Haruka Nanami, an aspiring composer from the countryside, longs to write music for her beloved idol, Hayato Ichinose. Determined to accomplish this goal, she enrolls into Saotome Academy, a highly regarded vocational school for the performing arts.
Upon her arrival, Haruka soon learns that everyone on staff, including the headmaster, is either an idol, a composer, or a poet. To top it all off, she is surrounded by incredibly talented future idols and composers, and the competition among the students is fierce; with the possibility of recruitment by the Shining Agency upon graduation, the stakes are incredibly high. As she strives to reach her dream at the academy, one fateful night, a series of events lead Haruka to a mysterious man standing in the moonlight, and he seems a bit familiar...
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marusamarento
To put it bluntly, don't watch Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 1000%. Some exceptions to this rule are as follows: - If you're competing with a friend at a drinking game (drink every time the lead girl stutters, you'll lose consciousness fast - you're welcome). There are no other exceptions . . . only excruciating elaboration. Uta no star prince hyphen sama music note maji love 1000 percent sign (it has not earnt the familiarity of UtaPri with me) is a depressingly high-budget anime of a dating sim aimed towards women. Ostensibly about the power of music, love and friendship, it is, realistically speaking, actually aboutjack shit.
Our protagonist is a modern day Yamato Nadeshiko with eyes the colour of soup, who wears a short skirt and can't do anything by herself, except play piano. So of course she enters a prestigious idol-making music academy (disguised as a gigolo school) where the ratio of male to female students is astonishingly unbalanced. Despite a personality that is as inviting as her pet cactus and terrifying, terrifying eyes she manages to attract several of potential suitors, apparently through magic, or, as yaoi would put it "sex smell". By the end of this 13 episode series (or, as I like to think of it, six and a half hours of my life I will never get back) Soup-chan has to pick one of the guys to duet with for her graduation audition. Thus the achingly vacuous reverse-harem sausagefest begins.
Daringly, unlike several music-based anime series that came before it, such as Nodame Cantabile, Detroit Metal City, Beck, K-On!, and so on, Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 1000% decides to forego having any listenable music tracks in its OST. The OP is as dull as the protagonist's personality and the ED (which you will hear in various instrumental and acapella forms throughout) is the musical equivalent of putting a cotton bud too far in your ear and experiencing the crippling though dull facial pain that follows. Other tracks in the OST are just forgettable.
Like a song that's so cute it angers you, the talented vocal cast in this show fail to shine. Miyuki Sawashiro, for example, is just incessantly irritating as the voice of our main character - and similarly with Mamoru Miyano, as all I wanted to do was give his character a surprise tracheotomy with a pen for that goddamn vibrato he used in every song. It's the same with the other voice actors, though those two were particularly grating. Most of the male characters, except the slightly shady evil twins and split personalities, of course, have bizarrely high voices in a desperate bid to sound cute. Or maybe there's an implicit rule that all male Japanese singers are eunuchs, I don't know.
The concept of a music academy that caters to exclusively creating idols that sing pop songs, rather than to cultivate actual talent, is an apt metaphor for this anime.
On the surface the art is pretty, bright and cheerful, but it soon becomes clear how the studio cut corners with the budget - the horrific spasms the male characters experience when dancing, the occasionally over-bright scenes where characters are standing in thick fog though they are indoors, and - I can't express my anger enough over this - the chibi. It's like the art director (cunningly disguised as the manager of Death Records) went "bitches love chibi, give them MORE chibi, FUCK!" and that is what they did. If I had a drink every time there was chibi, I would be dead.
Though I enjoyed hating this anime, and laughing at the incredible stupidity (talking to her grandmother in her head - presumably her grandmother is dead - presumably that cat has the spirit of her grandmother - did her grandmother just turn into a bishie?), there is a more serious issue with this show. That is, the reason for its very existence - to perpetuate the kind of obsessive fan culture that encourages people to watch pretty boys in every stereotype you can imagine, from sweet to suave and silly to tsundere, have ~subtext~ with each other while still being interested in the [insert yourself here] main role. The same kind of people that would buy the merchandise and image CDs. It leaves a pretty sour taste in my mouth.
Much like staring into our lead girl's eyes, watching this anime, you will realise it has no soul - and that watching it probably devalues your own. Like an egotistical person, the show is admittedly pretty, but, boy, doesn't it know it.
asckj1
O_O Now I've seen it all *shoots self* Story [7/10]: The concept of having a music academy to train students to become future idols. That itself sounds really interesting. In the 2nd episode there was good development in the story through assignment given to the students where one has to compose other to write lyrics and record it. Alas such challenges were never shown after ep 2. The heroine has been given extra special attention by all the guys right from ep 1 without any reason(maybe typical of a reverse harem). A big letdown. I mean why cant the feelings develop slowly as the daysof all characters together progress. Pace of the story is really slow in terms of development. Episodes are wasted on introducing all the guys (6 + one magical creature/guy perhaps- yeah talking about Cecile) no excitment to watch except seing the bishonens in different angles. The way the story is revealed looks very plastic- unrealistic and made up for visual feast to the girls exclusively. The only other good point storywise is the continuity it has kept from one episode to the next. Inspite of all this I dont know why but I am still continuing to watch the show. So if you are okay with a not too interesting plot development then go on ahead to watch.
Art [10/10]: No doubt in this. All the guys are awesome. Haruka's eyes though is a heavy disappointment. I actually avoid looking too much in her eyes (cause then maybe I'll get hypnotised :P). Background scenery is good. The campus seems really beautiful.
