Wake Up, Girls!
| Category: | TV Series |
| Adult: | No |
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| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Aired: | Jan 11, 2014 [11 years 2 weeks ago] |
| Ended: | Mar 29, 2014 [10 years 10 months ago] |
| Language: | Japanese |
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| Links: | MAL ANIDB ANN ANILIST |
Green Leaves Entertainment is a tiny production company on the verge of going out of business in Sendai, the biggest city in Japan's north-eastern Tohoku region. The agency once managed the careers of magicians, photo idols, fortune-tellers, and other entertainers, but its last remaining client finally quit. In danger of having zero talent (literally), the president Tange hatches an idea of producing an idol group. On the brash president's orders, the dissatisfied manager Matsuda heads out to scout raw talent. Then Matsuda makes a fateful encounter with a certain girl... () When Tange one day simply leaves with all the company funds, Matsuda is very hard pressed to keep the group together. Admiring the other girls' continued resolve, Shimada Mayu, a former I-1 Club idol, finally decides to join. As a band of seven now, the Wake Up, Girls! perform their debut concert on a small outdoor stage in Kotodai Park, on Christmas Eve. The audience is small, and the group only has one song... but from these humble beginnings hope arises for much bigger things to come.
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Episode 1: A Quiet Beginning
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-01-11
On Christmas 2013, the new idol group "Wake Up, Girls!" performed their debut concert on an outdoor stage in a small park in Sendai. However, their agency's president Tange disappeared with the company's money. The remaining manager Matsuda was at a loss, and the seven members were uncertain of their group's future.
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Episode 2: Girls Standing Onstage
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-01-18
WUG resumes activity thanks to a Producer Sudo brought in by Matsuda. However, the job involved wearing risque swimsuits at a health spa. Despite their doubts about the obviously shady Sudo, the girls resolve to stand onstage, but the requirements continue to escalate.
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Episode 3: Kindest
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-01-25
The missing President Tange returns to Green Leaves, and WUG resumes activity in earnest. The president secures a 3 minute weather report and gourmet report mini-corner on a variety show for the girls. The members split into two groups to work on their segments, and Minami's eating habits attract attention.
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Episode 4: Scandal
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-02-01
Following their TV program, WUG makes smooth progress on the road to idoldom by appearing on a radio program and beginning work on their second song.
However, as word of their activity spreads, people begin sharing less than kind words about former I-1 Club member Mayu.
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Episode 5: Heaven or Hell
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-02-08
With their second song complete, WUG prepares for their second concert.
However, WUG's concert falls on the same day as the I-1 Club's Sendai Theater opening concert. The town is painted in the colors of the I-1 Club and WUG is overwhelmed by the idol group's power, but the girls put their best efforts into their lessons and advertise their own concert.
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Episode 6: Not Yet
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-02-15
Music Producer Hayasaka suddenly reaches out to Green Leaves.
While he was one of the people responsible for raising the I-1 Club to stardom and continues working with them, he now wants to produce WUG!
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Episode 7: Wonderful Friends
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-02-22
Hayasaka announces his decision to remove Airi from WUG! and threatens to fire the remaining members if they do not agree.
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Episode 8: Commotion
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-03-01
WUG! enters the annual Idol Festival in which idol groups from across the country compete to be crowned number one. When they learn the winning team will receive a contract with a mainstream record label, the members feel motivated.
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Episode 9: Living Here
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-03-08
When Yoshino's reservations towards Mayu's resistance to talking about her past with I-1 boils over and a dark cloud hangs over the group, WUG takes a trip at Kaya's suggestion.
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Episode 10: Gateway to Success
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-03-15
The Tohoku preliminaries of the Idol Festival approach. As everything from orthodox to unique idol groups enter the competition, President Tange asks the girls what it means to be WUG.
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Episode 11: Idol Rhapsody
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-03-22
Do to unexpected events, WUG is forced to learn a new song with no time remaining.
Not only that, but the song and choreography are far more difficult than the songs they've done before.
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Episode 12: No Regrets in This Moment
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-03-29
As their performance approaches, Mayu and the others notice something is wrong with Yoshino. WUG can't conceal their panic when a problem develops just before they go onstage.
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