After receiving a flyer from Maina Ichii—a member of the idol group ChamJam—and seeing her perform at a local concert, Eripiyo falls in love with Maina and decides to devote her life to supporting the shy and reserved rising star. Eripiyo's charismatic presence and iconic red tracksuit soon give her recognition as Maina's one and only unrivaled fan.
Whether it be a performance or a small fan gathering in the middle of nowhere, Eripiyo is guaranteed to be at every event Maina participates in. Not even an injury or Maina's seemingly cold attitude toward her can stop Eripiyo from pursuing her dream of seeing her beloved idol perform at the world-famous arena Budoukan.
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ExemplarCayman
- I thought I'd make this my last visit. Sorane-chan was my hope. She was all that I had. But apparently, she doesn't need me. Then there's no point in me coming here anymore. - Could you sum all that up in a haiku? Stories about socially unacceptable hobbies/subcultures/lifestyles too often fall into one of the two extremes. Type 1 is a true believer’s exercise in self-celebration, saccharine feel-good tales that gloss over any negativity, which you can take as either irresponsibly naive or maliciously whitewashed (e.g. Shirobako). Type 2 is “look at these dweebs” hot takes made by an outsider with the authenticity and subtlety ofa minstrel show a la The Big Bang Theory. What both these types share is having little to do with reality. The beauty of OshiBudo is in how it manages to balance itself.
OshiBudo is a show about the idol otaku culture. It’s a celebration of this culture, and it’s an exposé of this culture. It does not shy away from the fact that idol otakus are troubled maladjusted people manipulated and exploited by performers whose entire business model is bleeding dry a small group of obsessed lunatics. And yet it does not diminish the fact that idol fans do indeed find meaning, fulfillment, social fabric and, ultimately, happiness in their lifestyle, i.e. they actually pay for tangible value they wouldn’t be getting elsewhere.
This nuanced portrayal (along with some other things like the superb character writing) is what makes this show “deep”, but that alone isn’t enough to deserve the 10/10 rating. The other necessary half is being “hella fun” and what makes this series fun is its jaw-breaking humor. Because don’t let the above paragraph mislead you - OshiBudo is pure, unadulterated satirical comedy.
It’s actually worth elaborating, because going into this show with wrong expectations can easily ruin it. It’s not an idol show, a romance show, or a yuri show - while it has all these elements, they’re nothing but props to set up comedic situations. No, there won’t be any romantic progress. Yes, they will run into the face-palm inducing misunderstandings that can easily be solved with saying things out loud, but won’t ever be solved. No, they won’t show girls kissing. Why? Because it’s funnier this way, that’s why.
Likewise, it’s not the type of comedy very typical for the anime medium. No reaction faces. No setup-punchline or boke-tsukkomi structure. No easily memeable cuts. Instead, the humor is low-key and, in a way, “methodical.” It’s a constant build-up of dozens of tiny chuckle-worthy fragments that just keep and keep snowballing into the all-out hilarity. Things are funny in the context of everything that happened in the show so far, both in the same episode and in the previous ones. Plenty of gags are split-second, like jiggle physics that rival the Konosuba’s boobs - for the fat guy’s double chin. You end up unable to suppress a permanent grin without properly realizing why.
Looping back, the drama of this show also exists mainly to prop up the comedy. Take the exchange from the epigraph for example. The guy is going through a genuine heartbreak/existential crisis. His friends are being callous dicks with their reply. All of it is no laughing matter. Which is exactly why it is funny.
To sum it all up: OshiBudo offers a clever and sophisticated portrayal of the idol otaku culture, and a hilarious one at that. Incidentally, it has its idol dance sequences hand-drawn, which I've been told is a big deal.
9.5/10 for “tangible value you wouldn’t be getting elsewhere.”
dlxuniuniu
“If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die” That is the English title of the anime. Somehow it sounds like a goal in your life, but certainly a weird one. I am a big idol fan myself, but I would never go that far and say this. There are "wotas" (=fans of Japanese idol singers) who would do everything for their favorite idol. They support them with everything they have and this is definitely something that should be respected. It is certainly unusual and hard to understand, especially in western culture. Nevertheless, it shows how much love the wotas give to theirfavorite idol.