Sound [10/10]: Need I say anything about this. AWESOME SONGS!!!! Just listen to the tunes and you'll be fluttering like a leaf in the wind. Voice actors all have done a good job for their characters as well. AWESOME SONGS
Characters [8/10]: All guys have a distinct personality. Though I would have preferred genuinely smiling characters as a change. i mean come on, you cant have an expression like this =.= all the time and expect the audience's mindset to change forcefully towards the character by suddenly seeing him singing and dancing. Smile is a must while performing (well with expections of course for songs which are supposed to be grim). And it is the only thing that also adds vibrance to the idol image of the character. Still most of the guys have this feature so its all good. and Haruka completely fails to give any impact on screen for me. Her personality is absolutely weak. Even Ringo the supporting character has her screen presence felt.
Overall [8/10]: I give this ratings because of the following points:
1) Pop music theme. This is the first series which I actually came across with a full fledged pop music theme. Though I agree skip beat also had some of it.
2) Bishounens.
No interesting scenes showing the actual process of training students to be future idols. Though i have to admit songs are groovy in each episode. Wait songs are AWESOME. Amazing grace !!!!!
All in all its the kind of show to get caught up watching in all the hype.
penginkumo
What you will find in this anime is a group of cute guys who are pros at music. ~Story: There is nothing particularly special about the plot of UtaPri. It follows the journey of a girl who got accepted to a very extravagant music school. There she met a group of cute guys who gradually got to love her music. This anime is a typical reverse harem. Do not expect to find any major plot twists because UtaPri is quite light-hearted and often uses comedy. ~Art: The first time I looked at the main girl character, I was like "Why does she have such creepy eyes?!" Ihave to say the other characters' eyes are less creepy and look more normal. The art of UtaPri really has an elegant tone to it(please excuse the times when they dance like robots). What I really like about the visuals in UtaPri is the colors. There is always a happy feeling in this anime because of the use of a range of colors.
~Sound: UtaPri is an anime about music. I am sure anyone would be disappointed if this aspect of the anime was not done well. i think that the background soundtrack is quite suitable. The singing however has been the part that I really enjoyed. When people keep asking the question "Can music change the world?", I really have to give a yes as an answer. I felt that the songs in UtaPri are all quite emotional.
~Character: Every character has been briefly explored in the anime. I haven't played the game UtaPri but after reading Wikipedia, I would assume that it is a lot more detailed and the characters are more thoroughly explained. While all sharing the love for music, the characters each have their own distinct personality. Each of the characters is assigned with a certain color. Sometimes, I find that the colors really expresses their personality.
~Enjoyment: I wouldn't say that I really like this anime. The only enjoyment I got from watching UtaPri came from the voices. I have to admit that I only watched this anime because Mamoru Miyano starred in it. For me, the singing has made the best moments for me in UtaPri.
If you like a short anime based around music or enjoys watching a reverse harem with cute guys, UtaPri is the anime for you.
Kureru-Elric
At surface level this appears to be another reverse-harem otome kind of anime, but it’s actually much better than that. There is a reverse harem element, with all 6 of the guys vying for Haruka's attention, but there isn’t any actual romance (well, a little), which makes it an oddity amongst the shoujo genre. The biggest draw for me when watching was that Haruka, while still the female party of a massive love-hexagon, doesn’t just fall into the shadows and become a Mary-Sue type character; she’s a great female lead, and without her personality the way that it is, there’s no way any of thiswould’ve happened. She is the reason things turn out the way they do.
Of course, the biggest audience for this anime is young females, as there are many sexy guys, and each of them has their own distinct personality, some clashing violently with others, some of which are not very common in shoujo anime: the obliviously innocent one, the stoic serious one, the childish-yet-yandere one, the tsundere, the ladies man, and the I’m-gonna-close-myself-off-to-you-because-I-don’t-want-your-help-but-I’ll-warm-up-to-you-eventually one. And each one of them is hot as hell. (There’s also plenty of room for yaoi ships, which is a plus but doesn’t draw interest away from the actual plot.)
The other supporting characters were great as well. There was the best friend who, while she could be considered prettier than our heroine, doesn’t out-shine her but instead plays a big role just as being her friend. There’s the headmaster, who… I just don’t know with this guy. And there’s a trap character! Haruka’s teacher is a crossdresser, and boy does he make an attractive lady. Other sub-characters are interesting as well, and I’m glad that they weren’t just there to be, well, there.
Animation-wise, it’s very smooth and pretty. Characters are well fleshed-out and look amazing (Haruka has the prettiest eyes on any anime female ever and you can’t tell me otherwise), and the plot is decent. In fact, the plot is not very good compared to how amazing the rest of it is. There are multiple plot holes, parts that don’t make sense, things that move too slow, and the ending has a giant “where the fuck did this come from?” moment (there was something to do with magic and cats and Greek Muses and God damn he’s hot), but overall it wasn’t horrible, there was good comedic moments, and even the minor characters are very interesting to watch.
Then there’s the music: HOLY HELL is there good music, but in an anime that’s all about music, did you really expect anything less? The opening is good, maybe not the best, but the ending? “Maji Love 1000%” is amazingly good. This is one of the few rare instances where the ending theme out-shines the opening theme, and it makes us sit through the credits every time, just to listen to it all. The music within the show is also great; the songs are straight from the character’s hearts, and they’re sung with such passion that it pulls you in and really makes you listen.
Overall I think this is definitely worth your time to watch as it's very interesting and entertaining.
WaterAlchemist22
Uta no Prince-sama does get a lot of hate, but I am actually going to tell you why I think that it shouldn't and why it's underrated by people. But first I will go into the different aspects that make Uta-Pri good. First let's say a bit about myself. I like anime with story and good characters. I will spot these things out quickly. Prince-sama does not have a good story, but characters popped out. But back to me- I do not get influenced by "handsome" men dancing and singing. As much as the guys were attractive to me; I can push that aside and focuson everything else.
