“Anzu joins all-male idol school, produces Trickstar to rebel against oppressive student council through underground Dream Idol Festivals.”
Ensemble Stars!
あんさんぶるスターズ!
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Synopsis
Anzu joins all-male idol school, produces Trickstar to rebel against oppressive student council through underground Dream Idol Festivals.
Yumenosaki Academy has been home to the best boy idols of different generations. Holding immense influence over the school, its student council maintains the status quo by enforcing old traditions with an iron fist. Transfer student Anzu winds up attending as the very first member in the production course, making her the sole female student in the entire school. There, she meets Subaru Akehoshi, Hokuto Hidaka, Mao Isara, and Makoto Yuuki—her classmates and members of the idol unit "Trickstar." The academy holds Dream Idol Festivals—stage battles that put its students' singing and dancing skills against each other, with the audience voting on the winner. Winning these "DreFes" guarantees the members of the idol unit various privileges and prestige. However, with the student council intervening and punishing everyone involved in an unsanctioned DreFes, the members of Trickstar find that they can no longer sit around and let it continue. Alongside Anzu as their producer, they plot to become the revolutionaries of the academy.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 16 sampled reviews
What 16 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.45 · split reception
5.9 pts
Recommenders 8.9 · others 3.0
↑ 0.13
Running avg · Nov 2019 → Jun 2025
- 10 “I love this anime for its entertaining blend of idol and music elements, featuring really likeable and cute characters in a wholesome atmosphere. However, the ending felt rushed and left me with...”
- 7 “While it's genuinely fun and wholesome to finally see the boys animated, this adaptation suffers from a rushed story crammed with too many plotlines that severely hurts the pacing. The compressed...”
- 9 “I enjoyed every detail of the plot, which featured compelling conflicts and backstories, and found the music to be insane and the characters good overall. The only downside was that the character...”
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- Format 24 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 12m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2019 – Dec 2019 Summer 2019
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-10900 catalog
Produced by
- Frontier Works Producer
- Movic Producer
- Happy Elements Producer
- Bandai Namco Arts Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor