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** The Anime/MacrossDelta series fits the idol genre near-perfectly (complete with real-life performances and Walkure music marketing).
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*''Anime/IdolAngelYokosoYoko'' focuses on two girls from rural Japan in The90s travelling to Tokyo to make it big, one wants to be an idol, the other wants to be an actress.
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** ''VideoGame/LinkLikeLoveLive'': Follows a new school idol group based in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. Features a prominent VirtualCelebrity aspect with a focus on livestreaming.
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* ''Music/SpiceGirls'': In the 90s, the Spice Girls were so popular that a franchise was built around them. They got a movie based on their stage personas called ''Film/SpiceWorld'' and a rhythm game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation.
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* ''Music/SpiceGirls'': In the 90s, the Spice Girls were so popular that a franchise was built around them. They got a movie based on their stage personas called ''Film/SpiceWorld'' and a rhythm game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation.Platform/PlayStation.
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* ''Theatre/TouMyu'': It's ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'' as a musical, and the actors release music and perform as their characters in concerts, but the story itself falls in the historical category.
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* ''Theatre/TouMyu'': ''Theatre/MusicalToukenRanbu'': It's ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'' as a musical, and the actors release music and perform as their characters in concerts, but the story itself falls in the historical category.
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* ''Music/MarginalNumber4'' started with music, and has had games and one stage play in 2022, featuring two members of the real-life idol unit Madkid (''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' opening).
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* ''Music/MarginalNumber4'' started with music, and has had games and one stage play in 2022, featuring two members of the real-life idol unit Madkid (''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' (''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' opening).
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* ''Manga/IdolXIdolStory'': Gives the idol genre a RealityTV spin. It focuses on sixteen idols who are sequestered on a cruise ship and filmed while the producers whittle their numbers down to the top five.
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* ''Manga/IdolXIdolStory'': Gives From [[Creator/ShotaroTokuno the author]] of ''Manga/NewGame'', this manga gives the idol genre a RealityTV spin. It focuses on sixteen idols who are sequestered on a cruise ship and filmed while the producers whittle their numbers down to the top five. Mimi Nagisa, a washed-up and nearly over the hill (at the ripe old age of 22) former idol is dragged out of retirement by a younger idol she inspired, and the series does not shy away from the fact that some people just aren't cut out for stardom.
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* ''Manga/IdolXIdolStory'': Gives the idol genre a RealityTV spin. It focuses on sixteen idols who are sequestered on a cruise ship and filmed while the producers whittle their numbers down to the top five.
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Enter the Idol Genre, multimedia franchises featuring {{Idol Singer}}s and performers, where music and performance is integral to the entertainment of the story. Not only that, but the characters also have real-time activities and music is now {{Defictionalized}}. Songs are not only released under the characters' names, but the characters are also marketed as idols in real-life contexts, topping music and Blu-ray charts and competing against real-life {{Idol Singer}}s. Actors perform in musical festivals and concerts as their characters in real life, drawing in large audiences.
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Enter the Idol Genre, multimedia franchises featuring {{Idol Singer}}s and performers, where music and performance is integral to the entertainment of the story. Not only that, but the characters also have real-time activities and music is now {{Defictionalized}}. Songs are not only released under the characters' names, but the characters are also marketed as idols in real-life contexts, topping music and Blu-ray charts and competing against real-life {{Idol Singer}}s. Actors perform in musical festivals and concerts as their characters in real life, drawing in large audiences.
audiences. These series are also very likely to have [[ScreenToStageAdaptation 2.5D stage plays]], and fans attend these performances like they would an idol concert, penlights, ''uchiwa'' signs, and everything.
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* ''Anime/HighSchoolStarMusical''''Anime/HighSchoolStarMusical'' is about students in a musical theatre school, but it is marketed this way, and their songs and costumes are more like idols than musicals, other than those from the ShowWithinAShow performances. It has had a 2.5D stage adaptation series.
** 2022's ''Love Live! The School Idol Musical'' was the series' first stage adaptation. Rather than being an "anime-style" 2.5D production, it featured new characters with more naturalistic looks.
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*** ''Anime/KingOfPrism'': A spin-off of ''Rainbow Live'', the story follows the male Prism Star group, Over the Rainbow, as well as a slew of new Edel Rose freshmen (later debuting as Septentrion) competing in the [[TournamentArc Prism King Cup Tournament]]. The popularity of the series has led to cheer screenings becoming well-known outside of kids' anime and a rhythm game.
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*** ''Anime/KingOfPrism'': A spin-off of ''Rainbow Live'', the story follows the male Prism Star group, Over the Rainbow, as well as a slew of new Edel Rose freshmen (later debuting as Septentrion) competing in the [[TournamentArc Prism King Cup Tournament]]. The popularity of the series has led to cheer screenings becoming well-known outside of kids' anime and a rhythm game. [=KinPri=] has had a 2.5D stage adaptation.