Oshibudo (short form) is about the relationship between the wotas and their favorite idols in everyday life. It gives us a little insight into this unusual and interesting culture.
STORY:
The first imporatant thing we learn is that our idol group "ChamJam" is a "chika (underground)" idol group. Such a group is nowhere near as well-known as the "mainstream" idol groups like AKB48 (anime: AKB0048) or Momoiro Clover Z (songs in Sailor Moon, DragonBall etc). So what does this exactly mean for the daily life of our "ChamJam" idols?
Without the unconditional support of their fans, "underground" idols would have an extremely difficult time. Beside performancing, our idols also have to do side jobs because the wages are not enough.
The story is focusing on the main characters Eripiyo-san and Maina (both are girls). Eripiyo-san is a wota willing to do anything for her favorite idol Maina. She loves Maina more than anything on the world and also shows this noticeably. She supports her in every aspect she can. Since Maina is a shy girl and often doesn't dare to say the right words, it is difficult for her to show Eripiyo-san how much she appreciates her support and how much she loves her for doing this.
In addition to the relationship between our main characters, we also see other wotas showing their support for their favorite idol.
CHARACTER:
The development of the idols with the support is certainly the most exciting part. All members of "ChamJam" have a different personality and not the same amount of fans. But you have to differentiate between quality and quantity here too. A special fan in your heart can change your entire life and this case is certainly here.
The respect between the "ChamJam" members is there and no one wants to lose considering the ranking etc to the others. Nevertheless, the harmony is not so strong, even if they support each other. There is still a puzzle piece missing to become a great unit.
ART:
The art style differs significantly from the other idol animes such as Love Live! or Zombieland Saga. The girls are shown cute in a different way. Their performances are also beautiful to watch and the animations have a perfect flow.
SOUND:
The songs of "ChamJam" is nice to listen. Although this idol group does not exist in real life with live performances, it is fun to watch the animation and listen to the music. The OP "Clover Wish" is sung by all seven members and you can feel the happiness in such idol songs.
The ED song, on the other hand, is a solo by Eripiyo-san (Ai Fairouz). She is one of the winners of the category "Best New Actress" 2020 and many know her as "Hibiki" from "Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?" as well. Her voice perfectly fits with the ED song.
ENJOYMENT:
As someone who has already watched many idol animes, I had a lot of fun watching Oshibudo. I personally like the idol art style e.g in Love Live! or Re:Stage more, but this variant also has its charm. Learning more about "chika (underground)" idols was also very interesting, these things are hardly mentioned otherwise.
For erveryone who wants to discover more about the idol culture, I definitely recommend watching this anime. But this anime is also great to watch for people with little idol experience. You can see how much ONE loyal supporter can change everything.
With the relationship between the idols and their wotas, this anime has a different focus compared to others. This new aspect gives us a deeper insight into the Japanese wota culture.
Tardivex
When it comes down to it, this anime is nothing really special, just another standard seasonal show that was forgotten a few weeks or months after its release, your typical 5 out of 10. However there's something that kept bothering me about it, which is what prompted me to go back and write a review in the first place. Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu is absolutely horrifying, not in your typical horror curse type of thing, but in a much more psychological and real way, because it glorifies some of the worst aspects of otaku and general consumerist culture. You have these main characters that are crazyabout this one idol group, and they each have a favorite girl they want to support, to the point where they destroy their lives doing so, and I don't mean that lightly, they're well into their twenties but have zero regard for stability or their futures. There's this conversation where they mention they work part time jobs (which they're shown to be miserable in) and not full time ones because it's more flexible schedule wise so they can go into every single one of the idol group's shows, and spend every penny that they earn in CDs or other merch related to their favorite girl.
The show portrays this twisted sense of duty towards their favorite girls, where they must consume, they must be loyal "supporting" fans to the detriment of everything else in their lives. The highlight of their day is dumping their hard earned cash on their favorite idol from the group, even getting a glimpse of them is somehow considered an astonishing accomplishment. Now don't get me wrong here, I'm all for people doing whatever they wanna do as long as it's not illegal, I'm all for people having hobbies they love, but the utter levels of insanity shown in anime go beyond that, to an unhealthy degree, the main character openly ignores their financial obligations in favor of working overtime so they buy multiple boxes of their precious idol's CDs to "support" them, but it's cool because their best girl smiled at them! Look how happy they are seeing that! Or getting their timed 10 second handshake session!
