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Idolish 7 Project's 45-Second Music Video Preview Teases More of Trigger Idols

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Idols voiced by Wataru Hatano, Sōma Saitō, Takuya Satou in NAZ music video

The official website for the Idolish 7 "big media-mix project" posted the 45-second preview of the "Leopard Eyes" music video. The anime studio NAZ produced the video for Trigger, the rival idol group of the project's titular Idolish 7 group. The website will stream the full video on December 16.

The studio BONES animated the "MEMORiES MELODiES" music video by Idolish 7. The website began streaming the video on Tuesday.

Takahiro Ikezoe (Show By Rock!!, Ozma) directed the "MEMORiES MELODiES" video at BONES, and Daigo Yamagishi served as storyboarder and technical director. Tomohiro Nagasaku served as animation director, and Yumiko Totsu edited. Yukari Goto was the color key artist at Wish. Masaru Satō directed the art at Ishigaki Pro, and Kōta Sasaki was the director of photography with Bones.

The multimedia project features a smartphone game, music releases, manga, and a serialized novel. Manga creator Arina Tanemura (Full Moon O Sagashite, The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross, Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura) drafted the original character designs for the project.

The members of Idolish 7 are: Toshiki Masuda as Iori Izumi, Yusuke Shirai as Yamato Nikaidou, Tsubasa Yonaga as Mitsuki Izumi, KENN as Tamaki Yotsuba, Atsushi Abe as Sogo Ohsaka, Takuya Eguchi as Nagi Rokuya, and Kenshō Ono as Riku Nanase. The members of Trigger are Wataru Hatano as Gaku Yaotome (left in image below), Sōma Saitō as Ten Kujō (center), and Takuya Satou as Ryūnosuke Tsunashi (right).

Vocaloid producer kz (Livetune, songs on Oreimo, Re:␣Hamatora, Digimon Xros Wars: Toki o Kakeru Shōnen Hunter-tachi) composed Idolish 7's first song "Monster Generation," NAZ created the animation sequence for the music video (below), and Kasumi Fukagawa (Persona 3 the Movie #1 Spring of Birth assistant animation director) adapted Tanemura's designs for animation.

Bandai Namco Online made the Idolish 7 "dramatic rhythm action" iOS and Android game with music in collaboration with Lantis. The player assumes the role of Tsumugi Takanashi, a manager for a new idol group. She must train seven male singers — each with their own individual personalities — to turn them into the No. 1 idols. The game features full voicing of the dialogue by the cast.

Nokoshi Yamada launched a manga on Hakusensha's "Hana LaLa online" site on July 24. Bunta Tsushimi launched the novelization on the Web Hakusensha Novels site at the end of July.


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