This article is about a show in the Tokusatsu genre.Idol × Senshi Miracle Tunes! (アイドル×戦士ミラクルちゅーんず！, Aidoru × Senshi Mirakuru Chiyunzu!) translated as Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes! is a 2017 magical girl tokusatsu series produced by Takara Tomy, and the first installment of Girls × Heroine franchise. aired from April 2, 2017 to March 25, 2018 on TV Tokyo. On April 1, 2018, it was replaced by Mahou × Senshi Magi Majo Pures!. It has a "Idols" and "Music" theme.
Auditions were held in December 2015, and the cast was announced at Ciao Summer Festival in August 2016. Filming took place from September 2016 to July 2017, combining elements of dance, song, and drama, with assistance from dance and vocal teachers at EXPG Studios and emphasis on cuteness and natural femininity. In addition, the show utilizes special effects for the transformation and battle scenes, which were later added after principal photography. The show also launched a brief singing career for the main cast, with in-show Japanese idol girl group Miracle² holding music activities to promote the show.
Despite low television ratings, the show was a success for its primary demographic and was credited as the start of a "new genre" aimed towards elementary school girls, especially because of miracle²'s music activities and the show's toy line. The series achieved a wide demographic appeal to girls, due to it being a live-action show centered on female interests, and with parents, who found interest in the dancing and music. Two manga adaptations and a video game were released. Along with several dubs in Thailand, South Korea, and China.
On December 4, 2017, Showlab announced they would be adapting the series for a European audience, specifically Italy. Later, on July 22, 2018, it was announced that the series would a co-production with Medeterrano Media, and the series would be filmed in English. [2]
Plot[]
The Music Kingdom contains musical treasures called Sound Jewels, which together produce the "Song of Blessings." The Sound Jewels are stolen by Maou, who corrupts them into Negative Jewels. Through the Dokudoku-dan, the Negative Jewels are used to turn humans into Negative Jewelers to spread a Negative Aura for Maou to use in his plan to conquer the human world by composing an evil song. In order to recover the Sound Jewels, the goddess of the Music Kingdom sends the Fairy Rhythms (妖精リズムズ Yōsei Rizumuzu) Poppun, Rocky, and Clanosuke to the human world to seek help.
In the human world, Kanon Ichinose and Fuuka Tachibana audition to become part of a new idol group called miracle² with Mai Kanzaki, which was also partially held to recruit Idol Warriors to help Mai recover the Sound Jewels. Becoming the Idol Warriors known as the Miracle Tunes, later joined by sisters Akari and Hikari Shiratori of the American girl group KariKari, the girls fight to purify the Negative Jewels back into their original forms to restore the "Song of Blessings" and stop Maou.
Characters[]
Miracle Tunes[]
miracle²[]
| Designation | Role | Actor |
|---|---|---|
| Kanon | Kanon Ichinose | Asaka Uchida |
| Mai | Mai Kanzaki | Suzuka Adachi |
| Fuuka | Fuuka Tachibana | Yuzuha Oda |
KariKari (Later Joins miracle²)[]
| Designation | Role | Actor |
|---|---|---|
| Akari | Akari Shiratori | Rina Usukura |
| Hikari | Hikari Shiratori | Mio Nishiyama |
Rhythms[]
- Poppun
- Rocky
- Clanosuke
- Alm
- Sopra
Allies[]
Music Kingdom[]
- Goddess of Music
Civilians[]
- Raspberry Music
- Mayumi Yuzuhara
- Kojiro
- Yukie Suzuhara
- Kazunari Sawanobori
- Tomoki Sakurai
- Yunta Serizawa
- Rudolph Rain
- Erina Tamagawa
- Ryo Kurihara
Villains[]
Dark World[]
- Maou
- Maou's Monsters
- Uno
- Sano
- Dokudoku-dan
- Kenji Mizoochi
- Madame Nechigae
- Dr. Komuragaeri
- Maou's Monsters
Cast[]
- Asaka Uchida as Kanon Ichinose
- Suzuka Adachi as Mai Kanzaki
- Yuzuha Oda as Fuuka Tachibana
- Rina Usukura as Akari Shiratori
- Mio Nishiyama as Hikari Shiratori
Notes[]
- This is the first Tokusatsu show produced by Takara Tomy in over 8 years, the last one being Tomica Hero Rescue Fire in 2009.
- This is the first Takara Tomy tokusatsu series to get an European adaptation.