The official YouTube channel for the TV anime UniteUp! has released a live-action music video for the opening theme song titled, "Unite up!," performed by the anime's main voice cast.
The cast of the anime performed the theme song, "Unite up!"
Shin'ichirō Ushijima is directing the anime at studio CloverWorks. Rino Yamazaki is overseeing the series scripts. Majiro is designing the characters and is also the chief animation director, alongside Asami Komatsu and Yurie Hama. Yuki Hayashi is composing the music.
Additional staff includes:
Action Director: Hiromi Ishigami
Design Works: Yurie Hama, Keiko Takagi, Iori Nonoshita, Yōko Kubara Shiori Mizutani, Hiromi Ishigami
Art Design: Yuri Sanan
Art Director: Masakazu Miyake
Color Design: Kazuko Nakashima
Director of Photography: Yukiko Nagase
3DCG: 5 Inc.
3D Director: Makoto Honda
Editing: Akinori Mishima
The story centers on Akira Kiyose, who sings on a video streaming site under the singer name "KIKUNOYU." One day the talent agency sMiLea Production scouts him. sMiLea is an agency founded by the retired legendary idol pair AneLa to train new budding idols. Akira then forms an idol group with Banri Naoe and Chihiro Isuzugawa, who were also scouted. Their new group, Protostar, will have their debut alongside other new idol groups with sMiLea Production: Legit and Jaxx Jaxx.
UniteUp! premiered on January 7, 2023 on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, BS11, HTB Hokkaido TV, and MBS.
MUSIC VIDEO:
MAIN CAST:
Protostar
Kikunosuke Toya as Akira Kiyose
Ryotaro Yamaguchi as Banri Naoe
Amon Hirai as Chihiro Isuzugawa
Legit
Magura Sukegawa as Daiki Takao
Shinnosuke Morikage as Eishiro Nijo
Ryuichiro Sakata as Fuga Togo
Jaxx Jaxx
masa as Gakuto Haruka
Yuuki Shimomae as Homare Katsura
Takumi Magoshi as Izumi Kashii
Kosei Tsubokura as Jun Wakasa
Gaku Takamoto as Kanata Morinomiya
AneLa
Yoshiki Nakajima as Maoto Tsujido
Soma Saito as Lin Otsuki
Additional staff includes:
Action Director: Hiromi Ishigami
Design Works: Yurie Hama, Keiko Takagi, Iori Nonoshita, Yōko Kubara Shiori Mizutani, Hiromi Ishigami
Art Design: Yuri Sanan
Art Director: Masakazu Miyake
Color Design: Kazuko Nakashima
Director of Photography: Yukiko Nagase
3DCG: 5 Inc.
3D Director: Makoto Honda
Editing: Akinori Mishima
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