UniteUp!: Uni:Birth Unveils Teaser Trailer and Key Visual
The new season is set to premiere next January, two years after the start of the first season in January 2023.
The UniteUp! anime is part of a multimedia project by Sony Music. Crunchyroll describes the show as:
“I’m going to be an idol…?” Akira Kiyose is a high school student who loves to sing. His songs were published to a video sharing site as the internet singer “KIKUNOYU”. One day, he is scouted by the entertainment agency “sMiLea Production” after they hear his singing voice. The agency was established to nurture up-and-coming idols by the legendary idol duo “Anela” after they suddenly retired. Akira forms a group with Banri Naoe and Chihiro Isuzugawa, who were also scouted. The three online singers are inspired by the idols “LEGIT” and “JAXX/JAXX”, also belonging to the same agency, and aim to make their idol debut with their own thoughts and feelings in mind…!
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Staff
• Director: Shinichiro Ushijima (returning)
• Assistant director: Michiru Itabisashi (My Hero Academia Season 7 Episode 9 director)
• Series composer: Team Kizunya
• Character designer: Majiro (returning)
• Sub-character designer: Hidekazu Yamana (Amazing Stranger)
• Character design assistance: Levin Aoi (returning)
• Animation production: CloverWorks
Cast
• Kikunosuke Toya as Akira Kiyose
• Ryotaro Yamaguchi as Banri Naoe
• Amon Hirai as Chihiro Isuzugawa
• Magura Sukegawa as Daiki Takao
• Shinnosuke Morikage as Eishirou Nijo
• Ryuichiro Sakata as Fuga Togo
• masa as Gakuto Haruka
• Yuuki Shimomae as Homare Katsura
• Takumi Magoshi as Izumi Kashii
• Kosei Tsubokura as Jun Wakasa
• Gaku Takumoto as Kanata Morinomiya
• Soma Saito as Lin Otsuki
• Yoshiki Nakajima as Maoto Tsujido
Sources: Press release, Aniplex Online Fest 2024