It's all characterized in a happy light while their lives are a few scraps away from falling apart altogether at any given moment. I can't help but think about all the parasocial relationships some people have with streamers, or even worse, the rise of sites like OnlyFans for instance, and how the behavior displayed in this anime is exactly the same for those with these clear issues that need to be worked on, instead of getting a "quick fix" at their symptoms, it would also not even be a stretch to include the gambling addicts, which are also now frequently portrayed in anime nowadays as a "cool gamer" character that plays a ton of gacha on their phone.
Finally, it's certainly not lost on me how the movie Perfect Blue managed to portray this in a much more realistic manner and show the problem for what it really is, while simultaneously tackling a bunch of other related themes in its 80 minute runtime, more than 20 years ago. If nothing else, I hope whoever is reading this takes away a recommendation for that movie if they haven't watched it already.
Ultimately I know Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu wasn't going for a "realistic" depiction of these habits, I'd like to believe media follows human behavior, not the other way around, nevertheless the way it glorifies them only serves to make my stomach churn, as it perpetuates these stereotypes and validates unhealthy life choices which the longer it goes on, will only make the "hit" worse whenever they do wake up and see the fallout from the years wasted of their lives and thousands spent on what amounted to nothing but a quick path to the dopamine receptors in their brains.
OniChanImOnly12
The Idol culture is cancer for men. Liking an Idol and trying to support her is fine, but going to the point where you would literally give your LIFE for her is totally stupid. If you are a man, touch some grass. This is a slice of life anime about the fans of the Idols, which I think was very innovative since I've never seen an anime based on something like that, and that was really interesting and enjoyable to watch. I liked other Idol animes like Love Live and seen the "hero's journey" is something that will always entertain people but in this anime theplot was completely different, and I think that difference was why people enjoyed watching it. It had its cringe moments nevertheless it was fun.
Music: 5 (it's Idol music, what do you expect?)
Story: 6
Voice Acting: 8.5 (Eng dub)
Art: 7
Characters/Character development: 5
Entertainment: 7
Tsunbio
Oshi ga Budoukan scratches that need for a cute low stakes comedy romance that needs to be satisfied every so often. While making us squirm with love and adoration. The biggest warning I can give before jumping into the deep end of this series is that you will cringe and squirm from the way our main character acts sometimes, but that isn’t a bad thing! The reason you’ll be squirming is because her love and adoration for Maina is so vast and deep that is definitely slips into obsession, knowing the feelings are rather mutual though makes it feel a lot better. Another aspect of this showthat lends itself to being an interesting show to watch is the amount of actual culture baked into this series to analyze and learn about. As someone with no experience in the Idol scene there are a lot of interesting things to learn about like the light stick things King Blades (Remember though this is anime so it is very much blown out of proportion, but there are still things you can learn.)
The music and songs in this show are also quite enjoyable which is an important aspect of an idol show like this, and most of the dances are good as well (sometimes a little bit of 3d modeling is used for a couple dance shots and it can be a little jarring, but for the dances that really matter they make sure it looks good).
The weakest part of this show would sadly be the story. It’s just not that horribly deep with a lot of the story beats being a little obvious, but while it is a bit weaker I still found a lot of enjoyment in it with little moments where I could tell what was about to obviously happen next but I still squirmed in my chair and threw my hands in the air at just the absolute sweetness of what happened. While in other idol shows we can pick our favorites and follow all of them in a way this show mostly follows the MC Maina dynamic with a couple side stories featuring some of the other Idols. I personally didn’t care much for these side tangents and would have enjoyed more screen time for a couple of the other Idols or more Maina.
Agent_Redacted
It's unique, that's why it's awesome. Most of the time idol anime would be all about the idol stars, group of girls having a dream of becoming popular one day, etc.. But this is different. This anime centers around the fans who see the idols and instead of the idols being popular they are highly underrated. They only have a few fans who actually watch and support them. This is an anime about the bond between a fan and an idol. An anime where popularity does not mean devotion. There's also legit Yuri. Not much but it exists. All in all this is a very goodidol anime and I am hoping that S2 comes out soon. This anime is recommended to pretty much everybody who wants to see something "new". That is all.
lycoping
Often when I mark an anime "mixed feelings", I actually have fairly strong feelings about the anime, but I mark it that way because I know that there's a decent chance that people won't share my feelings and could easily believe opposite to my opinion. That's not the case with this anime, this anime is truly "mixed feelings" for me. This anime follows Eripyo and her friends, all of which are, well, otaku. Not the "Buy a few anime figurines and fantasize about your waifu" kind of otaku, the "buy as many CDs as possible of your favorite idol so that you can gettickets to a handshake event and hold her hand for thirty seconds". This girl is unhealthily obsessed, as many otaku of that type are. But this anime also follows the object of her obsession, a marginally successful idol who has very few fans. In fact, Eripyo is her most dedicated, and perhaps only, fan. The arc of this anime follows the parasocial relationship that both the idol and Eripyo have with each other - and their clear desperation to transcend that relationship.
This anime deals with the parasocial relationship between an idol and her (arguably) biggest fan in a fair, nonjudgmental, and impartial way. We see the relationship through the eyes of both Eripyo and the idol. We see how obsessed Eripyo is with the idol, but we also see how profoundly lonely, insecure, and shy the idol actually is. These are two people who need "something genuine" as much as anyone does, and yet all they can do is court parasocial relationships and hope someday to find that which seems to be utterly eluding them at every turn. The relationship is played for laughs sometimes, but it's really not funny.
And that's why I have mixed feelings. It's a fine anime, with good music, animation, voice acting, all of that. It has a story to tell, it's an interesting and important story, and at the end I just found it depressing. Because this is realistic. It's how idol otaku culture actually is. And I feel like I would have been better off not watching it. Because they tell the story too well. The underlying sadness - the sadness which is hidden from both Eripyo and her idol as they bumble through their individual sides of a parasocial relationship - is palpable and comes off the screen in waves. And they're so invested in their parataxic distortions that they will never, ever see it.
As is the case with many real life idol otaku, and idols as well.
But if you can look past that to the entertaining it was clearly *intended* to be, you'll probably enjoy it.
LegendAqua
Just like how Eripiyo idolized Maina, LA does the same with Makino Yagami Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu is a meta commentary about the good side of fandoms and their love of the thing they love. Bankruptcy be damned~! Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu tells of Eripiyo voiced by Ai Fairouz who becomes utterly obsessed with a minor member of an even less popular but rising girls group ChamJam and like the title puts out, Eripiyo would die if she along with ChamJam would go to Budokan. This is the daily life of Eripiyo as the highs and lows of being a fangirl of a minor memberof a pop girl group!
Now Eripiyo isn't the only narrative focus character in this as the minor member Eripiyo is obsessed with Maina Ichii voiced by Hina Tachibana gives us a perspective to the idol side on how they look at only only their rising popularity but how she interacts and views fans...or in Eripiyo's case, trying to emote more to her biggest fan. To this end, we do get more on the other members of ChamJam, especially from the center Reo Igarashi voiced by Kaede Hondo as well as the pseudo-shoujo ai relationship of the shy Yumeri Mizumori voiced by Kaori Ishihara and Maki Hakata voiced by Maya Enoyoshi as the calm and cool-headed one of the bunch and we get their perspective on certain situations they go through as an idol group.
