At the "Re:Stage! PRISM☆LIVE!! ~2ndSTAGE~ Ready for Dream" event held on Sunday, it was announced that the multimedia idol franchise by Pony Canyon and Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq, Re:Stage!, will get an anime adaptation. Details regarding the anime will be announced at a later date.

Re:Stage! also gets a nationwide van tour next year, a novel and game adaptation, live events, music CD release, and more. A collaboration event with Lucky☆Star titled "LUCKY☆STEP!" will be held on Saturday. Additionally, main unit KiRaRe will be releasing their fifth single "367Days' on August 22.

Featuring artist Tsubasa Izumi's character designs and illustrations, the franchise revolves around a nationwide middle school idol tournament Prism Stage with female idols aiming to reach the top. So far, there are five units in the franchise: KiRaRe, ortensia, Stella maris, TORIS ANGES, and Tetra Rikha.

Game cast
KiRaRe unit
Mana Shikimiya: Amane Makino (Love Live! Sunshine!!)
Sayu Tsukisaka: Akari Kito (Blend S)
Mizuha Ichikishima: Masumi Tazawa (Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? (TV))
Kae Hiiragi: Meemu Tachibana (Comic Girls)
Kasumi Honjou: Yuka Iwahashi (Ore Monogatari!!)
Mii Hasegawa: Yuki Sorami (Urahara)

ortensia unit
Yukari Itsumura: Ari Ozawa (Wakaba*Girl)
Haruka Itsumura: Yumiri Hanamori (Yuru Camp△)

Stella maris unit
Aone Shikimiya: Minami Takahashi (Shokugeki no Souma)
Ruka Ichijou: Ayaka Suwa (Akkun to Kanojo)
Sango Misaki: Aimi Tanaka (Himouto! Umaru-chan)

TORIS ANGES unit
Amaha Shiratori: Natsumi Hioka (Mitsuboshi Colors)
Kanade Hokaze: Rika Abe (Frame Arms Girl)
Nagisa Himura: Juri Nagatsuma (Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru)

Tetra Rikha unit
Mikuru Bandou: Natsumi Yamada (Boku no Kanojo ga Majimesugiru Sho-bitch na Ken)
Haru Nishidate: Miki Satou (Sansha Sanyou)
Akari Haeno: Tomoyo Takayanagi (Hina Logi: From Luck & Logic)
Kuroha Shirokita: Nozomi Nishida (Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism)

Kadokawa released two light novel volumes in March 2016 and January 2017 with several short stories published in its official website. A smartphone rhythm game titled "Re:Stage! Prism Step" was also released in August last year.

Franchise official site: http://rst-project.com/
Franchise official Twitter: @rst_project

Source: animate Times

Re:Stage! on MAL