Story: Not really much to see here. You have the main girl, Haruka Nanami, a young teen looking to be a composer. She wants to become a composer- something that a lot of background characters in Uta-Pri didn't seem to want to do. Haruka is naturally talented at picking up music and playing it, but she can't read music. This takes us to the horrible bullying that takes us to Otoya Ittoki's "arc".
During this arc, you see a bit more of Otoya in this. But the story of the arc wasn't much. We continue on throughout this anime through the guys and how they got that way and so on and so on.
By the end- she has to pick a partner for the Graduation Audition. This was brought up in the very beginning; so it makes sense that this can be counted as the main plot for this anime. Sure it isn't original and you can find this anywhere. But the pacing done for this and how it was handled "realistically" was perfectly good. They went through it as a team and at the end of the day- Uta-Pri is about friendship and music; which is what was shown by the end. Only other problem with the story is that it did seem like the people were a bit high on music- which is totally fine since music does power the soul.
Story is good, but nothing special. 7/10.
Art: The art was one of the best parts of Uta no Prince-sama. The guys and girls and minor characters were all done right. Even the background characters had faces which some anime lazily drops out. The art goes through different changes from bright to dark to even a bit choppy. The choppy is the only fault in the art. The choppy is only on the dancing which isn't shown much- but it does bring it one score down. But besides that-
The art was really great! The character designs are really good and you don't see it much. Otoya has a similar appearance to Avan Hardins in Valkyira Chronicles 2, but even then- Otoya is more bishie. The design of the men were obviously done to show that they are the main characters. They have weird hair color and stand out from most of the other "generic" guys in the show. They also have pretty boy appearances which we all know- most anime has.
Haruka Nanami and Tomochika Shibuya are really good design wise. Tomochika, Haruka's friend, is really unique looking. Her poofy red hair with lipstick hasn't been done quite often. Adding her magenta eyes to the mix- and you got on unique girl. Haruka, the main girl, is stunning in appearance. Her eyes are seen 'creepy' by many, but I think they are beautiful. It shows the mysteries the girl does hold into her heart. From her eyes to hair to face shape and all the way to her body- the girl is unique and very well drawn.
I give art 9/10.
Sound: The sound was another key point in this anime. What would a singing anime be without the sound? The music was heaven in your ears. The voice acting done by the guys in the singing area was done really well. I'm not a fan of japanese voices since I usually watch mine in english, but I did enjoy Uta-Pri's voices since I thought the singing was done really well.
The background noises like rain and footsteps were done flawlessly. You could hear every little details from the noises to the music that sent chills through your spine. I'm not a big sound person so...
Sound gets a 10/10
Character: Characters is a big part of Uta-Pri. Most shoujo anime and/or manga don't really have good characters. Ouran Highschool Host Club's characters are a bit flat compared to Prince-sama's. Uta no Prince-sama's characters were very good, and here is why.
Haruka Nanami is your 'mary-sue' main girl. She doesn't seem to have much going on with her at first glance and her character seems as shallow as a kid's pool. But once you get to the end, you realize that she is actually pretty good for a main lead. She has a background story which has been use many a times, but gives it a nice twist with her natural ear for music. She is on her way to 'mary-sue' but I don't think she is one. She is that "flawless" girl, but when you look at Nanami- she has a lot of issues. The girl may have a talent that not much people have (even though I know a lot of people who do in real life) , but she is a kind-hearted girl with deep issues. The anime doesn't get much into depth with her, but she was frail and her personality is quite cheerful. She isn't flawless though because a lot of the gossiping teens in that school like to talk smack about her. Haruka's relationship with each of the characters is touching as well.
Tokiya Ichinose is the main guy. He is this stoic douchebag in the beginning that I honestly couldn't stand. He thought he was so cool and thought that he can beat everyone. He didn't even give Haruka the time of the day and completely ignored some of the others. Tokiya is my favorite character due to the fact that he is the most developed. He goes from a guy I want to punch to a 'changed man'. He didn't do a complete 180 and change everything about himself. He still is a bit 'mean' but is actually very kind. He messes with the others and smiles after all this time, and he develops at a nice pace for 13 episodes. Just like the other reverse harem, Tokiya falls for Haruka. Tokiya and Haruka's relationship is sweet since you was the meanest to her. He didn't like her and it took awhile until she was the reason for him to open up. Haruka loves Hayato-sama and actually almost picked Tokiya for the mere reason that he was Hayato. Soon realized, Haruka falls for him(friend way) as who he is and decides that even if Hayato saved her life, it was really Tokiya who did.
Otoya Ittoki is your 'genki' guy. He is outgoing and a bit messy as seen from his room. He is light-hearted and full of spirit. He isn't actually that well written since he doesn't change much. He's cheerful as hell in the beginning, but by the end; he's slightly less. He's still cheerful as hell which is why Otoya isn't that well of a character. His personality though is different from usual happy males. He is a bit shy, but outgoing. His personality is hard to describe without it seeming like he is indeed a generic 'genki' boy. His relationship with Haruka was by far the sweetest. He made sure to tell people off and even stand up for her. All he wanted was to sing her songs and make her happy. Which he ended up doing; making him extremely close with her.
Ren Jinguuji isn't your typical flirty male. From the beginning you thought he was- Especially did I. Ren is actually really developed- even Masato points out that he has changed. He was another douche in the beginning almost all the way until the end, but only difference from him, Tokiya, and Syo is that he is a flirt. Ren was the second best character due to he changed a lot. He was harsh and cold by the end, but changed for the better. He wasn't going to be bossed by his family for too long, especially since his mom and Haruka were the only reasons he attended the school. Haruka and Ren's relationship are close friends, but like the others- Ren likes her.
