B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious

Out of the all new Idol anime, B-Project bears the most resemblance to UtaPri including the focus on each of the characters, the slight trouble of being a big idol group, quarrels, joint projects, festivals, drama and the overall graphics and sound quality, maybe perhaps some of the personalities too. 

Out of all series, I highly doubt you will find something as similar to UtaPri as B-Project. I mean, B-pro's character designer, drew the UtaPri manga and they share some voice actors. Then... Why isn't it the no.1 recommendation? Well, B-project is fairly new. And I hope by the time you're reading this recommendation, it's already the most recommended series. Okay. So B-Pro and UtaPri are pretty much the same, but at the same time they aren't. Let's say these stories share a same core. Imagine both of them are the same type of cake, but with different toppings. So the main similarity is that both series are about male idols, with a female main character as main. She sort of manages the groups in her own way and it's up for debate whether she's likable or not. That's the cake. The topping is the way the characters are introduced, portrayed and how the story is filled. Every episode will focus on one specific character. However, whereas UtaPri takes a slower approach to introduce the characters, B-Pro just sort of slams all of them in your face during the first minutes of episode one. UtaPri also seems to have more of a 'main storyline' as we have Nanami's school life and her love Hayate. B-Pro is more slice-of-life orientated and takes an easier approach on that. Both series take a lot of mainstream 'reverse harem' tropes, putting down a cast with very stereotypical characters. I don't know if it's because, back when I watched UtaPri, I saw a smaller amount of shows, or if it's something other people can agree on too, but the characters felt less predictable. In B-Pro's case, their actions, personalities and conversations sometimes even gave me this 'Dèja-vu' feeling. The amount of romance in UtaPri is significantly higher, too. And better paced. And there wasn't usage of (sorry to use this word) shitty CG (at least in the first seasons). Then again, B-Pro seems to focus more on the aspect of being an idol (f.e. showing how a song gets recorded, the characters doing their first live, recording a commercial, ...). Even though I think UtaPri is generally more likable, I think you should definitly give B-pro a shot if you're looking for something similar. I've seen that La Corda D'oro is currently the number one recommendation for UtaPri and honestly, I think it should be B-Pro. So. Long things short: - Male Idols - Same mangaka (at least, B-Pro's character designer, Utako Yukihiro, drew the UtaPri manga. The character designs from UtaPri are by Kurahana Chinatsu) - Similar music style - Beautiful art - Catchy songs - Great voice cast - Also some voice actors in common: Ono Daisuke (Kira and Kitakado), Morikubo Showtaro (Reiji and Hikaru, also note how they have a similar personality too) and Toriumi Kousuke (Cecil and Sakutaro). - Characters that give off a similar vibe? Whether it's Ai and Aizome's similar name and design, Ranmaru and Goushi's similar view on things, Hikaru and Reiji who, as I said, share a voice actor and personality or just a common name like Mikado. read more 

Both shows are about male idol groups and a not very intelligent dense girl that's good with music. Both girls help their idol groups reach more potential while they all have some romantic scenes so that the girl can get to know the idols individually. Both shows give off a similar vibe in terms of music, atmosphere, heroines and the variety of guys all with different qualities and personalities.  

Both tell the stories of male idol groups working their way up to popularity! 

- main characters are girls and are related to the boys in some way (UtaPri: the girl is the composer for the group, while in B-Project: the girl is their manager) - they both focus on idol groups with bishounen guys - reverse harem 

- cute idol boys who are better off with each other than with main girl - very similar art style - lots of actually bizarre situations 

Has a subject that deals with his idols and experiences. The songs are beautiful. Funny 

An music themed anime based on a cast of cute male bishie idols 

Boygroup Project!! Both anime is about some group of idols that get together because of the project of their agency. It tells the story how the project goes on. There will be difficulties and how the boys take care of it. Both story tells the friendship between character and have good music (well it's music themed anime XD)  

Both anime involves a group of Boys that are idol (in B-Project) and a musical student (in Starmyu). Both anime tells the friendship between the boys that have same dream and goals.