Best idol anime
540 anime about idol, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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3.8Gundam Build Fighters
TV · 2013 · 25 ep
Gundam Build FightersTV · 2013 · 25 ep3.8The story is set in the near future when GunPla Battles, competitions that pit Gundam plastic models against each other, have become popular worldwide in the "Second GunPla Boom." Sei Iori, a first-year middle-school student and the only…
3.8Kaleido Star
TV · 2003 · 51 ep
Kaleido StarTV · 2003 · 51 ep3.8Sora, a young girl from Japan, comes to America in search of her dream. She wants, with all her heart, to be a member of the Kaleido Stage, a world famous circus, with a combination of musicals, acrobatics and magical effects. With the…
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3.8Symphogear AXZ
TV · 2017 · 13 ep
Symphogear AXZSenki Zesshou Symphogear AXZTV · 2017 · 13 ep3.8Hibiki Tachibana has defeated many powerful enemies, saved countless innocent lives, and escaped from numerous desperate situations, but she is currently finding herself unable to escape from her most desperate situation yet—summer…
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3.8Birdy the Mighty: Decode 02
TV · 2009 · 12 ep
Birdy the Mighty: Decode 02Tetsuwan Birdy Decode:02TV · 2009 · 12 ep3.8Birdy and Tsutomu are still co-existing in the same body, as Birdy continues her duties as Federation Investigator and celebrity persona, and Tsutomu seeks to balance them with his normal everyday life. When a criminal group connected to…
3.8Is the Order a Rabbit?? ～Sing For You～
OVA · 2019 · 1 ep
Is the Order a Rabbit?? ～Sing For You～Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?? Sing for YouOVA · 2019 · 1 ep3.8Chino Kafuu returns to Rabbit House with a horrified look on her face. When questioned by her friends, she explains to them that she had just agreed to sing the solo section of a song for her class’ graduation ceremony. Although they…
3.8THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS U149
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS U149The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: U149TV · 2023 · 12 ep3.8The U149 in the title refers to the aspiring idols at the center of it all: These small girls are ready to make it big! All under 149 centimeters tall, this group of aspiring pop idols dream of performing for thousands of people. But with…
3.8Aikatsu Stars!
TV · 2016 · 50 ep
Aikatsu Stars!TV · 2016 · 50 ep3.8Aikatsu Stars! features the protagonist Yume Nijino. Yume aims to become a top idol, and she enrolls in the Yotsuboshi Gakuen. This academy has a special group called the S4, who are the top four active idols in the school. Yume and the…
3.8Motto! Ojamajo Doremi
TV · 2001 · 50 ep
Motto! Ojamajo DoremiTV · 2001 · 50 ep3.8After the losing of magical ability to become witches, they once again become them. But, now they have to go through tests from the Witches of the Witch World. They also meet a new member, from New York, U.S. comes Momoko (the yellow…
3.8BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I: Promise
Movie · 2021 · 1 ep
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I: PromiseBanG Dream! Movie: Episode of Roselia - I: YakusokuMovie · 2021 · 1 ep3.8“Are you prepared to fully devote yourselves to Roselia?” To reach the stage of “FES.“, Yukina Minato decides to form a band. Each holding their own convictions, the members of the band come together. The five girls now begin their journey…
3.8Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: Rondo Rondo Rondo
Movie · 2020 · 1 ep
Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: Rondo Rondo RondoMovie · 2020 · 1 ep3.8A compilation film recapping the anime series.
3.8Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club The Movie – Finale – Chapter 1
Movie · 2024 · 1 ep
Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club The Movie – Finale – Chapter 1Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai: Kanketsu-henMovie · 2024 · 1 ep3.8The first in a trilogy of Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai films that continues the story beyond season two and the OVA. Ayumu, Kasumi, Shizuku, Kanata, Emma, and Lanzhu enter the School Idol GPX in Okinawa. (Source…
3.8Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live
TV · 2013 · 51 ep
Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow LiveTV · 2013 · 51 ep3.8Naru Ayase is an 8th grader who can see the colors of music when she listens to it. For Naru, who is extremely good at decorating, becoming the owner of a shop like Dear Crown was her dream. One day, she finds out that the manager of a…
3.8BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!☆PICO FEVER!
