Idol Project (OAV)

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Alternative title:
アイドル・プロジェクト (Japanese)
Themes: fanservice
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Mimu wants desperately to be an idol, like her inspiration Yuri. Various obstacles rise up to keep her from reaching her audition and singing, and she wonders if her dream of being an idol be realized.
User Ratings: 87 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Very good: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:3)
 Good: 20 votes (sub:13, dub:6, ?:1)
 Decent: 25 votes (sub:21, raw:2, dub:2)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:2, ?:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 179 users, rank: #4210 (of 10176)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.011 (Decent), std. dev.: 2.0926, rank: #7595 (of 10346)
Weighted mean: 6.054 (Decent), rank: #7501 (of 10346) (seen all: 6.19 / seen some: 6.03 / won't finish: 2.35)
Bayesian estimate: 6.239 (Decent+), rank: #6381 (of 7798)
Running time: 27 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 4
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 1995-09-22
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Don't Stop! - Su-Te-Ki ni Meguri Aitai" by Idol Project
Ending Theme:
#01: "Kimi no Heart wo Neraiuchi (Take Aim and Shoot for Your Heart)" by Idol Project (ep 1)
#02: "Again" by Ai Orikasa (ep 2)
#03: "Ai da!? Seigi da!? Parupurin" (愛だ!? 正義だ!? ぱるぷりん) by Hinako Kanamaru
Links: We have 3
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
Review:
Idol Project DVD 1 (Mar 29, 2003)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Idol Project - Starland Festival (DVD 1) 2002-12-17 (from $21.59)
    Idol Project - Final Concert (DVD 2) 2003-04-29 (from $5.75)
    Idol Project - Super Pop Anthology (DVD 1-2) 2004-02-24 (from $14.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Yasuchika Nagaoka (eps 1-3)
Yutaka Satō (ep 4)
Screenplay:
Hiromitsu Amano (eps 1-2)
Naruhisa Arakawa (eps 3-4)
Noritaka Suzuki (Studio OX; cooperation)
Storyboard:
Jun Kawagoe (ep 4)
Shingo Kaneko (ep 3)
Yasuchika Nagaoka (OP; ep 3)
Unit Director: Keitarō Motonaga (OP; eps 1-3)
Original story: Noritaka Suzuki
Character Design:
Noritaka Suzuki (Studio OX)
Art Director:
Hiroshi Katō (ep 2)
Kazuhiro Arai (ep 4)
Mika Nakajima (ep 3)
Yukiko Iijima (ep 1)
Animation Director:
Hisashi Saitō (ep 3)
Keisuke Watabe (eps 1-2)
Masahiko Murata (ep 4)
Noritaka Suzuki
Art design: Akihiro Hirasawa (ep 2)
Sound Director: Hiroki Matsuoka
Director of Photography:
Hideki Imaizumi (eps 1-3)
Hideki Imiizumi
Takashi Azuhata (ep 4)
Executive producer: Kazuo Suzaki (KSS)
Producer:
Atsuhiko Suda (Studio OX)
Masao Mochizuki (KSS)

Airbrush Work:
Noriyuki Ohta (eps 1-3)
Yoshimi Hayashi (ep 4)
Animation producer:
Fumikazu Matsumoto (Studio OX)
Kazumitsu Ozawa (Brain's Base; ep 4)
Animation Supervisor: Noritaka Suzuki (Studio OX; eps 1-2)
Assistant Animation Director: Hisashi Saitō (ep 2)
Background Art:
Chieko Nezaki (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Hiroshi Washizaki (ep 1)
Jun Okabe (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Katsutoshi Kobayashi (ep 1)
Kazuhiro Arai (ep 4)
Kentaro Mishima (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Kiyoshi Tsuchiya (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Kōji Iwamoto (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Masaru Ohta (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Masaru Satō (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Michiyo Matsuda (ep 1)
