The Winter of 2023 is filled with a variety of animes. The current anime that are popular in this season is Vinland Saga Season 2, My Hero Academia Season 6, Blue Lock, and many others. There is also a wild category known as Isekai with amazing and bizarre titles such as Saving 80,000 Gold Coins in another, Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skills, and many more.
But what this season of 2023 has been missing was a different category which was popular in the fall of 2022 with anime such as Bocchi The Rock, Phantom Idol, and many more. So, to fill that very gap left by those animes, we are blessed with UniteUp! in the winter of 2023.
An anime speaking the struggles of the idol and their journey to become famous is something amazing to witness, and UniteUp! is doing just that. Since this anime has just started and even had to go on breaks for two weeks, fans are looking into this anime and see what it is that about.
Collecting information from various sources and providing you with the details is our job. So, you can relax and read this article for UniteUp! anime which will contain everything you need to know about it. This post will contain what is UniteUp! anime is about, its episodes scheduling and release timings, and more importantly and the reason why you are here probably is how to watch UniteUp! Anime episodes.
With that being said, let us dive into all those information for the UniteUp! Starting with is this series is about. Here we bring you the latest updates on the UniteUp! anime series.
About UniteUp!
Unlike many anime that are currently ongoing which are based on the original source of the manga or light novel, UniteUp! comes up straight from the original adaption thanks to the Clover Works Studios. In fact, UniteUp! is a mix-media project by Sony Music Entertainment Japan that started with a Youtube channel that brings the various artists and promotes their songs.
If you are into J-pop or listening to new songs from various artists, you should definitely check out the Youtube Channel of UniteUp! As for the anime, as mentioned earlier, it is an ONA, original net animation that brings a whole new story of the adventure of an idol.
The anime adaptation for UniteUp! was announced last September during an Online Fest held by Aniplex. As mentioned earlier, the anime adaptation is being brought to us by Clover Studios with Shin’ichiro Ushijima directing the series.
The other staff involved in the making of this anime are Rino Yamazaki for the scripts, Majiro designing the characters, Asami Komatsu and Yurie Hama serving as animation directors and lastly, we have Yuki Hayashi composing the Music. As for the plot of the anime, we will be following a story of a high schooler named Akira Kiyoshe.
The high schooler Akira Kiyoshe has always loved to sing and dance and thanks to his good looks, he gets recruited by an agency called sMiLea production to work on his talents. Surprisingly the agency is formed by an idol group known as “Anela” who were legendary at their time but went into retirement at the peak of their stardom.
In this agency, Akira meets up with Chigiri and Naeo who are together by the agency to form an idol group. Thus we follow the adventure of the three young boys chasing stardom and becoming idols alongside other idol groups of the same agency called “LEGIT” and “JAXX/JAXX”. This anime is perfect for huge idol fans who’d like to see more into daily life and the struggle behind becoming a famous idol.
Previously on UniteUp!
In the last episode of UniteUp!, which was episode 3 of UniteUp! we saw the new Akira trying to get an autograph of Daiki from the LEGIT idol group of his sister. Upon going to the agency, Akira also learns that Daiki is from his same school and is excited about it but the latter’s personality is very rough and he asks Akira to never speak to him in school.
After this small banter, we see that Akira, Naoe, and Chigiri are learning about the new ways of becoming an idol and they are informed that should observe the LEGIT upcoming live performance in person. The group is excited about the live performance as they have never seen one in person.
Speaking of the LEGIT idol group, we see that in the next room, Daiki and Eishro of the LEGIT are having an argument while practicing for the upcoming live performance. Since Daiki wants to perform the group with his dance moves, Eishori isn’t getting along with the idea and Daiki ends up leaving and soon Eishiro leaves as well.
Akira, Naoe, and Chigiri go around the town and they end up going to the restaurant where Naoe works part-time. They end up meeting with Eishori, who is eating for free again so the owner ends up putting his form Naoe salary. Akira asks the reason why Eishori wants to be an idol, and Eishori informs him that it is because his end goal is to become a president as they have the most authority.