Natsuki Shinomiya and Syo Kurusu are two teens that get along well- on Natsuki's side that is. Natsuki is a 'kawaii' lover who enjoys all things 'kawaii'. He is really outgoing, annoying, and a bit of a weird teen. When his glasses come off, Satsuki is now in control. Satsuki is another douche if he counts- making it a grand total of 6 males in Uta-Pri that are this way. Natsuki seems to enjoy Haruka's company, but I assume that's all it is, maybe not love quite yet. Natsuki is the third best character since he is developed. He goes from outgoing to a lot serious and actually takes time to think instead of cute things everywhere. Syo is one of the 6 males that are douchey. Syo is the bishie blond who enjoys having time alone while looking up to his idol. He has a fear of heights from a traumatizing experience involving him and Natsuki when they were younger. Syo gets a lot nicer by the end is actually really sweet. Haruka and Syo have another great friendship. Syo clearly enjoys Haruka's company and has a crush on her, even thinking that she was the main heroine for his own story involving his idol.
Masato Hijirikawa is the last main character of this cast. Masato is a serious traditional man. He has the generic strict done in which he somehow gets his father to say yes for letting him go to the academy. His type reminds me a lot of Kyoya Ootori- just not a douche. Masato and Haruka's relationship is really touching. He probably loves her the 3rd most right after Otoya and Tokiya. Haruka is really grateful since he helped her get past the bullying and do what she loves.
Minor characters like Tomo, Ringo, Hyuuga, Shining, and Cecil were all important in their own way. They all served a purpose even if they didn't have much to them. They did help the main cast in getting as far as they did.
Want more of a background story with these characters? Play the game. Characters are very good so they get a 8/10.
Enjoyment: I loved this show and that's all I have to say. We all have different opinions and minds. You guys may not like it or you may do, either way- we all have a different reason for liking or hating it. So MY enjoyment for this amazing anime was a 9/10...
Overall: Overall this show was very good with art, sound, and characters. The rounds this all about to a 8/10.
This was my first review so I hope it was decent enough~
taigataiga
First of all, I'm sorry if I can't express my thoughts clearly, because English isn't my mother language. Well, Utapri... I've finished this anime few months ago and suddenly remembering it while I'm browsing MAL, so here we go: Story: 4 So here's the story: a typical shoujo entering a prestigious music school in order to study how to write good music, so she could someday deliver her music for her favorite singer--- what's his name, to sing. And as the story goes on, she meets lots of your also typical bishounens, and somehow attracted them all. Therefore, she builds her own harem, and by her so-calledwonderful music, she was like, rockin' the world. To me, there's absolutely nothing special about the story, instead, it was kinda dull. I mean, it's not realistic at all. And the part where all the boys are just stuck to her is---- ugh, holy. And then, she's said to be a wonderful composer, but her songs themselves weren't showed to us back then. She only made one WOAH song and everybody's going on praising her. Kay.....
Art: 8
Well, the only good part of this anime is the art. The art is so flashy and colorful with lots of rainbows whenever you watch this. The bishonens are pretty cool. I like almost all of them. The animation is also pretty soft and well, worth praising. On the other hand, I especially disliked the main character's eyes-- they're so ugh, scary, freaky, horrible, what do you call it. Can't they make it more, dunno, alive?
Sound: 6
This anime is about music, so I was expecting more on the sound... but actually there was nothing impressive at all. Just like what I've mentioned above, they should've posted more of the main character's song. And also, the BGMs weren't special. As the seiyuu... hmm I think it was well-done and they fit the characters (yes, the main chara's voice really fit her stupid personality).
Character: 3
From all of the aspects of this anime, character makes it the worst. Nanami Haruka, as the main character, didn't stand out AT ALL. Heck, she doesn't even have a character. What's so special about her, what makes her different from all heroines in the other animes, and what even makes us come to like her as the main protagonist? She doesn't have anything. She stands out just because of her horrifying eyes that gives me thrills whenever she's being closed-up. She doesn't even have anything to be liked about. In the other side, all of the guys that liked her all of the sudden are also annoying. They're all-- duh, your typical wall-display that just appeared to make the anime happier. They don't also have interesting background/past that makes us sympathizing. To say, all of the characters are just alive for us to see, and not to feel.
Enjoyment: 7
Despite all of this anime's stupid mistakes and flaws, this is kinda enjoyable. If you like harem with cool boys with slight of humor, you could watch this. Even though just, beware, that you might hate the main character. Hahahahahaha.
Overall: 5
This anime doesn't stand out as a fabulous music anime at all. If you guys are looking for a matured and well composed music-themed anime, I don't recommend this to you. Because this anime isn't even about music--- heck, I'm out of words. This anime doesn't know nothing about music. Well, there were some cute quotes from this anime, but that's all. There's nothing we can learn from this. This anime is soo like Kiniro no Corda. If you're a fan of that series, you can go on and watch this. But if you once watch Nodame Cantabile and want to give this a try, you better don't get disappointed because this anime is nothing like Nodame Cantabile, which is an awesome music anime.
So... that's it?
quirkista
Watching this anime was like getting braces tightened; painful to endure and restricting. To put it mildly, I did not enjoy this anime. I often found myself dozing off because it was so incredibly dull. I initially tolerated the story line but that was before I actually started to watch it. This anime was pure torture to watch for me and I am completely amazed that I even managed to finish it. Every episode felt much longer than the approximately twenty four minutes air time. Overall I found it to be extremely tiresome. I give this anime an one out of ten for itsstory.
One word for the art: bleh.
I give the art a two out of ten.
Moving on, the characters. I measure annoying characters on the scale of one to Haruka. She is a complete door mat and fails to assert herself when it is necessary. I got tired of her little crying fits very quickly. I didn't like most of the male characters with the exception of Ichinose Tokiya.
I give this anime an one out of ten for the characters. Trust me, I would give this anime a zero out of ten if it were possible.
Why do I like Ichinose Tokiya? Well because of his seiyuu Mamoru Miyano whom voiced Tamaki Suoh from OHSHC, Sho Fuwa from Skip Beat, Zero Kiryuu from Vampire Knight (incidentally one of the few characters I like from VK), Light Yagami from Death Note and Rin Matsuoka from Free. He is the only reason why I tolerated this anime for so long. As for the soundtrack, what a load of crap. I despise boy bands by nature and the songs were so disgustingly cheesy...I can deal with cheesy songs as long as there are comedic moments. I laughed like once during the course of this anime.
I give this anime a three out of ten for the sound.
I found this anime to be tedious and dull. There is a second season? Oh I shudder to think...
I give this anime a two out of ten for enjoyment.
If you are a fan of torture, by all means watch away. Also you must receive a thorough diagnosis that you are in fact losing your mind.
Nasty001
DOKI DOKI de kowaresou 1000%* LOVE HEY!! 10 Otoya: Are you ready? 9 Masato: Are you ready? 8 Natsuki: Are you ready? So are you ready? Ok, now that this 13 episode anime has ended, I probably say that this is one fine musical drama, the plot of this story only plays a minimal role, because like any musical drama show be it live or animated, it is always the climax that's important co'z the featured song is the climax, and this this case it is "Maji Love 100%" or in English "'True Love 1000%," so for the story I'll give it a "Fair"6.
Art- Mediocre number 5
The art of this anime needs no explanation it has similarities with another anime "Starry Sky" with minor adjustments.
Sound - Great number 9.
Well, let's just say that I kinda like all the songs being played in this anime especially the ending theme "Maji Love 1000%."
Character- Good number 7.
The characters in this anime only focuses on Haruka Nanami a girl form the countryside who came to Saotome Academy to study because of her love for music, her personality can be compared to that with another character Kelsi Neilsen from "High School Musical" who is shy and doesn't have much confidence with herself, however thanks to the support and motivation of friends she was able to find the will to go on, the rating for this anime is actually for her, since it's all about her and how she struggles with the predicament she has . Since this anime has a harem genre in it, its said genre is actually a reverse harem, but it still follows the usual harem arc where the male members fell for the girl's (Haruka) simplicity, naivety, sense of compassion and kindness.
Just who were her harem? Here they are:
Hijirikawa Masato - a rich guy groomed to take over his family's business empire.
Ichinose Tokiya - a pop idol who goes by the name Hayato who hates being demoted to become a soap opera star, comes to the academy for a fresh start.
Ittoki Otoya- the first guy Haruka met and the one who motivated her to not give up on her dream.
Ren Jinguuji- a campus playboy, who is a laid back son of a wealthy businessman.
Shou Kurusu - a small dude with a great sense of fashion.
Natsuki Shinomiya - a cheerful individual with 2 personalities, one is the violent Satsuki and the other is the witty and happy Natsuki.
Of course no harem genre would be complete if Haruka doesn't have a best friend in Tomochika Shibuya, who always stand by her side. As for rest like:
Shining Saotome- an enigmatic school principal with the flare for the extravagant.
Ringo Tsukimiya- the cross-dressing fag who is Haruka's Homeroom teacher.
Hyuuga Ryuuya- a teacher every student wanna hates, who happens to be Tokiya's hoomeroom teacher.
They serve more like the antagonist, but in a subtle way.
and there is this dude who dresses like Aladdin, Cecil Aijima, Info states that he's the prince of Angapolis and curse to become a cat, but it kinda look like that he's more of a cameo and a guest singer than anything else in this anime.
Enjoyment and overall- good number 7
What make this enjoyable are the songs especially the ending theme, though this anime also has a romance genre in it, the said genre serves like a predicament for the main female character, however it did ended like a harem genre would, where it didn't feature anybody whom the main female lead would pick, but, what really has the big impact in the ending of this anime is the main climax which is the feature song itself which the male seiyu performed well, so.
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6
5 Tokiya: Are you ready?
4 Ren: Are you ready?
3 Shou: Are you ready?
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All: Come! Let's sing!
Let's sing our dream! (Let's shout!)
Let's sing into the sky! (Let's go!)
Let's make it into an unbelievable story!
Let me sketch the map of my future (Yes x2) together with you.
This is a revolution. (We are)
Let's go. (ST☆RISH)
I'll change our love into the star.
Check it out!!
Otoya: My chest is almost too small for my beating heart.
Tokiya: Uh baby. The impulse of love is becoming overbearing.
Tokiya x Otoya: Which one do you pick, Princess?
All: This 1000% LOVE will surely make you dizzy.
Ren: For some reason,
Masato: my heart,
Ren: satiated
Masato: by you,
Ren: is making a ruckus.
Masato x Ren: It's an incredible RAVE.
Natsuki: With the two of us, we will weave
Shou: a constellation that's not yet in sight.
Natsuki: Rather than with a kiss,
Shou: let's create a world
Natsuki x Shou: with our amazing song.
All: Come! Let's dance!!
Let's dance out our dream. (Let's shout!)
Let's dance into the sky. (Let's go!)
There's no such thing as overdoing it.
Are you prepared? OK?
It's a special life (Yes x2)
that we can only have once.
This cannot be found (We are)
in any textbook. (ST☆RISH)
I'll change our love into the star.
Check it out!!