ONA · 2021 · 26 ep
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!☆PICO FEVER!BanG Dream! Garupa☆Pico Fever!ONA · 2021 · 26 ep3.8The third season of BanG Dream! Garupa☆Pico, announced on the live-streamed "BanG Dream! Girls Talk Party! 2021" event.
3.8Aikatsu! 4
TV · 2015 · 26 ep
Aikatsu! 4TV · 2015 · 26 ep3.8The three members of Luminous started their tour in Hokkaido, where they met two girls who love singing and dancing: Nono Daichi and Risa Shirakaba. (Source: Anime News Network, edited)
3.8Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd Season
TV · 2014 · 13 ep
Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd SeasonTV · 2014 · 13 ep3.8At the intersection of three cities—Akihabara, Kanda, and Jinbocho—the traditional Otonokizaka High was facing a crisis of being closed down. Second-year student, Honoka Kosaka, decided to become a school idol, a trend that has been…
3.8The Idol Master
TV · 2011 · 25 ep
The Idol MasterThe iDOLM@STERTV · 2011 · 25 ep3.8765 Production Studio manages the unique talents of 13 professional idols as they slowly make their way to the top and become country-wide celebrities. But the girls' journey is far from just fun and games: hard work, sweat, and tears are…
3.8Love Live! Sunshine!! Season 2
TV · 2017 · 13 ep
Love Live! Sunshine!! Season 2Love Live! Sunshine!! 2nd SeasonTV · 2017 · 13 ep3.8After failing in the preliminary tournament of the previous Love Live, the members of Aqours have rededicated themselves to succeeding both as idols and as saviors of their school, making sure their home will never be taken away. But Mari…
3.8Macross
TV · 1982 · 36 ep
MacrossTV · 1982 · 36 ep3.8In 1999, a giant alien spacecraft crash lands on South Ataria island. Humanity proceeds to attempt to rebuild this marvel, but political conflicts centered around the Macross result in a global war. After 10 years, the Unification Wars are…
3.8Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
TV · 2025 · 24 ep
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen RiderToujima Tanzaburou wa Kamen Rider ni NaritaiTV · 2025 · 24 ep3.8Tanzaburo Tojima has dreamt of becoming a Kamen Rider his whole life. But now that he’s 40 years old, he’s starting to think his dream may never come true…until he’s swept up in a series of crimes inspired by the infamous “Shocker”! From…
3.8IDOLiSH7
TV · 2018 · 17 ep
IDOLiSH7TV · 2018 · 17 ep3.8A 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…
3.8Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow
Movie · 2019 · 1 ep
Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the RainbowMovie · 2019 · 1 ep3.8In the film's story, Uranohoshi Girls' High School's idol group Aqours has won the final Love Live! contest. While preparing to enroll at a new school, the first- and second-year students encounter unexpected trouble. Also, after heading…
3.8Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 2
TV · 2022 · 13 ep
Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 2Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai 2nd SeasonTV · 2022 · 13 ep3.8The Nijigasaki High School Idol Club continues to gain popularity as its reputation grows, even catching the attention of aspiring school idol Zhong Lanzhu. However, when Lanzhu visits the club and interacts with its members, she realizes…
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3.8Macross Plus
OVA · 1994 · 4 ep
Macross PlusOVA · 1994 · 4 ep3.8The year is 2040 and the galaxy is flourishing with several colonies and advanced technology. AI is near perfection and the current top idol is the near-completed Virturoid Idol Sharon Apple. All that is missing are her actual feelings…
3.8Aikatsu!
