Introduction
The freshly debuted idol group Marginal#4 dreams of delivering their kisses to the end of the galaxy. Composed of Atom Kirihara, Rui Aiba, and the twins L and R Nomura, Marginal#4 aims to reach the top of the idol world, following in the footsteps of Pythagoras Productions' previous idol group, Lagrange Point.
When they aren't performing, however, the boys of Marginal#4 are ordinary high school students. From securing a club room and chasing down missing underwear to filming commercials, their days are packed with various hijinks. As the boys navigate a flurry of events, they try to become shooting star sensations and charm the hearts of their fans, known as the Starclusters.
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Audience reviews
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saarutobi
I really enjoyed Marginal #4. But certainly it's not what you could expect from an idol anime.
For me, being more similar to a slice of life instead of your typical idol anime that follows the path towards the debut is refreshing. Instead of focusing on a dramatic lineal story, I like to see four high school boys doing silly things. Acting like what they are: high school boys.
I also really like the sense of humour of this anime. It's silly, but somehow works. It takes the cliches of idol anime and make it absurd, creating very funny situations that may have an angst take in any other idol anime. I found myself laughing hard a lot of times watching this anime, because of how absurd everything can be.
The characters aren't deep, but that works for this anime. They have some cute moments,…
Read at the sourcemushi_Jyou
Reason for watching: It has several VAs' that I enjoyed listening to in other Music genre anime.
TL;DR: Is definitely a slice of life story with the Idol world as its background. The lighthearted story coupled with the fancy music makes it a very "digestible" show.
Truth be told, I was a little apprehensive on starting this series as it looks too cheerful (In the way of its at style). But I am glad I took the "leap" and finally started watching and completing this. Hahahah~ So let's begin the review~
Story
For music genre shows, I was expecting it to be about the characters getting into the music world, and faces hardships, and happiness, and etc, all centering around music. Well you know, the standard go-to troupe in many stories. But this show certainly doesn't revolves around music.…
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Marginal#4 is a hidden gem-- not because of its originality, but its execution.
In a very crowded Idol genre --one anime series being VERY similar to another-- Marginal#4 stands out by being polished and humbled down. The basic premise will attract immediate deja vu (four teenagers being assembled as a new idol unit, with each personnel bearing their own history) however it is pretty wise for the anime to not bring out too many characters, allowing proper character development for the four main protagonists. It must also be noted that the finale is not a complete 23-minute concert like the rest of its peers and the overall art and animation is above average (there is inconsistent asymmetry every now and then which is sort of passable). The music leans more towards mid-90s piano pop which…
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I've never written a review before, but after seeing the reviews here, I couldn't help but think I should at least add my opinion. This isn't a romance shoujo anime like Utapri and I really don't think it should be compared to that. As previous comments said, it's more like Tsukipro and Starmyu.
As the others say, the story is kind of all over the place- but isn't that what life is like normally? Honestly, I think it did a good job of just showing cute scenes of what their lives are like as idols, and even though there's not really an overarcing plot line, it's easy to watch an episode or two and enjoy it. You don't watch this show for the plot and the story, you watch it for the characters and the art.
I gave the story a 6, as it is admittedly the worst aspect of the show.
Honestly, I a…
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You want an Idol anime like UtaPri or Dream Festival that is really flashy? Not thw idol show you are looking for.
This one is more like TsukiPro and B-Project, you have a slice of life together with them being idols, actually, is the first idol anime I see that they really go to normal school.
Story:
There isn't one, you have 4 boys that are in a group, the anime tells a little about each one, but not too much to get you really attached to any of them, and they are idols. It's a real slice of life with them going to school, doing club stuff but at the same time worrying about their careers. Also, you get introduced to other two groups that you don't know anything about but you now know they exist, and thats it.
Art
I love their eyes and clothes, is good and also the scenery, I classif…
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If you're hoping for an idol anime like UtaPri or Love Live, this is definitely not the show for you. If you're ok with it being closer to B-Project or a slice of life, it's definitely worth watching.
Story wise, there's pretty much nothing to this show. It's mainly about the main 4 boys in school or at work (mainly recording CMs and such, not performing shows). What little plot there is is extremely predictable, and often very silly, but enjoyable if you like silly shows.
The animation isn't the best, but it is very good, especially compared to previous Rejet anime. The only downside is occasional odd directing and bad 3D models. The performances are most 2D, with 3D used for a lot of the motion that isn't close up on the characters.
Fitting for a music anime, the music is the best part o…
Read at the sourceCeles_xx_01
It's amost like Love Live! and Starmyu got an unwanted child, a very unwanted child.
No but really, I didn't have much expectations for this anime, but despite that it was way more dissapointing than I'd ever imagined.
It had absolutely no storyline whatsoever. It felt like a clutter of some random episodes. And while for some anime it may work, for example Yuru Yuri, it defenitly did not for this one. It doesn't fit the genre.
It defenitly had some potential to become a mediocre guilty-pleasure anime, but it tured out to be a huge dissapointment.
The only thing I kinda liked were some of the ending songs.
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