Tonight, the LOVE between the two us reaches 1000%
luckalo
I was pretty skeptic about this anime since it was originally an otome game. Don't get me wrong - I love otome games and I'm huge fan of them, but from the adaption I have seen, the animes has just made it gone downhill.. . proberly from the lack of development like the games and since they have to squeeze this all in 25 mins, it's impossible to take interest. However, Uta No Prince Sama wasn't what I expected. Take note that I have NEVER played the game ( i have only read reviews). Firstly, the main character, Haruka, is your typically shy girl in which everyonewalks all over.. and most of her actions can be annoying (cue loads of eye rolling). However, throughout the anime, she does have a hidden strength and she does have a goal she wants to achieve. Sometimes you can't help but appreciate her. I do think, in some ways, Haruka IS a character ANYONE can relate too. The side characters are not too bad either - most of them adding comic or reassurance to the show to make it enjoyable.
Secondly, the guys, of course, unlike the game, each episodes can't express the characters fully, but you do get a grasp on what each of them are like and why they wanted to become idols in the first place. There are some of those typical characters (the cheery idiot, the rich guy, the player, the manly shota, the guy with twin personalities, the guy that's in too deep etc), which I am not bothered about tbh, since it made the show enjoyable. It does sadden me a TINY bit that they missed of some important parts from the game but it didn't matter too much. It made the show less complicated therefore making the story flow a little bit easier for first time viewers.
And lastly, putting aside the characters, I think the storyline is done quite well - most of the episodes did link so the plot didn't love control along the way. The more I watched, the more I was intrigued and found myself singing along to some of the songs. That aside, what I didn't expect was some... odd paranormal things to happen in this anime, which added the WTF factor, but ehh, shit happens *shrugs*.
In conclusion, I can say this anime is enjoyable and not as bad as it seems. It's most ideal if you're looking for nothing too serious. If you're into shoujos with a light hearted comedy and romance, this anime I could reccomend. I'm not sure if my opinions will differ if I have played the game but all in all I still like this anime. Afterall, they have a second season and in making for the 3rd so I guess it's all up to you :)
S_C
I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND TOO ANYONE WHO LOVES MUSIC, REVERSE HAREM, OR ROMANCE. The Story is a 9 because it isn't anything new,the characters is your standard archetypes nothing too special, but the overall show is so great its sweet and innocent,the characters personality mix well so there isn't too much drama it's takes away from the show, just enough to keep you watching. The art and music is fantastic, when there singing and dancing the quality doesn't go down, A-1 Pictures outdid themselves, the songs are great the voices mix well the couldn't have asked for better results from the voice actor's. (i re-watched6 times.)
The romance it on the lighter side only adding hints, that's the biggest problem as i was going though season 1 and 2, I was always yelling "get to the freaking kissing scene" but due to "rules" that won't happen if that's what your looking for you won't find any in S 1 or 2.
(There will be a 3rd season in 2015 if you like season 1 and 2)
ChibiStarChan
After watching a few episodes, I came to the conclusion that this anime is extremely corny. Yes, there are many corny anime shows, but this is one of the corniest I have come across. ---------------------------------------------------- STORY (3/10): The struggles of the group were kind of silly and melodramatic. It would have been better if each of the members had very different backgrounds and were not all that popular. The struggle would be them working together to become different and reach their dreams in music as a group with Nanami to influence them; Trying to be original yet popular in the process. They should have eachused their own personal talents and abilities to contribute to the group, but they all acted the same.
ART (7/10): It was good. Not anything amazing or particularly cinematic about it, but it was very colorful and the characters themselves didn't look bad. I didn't care for some of their hairstyles, but that's my personal preference.
SOUND (3/10): Usually in every anime, I like the music, but with this one, I didn't find any of the music that good. . . and the show is supposed to be about music. Why don't I like it? Well, to me it sounds like a generic J pop group with similar songs. It needed more originality. That could have been the reason why they become popular because their music is different from everyone else. The music should of had some sort of twist, maybe to convey the hardships of Starish as a group.
CHARACTER (4/10): I would most definitely like it more if the characters had more distinct personalities and problems. Sure, each of them were a little different, but I couldn't find myself being emotionally attached to any of them, and that includes the heroine.
I felt like everyone revolved around the heroine and Starish, like the principal, for instance. He followed them everywhere and did all kinds of things for them and I couldn't help but wonder, 'Doesn't he have an entire music school to run?' Also, the heroine really wasn't very interesting or relatable when it comes to her dreams and struggles.
I'd say the most developed character in this anime was Ichinose because he changed throughout the season.
ENJOYMENT (3/10): I was honestly suffering through this anime, trying to force myself to finish it. For some reason, I watched both seasons just to see if it would get any better. It did NOT need another season, I'll tell you that. It was more annoying than enjoyable. It's cliche in every way possible.
OVERALL 3/10: If you're looking for a cute romance, an original plot, deep characters, something moving or emotional... you can look past this one. I find High School Musical to be much more entertaining than this.
sleepyclouds
Note this is just for the first two seasons,since I haven't finished the third yet at the time of writing this. Otome from what I've seen is really good in anime. Some really think it's terrible and that they do poor adaptations. I disagree with this especially since there is UtaPri. Some sign it off as dumb but there are great elements here I think don't get noticed not that much. Story 8 At first it's simple as they can get and it has a formula that it follows . But there is nothing wrong with that. In both seasons everyone in Starish gets an episodeto themselves and Haruka also gets some focus. Then the rest of the episodes they try to focus on solving the problem. We know the ending at the first moment but we get to see how. And this works greatly. They also balance comedy and drama nicely . Though at times they dont flesh out world elements greatly.That is the only thing that holds the story back from getting an 9 but look past that and you have a great story.
Characters 8.5
Hakura is possibly one of the most overhated characters I've seen. People always sign her off as useless,dumb, and boring. But without her some of the events in the series wouldn't happen, she has a personality, motivation ,goal,and helps people. Plus she develops so in other words she is a three dimensional character who is likable. The other guys also get development and are likable and well rounded. The side characters are fun to see too. Bonds are strong here and almost everyone is likable. Sadly some sides don't devolp though others do get some development. That's why it's an 8.5 and not a 9.