Mika Nakajima (ep 3)
Shunichirō Yoshihara (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Sohei Koizumi (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Takuji Anai (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Tatsuro Iseri (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Yasuhiro Kondo (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Yoshio Kajiwara (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Yoshiyuki Koido (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Yukiko Iijima (ep 1)
Yūsuke Takeda (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Calligraphy Painting: Ingen (ep 1)
Cel Check: Kiyomi Inoue (Light Foot; ep 3)
Color design:
Kayoko Nishi (Studio Gimlet; eps 1-2)
Yuriko Utsunomiya (MI; ep 3)
Color setting:
Kiyomi Inoue (Light Foot; ep 3)
Yuriko Utsunomiya (MI; eps 1-4)
Cooperation: Hiroshi Ōno (Gakken Anime Tomo no Kai; ep 3)
Editing:
Kazuhiko Seki (Jay Film; ep 4)
Shigeru Nishiyama (TAVAC; eps 1-3)
Yōko Kobayashi (Jay Film; ep 4)
Finish Animation:
Akiko Inoue (MI; ep 4)
Atsuko Iiyama (MI; ep 4)
Aya Ouchi (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Ayami Minowa (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Chiho Nishioka (MI; ep 4)
Chizue Saitō (MI; ep 4)
Chizuru Hashimoto (Light Foot; ep 3)
Eri Suzuki (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Fusako Nakao (MI; eps 1-2)
Hiromi Imaizumi (Light Foot; ep 3)
Hiromi Mizuno (MI; ep 4)
Hisayo Suenaga (Studio Hibari; ep 3)
Jun Sano (Light Foot; ep 3)
Junko Fujimaki (MI; eps 1-2)
Kazuhiro Mikami (MI; ep 4)
Kazuko Kikuchi (MI; ep 4)
Kazuko Yamashita (Studio Hibari; ep 3)
Kazuyoshi Maie (Studio Gash; ep 3)
Kinue Matsui (MI; eps 1-2)
Kiriko Kanayama (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Kōichirō Miyasaka (MI; ep 4)
Koji Kitamura (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Kumie Karasawa (Studio Hibari; ep 3)
Kunimitsu Ohki (Studio Hibari; ep 3)
Maho Kobayashi (MI; ep 4)
Mami Nagano (Studio Hibari; ep 3)
Mamiko Numata (MI; eps 1-2)
Mayumi Sawame (MI; eps 1-2)
Michiyo Arasato (MI; ep 4)
Mie Ohki (Light Foot; ep 3)
Miyuki Iguchi (Light Foot; ep 3)
Miyuki Mizumaki (MI; ep 4)
Nanae Shinaji (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Naoko Aono (Studio Hibari; ep 3)
Naoko Horikawa (MI; ep 4)
Naoko Satō (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Noriko Itō (MI; eps 1-2)
Noriko Nakamura (MI; eps 1-2)
Noriko Oikawa (Light Foot; ep 3)
Noriko Takahashi (MI; eps 1-2)
Nozomi Shitara (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Reiko Yoshida (Oscar Planning; ep 3)
Saeko Saito (Oscar Planning; ep 3)
Sayuri Okada (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Shigetoshi Gotō (Studio Gash; ep 3)
Shinichi Yoneda (MI; ep 4)
Takeshi Satō (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Tamaki Sugiyama (Light Foot; ep 3)
Tomiko Kojima (MI; eps 1-2)
Tomoka Mitsui (Light Foot; ep 3)
Tomoko Kuroki (Light Foot; ep 3)
Tomoko Sekiguchi (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Tomomi Hashimoto (MI; ep 4)
Yasuko Suenaga (MI; eps 1-2, 4)
Yoshiki Itō (MI; ep 4)
Yuka Suzuki (A.I.C.; ep 3)
In-Between Animation:
Atsushi Fujimoto (eps 1, 3)
