Dream Festival! (ドリフェス！, Dorifesu!) is a game and ONA franchise produced by Bandai Namco Group and Amuse. The premise of the project follows five aspiring male idols at a fictional talent agency.[3] An anime television adaptation by BN Pictures began airing on TV Tokyo from October 2016 to December 2017.
| Dream Festival! | |
| ドリフェス！ (Dorifesu!) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music[1] |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yūta Murano |
| Produced by | Yoichi Katō |
| Music by |
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| Studio | BN Pictures |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, BS11, Sun TV, TV Aichi, AT-X |
| Original run | October 2016 – December 2017 |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Game | |
| Developer | Bandai |
| Publisher | Bandai Namco Games |
| Genre | Rhythm game[2] |
| Platform | iOS, Android |
| Released | April 2016 |
Kanade Amamiya is a high school student, whiling hours away at his part-time job ever since he quit the soccer team. One day, Kanade is scouted by a famous idol producer. Kanade is not sure he wants to be an idol, and his new rival Junya Sasaki tells him that he doesn't have what it takes. After running through a rigorous day of idol exercises, Kanade realizes this just might be the passion he has been looking for.[4]
The Dream Festival! arcade game from Bandai began appearing in Japanese arcades from October 2012 as part of its Data Carddass line. A Mobile game, Dream Festival R, was released for the iOS and Android on May 25, 2016, and ended service on May 1, 2018.[6]
An anime television series produced by Bandai Namco Pictures began airing on Tokyo MX from October to December 2016.[7] A second season, titled Dream Festival! R, began airing from October to December 2017.[8] Animate TV and Crunchyroll began streaming the series from September 23, 2016.[1]