Thus he is becoming an idol first to gather a following and stardom and then become a president. He also informs them about why he and Daiki cannot get along because of the latter’s selfish personality. But Akira remembers a quote from his favorite anime about how to trust your friends and which makes Eishiro rethinking about his argument with Daiki.
In the flashback, we learn that Daiki works really hard and has a secret place where they had formed their friendship and learn together about each other’s dreams and goals. In the present, Eishiro finds Daiki at his practicing spot and decides to follow his attempt on the dance move but the rest of the things will be his authority.
Akira, Naoe, and Chigiri go to the live concert of LEGIT where Akira is really astounded by the performance and realizes how hard Akira works. After the concert, Akira manages to get an autograph from Daiki which he promises to hang on the wall in his room.
UniteUp! Episode Scheduling
UniteUp! anime is scheduled to have a total of 12 episodes in the series running throughout the winter of 2023. The first episode of the series was released on January 7th, 2023 and it was supposed to follow the regular weekly scheduling of new episodes.
【Official Trailer】
UniteUp! Anime
Scheduled for January 7.(Animation Production: CloverWorks)
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pic.twitter.com/rkQySsFbCi— AnimeTV チェーン (@animetv_jp) December 28, 2022
However, due to Covid Pandemic, the anime followed a two-week break after the release of the third episode. Thus there is a change in the scheduling of the new episodes of the anime which is mentioned below;
- UniteUp! Episode 1 was released on 7th January 2023 at 23:30 hrs Japanese Standard Timing.
- UniteUp! Episode 2 was released on 14th January 2023 at 23:30 hrs Japanese Standard Timing.
- UniteUp! Episode 3 was released on 21st January 2023 at 23:30 hrs Japanese Standard Timing.
- UniteUp! Episode 4 is going to be released on 4th February 2023 at 23:30 hrs Japanese Standard Timing.
- UniteUp! Episode 5 is going to be released on 11th February 2023 at 23:30 hrs Japanese Standard Timing.
- UniteUp! Episode 6 is going to be released on 18th February 2023 at 23:30 hrs Japanese Standard Timing.
- UniteUp! Episode 7 is going to be released on 25th February 2023 at 23:30 hrs Japanese Standard Timing.
- UniteUp! Episode 8 is going to be released on 4th March 2023 at 23:30 hrs Japanese Standard Timing.
- UniteUp! Episode 9 is going to be released on 11th March 2023 at 23:30 hrs Japanese Standard Timing.
- UniteUp! Episode 10 is going to be released on 18th March 2023 at 23:30 hrs Japanese Standard Timing.
- UniteUp! Episode 11 is going to be released on 25th March 2023 at 23:30 hrs Japanese Standard Timing.
- UniteUp! Episode 12 is going to be released on 1st April 2023 at 23:30 hrs Japanese Standard Timing.
How To Watch UniteUp! Episodes? Streaming Guide!
As it is for the most ongoing Japanese anime, the new episodes of UniteUp! are first going to be premiered on the local Japanese networks at the aforementioned mentioned timings. The local Japanese networks that will be premiering the new episodes of UniteUp! are Tokyo MX, GYT, GTV, BS11, HTB, MBS, FBS, and Mētele strictly.
I hope they can get along as a group! (via UniteUp!) pic.twitter.com/7QznVrNm3j
— Crunchyroll (@Crunchyroll) January 20, 2023
After its premie on the aforementioned local Japanese networks, the new episodes of UniteUp! are scheduled to be released online on streaming platforms only after an hour of its premiere on the local networks. In the western regions, the new episodes of UniteUp! will be brought to them by Crunchyroll including some regions of Asia as well such as India.
Whereas in most regions of Asia, the new episodes of UniteUp! will be easily available to watch on Muse Asia’s Youtube Channel. We hope that you use the necessary to means to watch the new episode of UniteUp! to support its creators.
