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Jan 7, 2023 7:00 AM
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Not a UniteUp! fan, but know as much as it can go.

UniteUp! is essentially Sony Music Japan's idea towards idols, and the YouTube channel fanbase is adequate with fans in Japan.

Though I would see that fans everywhere else will enjoy this, though this is just the first step into stardom for these young boys.
Jan 7, 2023 7:08 AM
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Definitely a nice start. :) Not much to complain about. I like the characters and animation. Also, the overall atmosphere felt really comfy.

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Jan 7, 2023 7:24 AM
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This is the lowest CloverWorks offer can make, but not even close to betrayal like The Promised Neverland Season 2 (Winter 2021)
Jan 7, 2023 10:56 AM
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I actually enjoyed the setup of this first episode! That CGI performance was smooth and it's always nice to see supportive parents in anime, haha.
Jan 7, 2023 11:52 AM
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my first idol show or something like that
i am watching this because of the studio
animation is good
the ost is fire
the story is good
Jan 7, 2023 12:40 PM
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Im new to the franchise but i think this was a 6/10 first episode
Jan 7, 2023 1:27 PM
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Been following the franchise for a couple months, so pretty excited for the anime!

Starting off the episode with a song from the veteran group Anela, TARGET.
I absolutely love the lighting and camera angles they used for their cgi dance, made it feel you're in a concert. Hopefully the other performances will eventually be like this as well.

What a cute and supportive mom for the MC... Who puts pineapple in miso soup lol

The ED visuals are so adorable. Can't wait for more!



♪ Imprisoned in the new world of 0s & 1s ♪



Jan 7, 2023 1:54 PM
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From a set-up point-of-view this is one of the most interesting idol anime I’ve watched. Few go into such detail behind the everyday life of an up-coming idol or those around them.
Jan 7, 2023 4:48 PM
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That was a really nice first episode!! Ahh especially the ending was so cute~ Having likable characters really goes a long way with me and I think I'm gonna really enjoy this one :)
Definitely going to look up all the songs too because they were also so good!!


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Jan 7, 2023 5:00 PM
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Nice!

Good points that suggest a good Idol show:
A performance starts within the first 30 seconds (the most important one) - just like Shine Post and D4DJ.
Of course, red head MC.


Cloverworks art, especially the background, very good as usual.
Drawing style of the characters looks more like Horimiya and Sono Bisque; rather than Akebi and Bocchi. I heard they got 2 teams in Cloverworks.

Performance is straight up 3D motion capture at a higher framerate. Incredibly lifelike, kinda jarring how fluid it looks, straight up transpose the human model, lacking anime character proportions, jerked out of reality there a bit...ah well.....needs to get used to that. Its certainly no Sublimation/Sunrise though. I think I'll like it.....cant wait to see how Sanzigen will come up with their D4DJ later this week! But CG is definitely better than A1's 22/7.

All those SONY product placements lol, did you spot them all? Xperia xZ3, Those XM3/4 ANC headphones....not sure about his min-compo hifi. Does SONY still make those?
Jan 7, 2023 8:07 PM

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Was not expecting going into this that it would be my favourite of the season so far, especially with the typical CGI idol opening, but wow <3
Super cute and heartfelt, super cute boys, a decent setup so far, and surprisingly good art have this one scoring so many points for me right away.
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Jan 8, 2023 6:58 PM

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Hoooo so Denji got reincarnated as an idol... jk! XD

I saw the opening scene and I thought, just like other idol anime, the cg looked bad... which was okay cause tbh, the cg performance is the least thing I look forward to in any idol anime lol. The song was also not that good but Saito Souma's voice was singing so it was a delight. Thought the rest would be the same generic, cutesy idol anime but hey! It was better than expected! Love the friendship there! (Also Saitou Soumaaa!!!)

The ed which MC-kun also sang was pretty good. I liked the song a lot. <3
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Jan 9, 2023 11:46 AM
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Main character looks like Riku from Idolish7, but I don't say it's disadvantage. He even sounds a little bit similar even though he has different seiyuu. Anyway, I found main character adorable, probably because of this resemblance of Riku. Also, big plus for Saitou Souma. I hear him and I watch further even when the story is bad, but we'll see how the story will go here. I'm satisfied after the first episode and I'm curious about the other characters and how the cooperation with other bandmates will look like.
Jan 11, 2023 7:40 PM
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Wow, that was really enjoyable! I love the friendship between Akira and Yoshikazu, the latter really cares for his friend. I also like that Akira was hesitating, changes things up a bit (although we kind of got that in Eternal Boys, too, haha).

Hard to tell if I'll like the other two boys shown at the end of the episode, but we'll see!
Jan 13, 2023 6:23 PM

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nice and enjoyable episode, looking forward to more!


younger brothers of the death painting wombs,
lend me your strength!! fire!!
like Esou... I must fight with grace!
like Kechizu... I must fight freely!!
and like Yuji... I must fight with power!!!

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Jan 13, 2023 10:24 PM
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I thought it was good, got my interest so I'll see where it goes since I love idol anime like this. Found the channel and thought the formula was unique compared to the others I've seen. Hope it doesn't end up like Ainana. Cheers everyone.
Jan 14, 2023 12:33 PM

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Omg this is the perfect episode 1 like I smiled the whole time. It was su pure from Akira singing his favorite childhood hero song to his mom teasing him to Kacchan trying to do everything to cheer him to more it was great. But it was also beautiful, friendship between boys, resulting in blushing, crying, and sharing heartfelt desires to cheer your best friend up AND be their number one cheerleader to help them find a dream to latch on to left me crying happy tears. Omg. I also love that their friendship was highlighted in this first ED. Its beautiful.

The original soundtrack music from  Yuki Hayashi was incredible too with one of the songs probably joining my list in his top five best songs.  In terms of idol songs, Akira's karaoke song is gonna be hard to top....Kikunosuke TOYA has such a beautiful singing voice too, like to go from CSM Denji to sweet heart fully pure Akira is mind-blowing. I hope he gets more singing opportunities in this anime this season.

I hope they continue to have some traditionally drawn dancing as well as the CG motion cap tracking dancing that we usually get in idol pvs, both looked great.


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Jan 14, 2023 8:16 PM
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I hope this wont disappoint, today is the day episode 2 will air . and currently i am interested in it seeing that it might be to my expectations .
Jan 15, 2023 6:39 PM

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The CGI at the start made me laugh a little I admit XD but overall a really solid first episode, the character designs are so cute and between the brief glimpses of the other idols I can't even pick who will my favorite will be. They're all so cute!! 


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Apr 9, 2023 5:12 AM

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Wow, the design is so beautiful. I dont have experience with idol shows but this seems interesting. will definitely keep watching
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