There are plenty of anime out there that focus on adorable girls exploring the world of music or plucky young highschool-gals trying to break into the idol business. From K-ON to Love Live!, idolm@ster, and more, many of these series are actually anime adaptations of video games and smartphone apps. A new anime adaptation of a music-fueled mobile game titled I★CHU: Halfway Through The Idol is set to hit Japanese airwaves soon, but this one focuses on a massive cast of sharp-looking boys, instead.
I★CHU: Halfway Through The Idol is an anime version of the long-running I★CHU smartphone game from Liber Entertainment Inc., which has been available on iOS and Android since 2015. The game boasts a massive cast of 42 voice actors, each taking part in the main story of the “love rhythm adventure” as they perform songs, butt heads with each other, and interact with the player. Your role in the game is to play as a teacher and producer for these hunky musical talents, as you help them bolster their careers at the newly launched Etoile Vio School for budding idols.
A massive group of characters and cast members have been revealed for the upcoming anime adaptation of I★CHU:
- Yūichi Iguchi as Kanata Minato
- KENN as Seiya Aido
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Akira Mitsurugi
- Takashi Kondo as Mitsuki Kururugi
- Showtaro Morikubo as Satsuki Kururugi
- Yuichiro Umehara as Lucas
- Toshiki Masuda as Leon
- Natsuki Hanae as Noah
- Junya Enoki as Li Chaoyang
- Naoya Nakanishi as Rabi
- Katsufumi Yachi as Shiki Amabe
- Atsushi Tamaru as Akio Tobikura
- Hiroyuki Kagura as Kyosuke Momoi
- Kenji Roa as Torahiko Kusakabe
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Hikaru Orihara
- Daisuke Hirakawa as Raku Wakaoji
- Megumi Toyoguchi as Yuzuki Asahina
- Akio Ohtsuka as Principal Bear
I★CHU: Halfway Through The Idol is being produced by anime studio Lay-duce, who previously made Fate/Grand Order: First Order, Release the Spyce, Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo., and Itsudatte Bokura no Koi wa 10 cm Datta. The show will be directed by Hitoshi Nanba, who previously directed both seasons of Golden Kamuy and Itsudatte Bokura no Koi wa 10 cm Datta. Yoshimi Narito, who previously worked on DAKAICHI -I’m being harassed by the sexiest man of the year- and Itsudatte Bokura no Koi wa 10 cm Datta, is the series script supervisor. Mina Osawa, the artist responsible for Given and School Babysitters, will be handling character designs for the series. Additionally, Ailedore Public Relations Department is credited as the manufacturer, while Twin Engine is credited with production.
Source: Anime News Network
