“Wake Up, Girls! faces betrayal, exploitation, and internal strife on their perilous journey to idol stardom.”
Wake Up, Girls!
Wake Up, Girls!
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Synopsis
Wake Up, Girls! faces betrayal, exploitation, and internal strife on their perilous journey to idol stardom.
The gateway to Idol stardom might have opened for the newly formed singing group Wake Up, Girls, but the path to fame is full of perils and pitfalls. And for Mayu, Airi, Minami, Yoshino, Nanami, Kaya and Miyu, it's going to be especially difficult knowing who to trust, as their manager Matsuda's lack of experience could give other, less scrupulous, individuals a chance to take advantage. That's a situation that quickly comes to a head when Green Leaves' president suddenly disappears with most of the money, and things only get worse when the replacement producer seems more interested in getting the girls into revealing swimsuits than promoting their music. As malicious gossip begins to surface regarding Mayu's past membership in a rival group, and internal tensions begin to tear the team apart, they'll need more than just ambition to survive. Singing may be a business, but friendship and a love of music is what will keep everything together. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 17 sampled reviews
What 17 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.63 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 0.76
Running avg · Mar 2014 → Sep 2024
- 8 “Wake Up, Girls! succeeds by portraying idols as underdogs, giving all seven girls meaningful personal arcs and pairing them with infectiously catchy songs that easily stick in your head. While the...”
- 7 “The characters are well-developed with individual personalities and compelling backstories that make it easy to get invested in their journey, plus the music and dance routines are genuinely...”
- 8 “Wake Up, Girls! offers a refreshingly realistic look at the idol industry, pairing an engaging underdog story with likable characters and catchy songs. While character depth and animation quality...”
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A Tv Production · Winter 2014
Tatsunoko Production.TV Tokyo · Avex Entertainment
- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2014 – Mar 2014 Winter 2014
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-7967 catalog
Produced by
- TV Tokyo Producer
- Avex Entertainment Producer
- Sotsu Producer
- Sega Producer
- Gakken Producer
- Rakuonsha Producer
- AT-X Producer
- TOHO Producer
- Ultra Super Pictures Producer
- DIVE II Entertainment Producer
- Good Smile Company Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor