Wake Up, Girls! - Seven Idols
Jan 10 2014
•1h 0m
•Animation, Music, Comedy, Drama
Green Leaves Entertainment is a tiny production company on the verge of going out of business in Sendai, Japan. The agency once managed the careers of magicians, photo idols, fortune-tellers, and other entertainers, but its last remaining client finally quit. Faced with having absolutely no one to represent, agency president Tange thinks up a plan to produce an idol group, forming the seven-girl group known as the "Wake Up, Girls".
Cast
See allAiri Eino
Airi Hayashida (voice)
Kaya Okuno
Kaya Kikuma (voice)
Mayu Yoshioka
Mayu Shimada (voice)
Minami Tanaka
Minami Katayama (voice)
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