Chie Arai (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Chizuko Kusakabe (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Hideaki Nagata (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Hikaru Ishiguro (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Hiroaki Hayasaka (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Hiroko Watanabe (eps 1-2)
Hiroshi Haneda (eps 1-3)
Hiroshi Kagi (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Izumi Masui (Big Bang; eps 1-3)
Jun Nishimura (ep 3)
Junichi Hashimoto (ep 1)
Kazuhiro Murase (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Kazuma Uike (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Kei Oikawa (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Keiichi Ishida (eps 1-2)
Kenichi Takada (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Kenichi Tanda (ep 2)
Kenji Akiba (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Koichiro Kiyoshima (Big Bang; ep 3)
Koji Ukai (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Kouji Nakano (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Kouji Tani (eps 1-2)
Kyōko Hyōdō (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Kyōta Washikita (eps 1-3)
Maki Sawai (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Makoto Kono (ep 1)
Masahiko Taniguchi (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Masanao Bessho (eps 1-2)
Masatoshi Noda (ep 1)
Miho Toshima (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Namie Akiba (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Naoki Kusumoto (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Naoko Soeda (Big Bang; ep 3)
Noriyuki Kobayashi (Big Bang; ep 3)
Rie Arai (荒井理恵; Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Ryōko Kishimoto (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Satoru Nakaya (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Satoshi Takahashi (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Seiji Higashimoto (ep 3)
Shigeki Nagata (Big Bang; ep 3)
Shinji Tanaka (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Shouji Makihara (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Taeko Oda (Mizo Planning; ep 4)
Takahiko Tanya (eps 1-2)
Takahiro Ikezoe (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Takanobu Katada (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Takanori Suzuki (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Takayuki Sugimori (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Takuro Fukui (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Tatsurō Arai (Studio Gash; ep 3)
Tetsu Asada (ep 3)
Tomoko Kizuki (eps 1-2)
Tomomi Nishio (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Tsutomu Kaneko (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Yasuhiro Kawano (eps 1-3)
Yoko Miyanaga (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Yokoya Suzuki (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Yoshihide Okamura (ep 3)
Yoshihiro Makise (ep 3)
Yoshio Katayama (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Yūji Watanabe (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Yuka Hasegawa (A.I.C.; ep 3)
Yukiko Furukawa (Studio Boomerang; ep 4)
Yūsei Kawada (Studio Gash; ep 3)
Yutaka Matsubara (Studio Gash; ep 3)
In-Between Check:
Kyōta Washikita (ep 3)
Masanao Bessho (eps 1-2)
Yuzumi Enosawa (ep 4)
Insert Song Arrangement:
Hiroyuki Kouzu ("Star rights, star days"; ep 4)
Kanji Saito ("Hoshi no Melody"; ep 4)
Insert Song Composition:
Hiroyuki Kouzu ("Star rights, star days"; ep 4)
