Overview
Ensemble Square - a brand new building in the middle of the city where countless people come and go. It’s home to four offices belonging to idols who spend their days singing and dancing. Films starring the Ensemble Square idols have been nominated for the Idol Film Festival (IFF), an annual festival held in New York City, and representative idols are selected to attend. The boys jet off to NYC to attend the festival and reception party, and afterward, head out on the town to see the sights and sounds. But a suspicious shadow is creeping up on them…
Director and cast
- Toshiki Masuda as Rei Sakuma (voice)
- Showtaro Morikubo as Makoto Yuki (voice)
- Yuki Kaji as Mao Isara (voice)
- Daiki Yamashita as Ritsu Sakuma (voice)
- Kohei Amasaki as Aira Shiratori (voice)
- Soma Saito as Hinata Aoi (voice)
- Junichi Suwabe as Nagisa Ran (voice)
- Chiharu Shigematsu as Mayoi Ayase (voice)
- Tasuku Kaito as Kohaku Oukawa (voice)
- Tomoaki Maeno as Hokuto Hidaka (voice)
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