Animation and art 10
Animation is fluently done,designs stand out ,and it has a color pallet that fits the series. Overall a big highlight to the series.
Sound 9
There is no dub sadly but the sub is great. Everyone stands out and dose there parts well. The ops and eds are memorable and very nice. The sound track is very good and fitting. The songs the characters sing are great and fit the tone and feelings they have for that song. Overall the sound is great and memorable.
Enjoyment 10
I really love this series. I can see why some wouldn't but I enjoyed it till the end.
Overall 9
I know it's not perfect but I love it despite that. I do think it's worth at least a try if you think it's worth it.
MidnighBlueBlack
I found UtaPri to be basically your regular reverse-harem type anime. It's a cast of handsome guys centered around one 'somehow special' girl. Not horribly unique. As far as the story goes, I have to say, there wasn't much to it. No crazy plot twists or suspense to speak of. Everything that happened was pretty predictable, though I will say that except for some slow parts, the story did at least flow well. I did find the art to be pretty fun. I would have rated it higher, but the main heroine has some pretty freaky eyes that aren't emulated in any of the othercharacters, and I found that to be extremely off-putting throughout the series. Otherwise, the art features mainly bright colors, and there were very few parts where the art was particularly lacking. I thought the random chibified scenes were cute, too, which was a plus.
Likewise, the music for this anime was surprisingly good. I know it's supposed to be about boys becoming idols, but the music was still pretty high quality, and the voice actors they chose all had voices that were pleasing to the ear. No weak vocals to speak of, so that was a good thing.
Overall, I gave this anime a 7. It's not a bad watch, but if you're looking for something particularly engaging, I would suggest going somewhere else. This is a good series if you just want to sit back, relax, and take a load off your mind (oh, and listen to pretty anime boys sing).
Ty-Chan
I can't say that the story line of UtaPri was the most interesting, it was mostly the voices that made me love the anime. When I first saw this on MAL, I thought it was a typical harem, all the boys competing for one girl, plus the addition of music. I didn't expect much from it, I thought it would be average, I was half-right. It is a pretty average plot, but the characters, the art, and mostly the sound gave an awesome feel to it. This is a great anime in my view, and I will watch the second season!
MagicPotato98
This anime I enjoyed for the most part because of the animation and music. The animation itself is amazing, especially in the intro, all the dance moves, the confetti, the actions are very well animated, the settings are beautifully drawn, the characters' features are crisp and detailed. I am absolutely in love with the music, they are stuck in my head. It is anime about music, so it would suck if the music was no unique or interesting. So yes, the music is good in the fact that not only pop chords are used but the melody in each song are very unique and different fromeach other, and most songs being sung by pretty boys with sexy voices, what more can you ask for?! Kya!
The only let down would be the characters, they are a little typical to most shoujo animes, and out of the guys, there is the one guy with the interesting background story. And the girl is shy and weak, calling to be protected so I found her most boring at times.
The story is good, but contain some flaws. As a musician and composer myself, it is incredibly hard to write music, so to see that music is being pumped out so easily is a little nonsensical. Anyways, it is an anime, so you would expect not everything to work like reality.
Please give it a shot if you are into good looking guys with amazing singing voices though. :) It was overall still very enjoyable to watch!
MysticxBlackRose
Have you ever wondered, do I wanna waste my time and regret every second of it while watching something that is so bad I wanna die? No, well you might. This show, oh boy.... Let's start with plot, oh wait... it's a pretty girl being friendly with hot guys? Amazing and wait, it's a game adaptation, oh that makes sense, honestly plot is pathetic, poor, unoriginal and at least better than characters in this show, so that's something. Now you're wondering pethetic plot like this is better than the characters, how? Well, I'll tell you cuz the characters Haruka, the main girl is such a basicgirl character that contributes nothing to the plot, oh did I mention she attends music school and aspires to become like her idol Hayato who she conviniently meets like the rest of the group?
Sound decent, I suppose, art not half bad, enjoyment terrible, plot a 1 out of billion, overall bad, if you wanna waste your time watching pretty boys, go ahead, otherwise time wasted. That's all from me.
beccabear94
Hey guys, I don't normally write reviews but I am trying to write more. So here it goes: I have been debating watching this anime for about a year now. Everyone says it's great, when I am looking at which anime to watch next this one pops up multiple times but I was questioning whether or not it would be worth my time. Most people have listed it as a romance anime so here I figured, "okay a girl gets to choose between 6 guys. We've all seen it before and quite honestly I prefer anime where it is a constant relationship with common ups anddowns apposed to getting a choice. Personal preference." But this was quite the opposite and I was disappointed to see that there was no romance, though you could see some starting to bloom, nothing happened in that field.
What i did find though.
Story:
It has a great story line that is easy to follow and when there is a problem with another secondary character you see their past so that even if the main character doesn't know it yet you do so you can sympathize with both parties.
Art:
The art was great, there was so many bright colours, which at times could be hard on the eyes but most of the time it made me smile and laugh and cry along with the characters. You know when it's raining outside and it makes you feel gloomy? This anime also portrayed that perfectly .
Sound:
OMG the sound, I loved almost all of the songs, in the subbed version many known songs (twinkle twinkle little star) was sung in english so we could enjoy it too and sing along. I think there was 2 or 3 songs like that, played multiple times in memories ect. for our enjoyment. Though many songs were sung in Japanese with english subtitles so we too could enjoy the meaning behind the songs. I would re-watch certain episodes of this anime just to rehear the songs, my favorites are the intro and ending songs (hence why they were picked). Also because it is an "arts academy" when people were about ready to burst with feelings, sad or happy and even mad, they sang which I can't really relate to but hearing them sing I wanted to join in, just because.
