ARP Backstage Pass (2020–2020)

TV ShowEndedAnimation1 season, 11 episodes
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Plot

ARP: A 4-member dance and vocal group created by the latest AR technology. This popular group got their start with Avex, and are unique for their interactive concerts which combine highly-skilled song and dance routines with a format that changes based on how much the fans are cheering them on.

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  1. 01ARP Backstage Pass S01E01The Show Must Go OnS01E01 · 10.0ARP is the hottest augmented reality band around, a collection of some of Japan's top singers and dancers. Follow their rise to fame in ARP Backstage Pass!
  2. 02ARP Backstage Pass S01E02The World Is MineS01E02 · 10.0This episode highlights the dark past of the dreamy Shinji, and how he went from being an isolated and introverted loner to a member of the most popular band around.
  3. 03ARP Backstage Pass S01E03THE KISSS01E03 · 10.0Diamond and Reiji were popular mainly at live houses in Yokohama. The two, who are childhood friends and have been together since childhood, will begin their activities on a new stage called "ARP". However, due to the unfamiliar environment and production, he gradually lost his balance and started to lack energy. For these two who have always supported each other, they are forced to reconsider what it means to sing together and perform live.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode11Episodes2020Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S01E01ARP Backstage Pass S01E01Season's bestThe Show Must Go OnJanuary 13, 2020 10.0ARP is the hottest augmented reality band around, a collection of some of Japan's top singers and dancers. Follow their rise to fame in ARP
  2. S01E02ARP Backstage Pass S01E02The World Is MineJanuary 20, 2020 10.0This episode highlights the dark past of the dreamy Shinji, and how he went from being an isolated and introverted loner to a member of the
  3. S01E03ARP Backstage Pass S01E03THE KISSJanuary 27, 2020 10.0Diamond and Reiji were popular mainly at live houses in Yokohama. The two, who are childhood friends and have been together since childhood,
  4. S01E04ARP Backstage Pass S01E04Logical DreamerFebruary 10, 2020 10.0Leon, who has a four-octave singing voice and exceptional dancing skills, makes a spectacular debut by joining the coveted ARP midway throug
  5. S01E05ARP Backstage Pass S01E05D.O.AFebruary 17, 2020 10.0A beautiful woman who calls herself the embodiment of beauty and music is Reiji from Level Cross. He joins ARP with his childhood friend Dia
  6. S01E06ARP Backstage Pass S01E06Tender BlueFebruary 24, 2020 10.0Shinji received the right to self-produce as a reward for the battle song. Around the same time, his father Eiji Kanou, who is active as a c
  7. S01E07ARP Backstage Pass S01E07Fantasista 10.0Leon is best described as always smiling and innocent. ...But is that his true intention? When something that claims to be the embodiment of
  8. S01E08ARP Backstage Pass S01E08rrRrride On!!March 16, 2020 10.0Dia is conflicted about not being able to win the battle song. