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UniteUp! (TV)

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Plot Summary: Akira Kiyose sings on a video streaming site under the singer name "KIKUNOYU." One day, the talent agency sMiLea Production scouts him. sMiLea is an agency founded by the retired legendary idol pair AneLa to train new budding idols. Akira then forms an idol group with Banri Naoe and Chihiro Isuzugawa, who were also scouted. Their new group, Protostar, will have their debut alongside other new idol groups with sMiLea Production: Legit and Jaxx Jaxx.
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Ratings: 34 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Very good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Good: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:8)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: -
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Seen in part or in whole by 68 s, rank: #6157 (of 9996)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.441 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.9127, rank: #6206 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.092 (Decent), rank: #7235 (of 10154) (seen all: 6.83 / seen some: 6.98 / won't finish: 4.80)
Bayesian estimate: 6.474 (Decent+), rank: #5528 (of 7635)
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2023-01-07
Opening Theme:
"Unite up!" by Unite up!
Ending Theme:
#1: "Iino" by KIKUNOYU (ep 1)
#2: "Hoero! Cross Fighter (PROTOSTAR ver.)" by PROTOSTAR (ep 2)
#3: "FIRE" by LEGIT (ep 4)
#4: "Kibou no Koe" by Anela (ep 5)
#5: "Triplet" by PROTOSTAR (ep 7)
#6: "A.P.P.L.E." by JAXX/JAXX (ep 8)
#7: "call" by Daiki Takao (ep 10)
#8: "Yume no Tobira" by Akira Kiyose x Daiki Takao x Gakuto Haruka (ep 11)
#9: "Unite up!" by Unite up! (ep 12)
Official website:
「UniteUp!」公式サイト (Japanese)
News: Show:
Aniplex Reveals Aniplex Online Fest 2023 Event for September 10 (Aug 7, 2023)
UniteUp! TV Anime Gets 2nd Season (Jul 30, 2023)
UniteUp! TV Anime Delays Episode 4 to February 11 Due to COVID-19 (Updated) (Jan 21, 2023)
Crunchyroll to Stream UniteUp! TV Anime (Jan 5, 2023)
Muse Asia Simulcasts The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess, UniteUp!, 2 More Anime (Dec 30, 2022)
UniteUp! TV Anime's 2nd Promo Video Previews Debut of an Idol Group (Dec 28, 2022)
Muse Asia Licenses UniteUp! TV Anime (Dec 16, 2022)
UniteUp! TV Anime's New Promo Video Reveals Main Staff, January 7 Debut (Nov 5, 2022)
UniteUp! YouTube Project Gets TV Anime in January 2023 (Sep 24, 2022)
Other articles:
Answerman - What's With All the Delayed Aniplex Shows? (Jan 27, 2023)
The Winter 2023 Anime Preview Guide - UniteUp! (Jan 7, 2023)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shin'ichirō Ushijima
Series Composition: Rino Yamazaki
Script:
Rino Yamazaki (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-10 even, 11
)
Storyboard:
Yōsuke Yamamoto (ep 6)
Episode Director:
Yōsuke Yamamoto (ep 6)
Unit Director: Shōichi Kita (SIGNIF; OP)
Music: Yuki Hayashi
Character Design: Majiro
Art Director: Masakazu Miyake
Chief Animation Director:
Iori Nonoshita (7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7-9, 11-12
)
Majiro (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 8-10, 12
)
Yurie Hama (ep 2)
Animation Director:
Kaori Murai (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 6-7, 12
)
Shiori Mizutani (7 episodes
eps 2-4, 6, 8-9, 12
)
Yūsuke Tanaka (eps 6-8)
3D Director: Makoto Honda
Cgi Director:
Tomoki Fujiwara (Solidesign Japan; ep 12)
Director of Photography:
Yukiko Nagase

2D Design:
Sada Morisaki (ep 3)
2D Work:
Maori Yusa (Chiptune; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-12
)
Yuri Kumezawa (Chiptune; 9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 10-12
