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CAST

ONA ComedyUniteUp! Mini Drama
ANIME MusicUniteUp!: Uni:Birth
MANGA MusicYuyukomi ~UniteUp! the comic~

REVIEWS

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  Unwelcome

  85/100
  During this anime, I almost forgot that they’re 2D idols--- I can explain myself.

  ※ : THINGS TO CONSIDER:

  ・ English is my second language, there may be errors in my grammar..
  ・I try to make a spoiler-free review, however, in the section opinion if something important happens I mention it.
  ・General experience ≠ Final score. My personal score is based in 5 star system, so I tried to put an accurate number here, but isn't always the case.
  ・Locate (Brief) Conclusion + Recommendation section where the main points are summarized.

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  Experience with UniteUp!

  ━━━━━━━ ⟡ ━━━━━━━ **Iɴᴛʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ**

  Akira Kiyose is a high school student, who find himself lost in his dreams, all of a sudden he noticed how everyone follow their aspirations, now an ambiguous feeling keeps him stuck not knowing what to do. Different from this state, since a kid, he admired heroes and share his joy about them by singing his favorite opening with all his heart. Something he did without giving it any more meaning became reason for being recruited as an idol?

  The purposee behind this proposal is conflicting, but at the same time understandable, without knowing his voice inspired many people and his energy was transmitted, since he left baseball he thought everything was lost, but maybe this is the opportunity he was waiting for.

  As a result, he follows this chance to be part of the new idol group, with other two members, each one having a striking charm and a story to tell. Now, being part of sMiLea Production, created by the legendary ex-idols Anela, they are learning from their senior and the two groups of the agency, hoping one day to be like them.

  ━━━━━━━ ⟡ ━━━━━━━ **Oᴘɪɴɪᴏɴ**

  I mentioned the first glimpse of the story with Akira, what follow after is a rollercoaster of emotions. In this instance, there is a dividing line where I empathized very easily with the characters or the narrative was well-done, nevertheless, I will try to mention it in an objective and brief way.

  This show turned out to be quite entertaining to watch, appealing to the emotion of following your dreams on the path of hard work, although, the reason why Akira is an idol is because his songs were uploaded without his consent, it does not remove the fact that it was "the push" he needed.

  The story unites us in a single purpose, to know them better and to support them. Each one so far has been genuine, they are not perfect and neither is’t necessary,however, they followed the path to perfect themselves on stage and as persons.

  Without enter on details, this anime so far manage to present every character and their quirks, giving us realistic relationships at the same time the drama within the groups and industry was well done. Although, the focus was not to show in depth everything there, despite this it was a realistic approach to make us understand what they feel as newbie groups in the industry.

  The production regarding the music and dance looks almost well polished, with fluid and almost natural 3D animation, they manage to camouflage well with the staging, where the different screenplay together with the lens camera effect gives the necessary fluidity, on the other hand the lights and shadows, deliver a depth sense of realism and the vividness of the idols on stage.

  The greatest variety and ingenuity was saved for these instances, in contrast of the composition series in terms of visible quality during off-stage, the drawing sometimes was inconstant, with little variation of the screenplay, nevertheless, it functions within the situations that reflect the daily days of the boys.

  ━━━━━━━ ⟡ ━━━━━━━ **(ʙʀɪᴇғ) Cᴏɴᴄʟᴜsɪᴏɴ + Rᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅᴀᴛɪᴏɴ**

  This anime is called “UniteUp!” even if the introduction I start mention Akira as the protagonist, in the long run many more guys will steal the screen. They have different charm, an interesting side story that complement the main one, all being members of sMiLea Production will show you a unique and memorable show.

  The project itself showed a great quality, with a friendly story where they showed a stunning musical repertoire of each group, along with their designs and concepts. I need to recognized that it’s not very different from any seasonal anime of idols, but it’s in this aspect where UniteUp! mange to give us intrigue story about the past of the top-idols versus the presence of those who want to shine, moreover, the struggles of the characters are relatable, all these combine allows us to go a little deeper into the world-building.

  For the most part, I recommend this anime anyone who likes an engaging and exciting story, also to those who are interested in music, idols and/or seiyuus, because here there is a lot of talent and quality to appreciate.

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  Fun fact: This project was uploading members' songs before the anime premiere. Check UniteUp! Music

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