There are plenty of idols anime out there that follow groups of inexperienced yet passionate girls pursuing their dreams of stardom for the first time. Shows like Love Live! and 22/7 show us rising stars who are experiencing the life of an idol for the very first time. Not too many shows, though, focus on the idols who fail. Dropout Idol Fruit Tart belongs to that latter category, focusing on a ragtag group of unsuccessful performers who band together to try and get a second shot at stardom. The manga by Sou Hamayumiba launched back in 2014, but now a brand new anime adaptation is set to bring the story to televisions all across Japan when it premieres this July.
The anime adaptation of Dropout Idol Fruit Tart is set to be produced at animation studio feel., the studio previously responsible for series like Dagashi Kashi, Oregairu My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!, and Hinamatsuri. It will be directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi, who previously worked on Island, Million Doll, and Please tell me! Galko-chan. Kawaguchi is also in charge of the script for the series, alongside Tatsuya Takahashi of Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko and Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles fame. Character designs are being handled by Sumie Kinoshita, who also worked on Forest of Piano and Girlish Number. Music for the series is being handled by MONACA, the prolific music production company behind iconic soundtracks for projects like NieR Automata and Yuki Yuna is A Hero.
The voice cast for Dropout Idol Fruit Tart includes:
- Hiyori Nitta as Ino Sakura
- Risa Kubota as Roko Sekino
- Haruka Shiraishi as Hayu Nukui
- Reina Kondo as Nina Maehara
- Kyōka Moriya as Hemo Midori
- Yōko Hikasa as Hoho Kajino, Fruit Tart’s manager
- Kaoru Sakura as Chiko Sekino, a Cream Anmitsu idol unit member
- Yū Sasahara as Nua Nakamachi, a Cream Anmitsu idol unit member
- Takako Tanaka as Rua Nakamachi, a Cream Anmitsu idol unit member
Additional staff members on Dropout Idol Fruit Tart also include:
- Main Animators: Motoaki Satou, Atsushi Yamamoto
- Art Director: Yoshimi Umino
- Art Design: Junko Nagasawa
- Background Art: Production ai
- Color Key Artist: Sari Tagawa
- Compositing Director of Photography: Fumi Nanba
- Editing: Rumi Maruyama
- Sound Director: Ryousuke Naya
- Sound Production: Studio Mausu
- Music Production: Kadokawa
Source: Anime News Network
