I★Chu: Halfway Through the Idol

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Japanese: アイ★チュウ HALFWAY THROUGH THE IDOL


Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 6, 2021 to Mar 24, 2021
Premiered: Winter 2021
Broadcast: Wednesdays at 23:00 (JST)
Studios: Lay-duce
Source: Game
Themes: Idols (Male)Idols (Male), MusicMusic, SchoolSchool
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.561 (scored by 54135,413 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #68832
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #5466
Members: 18,126
Favorites: 119

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Synopsis

School begins at Étoile Vio School, where idol-hopeful students known as "I-Chu" will undergo training to become full-fledged idols. However, things are off to a strange start when the new students are given a speech from their bear principal?! The I-Chu work steadily toward their goals and ask, "What is an idol?" Each boy will learn to shine as they struggle to find their answer.

(Source: MAL News)

Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Nanba, Hitoshi
Director
Terada, Mitsuo
Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition
Kawai, Eiji
Theme Song Arrangement
Toyonaga, Toshiyuki
Inserted Song Performance


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Opening Theme

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1: "Ichiban Boshi no Uta ~Mirai no Legend Densetsu~ (一番星の歌~未来のレジェンド伝説~)" " by I★Chu (eps 1)
2: "Rainbow☆Harmony" by I★Chu Leaders (eps 2)
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Ending Theme

"Singing! Swinging!" by I★Chu Leaders

Episode Videos




Reviews

Jun 29, 2025
ok so like it is objectively bad especially if you have seen idol anime before because its the same reused plot and all but like its funny af if ur not taking it seriously/ taking it a seriously as possible

this is the basic woaw im so inspired i want to become an idol but then i meet the person who inspired me and they were mean to be but it was just so that id grow plot.

i defo got more attached to this anime rather than some other idol anime because they dont cut to bad cgi when they dance, that being said they ...
May 17, 2021
Mixed Feelings
I don't normally watch idol anime.

Somehow I decided to stick with this one. Look, its super mediocre, and it's really not that great. But still, I give it props for keeping me watching.
The characters were so so so normal. I mean, I still didn't know their names and couldn't even tell most of them apart even at the end, except for the main 3.
The only interesting group was Kokoro's, and THAT's because she was a cross-dresser. They were all either ridiculously sunshiny or over passion-driven (the I-will-sing-till-I-die-kind, you now what I mean).

I guess the only thing that kept me watching was the "competition" ...
Oct 23, 2022
FOR A 12 EPISODES ANIME, STUDIO SHOULD'VE STOP FOCUSING ON TOO MANY CHARACTERS. THEY SHOULD'VE JUST FOCUSED MORE ON THE MAIN 3. they shove so many characters onto my face but i still don't remember most of their names. since they decided to focus on many characters, the anime feels rushed and we can't see the main 3's character development.

Some episodes are painfully boring especially the beach episode. i usually like when they make an episode where the characters are chilling and interacting more with each others but this episode disappoints me. it was so boring i almost considered dropping. i noticed that they didn't ...

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