Wake Up, Girls!
The gateway to Idol stardom might have opened for the newly formed singing group Wake Up, Girls, but the path to fame is full of perils and pitfalls. And for Mayu, Airi, Minami, Yoshino, Nanami, Kaya and Miyu, it's going to be especially difficult knowing who to trust, as their manager Matsuda's lack of experience could give other, less scrupulous, individuals a chance to take advantage. That's a situation that quickly comes to a head when Green Leaves' president suddenly disappears with most of the money, and things only get worse when the replacement producer seems more interested in getting the girls into revealing swimsuits than promoting their music. As malicious gossip begins to surface regarding Mayu's past membership in a rival group, and internal tensions begin to tear the team apart, they'll need more than just ambition to survive. Singing may be a business, but friendship and a love of music is what will keep everything together. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Names
| Original | Wake Up, Girls! (latin) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Wake Up, Girls! |
| English | Wake Up, Girls! |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2014-01-11 → 2014-03-29 (Winter 2014) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | Ordet, Tatsunoko Production |
| Source | Original work |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | DramaMusicSlice of Life |
| Themes | IdolPrimarily Female CastEnsemble CastUrbanFemale ProtagonistWorkOtaku CultureMusical TheaterDancingCute Girls Doing Cute Things |
| Streaming | Crunchyroll |
Reception
| Community score | 6.81 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 6.99 / 10 |
| Composite | 46.2 |
| On lists | 16,471 |
| Favourited | 118 (0.7%) |
| Completion | 74.7% |
| Drop rate | 11.2% |
| In backlog | 45.0% |
| Score spread σ | 1.79 |
Score distribution
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | Ordet | — | 7 of 12 |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production | D | 36 of 54 |
| Broadcast season | Winter 2014 | D | 57 of 99 |
| Year | 2014 | D | 232 of 389 |
| Genre | Music | D | 300 of 428 |
| Era | Early 2010s | D | 969 of 1,627 |
| Season (all years) | Winter | D | 976 of 1,557 |
| Source material | Original work | D | 1,080 of 1,732 |
| Genre | Slice of Life | D | 1,160 of 1,578 |
| Genre | Drama | D | 1,469 of 1,917 |
| Length | Single-cour | D | 1,664 of 2,668 |
| Format | TV series | D | 2,236 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | D | 4,642 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Yutaka Yamamoto, Takanori Tanaka, Hiroshi Gouroku, Haruhide Ishiguro |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Touko Machida |
| Character design | Sunao Chikaoka |
Franchise — Wake Up, Girls!

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| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| prequel | 2014 | Wake Up, Girls! The Movie |
| spin off | 2014 | Wake Up, Girl ZOO! |
| sequel | 2015 | Wake Up, Girls! Seishun no Kage |
| other | 2016 | Wake Up, Girls! no Miyagi PR Yarasete Kudasai! |
AniList id 19023 · MAL id 19023 · record updated 2026-08-26

