UniteUp!

UniteUp! is a multi-dimensional idol project presented by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It started with a YouTube channel created in November 2021, with songs from various artists released in the channel. An anime television series by CloverWorks ran from January 2023 to April 2023. A second season, titled UniteUp! -Uni:Birth-, ran from January to April 2025.

UniteUp!
Anime key visual
Created by	Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Anime television series
Directed by	Shinichiro Ushijima
Written by	Rino Yamazaki
Music by	Yuki Hayashi
Studio	CloverWorks
Licensed by	NA: Aniplex of America SA/SEA: Muse Communication
Original network	Tokyo MX, GYT, GTV, BS11, HTB, MBS, FBS, Mētele
Original run	January 7, 2023 – April 15,2023
Episodes	24
Anime television series
UniteUp! -Uni:Birth-
Directed by	Shinichiro Ushijima
Written by	Rino Yamazaki
Music by	Yuki Hayashi (composer)
Studio	CloverWorks
Licensed by	NA: Aniplex of America SA/SEA: Muse Communication
Original network	Tokyo MX, GYT, GTV, BS11, HTB, MBS, FBS, Mētele
Original run	January 11, 2025 – April 5, 2025
Episodes	12

Characters

Protostar

Akira Kiyose (清瀬明良, Kiyose Akira)

Voiced by: Kikunosuke Toya^[1]

Banri Naoe (直江万里, Naoe Banri)

Voiced by: Ryōtarō Yamaguchi^[1]

Chihiro Isuzugawa (五十鈴川千紘, Isuzugawa Chihiro)

Voiced by: Amon Hirai^[1]

Legit

Daiki Takao (高尾大毅, Takao Daiki)

Voiced by: Magura Sukegawa^[1]

Eishiro Nijo (二条瑛士郎, Nijō Eishirō)

Voiced by: Shinnosuke Morikage^[1]

Fuga Togo (東郷楓雅, Tōgō Fūga)

Voiced by: Ryūichirō Sakata^[1]

Jaxx/Jaxx

Gakuto Haruka (春賀楽翔, Haruka Gakuto)

Voiced by: masa^[1]

Homare Katsura (桂ほまれ, Katsura Homare)

Voiced by: Yūki Shimomae^[1]

Izumi Kashii (香椎一澄, Kashii Izumi)

Voiced by: Takumi Magoshi^[1]

Jun Wakasa (若桜潤, Wakasa Jun)

Voiced by: Kōsei Tsubokura^[1]

Kanata Morinomiya (森ノ宮奏太, Morinomiya Kanata)

Voiced by: Gaku Takumoto^[1]

AneLa

Lin Otsuki (大月凛, Ōtsuki Rin)

Voiced by: Soma Saito^[1]

Maoto Tsujido (辻堂真音, Tsujidō Maoto)

Voiced by: Yoshiki Nakajima^[1]

Media

Anime

As of 2025, the UniteUp! anime television series is distributed internationally by Aniplex of America in North America with the series streaming on the Crunchyroll service^[2] and Muse Communication in Southeast Asia and Pacific.^[3]

The series was announced during the Aniplex Online Fest 2022 event on September 24, 2022 and was produced by CloverWorks.^[1] The anime is directed by Shinichiro Ushijima, with Rino Yamazaki overseeing series scripts, Majiro designing the characters and serving as chief animation director alongside Asami Komatsu and Yurie Hama, and Yuki Hayashi composing the music. It ran from January 7 to April 15, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks.^[4]

On January 21, it was announced that episode 4 would be delayed to February 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

On July 30, 2023, a second season was announced.^[6] The second season, titled UniteUp! -Uni:Birth-, aired from January 11 to April 5, 2025.^[7][8]