Wake Up, Girls!

Wake Up, Girls!
Cover of first Blu-ray volume
GenreMusic, Slice of Life
Anime film
Wake Up, Girls! – Seven Idols
Directed byYutaka Yamamoto
Produced by
  • Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Satoshi Tanaka
  • Mika Shimizu
  • Takashi Yoshizawa
  • Masahiro Sugasawa
  • Shūichi Takashino
  • Seiji Yabashi
  • Hitoshi Kikuchi
  • Yū Fujimori
Written byTouko Machida
Music byMonaca
Studio
Licensed by
ReleasedJanuary 10, 2014 (2014-01-10)
Runtime53 minutes
Anime television series
Directed byYutaka Yamamoto
Produced by
  • Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Satoshi Tanaka
  • Mika Shimizu
  • Takashi Yoshizawa
  • Masahiro Sugasawa
  • Shūichi Takashino
  • Seiji Yabashi
  • Hitoshi Kikuchi
  • Yū Fujimori
Written byTouko Machida
Music byMonaca
  • Satoru Kōsaki
Studio
  • Ordet
  • Tatsunoko Production
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo, TVA, TVO, OX, AT-X
Original run January 11, 2014 March 29, 2014
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Original net animation
Wake Up, Girl ZOO!
Directed byKenshirō Morii
Studio
  • Ordet
  • Studio Moriken
Released September 5, 2014 February 25, 2015
Episodes10
Anime film
Wake Up, Girls! The Shadow of Youth
Directed byYutaka Yamamoto
Produced by
  • Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Satoshi Tanaka
  • Takashi Yoshizawa
  • Masahiro Sugasawa
  • Seiji Yabashi
  • Naoya Moriya
  • Tetsurō Satomi
  • Dai Sakai
Written byTouko Machida
Music byMonaca
  • Satoru Kōsaki
Studio
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)
Runtime55 minutes
Anime film
Wake Up, Girls! Beyond the Bottom
Directed byYutaka Yamamoto
Produced by
  • Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Satoshi Tanaka
  • Takashi Yoshizawa
  • Masahiro Sugasawa
  • Seiji Yabashi
  • Naoya Moriya
  • Tetsurō Satomi
  • Dai Sakai
Written byTouko Machida
Music byMonaca
  • Satoru Kōsaki
Studio
  • Ordet
  • Millepensee
ReleasedDecember 11, 2015 (2015-12-11)
Runtime53 minutes
Anime television series
Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter
Directed byShin Itagaki
Produced by
  • Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Satoshi Tanaka
  • Takashi Yoshizawa
  • Masahiro Sugasawa
  • Hiroki Enomoto
  • Mariko Nakajima
  • Daisuke Kadoya
  • Shunsuke Matsumura
  • Sōji Miyagi
  • Shigenori Araki
  • Masaru Seto
  • Hideo Momota
Written byEriko Matsuda
Music byMonaca
  • Satoru Kōsaki
StudioMillepensee
Original networkTV Tokyo, OX, AT-X
Original run October 9, 2017 January 7, 2018
Episodes13 (List of episodes)

Wake Up, Girls! is an anime series produced by Ordet and Tatsunoko Production and directed by Yutaka Yamamoto.[1] A film titled Wake Up, Girls! – Seven Idols (Japanese: Wake Up, Girls! 七人のアイドル, Hepburn: Wake Up, Girls! Shichi-nin no Aidoru) opened in Japan on January 11, 2014,[2][3] and a television series aired in Japan between January and March 2014.[4] The film was streamed online in 108 countries upon its release. A spin-off series, Wake Up, Girl ZOO!, aired between September 2014 and February 2015. Both the series and film are being streamed with English subtitles by Crunchyroll.[5][6]

A second film, Wake Up!, Girls! Seishun no Kage (Wake Up, Girls!青春の影, lit. "Shadow of Youth"), was released in Japan on September 25, 2015, and another film titled Wake Up, Girls! Beyond the Bottom was released on December 25, 2015. A new anime series titled Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter! (Wake Up, Girls!新章, Wake Up, Girls! Shin Shō) aired from October 9, 2017, to January 7, 2018, and was streamed by Crunchyroll.

Wake Up, Girls! was also the name of a voice acting unit composed of the seven main voice actresses from 2014 to 2019.

  1. ^ "Kannagi Director, Idolm@ster Writer Make 'Wake Up, Girls!' Anime". Anime News Network. September 10, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  2. ^ "Wake Up, Girls! Anime's Promo Video Streamed". Anime News Network. December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "VIDEO: Latest "Wake-Up Girls" Preview". Crunchyroll. December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  4. ^ "Wake Up! Girls Anime Unveils Footage As Haruka Tomatsu, Kana Hanazawa Join Cast". Anime News Network. November 30, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  5. ^ "Animate.tv: Crunchyroll to Stream Wake Up, Girls! Anime". Anime News Network. December 27, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  6. ^ "Crunchyroll to Simulcast Wake Up, Girls! Anime Series and Wake Up, Girls! – Seven Idols Movie for Winter 2014". Anime News Network. January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2020.