Kanji Saito ("Hoshi no Melody"; ep 4)
Insert Song Lyrics:
Arisu Satō ("Hoshi no Melody"; ep 4)
Masumi Yanagawa ("Star rights, star days"; ep 4)
Insert Song Performance: Mariko Kouda ("Hoshi no Melody, "Star rights, star days"; ep 4)
Key Animation:
Akiko Nishio (ep 4)
Eisaku Inoue (ep 1)
Emiko Momose (ep 3)
Fuminori Kizaki (Studio Hercules; ep 3)
Gen Takase (ep 2)
Hideaki Matsuoka (eps 1, 3)
Hiroshi Konno (eps 1-2)
Hiroshi Kosuga (ep 2)
Hiroto Yokote (ep 4)
Hiroyuki Nakamura (ep 1)
Hisashi Ishii (ep 3)
Hisashi Saitō (Studio Hercules; OP; eps 1-3)
Jun Nakai (eps 1-3)
Junichi Hashimoto (ep 2)
Junko Abe (ep 4)
Katsuzō Hirata (ep 3)
Kazuhiko Tamura (ep 4)
Keiichi Ishida (ep 2)
Keiji Gotō (OP)
Keisei Noguchi (ep 1)
Keisuke Watabe (OP; Studio Hercules; eps 1-3)
Ken Ōtsuka (Studio Hercules; ep 3)
Kenichi Umemoto (ep 3)
Kiyotaka Nakahara (ep 2)
Kōichi Taguchi (eps 1-2)
Kumi Horii (Studio 2/X; eps 2-3)
Makoto Bessho (ep 1)
Masahiko Kubo (ep 1)
Masahito Yamashita (eps 2-3)
Masako Onozawa (ep 4)
Masashi Hioki (ep 4)
Mitsuru Ishihara (OP; ep 3)
Mitsuru Sōma (ep 2)
Munenori Nawa (OP; ep 2)
Munetaka Tatsudan (ep 1)
Naoyuki Konno (Studio Hercules; ep 3)
Noboru Jitsuhara (ep 3)
Norio Yamada (ep 4)
Noritaka Suzuki (OP)
Rei Masunaga (ep 4)
Rie Nakajima (ep 3)
Ryō Tanaka (ep 4)
Ryōtarō Akao (ep 4)
Satoshi Hirayama (ep 4)
Satoshi Ishino (Studio Hercules; eps 2-3)
Shinobu Nishioka (Studio 2/X; eps 2-3)
Shinsuke Ishikawa (Studio Hercules; eps 1-3)
Shinya Hasegawa (OP; eps 1-2)
Susumu Nishizawa (ep 2)
Tadashi Oppata (ep 2)
Takashi Hashimoto (ep 3)
Terumi Mutō (ep 4)
Teruo Handa (ep 2)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (ep 2)
Yasuhiro Saiki (ep 4)
Yasuhisa Katō (ep 2)
Yōichi Mitsui (ep 2)
Yōji Niizuma (ep 1)
Yūichi Kurosawa (ep 4)
Yūji Yanase (ep 1)
Yūki Kinoshita (ep 4)
Yukio Okano (ep 2)
Music Performance:
Kimihiko Shiraishi (piano; ep 1)
Yasuhiko Nakamura (guitar; ep 1)
Music producer: Sohichiro Harada
Music Production Management: Mitsunori Yokoyama (ep 3)
Packaging Design: Naoki Kobayashi (ep 3)
Photography:
Atsuo Tsukioka (Azuhata Production; ep 4)
Hideki Imaizumi (Studio Cavern; eps 1-3)
Hiroshi Tako (Studio Cavern; eps 1-3)
Kazusumi Takahashi (Studio Cavern; eps 1-3)
Keiko Kose (Studio Cavern; eps 1-3)
Shinichi Sasano (Azuhata Production; ep 4)
Photography Cooperation:
Hideki Imaizumi (Studio Cavern; ep 4)
Junichi Takahashi (高橋純一; Studio Cavern; ep 4)
Production Advancement:
Noriyuki Tsuji (ep 1)
Shinji Ishihira (ep 3)
Yūichi Maeda (ep 2)
Yumi Satō (ep 4)
Production Advancement Assistant: Machie Furuta (ep 3)
Production manager:
Goichi Iwahata (eps 1-3)
Tatsuyo Kobayashi (ep 4)
Promotion: Fuyuko Hasegawa (ep 4)
Publicity Cooperation: Hiroshi Ōno (Gakken Anime Tomo no Kai; eps 1-2)
Publicity Manager:
Naoko Ozawa (ep 1)
Yoko Aoyama (ep 4)
Publicity Production Manager:
Guho Sahara (ep 3)
Yoko Aoyama (ep 3)
Recording: Kazumi Kanaya (ep 2)
Recording Adjustment: Yasunori Ebina (B-Line; eps 1-2, 4)
Sound Effects:
Junichi Sasaki (Anime Sound Production)
Sound Production Manager: Masahiro Tsukada (ep 3)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Bang Heads (ED3)
Kanji Saito (OP, ED1-2)
Theme Song Composition:
Akira Yamato (ED3)
Kanji Saito (OP, ED1-2)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Arisu Satō (OP, ED1-2)
Atsuhiko Suda (ED3)
Titles:
Akira Tanizaki (eps 1-3)
Ryusuke Yashigi (eps 3-4)
Teruaki Kiyono (eps 1-2)
Video Editing: Noriki Masuda (ep 4)