Back to Eripiyo's clique, Eripiyo may be the biggest stan of Maina (and everyone knows it) but she's friend swith other fans who have their favourites, from Kumasa voiced by Tomoaki Maeno the biggest Reo stan even before the formation of ChamJam to Motoi voiced by Yoshitaka Yamaya a Sorane stan. We get to get differing perspectives from these two, with Kumasa having likings to Eripiyo just with a bit more leverage and his affections coming across to Reo unlike Eripiyo to Maina struggling to communicate at times. Motoi's perspective is more of a casual fan perspective view but having some tendencies Eripiyo and Kumasa has such as wanting to marry Sorane etc. So yeah Eripiyo, Kumasa and Motoi brings in differing perspectives of fan culture in the idol perspective, in which LA pretty much heavily relates to Eripiyo in wanting a rather minor member (Maina for Eripiyo and Makino Yagami for LA) of an idol group (ChamJam for Eripiyo, Cinderella Girls for LA) just that Eripiyo's a bit more intense than LA is (considering most of the material for Makino Yagami for LA is limited as it is, Eripiyo however...has utterly free reign). With this being said, though LA relates to Eripiyo as a character, LA's favourite character would go to...Maki Hakata...huh MAKI(no) that or Yuka cos ditzy almost ad-lib genki.
The animation done by 8bit was actually great, from it's dazzly character designs, to it's decent backgrounding though ChamJam's lives would need to be said that they used 3DCGI sparingly and used traditional animation for the Lives they did, which LA very much appreciates which harkens back for LA to the original Idolmaster Live animations. For 8bit, the animation was nonetheless great in certain areas, mainly the background work and the striking character designs especially coming from that ChamJam makes mos to fit's characters looks ALMOST lookalike yet LA can tell who's who.
The voice cast was GREAT, from Ai Fairouz as the error-prone hyper genki almost paranoid Eripiyo, to the shy sometimes misunderstood Maina, the strong confident and leader-like Reo as Kaede Hondo, the fanboys and affectinate takes of Kumasa and Motoi from Tomoaki Maeno and Yoshitaka Yamaya respectively. From that there are quite a few notable minor voice actors doing bit roles like Satomi Sato and Shizuka Ito as Misaki and Murota as the ChamJam staff and reina who's voiced by Kana Ichinose. What else, but this voice cast was GREAT, with LA having to say that both Hina Tachibana and especially Ai Fairouz just easily getting LA's MVP of this voice cast. From Dumbbell Kilo de Matteru to Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu, pulling strike after strike eh Ai Fairouz?
Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu is one of those unique idol anime that not only looks at the struggles of an idol group but this one looks at the fan perspectives and THEIR struggles as well and yes because Eripiyo relates ALOT to LA, LA can actually see this anime as a meta commentary to the struggles, the good and the bad of fandoms but mostly good perspectives of it. YES Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu on another light makes it out as to what happens when someone takes their obsession to the point of them taking multiple part time jobs to the point of exhaustion just to buy CD's for some popularity contest which is a YIKES in many ways but nonetheless if anything Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu leans on the good side of fandoms and what it's affections of the fans reciprocate to the idols in question and wanting the best for them and having the popularity they deserve is something only people stuck in idol hell truly knows and experiences *cough* SPARKING FOR A YEAR *COUGH* *COUGH*
Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu as an anime looks like a love letter to the fans in general and that their affections won't go ignored, like crazy hijinks abound for Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu but the message and thought it there and blatant in Eripiyo.
Eripiyo is the epitome of fan culture, the good, the bad and the money.
TetraKiss
At the start of the season I saw a new Idol anime was airing. Another series where i'll watch 3 or 4 episodes, maybe download the rhythm gatcha mobile game. What I actually got was a show that shows the excitement of being an Idol Fan. Summary: A girl named Eripiyo's world is changed for the better when she walks by a small idol group preforming, there she would meet Maina. Quickly she falls into the dark hole we know as being an intense Idol Fan. From buying out the merch table of Maina CDS to going to every concert, Eripiyo is a true Idol Fan. Allshe wishs is to see Maina succeed and be happy.
Thus the title "If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die"
Story(7.9):
Very Slice-of-life, just Eripiyo and her fellow idol fans being idol fans. We see the struggles of waiting in the hot sun for a good seat, to your favorite idol liking all of her fans not just you. The gang is very fun and their high-jinks are wonderful to watch. We also get to watch the members of ChamJam! grow as idols and learn what it takes to be an idol. Dealing with fans, understanding your character, the rules you must follow, etc.
Art(7.6):
The art is good. There are stylized moments. I can't say much about it. It works for what the series needs.
Sound(8.5):
The background songs are good, not annoying. ChamJams! songs are good, not any i've listened to a bunch of times like other shows. It is idol music so those not a fan of idol already might find the music not intresting.
