IDOLiSH7 Second Beat!

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Synonyms: IDOLiSH7 2, Idolish Seven 2

Japanese: アイドリッシュセブン Second BEAT!

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Type: TV

Episodes: 15

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 5, 2020 to Dec 27, 2020

Premiered: Spring 2020

Broadcast: Sundays at 23:00 (JST)

Producers: Bandai Visual, Lantis, Bandai Namco Games

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: TROYCA

Source: Game

Genre: Drama

Themes: Idols (Male), Music

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.14¹ (scored by 10,918 users)

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Ranked: #448²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #3985

Members: 31,342

Favorites: 401

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8.14

Ranked #448Popularity #3985Members 31,342

Episodes: /15

Synopsis

Following their performance at the Black or White event, the idol group IDOLiSH7 is at the height of its popularity, with offers for various concerts and work coming in every day, much to the joy of the seven boys and their manager. However, as their fame continues to rise, Riku Nanase's health begins worsening due to the heavy workload.

With the gigantic idol duo Re:vale showing interest in the group and the reopening event of the Zero Arena coming up, IDOLiSH7: Second Beat follows IDOLiSH7 as they not only struggle to adapt to the challenges of the idol life but also to face their personal troubles, all while continuously meeting the expectations of their treasured fans.

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Prequel:	IDOLiSH7
Other:	Re-raise, DiSCOVER THE FUTURE, Your Rhapsody
Sequel:	IDOLiSH7 Third Beat!

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Characters & Voice Actors

Nanase, Riku

Main

Ono, Kensho
Japanese

Ousaka, Sougo

Main

Abe, Atsushi
Japanese

Izumi, Iori

Main

Masuda, Toshiki
Japanese

Izumi, Mitsuki

Main

Yonaga, Tsubasa
Japanese

Yotsuba, Tamaki

Main

KENN
Japanese

Rokuya, Nagi

Main

Eguchi, Takuya
Japanese

Nikaidou, Yamato

Main

Shirai, Yuusuke
Japanese

Kujou, Tenn

Supporting

Saitou, Souma
Japanese

Yaotome, Gaku

Supporting

Hatano, Wataru
Japanese

Sunohara, Momose

Supporting

Hoshi, Souichirou
Japanese

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Bessho, Makoto

Director

Hamano, Takatoshi

Sound Director

Aoki, Ei

Episode Director, Storyboard

Tomita, Yoriko

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Opening Theme

"DiSCOVER THE FUTURE" by IDOLiSH7

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Ending Theme

	1: "Mirai Notes wo Kanadete (ミライノーツを奏でて)" by Re:vale (eps 1-4, 6-9)
	2: "DESTINY" by TRIGGER (eps 5)
	3: "It's ALL-for you-" by Yuki (Shinnosuke Tachibana) (eps 10)

Reviews

Dec 27, 2020

BabyGirl06301

Recommended

Why is this anime not talked about more? It's so good? Genuinely, I know all y'all out there questioning this anime are like, "It's an idol anime, it's obviously trash, people only like it because of hot boys and pop music." Take that shit and get out of here because this anime has *substance* right alongside the hot boys and pop music.

I'll keep it a buck on the sound and art: I love both now, but I didn't always. I will say I saw a lot more to love this season as far as the art style was concerned, but I came to love it ...

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Mar 8, 2021

tsunaomi

Recommended

SPOILER FREE REVIEW (i have not played the game)

I am not joking when I say this is one of the best, if not, THE BEST idol anime I have ever watched (specifically male idol anime).

I am so confused as to why not a lot of people are watching this. Is it because it's a male idol anime and most of the characters are boys? Is it because it's from a game? Is it because it looks like fujobait? Is it because it's probably a boring reverse harem with a boring MC? (it's not).

People are sleeping VERY hard on this show.

Story:
Okay, to be honest, the ... story isn't too amazing but it's better than most idol anime out there. It sometimes gets a bit too cliche at times but if you can turn a blind eye to that, it's a pretty solid show. Each character gets their own arc (a lot of them are pretty damn deep) and I like that a lot.

Art:
Art is very cute, all the characters are drawn very well and the animation is pretty solid. I personally still can't bare the 3DCG during the performances because it always looks so stiff and out of place, but it's only during most of the performances so it's fine really.

Sound:
Honestly... it's just generic idol music. There really isn't that much of a difference from other idol anime... a lot of the songs are quite catchy (Natsu Shiyouze is stuck in my head), but the more you listen to it the more you realize it's just... well... idol music. I like them because I'm a huge seiyuu-ota and I love my seiyuus.

Character:
In my honest, true to god opinion, this is the best part of the show. All the characters are well written, they all have a valid reason as to why they want to become an idol. It's not your typical "it's always been my dream to be an idol" or "i want to be like this person i admire/idolize" kind of reason. They all have actually interesting reasons why.
The characters aren't perfect ikemen/bishounen pretty boys either, they all each have their individual flaws, and the problems they deal with actually make a ton of sense and are all very interesting.
Their manager, isn't a generic whiny girl either. She actually wants the best for the boys and is always trying her best. I really like the fact that she treats the boys as if they're her children and I like that she has no romantic feelings towards anyone at all and knows her role as a manager.

Enjoyment:
I enjoyed this show a lot. It made me cry, made me wheeze of laughter and it sometimes made me cringe too. I looked forward to every episode, every week and I never get tired of it no matter how many times I watch it. It's super fun and entertaining and the chemistry between all the characters is very fun to watch.

Overall:
I gave this show a 10/10, because in general, I like to watch a lot of male idol anime, and a lot of them are guilty pleasures to me because I'm aware most of them aren't even good. So when I found an actually good male idol anime, I was amazed. I fell in love. When getting into IDOLiSH7, I wasn't expecting to find a gem at all, but I did. It's one of the few idol anime that is actually good and has a decent story with good and non-generic characters. I liked Second Beat! a tad bit more than the first season, because we got to see the darker side of things and we got more information on the antagonist(?) of the story (not really sure if he's considered as an antagonist, but he currently seems like he is), and also I got to see something about my favorite character (which is Tamaki), I won't say any more info on that because it's spoilers.
We also got to see more on another idol unit, RE:VALE, and the problems they're dealing with too.
I look forward to the 3rd Season a lot, I have high expectations and I hope it stays as a good gem.
I want more people to watch this too because I personally think this brilliant show needs all the attention and notoriety it can get.

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Feb 24, 2021

Siefra

Mixed Feelings

So I just marathon this anime from Season 1 to Season 2
I really enjoy the 1st season but in 2nd season the story become heavier (soo deep)
I mean too much emotional scene in the story
Adding deep story to Music genre will decrease your enjoyment to the music it self.
They have 7 main character that's a lot and make a problem. The problem is not because how many character it have, but the transition between the character and story. Having deep story, too much transition without completing the story (scene) that's confusing. Imagine you are angry right now and listen to happy music, can you happy? ...

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