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* ''Anime/ShoujoKagekiRevueStarlight'': While there are character songs attached to the series, it's a musical about actors in a Creator/TakarazukaRevue-esque setting rather than a {{Music Stor|ies}}y about idols. Part of the confusion comes from real-life idols frequently collaborating with musical theater for projects.
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* ''Anime/ShoujoKagekiRevueStarlight'': While there are character songs attached to the series, it's a musical about actors in a Creator/TakarazukaRevue-esque setting rather than a {{Music Stor|ies}}y about idols. Part of the confusion comes from real-life idols frequently collaborating with musical theater for projects. The stage plays were part of the franchise from the beginning.
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* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' is an AffectionateParody of the genre. It centers around seven girls who form a regional idol group to revitalize [[UsefulNotes/TheFortySevenPrefectures the Japanese prefecture of Saga]]...with the one small problem being that they're [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]], which they need to keep secret from the public.
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* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' is an AffectionateParody of the genre. It centers around seven girls who form a regional idol group to revitalize [[UsefulNotes/TheFortySevenPrefectures the Japanese prefecture of Saga]]... with the one small problem being that they're [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]], which they need to keep secret from the public.
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* ''Music/HypnosisMic'': The concept focuses more on rap battles and not JapanesePopMusic, but the marketing format is the same: attractive people competing against rivals on who is the best performer in music. Aniplex has also referred to this series as a "rap idol series." Games are announced for this project, too.
* ''Music/MarginalNumber4''
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* ''Music/HypnosisMic'': The concept focuses more on rap battles and not JapanesePopMusic, but the marketing format is the same: attractive people competing against rivals on who is the best performer in music. Aniplex has also referred to this series as a "rap idol series." Games are announced for this project, too.
The project has had games and 2.5D stage plays.
*''Music/MarginalNumber4''''Music/MarginalNumber4'' started with music, and has had games and one stage play in 2022, featuring two members of the real-life idol unit Madkid (''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' opening).
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** [[Theatre/{{Tsukipro}} The stage plays]] of the franchise are also an important innovation in the genre. They were one of the first to show their idols starring in complex fantasy AlternateUniverse ShowWithinAShow stage plays, and one of the first to de-fictionalize these stage plays into real performances.
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** [[Theatre/{{Tsukipro}} The stage plays]] of the franchise are also an important innovation in the genre. They were one of the first to show their idols starring in complex fantasy AlternateUniverse ShowWithinAShow stage plays, and one of the first to de-fictionalize these stage plays into real performances. As of 2023, they have had over 35 stage plays.
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''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'', which has had a long and successful series of 2.5D stage plays, including the ''Gekidan Shining'' series, featuring the characters performing in ShowWithinAShow stories similar to what ''Tsukipro'' has done. The cast features multiple ''Tsukipro'' graduates.
*''VideoGame/IChu''''VideoGame/IChu'', which has also had stage plays.
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* ''Franchise/UtaNoPrincesama'': Featuring idol groups [=STARISH=], Quartet Night, and [=HEAVENS=], the franchise started out as a DatingSim, but the popularity of the series has caused Broccoli to focus on the idol performance aspect of it more. The series was one of the first idol-related franchises to really get popular and helped define the Idol Genre, and their music consistently tops the music charts with every release.
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* ''Franchise/UtaNoPrincesama'': Featuring idol groups [=STARISH=], Quartet Night, and [=HEAVENS=], the franchise started out as a DatingSim, but the popularity of the series has caused Broccoli to focus on the idol performance aspect of it more. The series was one of the first idol-related franchises to really get popular and helped define the Idol Genre, and their music consistently tops the music charts with every release. The series' stage plays have only been of the ShowWithinAShow variety, with the idols fully in character as another story.
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Back then, it was common for actors or singers to release music as their characters from movies they starred in as a musical tie-in. Up-and-coming {{Idol Singer}}s often used anime or movies as a vehicle to launch their music career, with ''Anime/MagicalAngelCreamyMami'' the first of its kind to do so. Voice actors of anime often released {{Image Song}}s on character [=CD=]s. But with the rapid growth in the number of IdolSinger groups debuting during the late 2000s and TheNewTens, known in Japan as the "Warring Period of Idols" (Aidoru Sengoku-jidai), the anime and video game industry naturally caught onto this phenomenon. They began creating multiple IdolSinger-related {{Cash Cow Franchise}}s, taking full advantage of the fact that most popular voice actors can already sing and that idol fans are the second biggest category of {{Otaku}} after anime.