Characters(10):
Oh here it is, the place this anime shines. The characters are the series selling point, Eripyo alone is hours of entertainment. Her overreactions over the smallest thing, to her truly dedicating her life to supporting Maina. Her fellow idol fans are also amazing characters. Being the stereotype overweight idol otaku, and the skinny in love with an idol (who looks a lot like his sister) character. I am sure you will find them amazing if you give this series a few episodes.
Enjoyment:(10)
I only really like reviewing anime/manga when i'm passionate about them. This is one of them. I plan to buy the manga, and hope to get the bluerays when they come out. I am honestly going to miss watching this series every week. So did I enjoy it? Yes. YES. YES.
Overall:(9)
I'm not going to tell you this is the greatest anime, because it is very much not. I will not say it is the greatest slice-of-life either. But it is not trying to be. This is simple a series looking at the joys of being a super idol fan. A wise anime fan once said that we love to watch characters who are passionate about something, you can feel their passion leak into you. That is the case here. I feel Eripyo's excitement every time Maina does something cute or ChamJam! advances their idol career.
I highly recommend giving this series a chance. Give it 2 or 3 episodes and I hope you will at least enjoy it. The hidden gem of this season.
ayush123
This will be a very short review. I am a guy that usually does not even watch anime related to idols at all. Yet, this show was surprising, because I actually felt invested, and it was fun to watch. I was glad to have watched it, since it does provide some insight into otaku culture. While it still is a bit unrealistic, there is some frightening realism that really is portrayed in a fair and funny way. It was enjoyable, so watch it if you can! In the end, I had fun with this, so for those on the fence, go ahead and give ita try.
veemon23
"I always thought that idols were supposed to be dazlling. That's what I thought but... but you were far more dazzling than I could've ever imagined." I honestly don't really care for Idols too much as I never really watched them when they were big back in my younger days. So watching them in anime wasn't something I was really excited to watch either. I know people told me to watch "Love Live" which I haven't gotten around too yet. I would say honestly I was surprised by this one. Now this anime doesn't exactly focus so much on the Idol but the fanbase instead. Andas a fan of anime and the people who voice those characters, I can relate to how they feel. Since we can relate to how we love these things that won't truly love us back but we love them because we just do. We spend money on their stuff to hope to see more of them as we want to support them.
Now this anime portray it in a more light hearted manner as if you want to see a darker side to the fan base, you can check out "perfect blue" which is amazing! It portray the more darker side to obsessives fan. Now in this anime it portray it more in a heart warming and wholesome way as the Idol "Maina" actually loves and care about her first fan who truly loves and supports here. Maina is so cute!
Honestly I think I might just end up watching all love live now lol... since I didn't think I'll enjoy Idol this much.
This anime is a wholesome experience that I feel sad how little of a fanbase it has. It has good humor and a great voice cast along with the 3 1/2 fan who we see throughout as we see their interaction. I really enjoyed how silly it is and how relatable it is too. Even if you aren't a fan of Idols or care for the culture as I do, I think you can still enjoy this as a sweet anime. The romance element is freaking adorable too.
I do hope this gets more love in the future and at this rate, I doubt we'll get a season 2 because of it's low popularity. I know many people will be turned off by certain stuff.
Anyways I enjoyed it for what it presented. I will say, the visual is AMAZING! And the characters look FANTASTIC! The OP and ED I loved them both. The songs were very great and I enjoyed this a lot. I do hope for a season 2 or hope we get to see them on the big stage.
Keesasha
For me just rating shows that don't appeal to the general public, that are more specific to a certain audience has to be done differently. I am sure most people wouldn't consider this to be that good, but this is my first idol anime, and i can't believe how much i enjoyed it! The art is outstanding, the world is glittering and shining and the girls look incredible, the sound design is great and the songs are decent (i would've loved a bit more songs tho). All in all, even if you're not into idol anime, like i was, thismight be just the one to pull you over to the "dark side"!
