Action Heroine Cheer Fruits

Action Heroine Cheer Fruits
アクションヒロイン チアフルーツ
(Akushon Hiroin Chia Furūtsu)
Manga
Written by Azuse
Published by Akita Shoten
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Young Champion Retsu
Original run June 20, 2017 – present
Anime television series
Directed by Keizō Kusakawa
Produced by Hitoshi Murakami
Shunichi Uemura
Gouta Aijima
Soji Miyagi
Hiroyuki Sekigawa
Shōshin Ryū
Atsushi Yoshikawa
Seiichi Kawashima
Daigo Mizoguchi
Takaaki Nakanome
Tamaki Shiraishi
Written by Naruhisa Arakawa
Music by Hiromi Mizutani
Studio Diomedéa
Licensed by
Original network TBS, BS-TBS
Original run July 7, 2017 – present
Episodes 5

Action Heroine Cheer Fruits (アクションヒロイン チアフルーツ, Akushon Hiroin Chia Furūtsu) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Diomedéa and directed by Keizō Kusakawa. It premiered on July 7, 2017. A manga adaptation by Azuse began its serialization in Young Champion Retsu on June 20, 2017.

Plot

Due to the popularity of a certain city's "action heroine", many districts across Japan have taken on their own local action heroines, holding various live action hero shows to promote their towns. Misaki Shirogane is a high school girl and niece of the governor of Hinano City, which is in heavy debt due to its dwindling popularity. After witnessing two of her fellow students, Ann Akagi and Mikan Kise, putting on an amateur hero show, Misaki enrolls them and other girls into the Action Heroine Project, in which they become local heroines and put on live shows to help revitalize their town.

Characters

Misaki Shirogane (城ヶ根 御前, Shirogane Misaki)
Voiced by: M.A.O[1]
The daughter of Hinano City's governor and student council president of her school. Wanting to help revitalize her town, Misaki heads up the Action Heroine Project to recruit heroines.
Ann Akagi (赤来 杏, Akagi An)
Voiced by: Miku Itō[1]
An athletic high school girl who is a big fan of the action heroine Kami Daioh. It is her performance with Mikan that inspires Misaki to start up the Action Heroine Project.
Roko Kuroki (黒酒 路子, Kuroki Roko)
Voiced by: Rie Murakawa[1]
The student council vice-president and Misaki's best friend. She plays the role of the villain in the hero shows.
Mikan Kise (黄瀬 美甘, Kise Mikan)
Voiced by: Erii Yamazaki[1]
A shy girl who works hard for her little sister, Yuzuka.
Mana Midorikawa (緑川末那, Midorikawa Mana)
Voiced by: Yūki Hirose[1]
A costume designer whose family runs a shrine. She often tries to help drive business to the shrine so she can have a larger allowance.
Genki Aoyama (青山元気, Aoyama Genki)
Voiced by: Haruka Ishida[1]
A girl who is skilled with computers, including using audio software.
Yūki Aoyama (青山勇気, Aoyama Yūki)
Voiced by: Haruka Ishida[1]
Genki's twin sister who worked as a pop idol but quit.
Hatsuri Momoi (桃井はつり, Momoi Hatsuri)
Voiced by: Moe Toyota[1]
A young girl who strongly admires Misaki.
Kanon Shimura (紫村果音, Shimura Kanon)
Voiced by: Haruka Shiraishi[1]
A rich girl who considers herself to be Ann's self-proclaimed rival. She acts as one of the villains in the Cheer Fruits show.

Media

Manga

A manga adaptation by Azuse began its serialization in Akita Shoten's Young Champion Retsu magazine on June 20, 2017.[2]

Anime

Action Heroine Cheer Fruits is directed by Keizō Kusakawa and produced by Diomedéa. The series began airing in Japan from July 7, 2017. The screenplay is written by Naruhisa Arakawa and character design is by Naomi Ide. The music is produced by Nippon Columbia.[1] The opening theme is "Jōnetsu Fruits" (情熱☆フルーツ, Passionate Fruits) and the ending theme is "Hi no Ataru Basho" (陽の当たる場所, A Sunny Place), both performed by Tokimeki Kanshasai (a group composed of M.A.O, Rie Murakawa, Erii Yamazaki, Yūki Hirose and Haruka Ishida). The opening theme for episode one is "Chō Tenkai Kami Daiō" (超天界カミダイオー, Ultra Heaven Kami Daioh) by Mai Fuchigami.[3] Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime and is simulcasting the series on HiDive.[4][5]

