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LilMonsterx
FOR A 12 EPISODES ANIME, STUDIO SHOULD'VE STOP FOCUSING ON TOO MANY CHARACTERS. THEY SHOULD'VE JUST FOCUSED MORE ON THE MAIN 3. they shove so many characters onto my face but i still don't remember most of their names. since they decided to focus on many characters, the anime feels rushed and we can't see the main 3's character development.
Some episodes are painfully boring especially the beach episode. i usually like when they make an episode where the characters are chilling and interacting more with each others but this episode disappoints me. it was so boring i almost considered dropping. i noticed that they didn't know how to execute scenes very well. for example, during a comedy scene, they should've put comedy music. the right music and the right music placement can enhance any sc…
Read at the sourceanimeshitha
I don't normally watch idol anime.
Somehow I decided to stick with this one. Look, its super mediocre, and it's really not that great. But still, I give it props for keeping me watching.
The characters were so so so normal. I mean, I still didn't know their names and couldn't even tell most of them apart even at the end, except for the main 3.
The only interesting group was Kokoro's, and THAT's because she was a cross-dresser. They were all either ridiculously sunshiny or over passion-driven (the I-will-sing-till-I-die-kind, you now what I mean).
I guess the only thing that kept me watching was the "competition" of sorts that they had, but even that fazed ut by the end. Although that confrontation with Seiya and Tsubaki was legit though, and I liked the message.
I started out thinking…
Read at the sourceCurryxSake
I-CHU is mediocre. It is not the worst, but it's definitely below average. Although it gave me a positive first impression, it steadily declined with each episode. For a story about students training to become idols, none of those students were likeable or memorable in any way. They often stick to archetypes and the way the show handles their screen time made it even harder to know them better outside of their "idol gimmick". The show couldn't even express their struggles in a way that makes me remotely care about them. The only idol group who I remember the most fondly was ReBeserk. Maybe it's their MCing or eccentric personalities, but every time they talk I was entertained. Even though they're not the main characters and they don't talk as much, I felt more attached to them than the mai…
Read at the sourcePyraXadon
I find it mildly amusing that the anime idol industry is just as saturated as the actual idol industry. I mean there has to be an extent to which too much is too much, right? Maybe I’m just thinking too hard about this; let’s just talk about pretty anime boys singing.
Story:
The I-Chu academy is a prestigious idol school that ‘s known to deliver some of the most promising boy group idols that (apparently) the world has ever seen. Here we’re introduced to the newest groups of I-chu, one of which being Fire Fenyx, a group of three hopefuls who hope to stake their claim in the idol world. But what stands in their way is not only about 20 or so rivals that all form about 6-7 different groups, but also the principal who stuffed himself in a giant teddy bear suit for the lols and tortures all…
Read at the sourceKANLen09
Here we go again: Japan loves its idol business quite a lot, and no matter, because it's quite the popularity over there. Sadly, trying to invest those types of anime adaptations anywhere outside the Land of the Rising Sun is bound to be overshadowed, and I★Chu is no different.
Being a Liber Entertainment game adaptation, the one series that I can immediately infer to is the A3! series with all of its seasonal troupes and what-nots. Though I★Chu came first before A3!, I'd infer that the latter proves to be more popular (as per the Studio 3Hz x P.A. Works anime adaptation) and more grounded, and I can see why that there's a clear reason to market the former as the first one rolled out under the Liber Entertainment list of IPs.
Sadly, as "best" as idol shows like this can go, I★Chu scrapes…
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