Lilamon
This show is a hidden gem. Eripiyo is just a fangirl who wants to be noticed by her favorite singer in the way many fans do, but in the process makes an insecure girl feel truly seen for the first time. Although Eripiyo’s engagement with Maina can be excessive, her character really shines through her smaller acts of kindness. Despite the main focus being on Maina and Eripiyo’s relationship, the narrative isn’t afraid to move off of them to explore the rest of ChamJam. All of the idol characters are given a chance to show their feelings towards their career, fans, and each other. Thisis definitely a must watch for fans of the idol genre.
rawberryrose
Another failure as a GL series. As for the positives, the overall plot was genius. The art style is among the best I’ve seen for this genre. The soundtrack was great. The idols (ChamJam) were tropey, but were undoubtedly the highlight of the series. As for the negatives, all three of the main characters are beyond creepy, albeit Motoi is the worst (willing to omit the truth and risk his favorite idols reputation so he’d have a chance at dating her, Eripiyo (who is stupid in every sense of the word and doesn’t understand boundaries), and the Kumasa (who overall was the voice of reasonbut co-signed a lot of the weird behaviors of the previous two). As for GL rep, there barely is any. Eripiyo really does just come off as a crazed fan while Maina, the idol she likes seems to have more romantic feelings for her than vice verse. Most of the GL rep is shown through the idols: Maki/Yume are actually dating, Aya/Yuka who have a cute and slightly competitive dynamic though they complement each other well, and Reo/Sorane who support each other no matter the situation in a somewhat romantically coded way. The series can redeem itself by having the idols have canon ships within their group otherwise, this can barely be called a GL series.
Borutoes
Imagine a shounen tournament arc where power levels are determined by who can simp the most. Sit back with a friend and hate-watch the shit out of this anime. can't wait for season two! A few extra notes. The Idol dance sequences in this show are surprisingly well animated, and rarely make use of jarring CG. Some of the Idol designs are cute, but ALL of the character's personalities are pretty generic. the most interesting thing about this show is how it tries to portray simp culture in a positive light... and the main character who is... certainly... something. I'm not sure if I love tohate this show, or hate to love it.
Hotwing-Dono
5 - There was something you enjoyed. Still pretty forgettable, but not a waste of time. So, I'm not a fan at all of stan culture, but luckily the characters in this anime make it bearable and not in-your-face-annoying like most IRL stans/wotas. So that's a positive. I actually enjoyed watching the slice of life of these wotas, and I even added Eripiyo to my favorites list because I adore her passionate love for her fave. However, this gave me a feeling of being a comedic SOL, and honestly the comedy falls flat. I think it's just more so endearing how much the wotas care about theirfave with Eripiyo in particular. She really does steal the show with her incredibly passionate personality. She's awesome, and she is the source of 100% of the comedy. Unfortunately, that is a terrible recipe for an any medium attempting humor.
The idol group is average, and they have their problems. Actually, they seem like a very realistic idol group. The stuff they go through does seem like something that a real idol group would go through, so I do admire that. But they're just average all around.
Honestly, not much stands out about this show aside from Eripiyo. The originality of this anime is also a plus, as I don't believe there are many anime based off of stan culture.
homfi
Don't let the poster fool you: this is not an idol show. It's a comedy about idol fan culture, anchored by the main character Eripiyo, whose animation and vigorous vocal performance (by Fairouz Ai) delivers a steady stream of hilarious moments. Although the scenes without Eripiyo don't attain the same level of quality, Eripiyo is on-screen enough with inventive new antics that the show never becomes boring. Sometimes shows can suffer from having one standout character and then not using them enough, and that isn't a problem here. There's substance here too by offering a window into idol fan culture, but the main draw is the humor.
thundercracer
OK OK OK I have a LOT of feelings about Budokan, alright? This might actually be my favorite anime of the season - it's one of them, at the very least. The art was cute, the story was funny and even a bit relatable at times, and the characters were just... *chef kiss* Budokan had some of the best comedic moments of this season, I felt, and I enjoyed the main three "otakus" so very much. Much more than I ever thought! The three of them have such good chemistry as characters and they balance each other out and make for some really hilarious shenanigans. Iknow there's a huge stereotype for the types of people in Japan who are considered idol otaku. Trust me, I know. And usually, I find myself agreeing. I enjoy idols a fair amount (though fictional ones tend to be more what I'm a fan of...) but not to the degree some of these guys are. I thing Budokan has done a great job of subverting those expectations. Some might start this show thinking they're about to watch a cringe-fest (and they totally are, because of Eri) due to some fat, ugly, creepy dudes. But the fans of ChamJam were all so endearing and I thought that was really a great touch.
