Dream Festival!
| Dream Festival! | |
| ドリフェス！ (Dorifesu!) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music[1] |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yūta Murano |
| Produced by | Yoichi Katō |
| Music by | |
| Studio | BN Pictures |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, BS11, Sun TV, TV Aichi, AT-X |
| Original run | October 2016 – December 2017 |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Video game | |
| Developer | Bandai |
| Publisher | Bandai Namco Games |
| Genre | Rhythm game[2] |
| Platform | iOS, Android |
| Released | April 2016 |
Dream Festival! (ドリフェス！, Dorifesu!) is a game and ONA franchise produced by Bandai Namco Group and Amuse. The premise of the project follows five aspiring male idols at a fictional talent agency.[3] An anime television adaptation by BN Pictures began airing on TV Tokyo from October 2016 to December 2017.
Plot
[edit]Kanade Amamiya is a high school student, whiling hours away at his part-time job ever since he quit the soccer team. One day, Kanade is scouted by a famous idol producer. Kanade is not sure he wants to be an idol, and his new rival Junya Sasaki tells him that he doesn't have what it takes. After running through a rigorous day of idol exercises, Kanade realizes this just might be the passion he has been looking for.[4]
Characters
[edit]DearDream
[edit]- Kanade Amamiya (天宮 奏, Amamiya Kanade)
- Voiced by: Sōma Ishihara[5]
- Shin Oikawa (及川 慎, Oikawa Shin)
- Voiced by: Takuya Mizoguchi[5]
- Junya Sasaki (佐々木 純哉, Sasaki Junya)
- Voiced by: Kentarō Tomita[5]
- Itsuki Katagiri (片桐 いつき, Katagiri Itsuki)
- Voiced by: Masaki Ōta[5]
- Chizuru Sawamura (沢村 千弦, Sawamura Chizuru)
- Voiced by: Masaki Kaoru[5]
Kurofune
[edit]- Keigo Kazama (風間 圭吾, Kazama Keigo)
- Voiced by: Kimito Totani[5]
- Yuto Kuroishi (黒石 勇人, Kuroishi Yuto)
- Voiced by: Hideaki Kabumoto[5]
Media
[edit]Game
[edit]The Dream Festival! arcade game from Bandai began appearing in Japanese arcades from October 2012 as part of its Data Carddass line. A Mobile game, Dream Festival R, was released for the iOS and Android on May 25, 2016, and ended service on May 1, 2018.[6]
Anime
[edit]An anime television series produced by Bandai Namco Pictures began airing on Tokyo MX from October to December 2016.[7] A second season, titled Dream Festival! R, began airing from October to December 2017.[8] Animate TV and Crunchyroll began streaming the series from September 23, 2016.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dream Festival!". Crunchyroll.
- ^ "ドリフェス！R". 4Gamer.net.
- ^ Loo, Egan (March 28, 2016). "Bandai's Male '2.5D' Idol Project Dream Festival! Gets Net Anime". Anime News Network.
- ^ "The Fall 2016 Anime Preview Guide - Dream Festival!". Anime News Network. October 1, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Character & Cast". dream-fes.com (in Japanese).
- ^ "3年間の活動に区切り『ドリフェス！』念願の日本武道館 ──サイコーを超えたファイナルステージ『ALL FOR TOMORROW!!!!!!!』最終日レポート" (in Japanese). Niko-niko News. November 2, 2018.
- ^ "2.5次元アイドル「ドリフェス！」マンガ版の前後編がシルフに、アニメ化も" (in Japanese). Natalie. March 28, 2016.
- ^ "アイドル応援プロジェクト『ドリフェス！』が"5次元"にリニューアル！ 『ドリフェス！R』TVアニメ放送＆先行配信・新キャラ・出演声優ビジュアルを初公開" (in Japanese). Animate. July 14, 2017. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Japanese)
- Dream Festival! (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia