| Legendary Idol Eriko | |
Cover of the first DVD-box |
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| アイドル伝説えり子 (Idol Densetsu Eriko) |
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| Genre | Drama, Music |
| TV anime | |
| Directed by | Tetsuro Amino |
| Studio | Ashi Productions |
| Network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 3, 1989 – March 26, 1990 |
| Episodes | 51 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ayumi Kawahara |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Asuka |
| Original run | 1989 – 1990 |
| Volumes | 3 |
Idol Densetsu Eriko (アイドル伝説えり子, trans. 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 main character, Eriko Tamura, is actually a Japanese idol in real life. She performs the opening theme, and the last episode's ending theme.
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Eriko Tamura is the chairman of Tamura Productions, a renowned music company and the only daughter of Minako Tamura, a former famous idol singer. Having had a talent for singing since birth, she has always loved her parent's 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