I-Chu

I-Chu
アイ★チュウ
(Ai★Chū)
Video game
DeveloperLiber Entertainment
Genre
Platform
Released
  • JP: June 26, 2015 (Android)
    July 3, 2015 (iOS)
    November 10, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)
Video game
I-Chu Étoile Stage
DeveloperLiber Entertainment
Genre
Platform
Released
  • JP: April 30, 2020
Anime television series
I-Chu: Halfway Through the Idol
Directed byHitoshi Nanba
Produced byTwin Engine
Written byYoshimi Narita
Music byYoshiaki Dewa
StudioLay-duce
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTokyo MX, BS11, RNB
Original run January 6, 2021 March 24, 2021
Episodes12

I-Chu (Japanese: アイ★チュウ, Hepburn: Ai★Chū) is a Japanese mobile game developed by Liber Entertainment. The original game was released on June 26, 2015, on Android and July 3, 2015, for the iOS. It was followed up with the release of an updated mobile game, I-Chu Étoile Stage, on April 30, 2020, while the original game was discontinued in July 2020. A port for Nintendo Switch was announced in October 2021, and was released in Japan on November 10, 2022.

Along with the game, the franchise has released several CDs portrayed by the characters in the game, and the success of the game led to several adaptations for the franchise, including stage plays and an anime television series by Lay-duce, which aired from January 6 to March 24, 2021.

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