The production team for the IDOLiSH7 Third BEAT! anime series has revealed a new key visual and 15-second PV trailer centered on the male idol group TRIGGER. They also announced that the second cour of the anime will have a total of 30 episodes, with episodes 27-30 airing weekly starting on February 5, 2023.
The production team includes Makoto Bessho (IDOLiSH7) as director, Ayumi Sekine (The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window) as series screenwriter, Ei Aoki (ID: INVADED) as chief supervisor, Arina Tanemura (IDOLiSH7) as original character designer, Kasumi Fukagawa (Zombie Land Saga Revenge) as animation character designer, and Tatsuya Katou (Parallel World Pharmacy) as music composer. TROYCA is in charge of the animation production.
The main voice cast consists of Toshiki Masuda as Iori Izumi, Yuusuke Shirai as Yamato Nikaido, Tsubasa Yonaga as Mitsuki Izumi, KENN as Tamaki Yotsuba, Atsushi Abe as Sogo Osaka, Takuya Eguchi as Nagi Rokuya, and Kenshou Ono as Riku Nanase.
The first cour of IDOLiSH7 Third BEAT! aired in Summer 2021 with 13 episodes while the second cour premiered on October 2, 2022. The first two seasons of the show aired in 2018 and 2020 respectively. The anime series is based on the 2015 IDOLiSH7 rhythm mobile game for iOS and Android devices.
Crunchyroll has streamed previous seasons of IDOLiSH7 and describes the synopsis as:
A group of aspiring idols gather at Takanashi Productions and are entrusted with the company’s future. The seven men who have just met represent a variety of totally different personalities. However, they each have their own charm and possess unknown potential as idols. Forming a group, they take their first step together as “IDOLiSH7.” Their brilliantly shining dancing forms onstage eventually begin captivating the hearts of the people. In the glorious but sometimes harsh world of idols, they aim for the top with dreams in their hearts!
Source: IDOLiSH7 Official Twitter