NOW ON TO THE PART THAT LIGHTS A FIRE IN MY GAY, GAY LITTLE HEART. While there wasn't any outright "gayness" between Eri and Maina (usually I'd be more upset about the yuri pandering) I can forgive Budokan for the sheer amount of hilarity and pining from these two. Honestly, I can deal with a gay disaster, mutual pining slow burn. Especially if it's just because one of them is a huge nerd idiot who can't talk in front of her crush. And Maina is just too darn cute! I will admit, I would have appreciated if they didn't have Eri go from being pretty fashionable to being a tracksuit-wearing slob, since there are plenty of girls who can still put time and effort into their appearance/themselves and also maintain their hobbies and passions (thank you very much.) But yeah, the chemistry between these two and just how much I found myself relating to Eri's gay self really made Budokan a special experience for me.
The other characters are cute, and pretty interesting all together. The pacing is pretty decent! It doesn't feel too boring, especially considering there are definitely some answers I want and hope for a season 2! I also thought the opening and ending were really good - they might have been my favorites of the season as well.
So yeah! If you want something super goofy idol anime that's charged with just the right of manic gay energy, Budokan might just be the show for you!
lamaraptor
Lots of things changed in the year 2020. In the states we had one of those President thingies, we finally got Half-Life 3 kind of, oh and a few people got sick or something. A lot of people were out of jobs. A lot of people were scared to go outside. Whatever the reason a lot of young people suddenly had tons a free time and plenty of government money out of nowhere. Enter: Vtubers! Now Vtubers have been around for a while, and I'm not here to detail the entire history of the fad. I'm just using it as a jumping-off point to talk about fandomsin general. You see I was always raised to be frugal, to spend only the necessary amount on things that you actually need to live and save your money wherever you can. So I had a very hard time understanding how so many young people could justify to themselves dropping $20-$100 a week watching a 2d cat-girl play Among Us. Simp is a term that arose from the culture of streaming and donations. I hate it along with all other zoomer-speak, but unfortunately it has entered our lexicon and is the easiest way to get the point across.
At least in Japanese otaku-culture, however, there is a deeper origin to these sorts of streamers that has never fully made it's way to a western audience: Idols. Without the idol craze there would be no market for Vtubers to have come about in the first place. Spending thousands of yen on a 2d image is acceptable because spending hundreds of thousands on the human equivalent was already a thing.
Oshi ga Budoukan explores a very dark subject matter as though it were a happy, slice of life romp. The grotesque exploitation of fan devotion and the toxic relationships that are formed between idols and their "stans" is portrayed by this show to be some beautiful romantic thing. Maybe as a jaded westerner who's never even understood the idea of celebrity crushes I can't understand the picture being painted here. Maybe it really is some beautiful thing and I'm just missing it, but as far as I understand it this is how it works in reality: a girl who's really only interested in your money puts on a persona, acting in whatever way will win over the most fans so that she can get the most money. The money is never directly addressed in this series, it's always "Oh thank you so much for supporting me! I love my fans and their devotion! It's so beautiful the way they're always there for me!" It's portrayed as though the idols themselves are above the concept of money, or maybe even ignorant of just how their business model actually works.
I felt like a crazy person watching this show, but it was like watching a car wreck. You just can't look away from the way these characters will bend over backward to spend more money on idols. It's disgusting, but I can't stop watching. It's the same as when Vtubers started really taking off, and there was one girl who just fell asleep at her desk while streaming and made like $1000 from superchats... while sleeping... The idols in this anime either don't know they're being exploitative or they just don't care. It's either part of their persona to be ignorant about the money side of operations, or they are actively trying to get as much money from the pay pigs as possible.
Get you wallets out while enjoy this mess, it's a wild ride into the gross world of idol worship. 8/10
