{"id":60057,"date":"2023-04-21T10:17:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T17:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=60057"},"modified":"2023-04-25T10:59:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T17:59:46","slug":"hidive-says-oshi-no-ko-is-its-1-series-launch-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/04\/21\/hidive-says-oshi-no-ko-is-its-1-series-launch-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"HIDIVE Says OSHI NO KO Is Its &#8220;#1 Series Launch&#8221; of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Streaming platform HIDIVE has revealed that the North American premiere of <em>OSHI NO KO<\/em> has resulted in the &#8220;#1 series launch&#8221; in its history.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">While HIDIVE didn&#8217;t provide any exact numbers, it announced in a press release that the reception during the anime&#8217;s &#8220;first seven days of release&#8221; allowed it to become &#8220;#1 in total streams and new subscribers (first streams) \u2013 not only for the Spring 2023 season but also for all-time.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The entertainment industry-themed anime was also said to have contributed an impressive amount of trial registrations, to the point that it &#8220;shattered all trial starts records for HIDIVE&#8221; and resulted in &#8220;the most trials added in the streamer\u2019s history.&#8221;<\/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=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300e\u3010\u63a8\u3057\u306e\u5b50\u3011\u300f\u672c\u4e88\u544a2\u30102023\u5e744\u670812\u65e5\u3088\u308a\u653e\u9001\u958b\u59cb\u3011\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gKWEUJ4r5do?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\"><em>OSHI NO KO <\/em>made its premiere on April 12, with HIDIVE being the exclusive streaming platform for the anime in North America. Since its debut, the anime, which is an adaptation of the Shueisha-published seinen manga series written by&nbsp;<b>Aka Akasaka<\/b>&nbsp;and drawn by&nbsp;<b>Mengo Yokoyari<\/b>, has become the current top-rated show on MyAnimeList. The <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/04\/19\/oshi-no-kos-opening-song-tops-billboard-japan-hot-100-chart\/\">opening song &#8220;Idol&#8221;<\/a> by <strong>YOASOBI<\/strong> has also proven to be a hit, placing first on Billboard Japan&#8217;s Hot 100 Chart.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Yen Press describes the manga 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 is directed by <strong>Daisuke Hiramaki<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Selection Project<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Asteroid in Love<\/em>) at<strong> Doga Kobo<\/strong>, with other main staff including:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Assistant director: <strong>Chao Nekotomi<\/strong>&nbsp;(<i>Love Is Like a Cocktail&nbsp;<\/i>director [<strong>as Saori Tachibana<\/strong>], <em>Shikimori\u2019s Not Just A Cutie<\/em> opening director and storyboard artist)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Character designer and chief character designer: <strong>Kanna Hirayama<\/strong> (<em>Rent-A-Girlfriend<\/em>) <\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Series composer: <strong>Jin Tanaka<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club<\/em>,<em>&nbsp;Laid-Back Camp<\/em>)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Meanwhile, the cast includes <strong>Rie Takahashi<\/strong>&nbsp;as Ai,&nbsp;<strong>Takeo Ootsuka<\/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> Press release<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Streaming platform HIDIVE has revealed that the North American premiere of OSHI NO KO has resulted in the &#8220;#1 series launch&#8221; in its history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":59799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14,1625,418,122,4697],"class_list":["post-60057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-anime","tag-anime-adaptation","tag-hidive","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\/01_oshinoko_184.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-fCF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60057"}],"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=60057"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60213,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60057\/revisions\/60213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}