Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yattemita. (Locodol)

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English: Locodol

Synonyms: Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Local Idol] Yattemita., Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Rokodoru] Yattemita.

Japanese: 普通の女子校生が【ろこどる】やってみた。

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 4, 2014 to Sep 19, 2014

Premiered: Summer 2014

Broadcast: Fridays at 02:16 (JST)

Producers: TBS, DAX Production, Nippon Columbia, Overlap, Fuji Creative, Ichijinsha

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

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Source: 4-koma manga

Genres: Slice of Life, Comedy, Seinen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.93¹ (scored by 13,008 users)

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Ranked: #3935²

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Popularity: #2175

Members: 34,302

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In the town of Nagarekawa, Nanako Usami, an ordinary high school girl, is approached by her uncle to become a local idol or "Locodol," partnering with upperclassman Yukari Kohinata to form the idol unit, Nagarekawa Girls. As the girls use their talent to promote Nagarekawa and their businesses, they are joined by Yui Mikoze, who acts as the local mascot, and Mirai Nazukari, who serves as Yui's substitute.

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Adaptation:	Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [LocoDol] Yattemita.
Sequel:	Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yattemita.: Nagarekawa, Annai Shitemita.
Side story:	Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yattemita. OVA

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Characters & Voice Actors

Usami, Nanako

Main

Itou, Miku
Japanese

Kohinata, Yukari

Main

Misawa, Sachika
Japanese

Mikoze, Yui

Main

Yoshioka, Maya
Japanese

Nazukari, Mirai

Main

Minase, Inori
Japanese

Nishifukai, Saori

Supporting

Shimoda, Asami
Japanese

Mizumoto, Misato

Supporting

Tsuda, Minami
Japanese

Kashiwaba, Satsuki

Supporting

Izawa, Mikako
Japanese

Oota, Mitsugu

Supporting

Murozono, Takehiro
Japanese

Noda, Shouko

Supporting

Izawa, Shiori
Japanese

Mikoze, Youko

Supporting

Takeshita, Reina
Japanese

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Nawa, Munenori

Director

Yoshida, Tomohiro

Sound Director

Murakami, Momoko

Script

Yamamoto, Takashi

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"Mirai Fanfare (ミライファンファーレ)" by Nagarekawa Girls [Nanako Usami (Miku Itou), Yukari Kohinata (Sachika Misawa)]

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#1: "Mirai Shoujo-tachi (未来少女たち)" by Nagarekawa Girls [Nanako Usami (Miku Itou), Yukari Kohinata (Sachika Misawa)] (eps 1-2)
#2: "Mirai Shoujo-tachi (未来少女たち)" by Nanako Usami (Miku Itou), Yukari Kohinata (Sachika Misawa), Yui Mikoze (Maya Yoshioka) (eps 3-6)
#3: "Mirai Shoujo-tachi (未来少女たち)" by Nanako Usami (Miku Itou), Yukari Kohinata (Sachika Misawa), Yui Mikoze (Maya Yoshioka), Mirai Nazukari (Inori Minase) (eps 7-12)

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Sep 19, 2014

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

SkyNoHoshi (All reviews)

38 people found this review helpful

One time, my friend who also watches this anime told me that it isn't an idol anime, thus I can't compare it to Love Live, etc. But hey, the idol theme still sticks, so you can't judge me.

When I first heard about this anime, I thought of myself 'hey, is this going to be another 'great' idol anime'? Well, let's see how it goes, shall we?

Locodol revolves a group of fellow girls: two of them, Nanako and Yukari, as 'locodols' or local idols, under the name of 'Nagarekawa Girls', and two manning a mascot character, Yui and Mirai.

This basic story starts with Nanako given a read more

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Sep 19, 2014

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

w7n (All reviews)

14 people found this review helpful

First review on MAL (although I have several anime review blog entries).
Note: The score is adjusted to MAL scales by adding 1pt to the original score.

First of all, this is not the usual idol anime you watch. It's not like shows like Love Live, the The iDOLM@STER etc. Instead surprisingly, the 'Futsuu'(Plain) in the title is what makes this show avoid your stereotypical idol anime.
But on the other hand, it also means that this anime is more close to your usual slice-of-life anime.

The most important feature of this anime is that in many ways, it is not 'idealized'. It depicts the plain-looking work of Locodols read more

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Jun 23, 2015

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

malikkkk27_ (All reviews)

10 people found this review helpful

Nagarekawa: a quiet, peaceful country town in Japan, where there aren't any tourist attractions to attract tourist for such amusement parks but they do have public swimming pools! So the Nagarekawa City Hall decided to promote their city, by introducing Kohinata Yukari and Usami Nanyako. Thus the Nagarekawa girls was born with 2 more girls joining them. Their aim? Promote Nagarekawa City!

The story for the series is nothing much interesting but 4 main girls being the locodols trying to promote Nagarekawa via National TV or entering contest in order to be featured in the Television. They do have fanservice but not that much, what read more

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Oct 3, 2014

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

xgunawan (All reviews)

7 people found this review helpful

Idol is a war. Oh wait, it's a wrong series, lol. But, it's still a same theme as that series as this one is an idol series. Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita, abbreviated Locodol is a series which tells us how the normal school girls can become an idol. Though idol, they re just a local one, so how shine are they in their own locals and their own self?

A story which tells us a normal school girls who somehow become an idol is one of the cliche story of most series we have today, so it's not really a promising premise. But, as the series went, it has proved its existence as it's not your everyday normal idol series. Unlike WUG or iM@S who are using the talent agency as their promotor, Locodol used the local government as their only supporter. As its own purpose is to promote their own local specialties, they shouldn't have many fanbase as the one from talent agency as their work itself not promoting the idol. But, once again it has proved their own strong point as the local idol. The pace they show to us isn't that fast, but sometimes a little slow and made their story a little boring sometimes. But, it has a good pace in last half though.

The character in this series is focused on a pair of our idol and a pair of our clown (or mascot wearer, or whatever terms you like. I'll use this one). There are also another character, such as manager, rival idol, etc. The character itself isn't that variance. Almost all of them start with a timid character, then developed into a great idol (and clown), which is a little monotone. Though, in some later episode, they show their own character. Overall, it's a so-so.

The art itself is quite bold, but good at the first episodes. Though its quality is dropped at mids, then show a quite good quality again. The one I should appreciate is the scenery background. Though it's not the best, it's quite nice to see a good scenery in a village. For the character design, I like it. It's your everyday design, but nicely done.

As an idol, it's a let down to see their songs can be qualified as few. Without OP and ED, the songs total is three, "Ah~ Nagarekawa!", "Uogokoro-kun Song", and "Nagarekawa Girls Song". The first two song can be considered as a lame song for idol, but it's quite matched with the local theme which make it good. The song is really easy to remember and maybe after you watch several time they"re singing it (yup, "Uogokoro-kun song" is the most played song in this series after OP and ED) you'll sing along with them as I was. "Nagarekawa Girls Song" is quite an idol song, it's quite attractive and have a same charm as OP and ED songs. It's well made, though it's still a few for idol series.

I really enjoyed this series. Though I didn't particularly wait for this series in each week, I really enjoyed this series as I watched them. But sometimes, I found it quite a boring to hear the same song after a while.

The local idol series has come to the end. As its enjoyment surpassed my expectation, it's a good idol series. A good one, but not a great, or the best. For you who wants an enjoyment over the story, I would recommend this idol series to you.

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