![]() Even Fancy Lala didn't simply gloss over these important details, as it knew they were really important if it wanted to show how the idol industry worked. Say what you will about Aikatsu, but it at least showed the girls taking the time to practice, train, and go deep into the business practices that make idols what they are. We rarely, if ever, see them actually putting in effort or learning about the ins and outs of the idol industry, and those things are really important if you want to show these girls growing as both individuals and as a group. We never see them take dance lessons or record songs in a recording booth, other than, like, one single scene and that's it. So what went wrong? Why the low rating? Well.a lot of things.įirst off, for an anime about a group of idol singers, it doesn't really highlight a lot of things that are important to showing the girls becoming idols. In all honesty, 22/7 could have really been something great, and it promised to try and stand out from the sea of bad idol anime. It has smooth, stunning animation, though not without the occasional glaring CGI, great music, Miu is a great, refreshing protagonist who actually had flaws she needed to overcome, and the anime seemed to actually care about characterization rather than making the girls into one note moe archetypes. And for the first four or so episodes, the anime seemed to hit the ground running. But if you ignore that, the anime promised to be a more cynical, realistic look at the idol business, not unlike Wake Up Girls. The idea of a sentient wall dictating an entire idol group is pretty hilarious in how stupid it sounds, and it's inspired many a joke since the anime's premiere. Reluctantly, she and the other girls return to the facility and decide to become the idol group 22/7, though they still have no idea what the wall even is or why they have to do everything it tells them to do. But then she gets fired from her job, and has no source of income. Understandably, many of the girls don't know what's going on and are opposed to it, Miu especially, as she's not too keen on the idea of being used to fulfill someone else's whims, wall or no. In order to be successful, they have to follow the wall's orders to the letter. ![]() There, they find out that they've all been recruited to start an idol group called 22/7, and everything they do is going to be dictated by a magical, sentient wall that spits orders on brass plates. ![]() She and seven other girls are made to gather at a zoo, and a man named Gouda takes them down to an underground facility. So what's the story? It begins with a girl named Miu who finds a mysterious letter in her mail. It really tried.but it fell flat on its face. To be honest, the first episode did win me over, and I was really hoping this would be good. I know nothing of the actual real life idol group 22/7, so the review will solely focus on the anime. I wasn't intending on watching the newest idol anime, 22/7, but reading someone's review of the first episode had me intrigued, because it had a main character who was very cynical and bitter, far from your typical idol anime protagonist, and it had an interesting, if stupid premise.
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