Top 10 Musical TV Anime To Watch
Girl Bands? Idols? School Music Clubs? There are so many different musical themed TV anime’s that have great stories with amazing music and include some of the biggest yuri shipped couples in anime (canon and fan parings included) but where to start?
For a mix of old and new, check out our list of “Top 10 Musical TV Anime To Watch” below:
10. Revue Starlight
Synopsis: Childhood friends Karen and Hikari made a promise that, together, they would one day become the next theatrical stars. Real life got in the way of their childhood dream when Hikari moved away, but Karen never forgot her promise. Years later, the two friends finally have their chance when they’re invited to a mysterious audition. However, the two are not the only ones who have trained for this moment, and they must now compete with others whom all share the same dream of performing on stage.
Where To Watch: Streaming on HIDIVE in subtitles and English dubbing and available to purchase on blu-ray. “Revue Starlight” Movie is set to be released June 2021 in Japan and is a sequel to the series.
Trailer: Link
Episode Count: 12 episodes
Release Date: 2018
9. Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
Synopsis: Nijigasaki High School is known for their diverse subjects and the freedom they give to students. Second-year student Yu Takasaki has been turned on to the charms of school idols, so she knocks on the door of the School Idol Club with her friend, Ayumu Uehara. Sometimes friends, sometimes rivals, the members of this club each contribute their own thoughts and motivations to the group.
Where To Watch: Streaming on Funimation in subtitles. Season 2 is set to premiere in 2022.
Episode Count: 13 episodes
Release Date: 2020
8. Selection Project
Synopsis: Suzune Miyama has been sick since childhood, but always used idol Akari Amasawa’s music for courage and smiles through hard times. Now in her final year of junior high, Suzune is auditioning against thousands of contestants to become one of nine chosen idols in the “Selection Project”—the exact audition competition Akari used to gain fame. Will she follow in her icon’s footsteps?
Where To Watch: Streaming on Funimation in subtitles.
Trailer: Link
Episode Count: 13 episodes
Release Date: 2021
7. K-On!
Synopsis: It's Yui Hirasawa's first year in high school, and she's eagerly searching for a club to join. At the same time, Ritsu Tainaka, a drummer, and her friend Mio Akiyama, a bassist, are desperately trying to save the school's light music club, which is about to be disbanded due to lack of members. They manage to recruit Tsumugi Kotobuki to play the keyboard, meaning they only need one more member to get the club running again. Yui joins, thinking it will be an easy experience for her to play the castanets, the only instrument she knows. However, the other members think their new addition is actually a guitar prodigy...
Where To Watch: Streaming on HIDIVE in English dubbing and subtitles and available to purchase on blu-ray. Season 2, OVA and “K-On! The Movie” are also available to stream on HIDIVE and purchase on blu-ray.
Trailer: Link
Episode Count: 13 episodes
Release Date: 2009
6. Healer Girl
Synopsis: A group of girls with special powers use the power of their voices to cure illness and injuries!
Where To Watch: Streaming on Crunchyroll in subtitles.
Trailer: Link
Episode Count: 12 episodes
Release Date: 2022
5. Love Live! Superstar!!
Synopsis: Tokyo’s brand-new Yuigaoka Girls’ High School has no history, no upperclassmen, and no reputation—its first students are starting from scratch! A team of five girls led by Kanon Shibuya discover school idols, and their hopes to do something with singing begin to grow. They begin the “School Idol Project” with a blank slate and infinite potential. It’s time for their Love Live to take flight!
Where To Watch: Streaming on Funimation in subtitles. Season 2 set to premiere in 2022.
Trailer: Link
Episode Count: 12 episodes
Release Date: 2021
4. 22/7 (nanabun no nijyuuni)
Synopsis: Shy Miu Takigawa receives a letter notifying her that she’s been chosen as a member of a brand-new, mysterious project. Summoned to a giant, top-secret facility, she finds seven other girls just as confused as she is. Once there, a major record label tells them the craziest thing – they’ve all been selected to form a new idol group. What’s more, it’ll be unlike any that the world has seen before!
Where To Watch: Streaming on Funimation in subtitles.
Trailer: Link
Episode Count: 13 episodes
Release Date: 2020
3. Love Live! Sunshine!!
Synopsis: Uranohoshi Girls’ High School, a private school in the seaside neighborhood of Uchiura at Numazu city, Shizuoka prefecture. A small high school in a corner of Suruga Bay, it is home to nine teens, led by second-year student Chika Takami, driven by one seriously big dream: To become the next generation of bright, sparkling “school idols”! As long as we don’t give up, any dream can come true... All we have to do now is keep pushing hard for glory! Now their “School Idol Project” begins to make their dreams come true!
Where To Watch: Streaming on Funimation and Crunchyroll in English dubbing and subtitles and available to purchase on blu-ray. Season 2 and “Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow” are also available on Funimation and blu-ray.
Trailer: Link
Episode Count: 13 episodes
Release Date: 2016
2. Sound! Euphonium
Synopsis: Spring in the first year of high school. Kumiko, a member of the brass band in junior high school, visits the high school brass band club with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire. There, she comes across Reina, her former classmate from junior high. Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko can’t make up her mind. She recollects her experience with Reina at a competition in junior high school.
Where To Watch: Streaming on Crunchyroll and Amazon Prime in subtitles. Season 2 and OVA are also available on Crunchyroll and blu-ray. “Sound Euphonium - Our Promise: A Brand New Day” movie is available on Amazon Prime and blu-ray. The side-story film “Liz and The Blue Bird” is available to stream on Youtube, Tubi and blu-ray.
Episode Count: 13 episodes
Release Date: 2015
BanG Dream!
Synopsis: Kasumi Toyama was enthralled by the stars as a young girl, so when she discovers a trail of star-shaped signs one day after transferring to a new school, she can’t help but follow them. They lead her to a shop run by the grandmother of one of her new classmates, and Kasumi finds something that will change her life forever: a star-shaped guitar! And just like that, Kasumi knows that forming a band is her destiny. Of course, convincing Arisa and her grandmother to sell her the guitar won’t be easy, and finding a group of other girls who want to become musicians will be even harder. But when a girl has stars in her eyes and a starbeat in her heart, there’s nothing that will stop Kasumi from making her fantasies come true in BANG DREAM!
Where To Watch: Streaming on HIDIVE and Crunchyroll in subtitles and to purchase on blu-ray. Season 2 and OVA are also available to stream on HIDIVE and Crunchyroll. Season 3 is available to stream on HIDIVE. The side story film “BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia Ⅰ：Promise” is currently available to stream on Eventive.
Trailer: Link
Episode Count: 13 episodes
Release Date: 2017
Sources: Crunchyroll website. Funimation website. HIDIVE website. Amazon Prime website. Youtube website. Top photo - “Sound! Euphonium”.
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