)
Yūya Kimishima (Chiptune; 9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 10-12
)
2nd Key Animation:
Ayano Tada (7 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 11-12
)
Sera Abe (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6-7, 11-12
)
Zhen Hua Peng (Dogwood; ep 11)
3D CG: Daiki Hanasaka (SIGNIF; OP)
3DCG Animation Director: Takahito Uchida (exsa; eps 8, 10)
Manager: Chizuru Matsuyama (5 Inc., OP; eps 1-12)
Action Director: Hiromi Ishigami
Action Supervision: Hiromi Ishigami (eps 10-12)
Animation producer: Shun Hatano
Animation Training Director: Yūichi Oka (ep 11)
Art Setting: Yuri Sanan
Assistant Animation Director:
Manami Itō (ep 12)
Assistant Director of Photography: Yusuke Motokura (CloverWorks)
Assistant Episode Director: Yukiko Imai (ep 1)
Assistant producer:
Chikako Nomura
Background Art:
Hisayo Usui (CloverWorks Art Room; 7 episodes
eps 2-4, 7, 9-11
)
Mirai Saito (CloverWorks Art Room; 6 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 9-11
)
Rika Saitō (CloverWorks Art Room; 6 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 9-11
)
Zhi Jie Chen (MAPPA; eps 5-7, 9)
CG Animation:
Zong Shi Chen (5 Inc.; eps 1, 9, 12)
CG Animation Assistant:
Zong Shi Chen (OP)
CG Animation Lead:
Yun Li Yun (Solidesign Japan; ep 12)
CG Composite Director:
Tatsuya Miyazaki (5 Inc.; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
CG Design: Tsuyoshi Satō (exsa; ep 8)
CG Guide Animator:
Cao Dong Qian (5 Inc.; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9-12
)
Yun Cheng Zhuang (5 Inc.; eps 1-12)
CG Guide Production Advancement:
Zhu Yue Jia (5 Inc.; 9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-12
)
CG Model Supervisor: Tadao Kodaka (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
CG Producer:
Yūji Ikeguchi (exsa; eps 8, 10, 12)
CG Production Advancement:
Bai Ying Li (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Chen Yin Ting (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Yi Xie Bai (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
CG Production Advancement Assistant:
Bao Xuan Huang (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Yu Ru Zhong (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Yu Xuan Lin (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
CG Production Desk: Keizō Ōishi (Boundary; ep 12)
CG Production Management Assistant: Keizō Ōishi (Boundary)
CG Production Management Supervisor: Gōichi Sakamoto (Apparition Labo)
CG Production Manager: Ayaka Satō (eps 3, 6, 9)
CGI Assistant Director: Meng Ting Zhang (5 Inc.; ep 1)
Color design: Kazuko Nakashima
Color setting:
Yurie Matsuura (ep 8)
Composite:
Yuta Yamazaki (exsa; ep 12)
Composite Director: Kazuo Yamaguchi (exsa; ep 12)
Composite Lead: Zhao Ming Luo (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Cooking Animation Director: Kaori Akatsu (ep 9)
Costume Design Assistance: Hiromi Ariga (ep 6)
Crossfire Poster Animation: Koji Watanabe (ep 1)
Crossfire Supervision: Hiromi Ishigami (ep 1)
Design:
Yurie Hama
Design Director: Fumiko Hino (exsa; ep 8)
Digital In-between Animation: Eriko Tabata (ep 10)
Digital Paint: Takashi Kojima (ep 10)
Digital Promotion:
Risa Inagawa
Distribution Licensing: Ai Abe
Editing: Akinori Mishima
Finishing:
Mai Yamaguchi (Anela Poster for ep 4)
HD Editing:
Natsuna Sugiyama (qooop)
HD Editing Desk: Ryōhei Takeishi (qooop)
Illustration:
Yōko Itō (ep 3)
In-Between Animation:
Zi Ying Wang (SAFE HOUSE T studio; ep 5)
In-Between Check:
Ying Xiu Lin (SAFE HOUSE T studio; ep 5)
Insert Song Arrangement:
Yūki Kishida ("STORM's EYE" eps. 9-10)
Insert Song Composition:
YU-G ("YOU" eps. 6-7, 8.5)
Insert Song Lyrics:
YU-G ("TARGET" eps. 1, 9; "YOU" eps. 6-7, 8.5; "Break border" eps. 11-12)
Insert Song Performance:
