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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3.8BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! 5th Anniversary Animation -CiRCLE THANKS PARTY!-
ONA · 2022 · 2 ep
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! 5th Anniversary Animation -CiRCLE THANKS PARTY!-BanG Dream! 5th Anniversary Animation: CiRCLE Thanks Party!ONA · 2022 · 2 ep3.8To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Bushiroad's mobile rhythm game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!, a two-episode special anime will be aired and streamed simultaneously. The story of the special anime centers on "CiRCLE THANKS PARTY!", an…
3.8Voy@ger
ONA · 2021 · 1 ep
Voy@gerONA · 2021 · 1 ep3.8This is a world of the near future. The five shining stars invite you to this wonderful journey. Are you ready? To the future!!!!! A concept movie celebrating the 16th Anniversary of the THE iDOLM@STER series, directed by Atsushi Nishigori…
3.8Ahoy!! Warera Houshou Kaizokudan☆
Special · 2020 · 1 ep
Ahoy!! Warera Houshou Kaizokudan☆Special · 2020 · 1 ep3.8Music video for the original song Ahoy!! Warera Houshou Kaizoku-dan☆ by Houshou Marine.
3.8As You Like It
Special · 2017 · 1 ep
As You Like ItOki ni Mesu mamaSpecial · 2017 · 1 ep3.8Music video directed and animated by Waboku for the song As You Like It by Eve.
3.8The World's Continuation
Special · 2022 · 1 ep
The World's ContinuationSekai no TsuzukiSpecial · 2022 · 1 ep3.8Music video directed and animated by Stole for the song Sekai no Tsuzuki by Uta (Ado).
3.7Beyond the Boundary
TV · 2013 · 12 ep
Beyond the BoundaryKyoukai no KanataTV · 2013 · 12 ep3.7They should never have met. They shouldn't even exist. But when they come together, the entire world will change. The last surviving member of her clan, Mirai Kuriyama is cursed with the terrifying ability to control and manipulate blood…
3.7ZOMBIE LAND SAGA
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
ZOMBIE LAND SAGAZombieland SagaTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.7A typical morning. The usual music. Their normal lives. The peace these seven girls experience will suddenly be destroyed. By the living dead... zombies. A reality that they never wanted a part of, an amazing and terrifying zombie world…
3.7The World God Only Knows
TV · 2010 · 12 ep
The World God Only KnowsKami nomi zo Shiru SekaiTV · 2010 · 12 ep3.7Keima is a dating sim champion. Cute girls are rendered powerless by his irresistible game playing techniques. Too bad things aren't that way in the real world. That is, until his tempting game playing causes a real live—and very…
Mature
3.7My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 2
TV · 2026 · 13 ep
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 2Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals 2nd SeasonTV · 2026 · 13 ep3.7Kouichi steps up as threats rise, pushing the vigilantes into their toughest battles yet. (Source: Anime News Network)
Mature
3.7Symphogear G
TV · 2013 · 13 ep
Symphogear GSenki Zesshou Symphogear GTV · 2013 · 13 ep3.7The sky is waiting. With their normal lives secured, the Symphogear wielders join a Japanese-American research initiative. Each, living their own lives, has been given a single order: protect Sacrist S. As a completed relic, it is of…
3.7BURN THE WITCH #0.8
Special · 2023 · 1 ep
