UniteUp! season 2 reveals January 2025 release date in new PV

Modified Nov 09, 2024 20:41 GMT

UniteUp! season 2 reveals January 2025 release date in new PV (Image via CloverWorks)

Saturday, November 9, 2024 saw the Animate Girls Festival 2024 event reveal a new promotional video for the UniteUp! season 2 television anime series which revealed its release date. Per the latest available information, the anime will premiere on Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. Japanese Standard Time.

The 100-second long promotional video for UniteUp! season 2 also previews the second season’s opening theme song, which will be sung by the project’s overall cast. The trailer also previews the narrative, characters, and setting featured in the upcoming sequel, complete with dialogue from each character.

UniteUp! season 2 teases the idols’ struggles in nearly 2-minute long promotional video

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As mentioned above, UniteUp! season 2 will premiere in Japan on Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. JST. The anime will air on Tokyo MX, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, BS11, HTB Hokkaido TV, MBS, Fukuoka Broadcasting and Nagoya Broadcasting. The first episode of the anime’s second season will also hold a special screening event on Sunday, January 5, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.

Crunchyroll will stream the series internationally in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS as it airs weekly in Japan. Crunchyroll also streamed the anime's first season, which premiered in January 2023. The anime’s opening theme song will be “Uni:Birth,” performed by the project’s cast.

Shin’ichiro Ushijima returns to direct the second season at CloverWorks studios, with a new assistant director in Michiru Itabisashi. While Rino Yamazaki oversaw season 1’s scripts, Team Kizunya is taking over that role for UniteUp! season 2. Majiro is credited once again as the character designer. Also returning is Yuki Hayashi in composing the anime’s music, joined by Naoyuki Chikatani for season 2.

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The original television anime series’ first season featured four idol groups in its cast. The first was Protostar, with Kikunosuke Toya as Akira Kiyose, Ryotaru Yamaguchi as Banri Naoe and Amon Hiari as Chihiro Isuzugawa. The second was Legit, with Magura Sukegawa as Daiki Takao, Shinnosuke Morikage as Eishiro Nijo and Ryuichiro Sakata as Fuga Togo.

The third was Jaxx Jaxx, with masa as Gakuto Haruka, Yuki Shimomae as Homare Katsura, Takumi Magoshi as Izumi Kashii, Kosei Tsubokura as Jun Wakasa and Gaku Takamoto as Kanata Morinomiya. The fourth and final was AneLa, with Soma Saito as Lin Otsuki and Yoshiki Nakajhima as Maoto Tsujido. Crunchyroll describes the series as follows:

""I'm going to be an idol...?"

Akira Kiyose is a high school student who loves to sing.

His songs were published to a video sharing site as the internet singer "KIKUNOYU".

One day, he is scouted by the entertainment agency "sMiLea Production" after they hear his singing voice.

The agency was established to nurture up-and-coming idols by the legendary idol duo "Anela" after they suddenly retired.

Akira forms a group with Banri Naoe and Chihiro Isuzugawa, who were also scouted.

The three online singers are inspired by the idols "LEGIT" and "JAXX/JAXX", also belonging to the same agency, and aim to make their idol debut with their own thoughts and feelings in mind...!"