Characters:
The main character has so much improvement throughout the anime and honestly I love that, when you are introduced to the character in the beginning of their new environment and you are able to grow with them. The only downside was #1-like I said before no romance (or hardly any) and #2-the secondary characters didn't improve much with personality though their hardships were resolved.
Character I liked the least was the director, he popped up at random time with no real reason to show up other than to make peoples lives difficult and I found that he was too much to handle, he entered and exited with a bang leaving your head reeling.
Enjoyment:
Overall I liked the anime and am looking forward for season 2.
I honestly think you should give this anime a shot.
InvisibleMelody
Story: 6/10 I like the idea of a music school and training their pupils to become future idols and such. But the story can be extremely unrealistic. At the beginning, Haruka happens to help out a kid and then happened to be late for an exam and then two "nice" guys happened to "help" her. How can that be a coincidences. Plus isn't Itoki Otoya sitting the exam? Why will he be going outside to help a girl and then going back inside? It makes no sense. And if Haruka is actually in a hurry and desperately and seriously wants to take the exam, whywill she even help the girl? I suppose she's just being the stereotypical goody two shoes... (read character, I don't want to risk changing the subject)
Art: 9/10 I personally quite like the art. I like the amount of detail put into the characters and background. The colours used are vibrant and eye-catching. In addition, the expressions can be easily read just by looking at the eyes so we can have an idea what each character might be thinking. However, the animations can be a bit "stiff" at times. for example how the clouds are floating across the sky at a terrific speed when the trees are still. So is there wind or not? Not, the only the background, the characters don't have a smooth animation at times.
Sound: 10/10 I love the openings and endings, and the songs can be quite catchy. The singing is really good as well. The voice actors are also really good singers. But the best part is the background music. The choice of background music clicks in with the contemporary theme and atmosphere. I also really like the voice acting. The voices are neither too high pitched or too low. Usually, females are pitched too high and the males' voices can be pitched too low. When that happens, I usually turn off the volume and listen to something else(preferably Paramore) while reading the subtitles instead because I just don't like high pitched girly voices.
Character: 3/10 I personally think character development is the weakest point. The personalities of each character varies and it is obvious what type of character each of them are. That's mainly because the characters are mainly stereotypes. Like how Masato is the emotionless kid and Haruka is the kind and gentle kid and how Ringo is the "trap" kid so on. The characters in this anime is comprised of nothing, but stereotypes and shallow personalities. I can see that the producers of this anime had attempted to give each guy a dramatic or at least a dramatic-ish type of past just to erase the shallow-ness of the characters. No, giving characters a past does not change the fact that a character is shallow. You'll just need to add more into the personality to refrain a character from becoming a dating sim stereotype, not more into their histories. This only means some of the viewers will rate this show a 10/10 because they're just only going for the looks as this show has decent artwork even though the guys are seriously shallow(yes, I have used the word "shallow" quite a few times but I can't find another word to describe it at the moment). Well, that's what happens in real life anyway. Girls just go for the shallow guys...
I also don't understand why every single guy falls in love with the main character. What's so special about her? She's the usual naive and kind-hearted student in a school. And I mean every. single. friggin'. guy. And what does the protagonist do? Smile off. Hey, there's a whole boy band in love with her. What else can she do? This is like the entire one direction all falling in love with a directioner. Well, apart from the fact that the directioner will squeal and smile instead of just smiling.
This anime is similar to Free. A load of shallow animated guys with real-life girls falling in love with the characters.
Enjoyment: 7/10 When I watched it the first time, I didn't really enjoy it. Now I'm re-watching it, this anime is actually okay. I don't typically enjoy watching this but I am able to watch the whole two seasons. But I've mostly enjoyed listening to the songs. But I could just listen to vocaloid instead.
Overall: 6/10 Other than the poor character development, this will be a really good anime. Fair plot + awesome music and great voice acting + aesthetically pleasing artwork + crap character development = ???
takakara_nomuro
Uta no Prince-Sama is a shoujo showing the life of Nanami in Saotome Academy, the best music academy there to have teachers like the idols of the moment and is full of celebrities but Nanami not know any of them, because in your home has no TV! However, the girl has a unique idol, Hayato and it is because of him that she wants to be a songwriter. The anime begins with Nanami trying to prove, but as it arrives late the guards not to let in, but Nanami gets help from Otoya and Ren trying to convince them to let her in. In its firstday at school Nanami discovers that serious Masato (another classmate) and Ren celebrities are owners of famous producers. Then Nanami also know Syo, Shinomiya and Ichinose, apparently the twin brother Hayato, the girl idol.
Throughout the anime we get to know better each character and how Nanami enters their lives. In addition, we see the protagonist overcoming its limitations in pursuit of his dream.
I'm not much anime fan with harem, but when it is inverted, ie many beautiful men trying to win a single woman, I even try to watch a little more willingly! Nanami is not a pretty girl super or hyper talented, but his charisma will the little conquering the attention of everyone, especially the most popular boys.
Generally "Uta no Prince-sama" does not show anything new, the plot is a bit obvious and much man for little woman does not convince me because I look like a failure in the novel aspect. Characters can be beautiful, but have characteristics ever seen before: the serious, the rebel, the gentle, funny, the womanizer and excited. These cliches are the only regrets in my view.
Conclusion: this anime is simply five star. I have nothing to complain about(except what I explain before). The story is quite unique and interesting. There are some scenes that make us laugh and others that make us cry. Being a music anime, its soundtrack could not be better. Each of the faces and each of the thousand voices deserve praise, entering a tune with each personality. Another curious fact is that usually anime idols are like "musical protagonists" girls, but Uta no Prince-sama, beautiful guys with wonderful voices (no homo -qq) !!
