It looks like the latest boy band craze is stepping up to the stage.
Earlier today, the official IDOLiSH7 anime website updated with a teaser trailer for upcoming spinoff IDOLiSH7 Vibrato. The trailer, which includes English subtitles, unveils the show’s premiere time, as well as the show’s full title.
IDOLiSH7 Vibrato will launch as a YouTube exclusive on February 17 at noon JST (2/16/2018 at 10:00PM Eastern / 7:00PM Pacific).
The first episode, TRIGGER ~before The Radiant Glory~, will tell the origin story of in-franchise idol group TRIGGER.
TRIGGER is a three-person idol group, consisting of the following members:
- Gaku Yaotome: Wataru Hatano
- Ten Kujō: Sōma Saitō
- Ryūnosuke Tsunashi: Takuya Satō
The core IDOLiSH7 anime series debuted on January 1, as a two-part special.
The Idolish 7 anime is part of a multimedia project from Bandai Namco. Makoto Bessho (El-Hazard: The Wanderers, Armitage: Dual-Matrix) is directing the series at Troyca, with Kazumi Fukagawa providing character designs. Ayumi Sekine (Baka and Test – Summon the Beasts, Utano☆Princesama Revolutions) is in charge of series composition for the title. Ei Aoki is credited as a supervisor for the project
The confirmed voice cast includes:
IDOLiSH7
- Iori Izumi: Toshiki Masuda
- Yamato Nikaido: Yusuke Shirai
- Mitsuki Izumi: Tsubasa Yonaga
- Tamaki Yotsuba: KENN
- Sougo Osaka: Atsushi Abe
- Nagi Rokuya: Takuya Eguchi
- Riku Nanase: Kensho Ono
Trigger
- Gaku Yaotome: Wataru Hatano
- Ten Kujō: Sōma Saitō
- Ryūnosuke Tsunashi: Takuya Satō
Takanashi Agency
- Tsumugi Takanashi: Satomi Sato
- Otoharu Takanashi: Susumu Chiba
- Banri Ogami: Kazuyuki Okitsu
Yaotome Agency
- Sosuke Yaotome: Katsuyuki Konishi
- Kaoru Anesagi: Yoshihisa Kawahara
Crunchyroll describes IDOLiSH7 as:
A group of aspiring idols gather at Takanashi Productions and are entrusted with the company’s future. The seven men who have just met represent a variety of totally different personalities. However, they each have their own charm and possess unknown potential as idols. Forming a group, they take their first step together as “IDOLiSH7.” Their brilliantly shining dancing forms onstage eventually begin captivating the hearts of the people. In the glorious but sometimes harsh world of idols, they aim for the top with dreams in their hearts!
Source: Comic Natalie
