アイ★チュウ HALFWAY THROUGH THE IDOL

I★CHU

⚡ Polarizing🚪 Often abandoned

Youths aiming to become full-fledged idols enroll in the Étoile Vio School where the students are called IChu. But soon after they begin, Kuma Kocho gets them off to a rocky start with a single phrase...?! As they each work toward their individual goals, their activities as idols make the IChu begin to wonder... "What is an idol?" In their struggle to find an answer, the springtime of the IChu's lives is whittled out in glittering moments and flashes of brilliance. Their story begins now! (Source: Crunchyroll)

Names

Original	アイ★チュウ HALFWAY THROUGH THE IDOL (japanese)
Romaji	I★CHU: HALFWAY THROUGH THE IDOL
English	I★CHU
Also known as	I★CHU: Étoile Stage · I-chu: Étoile Stage · ICHU ไอจู หนทางสู่ไอดอล

Facts

Format	TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total
Aired	2021-01-06 → 2021-03-24 (Winter 2021)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Lay-duce
Source	Video game
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Music
Themes	Idol Primarily Male Cast Crossdressing Cute Boys Doing Cute Things
Streaming	YouTube · Crunchyroll

Reception

Community score	6.39 / 10
Bayesian score	6.96 / 10
Composite	43.8
On lists	6,253
Favourited	88 (1.4%)
Completion	58.1%
Drop rate	18.5%
In backlog	43.2%
Score spread σ	2.21

Score distribution

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Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Studio	Lay-duce	—	16 of 21
Broadcast season	Winter 2021	D	60 of 86
Year	2021	D	279 of 356
Genre	Music	E	346 of 428
Source material	Video game	D	357 of 530
Season (all years)	Winter	D	1,158 of 1,557
Era	Early 2020s	E	1,302 of 1,596
Length	Single-cour	D	1,940 of 2,668
Format	TV series	D	2,565 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	D	5,459 of 7,157