is a Japanese multimedia project centered around competing Japanese idol groups. An anime film adaptation was released in June 2022.
Concept The project is about idol groups who, after the dissolution of idol group Fool's End, compete for music and merchandise sales, concert audiences, and other things. Each group operates under the leadership of a music producer reincarnated from a general from the Sengoku period.
Cast and characters No Princess No Princess is a "dance and vocal" idol unit whose music is produced by . Machico (2020–present) as Reo Kurachi as as as Junji Majima as , the unit's music producer and a reincarnation of Saitō Dōsan, the head of the Saitō clan of Mino Province. Sachika Misawa (2019–2020) as . She was replaced by Hikaru. Lunatic Eyes is a "high tension" idol unit whose music is produced by . Ibuki Kido as Miho Okasaki as Yuki Nakashima as Shinji Kawada as , the unit's music producer and a reincarnation of Date Masamune, the daimyō of Sendai Domain.
X-UC is a "new-generation" idol unit whose music is produced by . Nanaka Suwa as Maki Hanatani as Moe Toyota as Rena Hasegawa as Misano Sakai as as Yuna Kitahara as Sakurako Aoyama as Yui Ninomiya as Erika Ishitobi as Ryūnosuke Kawai as , the unit's music producer and a reincarnation of Sanada Yukimura, a rebel general in the Siege of Osaka.
It's Your Cider are a band of five girls. Their in-universe producers, QTarō Mōri, are a quartet of reincarnations of western Chūgoku region daimyō Mōri Motonari, while is their real-life music producer. Chihaya Yoshitake as Ichika Misuzu Yamada as Nina Haruka Yoshiki as Mina Wakana Ōhara as Shion Maki Yamamoto as Isuzu Other characters Aoi Yūki and Ayana Taketatsu as Shinobu Sakuma and Nagaho Mori, the two members of Fool's End, the idol unit whose dissolution is the catalyst for the idols' competition. Their real-life music producer is . Reina Kondō as , an idol who operates solo. Her in-universe producer, Kenji Uesagi, is a reincarnation of Uesugi Kenshin, while is her real-life music producer.
Production In September 2019, the project was announced, as was a 26 October concert, . The screenwriter is and the characters and key visual were designed by NOB-C. In July 2020, Yuika Hanazono was replaced by a new character, Hikaru Fuwa.
Two days before the 2022 release of the project's film, the voice actresses for Mashiro Honma and It's Your Cider were announced.
Media Film adaptation In February 2022, it was announced that an anime film adaptation from ORENDA and Amineworks would be released that year. In March, it was announced that the film would be released on 24 June, and that part of the film would also be concert footage. The film was directed by Shingo Kobayashi, written by Kotsukotsu, produced by Ryō Aizawa, and supervised by . The three primary idol units' music producers produced the music.
Discography Title Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales JPN JPNHot Truth or Dare 2020 Released: 8 January 2020 Label: Universal Music Artists 33 — — Fanatic! 2020 Released: 8 January 2020 Label: Universal Music Artists 39 — — Current Xanadu 2020 Released: 8 January 2020 Label: Universal Music Artists 28 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
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