BURN THE WITCH #0.8Burn the Witch #0.8Special · 2023 · 1 ep3.7"Dragons"... from ancient times, they were considered fictional creatures, but they're not actually fictional, nor are they technically creatures. They are heteromorphic beings, and many of the deaths in London can be attributed to them…
3.7Magical DoReMi
TV · 1999 · 51 ep
Magical DoReMiOjamajo DoremiTV · 1999 · 51 ep3.7Doremi Harukaze, 3rd grade student at Misora Elementary School, claims to be the world's unluckiest pretty girl. Fascinated by witchcraft, she is drawn into a mysterious shop where she meets Majo Rika and is able to deduce that this lady…
3.7BanG Dream! 2nd Season
TV · 2019 · 13 ep
BanG Dream! 2nd SeasonTV · 2019 · 13 ep3.7It's a new school year and Kasumi, Arisa, Saaya, Tae, and Rimi are thrilled to finally be second-year students. Even more exciting than becoming upperclassmen, however, is the fun they have while performing in their band Poppin' Party……
3.7D4DJ First Mix
TV · 2020 · 13 ep
D4DJ First MixTV · 2020 · 13 ep3.7Having moved back to Japan from abroad, Rinku Aimoto transfers to Yoba Academy where DJing is popular. She is deeply moved by a DJ concert she sees there, and decides to form a unit of her own with Maho Akashi, Muni Ohnaruto, and Rei…
Mature
3.7Symphogear GX
TV · 2015 · 13 ep
Symphogear GXSenki Zesshou Symphogear GXTV · 2015 · 13 ep3.7Following the events of Senki Zesshou Symphogear G , Hibiki Tachibana, Tsubasa Kazanari, and Chris Yukine continue to operate under the command of Genjuurou Kazanari. Meanwhile, Maria Cadenzavna Eve, Kirika Akatsuki, and Shirabe Tsukuyomi…
3.7AKB0048: next stage
TV · 2013 · 13 ep
AKB0048: next stageAKB0048: Next StageTV · 2013 · 13 ep3.7The road trip to war has already been brutal for the 77th generation of understudies to AKB0048, the combination singing group and combat squad seeking to bring peace and entertainment back to the universe. However, the competition between…
3.7Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here - Past Special - Yakusoku no Kizuna
Special · 2015 · 1 ep
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here - Past Special - Yakusoku no KizunaBeyond the Boundary: Yakusoku no KizunaSpecial · 2015 · 1 ep3.7Music video Yakusoku no Kizuna from Kyoukai no Kanata Movie: I'll Be Here - Kako-hen Blu-ray/DVD.
3.7D4DJ All Mix
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
D4DJ All MixTV · 2023 · 12 ep3.7The beats are back with Lyrical Lily! After learning the awesome news they’ll be performing at their town revitalization event, they start to panic when they learn it’s a yearlong event. To keep it fresh and exciting, they’ll enlist some…
3.7BanG Dream! FILM LIVE
Movie · 2019 · 1 ep
BanG Dream! FILM LIVEBanG Dream! Film LiveMovie · 2019 · 1 ep3.7It's here! The big concert! Kasumi Toyama, the girl who followed the trail of golden stars and heard the call of the Star Beat, and her friends/bandmates Saya, Tae, Rimi and Arisa, are now poised on the edge of stardom themselves as they…
3.7Macross Plus Movie Edition
Movie · 1995 · 1 ep
Macross Plus Movie EditionMovie · 1995 · 1 ep3.7A.D. 2040 - Thirty years have passed since the battle between the Earth and Zentraedi forces changed the lives of both races. On planet Eden, a top-secret project known as "Supernova" is being held to determine U.N. Spacy's next-generation…
3.7I'm invincible
Special · 2022 · 1 ep
I'm invincibleWatashi wa SaikyouSpecial · 2022 · 1 ep3.7Music video animated by Ai Niina for the song Watashi wa Saikyou by Uta (Ado).