Yūki Shimomae (as JAXX/JAXX; "STORM's EYE" eps. 9-10; "SuperStar" ep. 12)
Key Animation:
Yusuke Adachi (ep 4)
Layout Supervision: Hiromi Ishigami (ep 8)
Licensing: Hiroaki Kakiyama
Line Producer:
Kiyofumi Hiratsuka (5 Inc., OP; eps 1-12)
Live Director: Masao (ep 12)
Live Part Director:
Yōjirō Arai (ep 12)
Live Part Storyboard:
Yōjirō Arai (ep 12)
Logo Design: Yayoi Sueoka
Magazine Animation:
Shiori Mizutani (ep 7)
Management Assistant:
Yuka Odagiri
Model Production Advancement:
Zhu Yue Jia (5 Inc., OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Modeling:
Chen Yi Yun (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Hao Wei Tang (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Li Kai Ying (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Min Lin Jai (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Yu Qing Chen (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Zi Yu Hong (ep 12)
Modeling Assistant: Yu Chen Wang (OP; eps 1, 3, 6)
Modeling Lead:
Zhi Huua Liu (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Monitor Graphics: Daiki Hanasaka (SIGNIF; OP)
Motion Capture Assistant: Seiko Harada (Solid Cube; 6 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 9, 11-12
)
Motion Capture Coordinator:
Ai Kihara (Solid Cube; 8 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 9, 11-12
)
Nami Harada (Solid Cube; ep 1)
Motion Capture Desk: Seiko Harada (Solid Cube; eps 1, 5)
Motion Capture Director:
Hayami Uchigami (Solid Cube; 7 episodes
eps 3-6, 9, 11-12
)
Nayami Uchigami (Solid Cube; 7 episodes
eps 3-6, 9, 11-12
)
Motion Capture Engineer:
Kazuya Suda (Solid Cube; 7 episodes
eps 3-6, 9, 11-12
)
Shoh Yamaguchi (Solid Cube; 7 episodes
eps 3-6, 9, 11-12
)
Tatsuhiro Niiyama (Solid Cube; 8 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 9, 11-12
)
Motion Capture Producer: Nami Harada (Solid Cube; 7 episodes
eps 3-6, 9, 11-12
)
Motion Capture Studio Manager: Yūki Iketani (Solid Cube; 8 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 9, 11-12
)
Motion Capture Technical Director: Jun Ōsone (Bandai Namco Studio; ep 12)
Motion Capture Technical Operator: Kouki Samata (Bandai Namco Studio; ep 12)
Music Selection: Kōhei Yoshida
Original Character Design Assistant:
toi8
Overseas Licensing: Hinoka Hosoya
Overtune Stage Lighting Direction: Kaho Komiya (eps 1, 12)
Paint:
Rina Iwabuchi (CloverWorks; 10 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 10-12
)
Zi Ying Wang (SAFE HOUSE T studio; ep 5)
Paint Check:
Yurie Matsuura (ep 8)
Photography:
Zhong Dang Huang (Tera Effect; ep 12)
Photography Supervision: Kentarō Waki (Asahi Production; ep 12)
Planning:
Shunsuke Muramatsu
Planning Assistant:
Yoshifumi Matsumoto
Plug-In Assistant: Hirohisa Kitamura (SILVER LINK.; ep 12)
Poster Animation:
Manami Inagaki (ep 6)
Production Advancement:
Yū Itō (ep 3)
Production Advancement Assistant: Katsu Shimozono (ep 10)
Production Affairs:
Nanako Itō
Production Affairs Manager: Akiko Ito
Production Desk: Ryoko Arai
Production Desk Assistant: Kōichirō Hayashi (eps 2-12)
Production Licensing Manager:
Seika Narita
Production manager: Shunichi Tsuji
Production Sales: Maika Mikami
Program Development: Ken Obana (Asahi Production; ep 12)
Prop Design Assistant: Yu Zhen Wei (5 Inc.; eps 3, 6, 9, 12)
Publicity:
Takayoshi Akiyama
Publicity Assistant:
Shinjirou Ozawa
Recording Assistant: Ei Raisaka
Recording Director: Yūsuke Watanabe
Render Farm Manager: Pan Yi Huang (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Rigging:
Sheng Ying Yang (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Yuta Sago (Zinou Phamrceutics; eps 3, 6, 9, 12)
Rigging Consultant: Kentaro Fukumoto (BACKBONE; eps 3, 6, 9, 12)
Rigging Lead:
Jing Sheng Huang (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Reiji Tabuchi (BACKBONE; eps 3, 6, 9, 12)