No. Title[lower-alpha 1] Original air date
1 "Suddenly, the Heavenly Realm!"
"Ikinari Chō Tenkai!" (いきなり超天界!) 		July 7, 2017
With the popularity of "action heroines", many districts have had local heroines of their own, complete with live action hero shows. In Hinano City, Mikan Kise takes her younger sister Yuzuka to a hero show of the most popular local heroine, Kamidaio, only to discover the show had been cancelled at the last minute. Not wanting to disappoint Yuzuka, Mikan asks Kamidaio fanatic Ann Akagi to help put on a Kamidaio show for her the next week. Thanks to their practise and choreography, the girls manage to make the show a hit with Yuutsu and her friends, but inadvertently knock over a tower in the process. The next day, after discovering their show had been uploaded online, the girls are summoned by student council president Misaki Shirogane, who asks them to become Hinano City's new action heroines. 
2 "It's Okay for a Normal "Roko" to Try Being a Heroine"
"Futsū no "Roko" ga Hiroin Yattemitemo Iin Dakedo" (普通の【ろこ】がヒロインやってみてもいいんだけど) 		July 14, 2017
After managing to recruit both Ann and Mikan to join the project, Misaki, who is working to erase Hinano's debt within six months, puts up a poster for more applicants, attracting costume designer Mana Midorikawa and technician Genki Aoyama. Misaki's best friend, Roko Kuroki, is reluctant to ask Misaki to let her help as well. While the others work on an upgraded version of Ann and Mikan's "Kajudaio" show, Roko recalls the pain Misaki felt from losing a tennis championship and her grandfather, prompting Roko to put her feelings above her own. After learning that the train inspectors she admires so much do more than just work at night, Roko works up the courage to approach Misaki, who has her take Mikan's place as the show's villain. Just as their shows start to become a financial hit, the girls hit a snag when they are no longer able to use Mana's family shrine to hold their shows following complaints from parishioners. 
3 "A Very Idle Kanon"
"Dai Himajin Kanon" (大暇人カノン) 		July 21, 2017
As the girls find themselves needing a new place to practise, they are approached by a rhythmic gymanst from another school named Kanon Shimura, who is baffled to find Ann had quit rhythmic gymnastics to watch tokusatsu shows. Revealing she was the one who had the parishioners put pressure on the shrine, Kanon demands that Ann face her seriously in a race, saying she'll drop the pressure on the shrine only if Ann loses to her. Despite intending to lose, Ann gets fired up when Kanon unintentionally quotes Kamidaio's catchphrase and ends up winning the race instead. Luckily, the girls manage to make use of an abandoned train station where Roko lives and resume their show activities, managing to get a lot of attention from passing passengers. When one of the shows is about to be ended early due to the rain, Kanon shows up as an impromptu villain to encourage Ann to fight until the end. After the show, however, Misaki receive a cease-and-desist from Kamidaio's sponsors demanding a halt to the Kajudaio shows and merchandise sales due to its strong resemblance to Kamidaio. 
4 "An Action Heroine Who Starts from Zero"
"Zero kara Hajimeru Akushon Hiroin" (ゼロから始めるアクションヒロイン) 		July 28, 2017
Following Kamidaio's copyright claim, the girls are tasked with coming up with an original local heroine that shows off Hinano's appeal. As each girl presents their own ideas for a concept, Mikan proposes that they promote the city's fruits, deciding on the team name Cheer Fruits. Meanwhile, Genki learns that her sister Yuki, who has returned to Hinano after working as an idol, has yet to come to school. Using a scenario written by Mikan, the girls put on their first Cheer Fruits show, in which Ann, Mikan, and Mana fight as magical girl rangers against evil. Following middling reception from the adults over the small scale, the girls decide they need a singer to attract guests. Finding that none of the main heroines can sing very well, Genki takes the others to see Yuki as she sings in private. 
5 "Project Blue~"
"Purojekuto Burū" (ぷろじぇくと・ぶる~) 		August 4, 2017
The girls approach Yuki about joining Cheer Fruits, but she gets scared off by her own paranoia over quitting the idol business. After Genki notices that Yuki quit being an idol as she didn't want to use Genki's disability to further her own career, Yuki tries her hand at coaching the other girls in dance choreography. As the girls find theirselves needing an original song, Genki presents a song she composed with Yuki, who teaches the girls a new choreography to go with it. Wanting to sing along with everyone, Yuki joins the others as the newest member of Cheer Fruits, helping them rise up the ranks. 
6 "Explosion Angel Hatsuri-chan"
"Bakuhatsu Tenshi Hatsuri-chan" (爆発天使はつりちゃん) 		TBA

Notes

  1. ↑ All English titles are taken from Hidive.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Action Heroine Cheer Fruits Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, New Characters, Video". Anime News Network. April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Cheer Fruits Original TV Anime Gets Manga in June". Anime News Network. May 20, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Action Heroine Cheer Fruits Anime Reveals Promo Video, July 6 Premiere, Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network. May 21, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Action Heroine Cheer Fruits Anime". Anime News Network. July 6, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  5. ↑ "HIDIVE Streams Action Heroine Cheer Fruits Anime". Anime News Network. July 7, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
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