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As a big fan of idol anime that had no background knowledge of B-Project, I'd say this did pretty well, but still had a long way to go.

Story: 7/10

Besides the fact that the ending was a little rushed and confusing, it is very rare that an idol anime would tackle serious conflicts in their stories. The build up to that ending though I believe was steady enough for it to make some sense. Idol anime generally tend to be character based, as in, each episode is focussed on a different character and their backgrounds. B-Pro did an OK job at this, but they focussed too ... much on certain characters and neglected others.

Art: 3/10

I had high hopes for the art, especially when I saw the CGs from their game, but when I say I cringed, I mean I CRINGED. The animation was very choppy, especially when animating the choreographies and character movements in general. Characters would often look like their face was run over by a truck. The stills and the character's eyes were probably the only admirable aspect of the art, otherwise, pretty bad.

Sound: 9/10

I really loved the music that B-Pro had to offer, I watched the anime partially because some of my favorite voice actors played characters in the anime, and I was pretty happy with the music work. The lyrics of the songs really touched me, and I found the songs to be very catchy as well (I downloaded their music on my phone recently), it's a shame that their game is not in service anymore. The only problems I have is that after a few episodes, it gets very repetitive, they keep playing the opening and ending songs throughout random parts of the episodes, and I think they would have done better if they added more variety in their sounds.

Character: 8/10

The characters were built very well. They had backstories that actually made me emotional and went through conflicts that were very realistic, and you can clearly see how they effected the characters. The one problem I have is again, focussing only on a few characters and forgetting the others existed. The rest really deserve some justice in screen time.

Enjoyment: 8/10

I did actually enjoy watching the anime, but I wouldn't say I looked forward to watching more after each episode. It was only towards the end that I was truly hooked. Things that interfered with my enjoyment were mainly the prominence of too much fan service that would really ruin the mood because of their bad timing and the fact that they did not wrap up the anime very well. This still bothers me.

Overall: 7/10

If it weren't for the music, I would have probably given this anime a much lower rating. The story was meh, the characters were well built, and the art totally destroyed the experience. I would only recommend this if art did not matter to you, or you really like j-pop music. I only enjoyed around 4 episodes out of the 12, but do take my opinions with a grain of salt as I did not have any prior knowledge on the project and the idol group