Sales Promotion:
Shiori Kondō
Script Development: Yusuke Motokura (eps 1-12)
Script Development Cooperation: Masashi Yamazaki (Asahi Production; ep 12)
Setting Production:
Yū Hashimoto
Sound Effects: Mizue Yoshizawa
Sound Mixing: Kōhei Yoshida
Sound Production Manager: Daisuke Ihara
Special Effects:
Yuri Miyoshi (Chiptune; eps 1-2, 7, 9)
Stage Costume Design: Tsuyoshi Takahashi
Stage Design Assistant:
Zhu Ying Jia (5 Inc.; ep 1)
System Management:
Yūki Takehisa
Systems Management: Taiichi Kurasawa
Technical Director: Hong Wei Sze (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 9, 12
)
Texture Design:
Yi Yu Chen (5 Inc., OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Yu Chen Wang (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Yu Zhen Wei (5 Inc., OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Zhu Ying Jia (5 Inc., OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Yūki Kishida (ED6)
Theme Song Composition:
Yoshifumi Kanamaru (ED7)
Theme Song Lyrics:
YU-G (ED4)
Theme Song Performance:
Yūki Shimomae (as UniteUp!; OP; as JAXX/JAXX; ED6)
Amon Hirai as Chihiro Isuzugawa (Protostar)
Kikunosuke Toya as Akira Kiyose (Protostar)
Ryōtarō Yamaguchi as Banri Naoe (Protostar)

Aoi Kureha as Sue Harumi
Daichi Hayashi as Yoshikazu Ogawa
Gaku Takamoto as Kanata Morinomiya (Jaxx Jaxx)
Kōsei Tsubokura as Jun Wakasa (Jaxx Jaxx)
Magura Sukegawa as Daiki Takao (Legit)
masa as Gakuto Haruka (Jaxx Jaxx)
Masayo Kurata as Ayaka Kiyose
Ryūichirō Sakata as Fūga Tōgō (Legit)
Shinnosuke Morikage as Eishirō Nijō (Legit)
Sōma Saitō as Lin Ōtsuki (AneLa)
Takumi Magoshi as Izumi Kashii (Jaxx Jaxx)
Yoshiki Nakajima as Maoto Tsujidō (AneLa)
Yūki Shimomae as Homare Katsura (Jaxx Jaxx)

Arashi Hirakawa as Driver (ep 8)
Chihiro Shirata as Fan (ep 9)
Chikano Ibuki as
Audience (ep 12)
Fan (ep 8)
High School Girl (eps 1, 6)
Chiyuri Ito as Fan (ep 9)
Daiki Nakamura as Kinzaemon Kiyose (eps 1, 5-6)
Emiko Takeuchi as
Fan (ep 8)
Woman (ep 6)
Young Daiki (ep 3)
Gen Sato as Mizuki Isuzugawa (ep 7)
Haruka Jin'ya as
Chairperson (ep 12)
Chief Referee (ep 11)
Classmate (ep 7)
In-program (ep 3)
Owner (ep 6)
Reporter (ep 10)
Suzuki (eps 1-2, 5)
Hayato Kimura as Destroyers Player (ep 11)
Hikaru Tōno as Young Chihiro (ep 7)
Hiroyuki Shibamoto as Harada (eps 1-2, 5)
Itsuki Kurita as Staff (ep 8)
Jirō Saitō as Chihiro's Father (ep 7)
Kaede Sawahata as
Audience (ep 12)
Fan (ep 8)
High School Girl (eps 1, 6)
Press Reporter (ep 11)
Kentarō Tone as Musician (ep 8)
Marie Ōi as Student (ep 7)
Masafumi Kobatake as
Destroyers Player (ep 11)
Lao (ep 3)
Oyama (ep 2)
Rei Sakai as Woman (ep 8)
Rena Okiebisu as
Fan (ep 9)
Young Eishiro (ep 3)
Sally Amaki as
Hana Kashii (ep 9)
Saki Kashii (ep 9)
Shōko Arai as Student (ep 7)
Sōshirō Hori as
Classmate (ep 7)
Kanemori (eps 1, 5)
Radio DJ (eps 10-11)
Taiki Yamashita as Shopkeeper (eps 3, 10)
Takafumi Maeuchi as
Classmate (ep 7)
Teruo Hara (ep 11)
Toda (ep 1)
Toshihiro Arisawa as In-program Narration (ep 5)
Wakana Kuramochi as Kyoko (eps 4, 12)
Yuki Kyoka as Chihiro's Mother (eps 6-7)
Yūki Shin as Taketsuno (ep 3)
Japanese companies
2D Works:
CloverWorks
2nd Key Animation:
WHITE FOX (eps 2-3)
3DCGI:
Yostar Pictures (ep 3)
Animation Direction: Studio Massket (ep 5)
Animation Production: CloverWorks
Background Art:
Wit Studio (ep 2)
Editing: qooop (ep 1)
Finish Animation:
SHAFT (ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
SHAFT (ep 1)
Online Editing: qooop (Q-Tec Studio; eps 1-3)
Photography: CloverWorks
special effects: Chiptune
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Aniplex of America
English cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian cast
(none)

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