3.6Umamusume: Pretty Derby
TV · 2018 · 13 ep
Umamusume: Pretty DerbyUma Musume: Pretty DerbyTV · 2018 · 13 ep3.6In a world very much like our own, great race horses of the past have a chance to be reborn as "horse girls"—girls with the ears and tails of horses as well as their speed and endurance. The best of these horse girls go to train at Tokyo's…
3.6BELLE
Movie · 2021 · 1 ep
BELLERyuu to Sobakasu no HimeMovie · 2021 · 1 ep3.6The protagonist of this story, Suzu, is a 17-year old high school girl living with her father in a rural town of Kochi — their town is a textbook definition of depopulation in the Japanese countryside. Wounded by the loss of her mother at…
3.6The aquatope on white sand
TV · 2021 · 24 ep
The aquatope on white sandShiroi Suna no AquatopeTV · 2021 · 24 ep3.6Kukuru Misakino is a 18-year-old girl who works at an aquarium and she encounters a former idol who lost her place in Tokyo and escaped to Okinawa named Fuuka Miyazawa. Kukuru and Fuuka spend their days at the aquarium, their hearts filled…
3.6My Bride is a Mermaid
TV · 2007 · 26 ep
My Bride is a MermaidSeto no HanayomeTV · 2007 · 26 ep3.6Michishio Nagasumi's life couldn't be any more normal. In an odd twist of events, during his summer vacation he ends up almost drowning in the sea. Luckily, the cute mermaid Seto San appears to save him. However, San is from a yakuza…
3.6Persona 4 the Animation
TV · 2011 · 25 ep
Persona 4 the AnimationTV · 2011 · 25 ep3.6Persona 4 takes place in a rural town named Inaba. There have been mysterious murders occurring whenever there was fog after heavy rain. There were also rumors about a channel on television airing only at midnight called Mayonaka TV…
3.6Sarazanmai
TV · 2019 · 11 ep
SarazanmaiTV · 2019 · 11 ep3.6The stage is Asakusa. One day, three 2nd-year middle school students — Kazuki Yasaka, Tooi Kuji, and Enta Jinnai — meet a mysterious kappa-like creature named Keppi, who forcibly takes their shirikodama (a mythical organ kappa steal…
3.6Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
TV · 2020 · 13 ep
Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol ClubLove Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol DoukoukaiTV · 2020 · 13 ep3.6Nijigasaki High School is known for their diverse subjects and the freedom they give to students. Second-year student Yuu Takasaki has been turned on to the charms of school idols, so she knocks on the door of the School Idol Club with her…
3.6Pokémon Horizons: The Series
TV · 2023 · 141 ep
Pokémon Horizons: The SeriesPokemon (2023)TV · 2023 · 141 ep3.6A new dream and adventure set throughout the entire Pokémon world unfolds in a brand new Pokémon-series following a girl named Liko and a boy named Roy.
3.6Dropkick on My Devil!! Dash
TV · 2020 · 11 ep
Dropkick on My Devil!! DashJashin-chan Dropkick'TV · 2020 · 11 ep3.6Jashin-chan is a demon who was summoned by Yurine Hanazono, a gothic looking girl. Unable to return home as the relevant spell was not included in the summoning grimoire, Jashin-chan resorts to violence to liberate herself from her earthly…
3.6Aggretsuko: Season 5
ONA · 2023 · 10 ep
Aggretsuko: Season 5Aggressive Retsuko (ONA) 5th SeasonONA · 2023 · 10 ep3.6The fifth and final season of Aggressive Retsuko .
3.6The iDOLM@STER: 765 Pro to Iu Monogatari
Special · 2012 · 1 ep
The iDOLM@STER: 765 Pro to Iu MonogatariSpecial · 2012 · 1 ep3.6An unaired episode included with the volume 9 Blu-ray.
3.6Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: NEXT SKY
OVA · 2023 · 1 ep
Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: NEXT SKYLove Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai: Next SkyOVA · 2023 · 1 ep3.6A new Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai original video animation released in Summer 2023.
3.6COLORs
ONA · 2023 · 1 ep
COLORsONA · 2023 · 1 ep3.6A short anime directed by Tetsurou Araki in collaboration with music by Hiroyuki Sawano and Motohiro Hata. Note: A part of the "TOHO animation: Music Films" project, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of TOHO Animation.
3.6Muteki-kyuu*Believer
Special · 2020 · 1 ep
Muteki-kyuu*BelieverSpecial · 2020 · 1 ep3.6Animated music video for Nijigasaki High School Idol Club's first song of their first single titled Muteki-kyuu*Believer sung by Kasumi Nakasu. Note: The BD release for this music video combines this entry, Mirai Harmony and added story…
3.6Aikatsu Stars! The Movie
Movie · 2016 · 1 ep
Aikatsu Stars! The MovieAikatsu Stars! MovieMovie · 2016 · 1 ep3.6The film revolves around the students of the Yotsusei Gakuen traveling to a southern island in search for the "Legendary Dress." (Source: Anime News Network)