AniWorthAction Heroine Cheer Fruits
Introduction
Several years ago, local heroines—superhero characters who represent towns and perform stage shows in order to raise their town's acclaim—had a boom in popularity. The most famous of these local heroines, Kamidaio, is scheduled to perform in the small town of Hinano, much to the excitement of Mikan Kise's little sister Yuzu. Unfortunately, when Mikan takes Yuzu to the show, she finds out that it has been canceled. She promises her distraught sister that she'll make sure she can see the show. Desperate not to let her down, Mikan asks her classmate, the local heroine fanatic An Akagi, for help.
Mikan and Ann put on their own Kamidaio performance clad in homemade costumes, which the kids in the audience love despite its lack of production value. The show is recorded by the student council president Misaki Shirogane, who posts it online to garner attention. Misaki is from a family of politicians and has taken it upon herself to revitalize Hinano. Impressed by their show, she recruits Mikan and An to become the official local heroines of their town. As the group works to improve their shows, they enlist the help of a variety of colorful individuals.
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Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 6.56/10 · 4899
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Audience reviews
6 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Sagaiko
Its fresh blend of action and slice-of-life makes this anime stand out. The plot, featuring high school girls becoming local "heroines", provides entertaining moments. The vibrant action sequences and lively character designs contribute to the series' energetic appeal, but nothing special. Exploring the characters' daily lives adds an extra layer of connection. However, the series could benefit from more development, some characters left you with questions too. While the live performances shine, the central plot can feel somewhat predictable to me. Some secondary characters might have been given more attention to enhance the overall narrative. Despite this, it offers an enjoyable experience, particularly for those seeking a unique mix of action and slice-of-life
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Unique in its focus compared to many recent anime titles that focus around pop idols, Action Heroine Cheer Fruits' main focus is on the formation of a local heroine group formed by a group of nine teenage girls to aid in their town's struggling popularity. Anime fans may be be familiar with local hero live-action acts being depicted in a number of anime titles. They basically serve as a stage version of tokusatsu series that are formed by local committees in Japan to entertain children, promote tourism for the town they represent, and support their local economies.
As far as the handling of the show goes, it has its ups and downs. The first episode starts things off fairly strong with the introduction of Ann and Mikan's characters in their amateur attempt to do their own show modeled afte…
Read at the sourceDouglasVortex
A cute anime of cute girls doing cute things. Not much else to say besides that. As cliche as the story was, most of the characters keep you going and wanting to push forward. I say most because of my main reason for watching the anime was never actually answered. I like backstory; I think they did it extremely well with Misaki.
The character they never touched on, though, was Genki. What we know: her dreams growing up with her sister, all of the idol songs they sang, and what happened with her sister/avoiding spoilers. You know what we never got, though? The explanation of the injury. All we know is that she's wheelchair bound, but can walk with a cane. We're never told what the injury was, and that completely ruined everything for me.
I went in with a question and never got it answer…
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Well I can't say that I thought this anime would have me writing my very first review, but here we go.
Action Heroine Cheer Fruits was by far the biggest surprise to me this season. I started watching this show on a complete whim and I wasn't expecting much from it at all, but to my surprise as it went on I started to actually really enjoy it.
Story: When I started watching this it seemed like it was going to be a classic cute girls doing cute things anime, which I mean it still kinda was but it was different than most I have seen before. The story is about a group of girls trying to make it big by becoming their hometown's heroine group while having fun at the same time, and it develops quite well. We start off with just two of the eventual nine girls in total and they decide to try and…
Read at the sourceLegendAqua
Sooo have Sakura Quest's quest to give a town recognition with Love Live's idol ranking just substitute idols with sentai action heroines...strangely it works.
To be honest here though, LA's first impressions on Action Heroine Cheer Fruits was not a great one, from Action Heroine Cheer Fruits' sentai element being amateur-ish (which WAS the point) and cringeworthy by that matter for such a simple matter of pleasing Mikan Kise's little sister. However Action Heroine Cheer Fruits is one of those animes where you need to take a step back and wait for it to get better and it does.
Action Heroine Cheer Fruits kickstarts with that incident with the amateur show of pleasing Mikan Kise's little sister bringing in the sights of Misaki Shirogane voiced by M.A.O wanting to bring recognition to her…
Read at the sourceFircoal
It's literally Love Live but better.
If you've seen Love Live before it's very clear where Action Heroine Cheer Fruits takes its inspiration from. They both have 9 main cast members and the whole concept of how the Cheer Fruits rank up and build a more local brand is directly copied from Love Live. While that does make it have a lot of Love Live's pluses and faults, what Action Heroine Cheer Fruits is able to do is add to it with its own unique charm and ideas.
First, the foremost interesting point about Action Heroine Cheer Fruits is its subject matter. Rather than be the thousandth iteration of an idol anime it focuses on something else entirely, that being super sentai like units. The unique premise itself is something I enjoy to see and personally, I enjoy it when shows are able to…
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