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Back then, it was common for actors or singers to release music as their characters from movies they starred in as a musical tie-in. Up-and-coming {{Idol Singer}}s often used anime or movies as a vehicle to launch their music career, with ''Anime/MagicalAngelCreamyMami'' ''Anime/CreamyMamiTheMagicAngel'' the first of its kind to do so. Voice actors of anime often released {{Image Song}}s on character [=CD=]s. But with the rapid growth in the number of IdolSinger groups debuting during the late 2000s and TheNewTens, known in Japan as the "Warring Period of Idols" (Aidoru Sengoku-jidai), the anime and video game industry naturally caught onto this phenomenon. They began creating multiple IdolSinger-related {{Cash Cow Franchise}}s, taking full advantage of the fact that most popular voice actors can already sing and that idol fans are the second biggest category of {{Otaku}} after anime.
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* The freedom of producing music for Music/{{Vocaloid}} characters, the Crypton models being the most popular has allowed them to be treated as idols in real life, most notably Music/HatsuneMiku. There have been rhythm games based off of her, and she's made multiple crossovers and endorsements in media, one most infamously remembered as her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr3gbpmrwX4 shampoo commercial]] with, of all people, Creator/ScarlettJohansson. Miku herself was one of the first fictional idols who really became popular in mainstream.
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* The freedom of producing music for Music/{{Vocaloid}} characters, the Crypton models being the most popular has allowed them to be treated as idols in real life, most notably Music/HatsuneMiku. There have been rhythm games based off of her, and she's made multiple crossovers and endorsements in media, one most infamously remembered as her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr3gbpmrwX4 shampoo commercial]] with, of all people, Creator/ScarlettJohansson. Miku herself was one of the first fictional idols who really became popular in mainstream. The ''Music/{{Tsukiuta}}'' series was started as "Vocaloid Producers x Seiyuu".
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** ''Music/{{Tsukiuta}}''
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** ''Music/{{Tsukiuta}}''
The franchise's first series,''Music/{{Tsukiuta}}'', has characters who are [[MoeAnthropomorphism personifications]] of months, and it featured both male and female idols from the beginning.
**''Music/{{Vazzrock}}''In addition to ''Tsukiuta'''s Six Gravity, Procellarum, Fluna, and Seleas, the franchise has expanded to include idols based on the elements (Solids for fire, Quell for water, Growth for earth, SOARA for air), and gemstones (the Vazzrock series).
** [[Theatre/{{Tsukipro}} The stage plays]] of the franchise are also an important innovation in the genre. They were one of the first to show their idols starring in complex fantasy AlternateUniverse ShowWithinAShow stage plays, and one of the first to de-fictionalize these stage plays into real performances.
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** [[Theatre/{{Tsukipro}} The stage plays]] of the franchise are also an important innovation in the genre. They were one of the first to show their idols starring in complex fantasy AlternateUniverse ShowWithinAShow stage plays, and one of the first to de-fictionalize these stage plays into real performances.
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* ''LightNovel/ShounenHollywood''''Literature/ShounenHollywood''
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* ''Music/NanabunNoNijyuuni'': [=22/7=] (pronounced "nanabun no nijyuuni") is a multimedia project in collaboration with Yasushi Akimoto, Aniplex, and Sony Music Records featuring newcomer voice actresses who sing and perform as a fictional idol group of the same name. While the group has already released a couple of singles and videos, an anime series featuring their characters has been announced in 2017; it's getting made by A-1 Pictures and it will premiere [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-30/22-7-idol-project-tv-anime-reveals-january-11-debut-episode-1-story-new-visual/.153851 on January 11, 2020.]]
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* ''Music/NanabunNoNijyuuni'': [=22/7=] (pronounced "nanabun no nijyuuni") is a multimedia project in collaboration with Yasushi Akimoto, Aniplex, and Sony Music Records featuring newcomer voice actresses who sing and perform as a fictional idol group of the same name. While the group has already released a couple of singles and videos, an anime series featuring their characters has been the first generation was announced in 2017; it's getting made by A-1 Pictures 2017 and it will premiere [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-30/22-7-idol-project-tv-anime-reveals-january-11-debut-episode-1-story-new-visual/.153851 on January 11, later aired in 2020.]]
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* ''[[Music/{{Argonavis}} from ARGONAVIS]]'': A multimedia franchise and formerly a SpearCounterpart of ''BanG Dream!'' focuses on male Rock Bands.
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* ''[[Music/{{Argonavis}} from ARGONAVIS]]'': A multimedia franchise and formerly a SpearCounterpart of ''BanG Dream!'' ''[=BanG Dream!=]'' focuses on male Rock Bands.