Video Editing Assistant: Munenori Tsuda (ep 4)
VTR Editing: Hiroshi Sohwa
Aya Hisakawa as Layla B. Simmons
Hinako Kanamaru as Pal Pu Ran Ran
Kikuko Inoue as Corvette Hyers
Mariko Kouda as Mimu Emilton
Mika Kanai as Extra Kaidō
Rie Iwatsubo as Shion Suzukaze
Satomi Koorogi as Ruka Essenpolka

Ai Orikasa as Yuri

Chinami Nishimura as Announcer
Eiji Itō as Evle
Kenyū Horiuchi as chairman (ep 2)
Masahiro Anzai as owner (ep 2)
Shocker OH!NO! as
manager (ep 3)
Polygonians (ep 2)
Sōju Okita as Alien
Yū Shimaka as Bananaji

Japanese companies
Animation: Studio OX
Animation Production: Studio OX
Background Art: Bihou, Inc. (ep 2)
Development:
Imagica (eps 1-3)
Tokyo Laboratory (ep 4)
Editing:
Jay Film (ep 4)
Toei Audio Visual Art Center (eps 1-3)
Finish Animation:
AIC (ep 3)
Light Foot (ep 3)
MI (eps 1-2, 4)
Miz Planning (ep 4)
Mizo Planning (ep 4)
Oscar Planning (ep 3)
Studio Gash (ep 3)
Studio Hibari (ep 3)
Finish Animation Cooperation:
J.C.F. (ep 2)
Magic Bus (ep 2)
Marsa, Inc. (as MARSA Tokyo; ep 2)
Mizo Planning (eps 1-2)
Seoul Movie (ep 2)
In-Between Animation:
AIC (ep 3)
Big Bang (ep 3)
Mizo Planning (ep 4)
Studio Boomerang (ep 4)
Studio Gash (ep 3)
In-Between Cooperation:
J.C.F. (ep 1)
Magic Bus (ep 2)
Mizo Planning (ep 2)
Studio Need (eps 2-3)
Studio Wanpack (eps 1-2)
Key Animation:
Studio 2/X (ep 3)
Studio Hercules (ep 3)
Key Animation Cooperation:
Dangun Pictures (eps 1-2)
Magic Bus (eps 1-2)
Marsa, Inc. (as MARSA Tokyo; eps 1-2)
Studio Wanpack (ep 2)
Lithwork: Maki Production
Music Production: KSS
Photography:
Azuhata Production (ep 4)
Studio Cavern (eps 1-3)
Photography Cooperation: Studio Cavern (ep 4)
Production: KSS
Production Cooperation: Brain's Base (ep 4)
Recording Studio:
KSS Studio (ep 2)
Studio Echo (ep 1)
Studio Uni (ep 2)
Sound Production: KSS
Telecine: Imagica (eps 3-4)
Theme Song Cooperation: KSS Records
English cast
English staff
ADR Director:
Kristi Reed
Lex Lang (3-4)
Art Director: Merideth Mulroney
Translation: Masumi Doeda
ADR Script: Clark Cheng
Executive producer: John Sirabella
Producer: Eric P. Sherman

Assistant producer: Mami Okada
Chief Engineer: Patrick Rodman
Co-Producer: Kaeko Sakamoto
Editing: Khalid Mills
Foley Artist: Michael Lyle
Production Assistant: Anna Yamamoto
Production manager: Scott Marchfeld
Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux
Re-Recording Mixing: Mark Rozett (C.A.S.)
Recording engineer: Matthew J. Mondrick
Sound Effects Editing: Matthew J. Mondrick
Walla Coach: Gully Jimson
Ellen Wilkinson as Extra Kaidou
Julie Pickering as Pal-pu Ran Ran
Lara Jill Miller as Ruka Essenpolka
Michelle Ruff as Mimu Emilton
Midge Mayes as Shion Suzukase
Sue Beth Arden as Layla B. Simmons
Tina Dixon as Corvette Hyers
Willow Armstrong as Ruka Essenpolka

Sheri Peppars as Yurie

Dave Mallow as Evie
David Lucas as
Extra Servant
Pal-pu Fan
Lex Lang as BaliHawaii Presenter
Marie Danielle as
Part-Time Gal
Ruka Fan
Midge Mayes as Reporter
Ron Allen as
Extra Servant
Govie
Mr. Bananaan
Pal-pu Fan
Ryoko's Sparing Partner
Steve Kramer as Ivie
Sue Beth Arden as Corvette Dancer
Tina Dixon as Ruka Fan
Willow Armstrong as Ruka Fan
English companies
Distributor: AnimeWorks
Licensed by: Media Blasters
Recording Facility: Monterey Post Studio
Recording Studio: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Italian companies
Distributor: Dynamic Italia (2002)
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