TV · 2012 · 50 ep
Aikatsu!TV · 2012 · 50 ep3.8Ichigo Hoshimiya is a regular, ordinary middle school girl. But when her best friend, Aoi, invites her to join the idol training academy, Starlight Academy, her whole world is turned upside down. As she encounters all kinds of rivals and…
3.8Love Live! Superstar!! Season 2
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Love Live! Superstar!! Season 2Love Live! Superstar!! 2nd SeasonTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.8As another year begins at Yuigaoka Girls' High School, ushering in a fresh batch of students, the school idol club Liella! is excited to expand their membership. However, Liella! is extremely popular due to the astounding talent they have…
3.8My Bride is a Mermaid OVA
OVA · 2008 · 2 ep
My Bride is a Mermaid OVASeto no Hanayome OVAOVA · 2008 · 2 ep3.8The OVAs are new stand alone shorts with characters from the series and introduces two new ones. It is now the third year of school, San and Luna's dads are still being over protective. All the while Nagasumi has his hands full trying to…
3.8BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!☆PICO
ONA · 2018 · 26 ep
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!☆PICOBanG Dream! Garupa☆PicoONA · 2018 · 26 ep3.8Mini anime series featuring the girls from Girls Band Party! The anime series is a series of random funny events and featuring the girls in chibi mode!
3.8The iDOLM@STER Movie: Kagayaki no Mukougawa e!
Movie · 2014 · 1 ep
The iDOLM@STER Movie: Kagayaki no Mukougawa e!Movie · 2014 · 1 ep3.8The idols of 765 Production continue on their neverending journey—towards a new stage, towards a bright and shiny future! The girls and their producer have gone through thick and thin, and have stood face to face with all kinds of…
3.8PriPara
TV · 2014 · 38 ep
PriParaTV · 2014 · 38 ep3.8The anime is set in the PriPara world, filled with girls' dreams and yearnings for fashion, dance, and music. Seemingly every day, there are auditions that send top idols to worldwide fame on television and online. Laala and her friends…
3.8Macross Frontier: The False Songstress
Movie · 2009 · 1 ep
Macross Frontier: The False SongstressMacross F Movie 1: Itsuwari no UtahimeMovie · 2009 · 1 ep3.8Half retelling of the original Frontier series, half new story. Conspiracies arise within the Frontier government when Sheryl Nome arrives to the colonial fleet for her concert and is soon marked as a spy for Galaxy while childhood…
3.8Snow Halation
Special · 2010 · 1 ep
Snow HalationSpecial · 2010 · 1 ep3.8Second single for the anime-idol group Love Live! The CD includes a b-side song together with both a-side and b-side karaokes plus an original drama part. DVD includes an animation shot video of Snow Halation. They have changed their…
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3.8Ojamajo Doremi Sharp
TV · 2000 · 49 ep
Ojamajo Doremi SharpTV · 2000 · 49 ep3.8Upon re-entering the witch world the girls accidentally come by a Blue rose field and witness the birth of the future witch queen: Hana-chan. Due to witnessing her birth the girls are then put in charge of baby Hana-chan and must raise her…
3.8Fresh Precure!
TV · 2009 · 50 ep
Fresh Precure!TV · 2009 · 50 ep3.8Love Momozono is a 14-year-old student at Yotsuba Junior Highschool that tends to care more for others than for herself. One day she visits a show of the famous dance unit "Trinity" and decides to become a dancer, too. On the same event…
3.8Capeta
TV · 2005 · 52 ep
CapetaTV · 2005 · 52 ep3.8Taira Kappeita, or Capeta, was a 4th grader boy. He had lost his mother when he had been very little. Although he pretended to be tough in front of his father, actually he felt lonely. One day, his father brought junk parts home from his…
3.8BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!☆PICO～OHMORI～
ONA · 2020 · 26 ep
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!☆PICO～OHMORI～BanG Dream! Garupa☆Pico: OomoriONA · 2020 · 26 ep3.8The second season of BanG Dream! Garupa☆Pico .
3.8Cool-headed Hoozuki OVA
OVA · 2015 · 4 ep
Cool-headed Hoozuki OVAHoozuki no Reitetsu OVAOVA · 2015 · 4 ep3.8Three Hoozuki no Reitetsu OVAs will be released in limited editions of volume 17 to 19, releasing February 23, 2015, May 22, 2015, and August 21, 2015, respectively.