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Idol Densetsu Eriko (アイドル伝説えり子, transl. Legendary Idol Eriko) is a Japanese anime series by Ashi Productions. It ran in Japan from 1989 until 1990, spanning 51 episodes. The story has been adapted into a 3-volume manga series by Ayumi Kawahara. The title character Eriko is based on real-life Japanese idol Eriko Tamura, who performs the opening theme song and the last episode's ending theme.
Legendary Idol Eriko | |
アイドル伝説えり子 (Idol Densetsu Eriko) | |
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Genre | Drama, Music |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Tetsurō Amino |
Produced by | Masahiko Miyoshi (TV Setouchi) Tomoyuki Taguchi (Big West) |
Written by | Takao Koyama |
Music by | Toshiyuki Watanabe |
Studio | Ashi Productions |
Original network | TXN (TV Setouchi, TV Tokyo) |
Original run | April 3, 1989 – March 26, 1990 |
Episodes | 51 |
Manga | |
Written by | Ayumi Kawahara |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Magazine | Asuka |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | 1989 – 1990 |
Volumes | 3 |
Eriko Tamura is the only daughter of Yuusuke Tamura - chairman of renowned music company Tamura Productions - and former idol singer Minako Tamura. Having had a talent for singing since birth, she has always loved her parents’ media world. Then one day tragedy strikes when her parents get into a horrible car accident, which kills her father and leaves her mother in a coma. Now Eriko must take the path of singing, a path her parents did not want her to pursue. Things get worse when her uncle sets out to destroy her career. But in spite of all the hardship, she becomes an idol and wins hearts all over Japan.
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