{"id":59692,"date":"2023-04-12T08:34:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=59692"},"modified":"2023-04-14T20:17:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T03:17:30","slug":"yoasobi-drops-music-video-for-oshi-no-ko-opening-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/04\/12\/yoasobi-drops-music-video-for-oshi-no-ko-opening-song\/","title":{"rendered":"YOASOBI Drops Music Video for OSHI NO KO Opening Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Following the recent premiere of the <em>OSHI NO KO<\/em> anime,<strong> YOASOBI<\/strong> has released the music video for &#8220;Idol,&#8221; the opening song of the show.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The &#8220;Idol&#8221; music video is directed, storyboarded, and unit directed by <strong>Naoya Nakayama<\/strong>, the animator who solo key animated (and storyboarded and directed) the famous &#8220;Chika Dance&#8221; ending sequence from <em>Kaguya-sama Love is War<\/em>. Some of Nakayama&#8217;s other past unit direction and storyboard work include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=akcBV589e-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;stars we chase&#8221;<\/a> performance sequence from<em> Love Live!&nbsp;Nijigasaki High School Idol Club<\/em> Season 2 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G6G5NopjVfU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Butterfly&#8221;<\/a> performance from <em> Love Live!&nbsp;Nijigasaki High School Idol Club<\/em> Season 1.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YOASOBI\u300c\u30a2\u30a4\u30c9\u30eb\u300d Official Music Video\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZRtdQ81jPUQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Some of the other credits on &#8220;Idol&#8221; include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Visual development\/motion graphics: <strong>Yuuma Saitou<\/strong> (<em>World Dai Star<\/em> opening animation co-storyboard artist and co-unit director)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Visual development\/motion graphics: <strong>Shun Yamaguchi&nbsp;<br><\/strong>\u2022 Animation direction: <strong>Kanna Hirayama<\/strong> (<em>OSHI NO KO <\/em>character designer and chief animation director)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Color designer: <strong>Kei Ishiguro <\/strong>(<em>OSHI NO KO<\/em>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Compositing director: <strong>Takafumi<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Kuwano&nbsp;<\/strong>(<em>OSHI NO KO<\/em>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Art director: Studio Easter\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>Tetsuya Usami<\/strong> (<em>OSHI NO KO<\/em>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Animation production: <strong>Doga Kobo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>OSHI NO KO<\/em> is an adaptation of the Shueisha-published manga written by <b>Aka Aka<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">saka <\/span><\/b>and drawn by&nbsp;<b>Mengo Yokoyari<\/b>, which began serialization in Weekly Young Jump in 2020 and has 10 tankoubon volumes as of January 2023. It is published under the Young Jump Comics label.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Yen Press describes the premise as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Gorou is a gynecologist and idol fan who\u2019s in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Gorou realize that he\u2019s about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol\u2019s greatest weapon in this outrageous manga from Aka Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and Mengo Yokoyari (Scum\u2019s Wish).&nbsp;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The anime&#8217;s staff includes <strong>Daisuke Hiramaki<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Selection Project<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Asteroid in Love<\/em>) as director,&nbsp;<strong>Chao Nekotomi<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Shikimori\u2019s Not Just A Cutie<\/em>&nbsp;opening director and storyboarder,&nbsp;<em>Selection Project&nbsp;<\/em>Episode 7 dance part director and storyboarder et al.) as assistant director, and <strong>Jin Tanaka<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club<\/em>,<em>&nbsp;Laid-Back Camp<\/em>) as series composer. Doga Kobo&nbsp;is the animation production company.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Meanwhile, the cast members include&nbsp;<strong>Rie Takahashi<\/strong>&nbsp;as Ai,&nbsp;<strong>Ta<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">keo Oots<\/span>uka<\/strong>&nbsp;as Aqua,&nbsp;<strong>Yurie Igoma<\/strong>&nbsp;as Ruby,&nbsp;<strong>Kento Itou<\/strong>&nbsp;as Goro,&nbsp;<strong>Tomoyo Takayanagi<\/strong>&nbsp;as Sarina,&nbsp;<strong>Yumi Uchiyama<\/strong>&nbsp;as young Aqua, and&nbsp;<strong>Yurie Igoma<\/strong>&nbsp;as young Ruby.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Ayase\/YOASOBI YouTube channel<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the recent premiere of the OSHI NO KO anime, YOASOBI has released the music video for &#8220;Idol,&#8221; the opening song of the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":59701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1053,137,10],"tags":[14,1625,4458,356,122,4697],"class_list":["post-59692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-feature","category-feature","category-anime","tag-anime","tag-anime-adaptation","tag-anime-music-video","tag-doga-kobo","tag-manga","tag-oshi-no-ko"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/idol_musicvideoscreenshot.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-fwM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59692"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59692"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59814,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59692\/revisions\/59814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}