country of Helvetia rests the tranquil town of Seize. Upon its cobbled streets, citizens go about their daily lives, undisturbed by the increasingly tense military relations between Helvetia and the neighboring Roman Empire. It is under these circumstances that the 1121st platoon of the Helvetian army, stationed at the Clocktower Fortress in Seize, receives a new recruit in the young and spirited Kanata Sorami. Having joined the military to fulfill her dream of learning to play the bugle, she excitedly accepts the tutelage of the Sergeant Major, Rio Kazumiya, who happens to be a skilled trumpeter. Working alongside them are the aloof mechanic, Noël Kannagi, the feisty gunner, Kureha Suminoya, and the compassionate Captain Felicia Heideman; together, they experience the beauty of life in Seize and the lasting joy of a community that has persevered in spite of the crumbling world around them.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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March Comes in Like a Lion (2016)
Plot Summary:
Rei is a 17-year old professional shōgi player, who lives by himself, not having a real family, and has scarcely any friends. Among his acquaintances is a family, which consists of a young woman, Akari, and two young girls, Hinata and Momo, and who also keep a numerous number of cats.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, semi serious, adult animation, seinen, humorous, captivating
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Those Snow White Notes (2021)
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Sawamura Matsugorou is a shamisen player of legendary talent. Upon his death, his grandson, Sawamura Yuki, lost his ability to play. Having lost his beloved sound, Yuki finds himself in Tokyo in search of a new sound to love. Tachimura Yuna, who works at a club, hooks him up with a gig to play there as a warm up act. Yuki imbues the sound of his shamisen with his many thoughts and feelings he has of others, still searching for his own sound and his own feelings.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, sincere, captivating
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Million Doll (2015)
Plot Summary:
Suuko has the special ability to make any idol popular just by writing about them on her blog! One day, while being forced to go to the supermarket by her sister, she happens to see a live performance from the dol group “Iotrio”. Suuko decides that she will do everything in her power to push them into stardom. Unfortunately, she has to compete with the charismatic otaku blogger Ryuu-san who supports the underground idol Mariko!.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration:
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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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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Adachi and Shimamura (2020)
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Adachi spends her school days skipping class until she meets fellow delinquent Shimamura and the two become fast friends. Cutting class together deepens their friendship but soon unexpected emotions blossom. As awkwardness and confusion settle in, the two girls travel this sea of emotions without a paddle as they learn about each other’s feelings.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 689
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, yuri, yaoi, romantic, serious, stylized, adult anime, shoujo, josei
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Sound! Euphonium the Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day (2019)
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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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Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life (2019)
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Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of nowhere, a new member barges into the near-abandoned club room, demanding to join the club. How will Takezou be able to keep his club alive and deal with this rascal of a new member?.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
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Hataraki Man (2006)
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Hiroko Matsukata’s determined to work her way to the top, and at only 28, she’s now an editor at Jidai Weekly. But she’s had to dedicate her life to work while suppressing her feminine character traits to blend in with her uncouth male coworkers.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, seinen, super sentai
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The Demon Girl Next Door (2019)
Plot Summary:
Awakening her dormant abilities as a devil one day, Yuuko Yoshida aka Shadow Mistress Yuuko, is entrusted with the mission to defeat the Light clan's shrine maiden, a magical girl, by her ancestor Lilith. Yuuko meets magical girl Momo Chiyoda through her classmate Anri Sada, and challenges her to a duel, but loses quickly due to her lack of strength. Since then, Yuuko has struggled with her role as a devil and her duel with Momo, and borrowed help from her regularly. However, by a strange coincidence, Yuuko also weakens Momo by taking away her power to cooperate in protecting the peace of Tama city.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, light, humorous, absurd, semi serious, super sentai, parody
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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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HaNaYaMaTa (2014)
Plot Summary:
Naru is a high school girl who is average in every way. She loves fairy tale heroines, though she’s never had the courage to escape her ordinary life. One day, she sees Hannah, a transfer student, dancing in the moonlit and becomes inspired to learn Yosakoi dancing.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, feel good, humorous, entertaining, super sentai
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Akebi's Sailor Uniform (2022)
Plot Summary:
Robai Private Academy is a well-known girls’ junior high school in the countryside. Komichi Akebi is a girl who, for a certain reason, has dreamed of wearing a Robai Academy sailor uniform. Her dream comes true, and her heart races as the day of the school entrance ceremony arrives. With her heart set on her new sailor uniform, Komichi embarks on the junior high school life of her dreams. Komichi dashes headlong through days full of “firsts”—classmates, school lunches, club activities, and more—in this sparkling diary of girlhood. “I hope I can make a lot of friends.”.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hitori Bocchi suffers from extreme social anxiety, she's not good at talking to people, takes pretty extreme actions, is surprisingly adept at avoiding people, her legs cramp when she overexerts herself, gets full of herself when alone, will vomit when exposed to extreme tension and often comes up with plans. Now she is entering middle school and her only friend, Yawara Kai, is attending a different school. This leaves Bocchi alone, surrounded by new classmates with whom she must make friends before Kai will talk to her again.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, shounen