Million Doll

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English: Million Doll

Japanese: ミリオンドール

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Type: TV

Episodes: 11

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 7, 2015 to Sep 22, 2015

Premiered: Summer 2015

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 01:11 (JST)

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Asahi Production

Source: Web manga

Genres: Music

Duration: 4 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 4.84¹ (scored by 3,544 users)

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Ranked: #9982²

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Popularity: #4076

Members: 9,529

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Million Doll revolves around Suuko, an idol-loving hikikomori (shut-in) who has one ability: To make any idol popular through the power of blogging. She puts her sights on the Fukuoka idol Itorio and tries to make her sell more, but she is impeded by the charismatic idol Ryuu-san and the underground idol Mariko.

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Momona

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Watanabe, Yui
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Ryuu-san

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Umehara, Yuuichirou
Japanese

Yurino

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Matsui, Eriko
Japanese

Rina

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Iizuka, Mayu
Japanese

Suuko

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Kusuda, Aina
Japanese

Mariko

Main

Itou, Miku
Japanese

Kamakura, Hinami

Supporting

Uchida, Aya
Japanese

Kaede

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Kabayama, Minami
Japanese

Kuu-nyan

Supporting

Arakawa, Natsuki
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Kawaguchi, Keiichirou

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Murakami, Momoko

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Tashiro, Tomokazu

Theme Song Composition

Yamane, Masahiro

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#1: "Dreamin'×Dreamin'!!" by Itorio (Eriko Matsui, Mayu Iizuka, Yui Watanabe) (eps 1-3)
#2: "Saibou Prominence (細胞プロミネンス)" by Mariko (Miku Itou) (eps 6-11)

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"Take you to My Party!!" by Mariko (Miku Itou)

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Sep 11, 2015

11 of 11 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 3

Liao (All reviews)

20 people found this review helpful

So... Nobody wrote a review for Million Doll yet? That's a huge responsibility for me, hahaha. I'm sorry, but this time I'm a bit disappointed and I don't know how to explain that well, but anyway, here we go.

I do not usually make reviews about anime that I didn't identify myself, but I made an exception this time, because... Ohhh, gosh... Such a boredom... But I struggled to keep up watching the series so far because I do not like to criticize without having access to it's entire content and, for real, Million Doll had potential to be an "all cute anime", but it's just... read more

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Sep 21, 2015

11 of 11 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 3

SkyNoHoshi (All reviews)

11 people found this review helpful

Sigh.

I like idol anime.

I expected better things from this anime.

But when I saw that their episodes are four minutes long, I feel that the story will not as great as I expect that it will be. And after eleven episodes (I expected twelve but never mind), the anime is just... horrible. If only the episodes get longer, if only there's more character development, if only this kind of idol scene get expanded, I would have enjoyed it. But nah, a lot is lacking. I wouldn't mind continuing cheering for the idol members that are in this anime, that is if they would continue the project. read more

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Jan 2, 2018

11 of 11 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 5

SophieAyase (All reviews)

2 people found this review helpful

So first, let me address a couple inaccuracies in MAL's summary of the anime. One, Ryuu is not an idol, but rather another otaku. Two, it makes it sound like Suuko has magical powers (at least that's how I read it), but she's just a particularly popular blogger.

Anyway, if you're here, chances are you got here because this has the voices of two Love Live! seiyuu, Kusuda Aina (Nozomi) in the lead role as Suuko, and Aya Uchida (Kotori) in a minor role as one of Suuko's favorite idols, Hinami, who has already made it big. With the exception of a line here and there, Kussun is literally unrecognisable as Suuko compared to either Nozomi or her natural voice, which gives me even more respect for her talent - but it does come as a bit of a disappointment since I was hoping to hear Nozomi running the idol world. Ucchi, on the other hand, sounds exactly like Kotori, and we even get to hear her sing a tiny bit!

In terms of the anime itself - many of the criticisms leveled at it are valid: the art is perfectly fine, but not great, and there isn't much character development. Character development is rough when you have about 40 minutes of material, all told, but it does seem like something more could have been done with it. It's implied at one point that Suuko has been bullied at school for being socially awkward, but then the moment doesn't go anywhere.

But I think a lot of people dislike the anime because it's not what they were expecting. Sure, it's technically an idol anime, but unlike Love Live! or iM@S, it's not about the idols themselves, actually. Instead, it's about idol fan culture, implicitly critiquing fans like Ryuu who aren't actually interested in the music, but rather in what being an idol fan can do for their egos, by garnering attention from the idols. It also shows the would-be rivals pondering whether or not they really want fame despite its drawbacks. It's still an interesting concept imo, just not the same sort of story most idol anime tell.

Unfortunately, there just doesn't seem to be much spark in the anime, as if the people involved (from the writers to animators to seiyuu) knew what they wanted to do, but didn't really have their hearts in it. Moreover, it doesn't end, but rather halts suddenly, leaving the one and only problem/conflict of the show unresolved. I assume it was meant to lead into a sequel series, but at this point, I think it's pretty definite one isn't coming, so we just get no resolution for the plot.

It's a mildly cute, mildly interesting way to pass just under an hour, but not one I think I'll come back to.

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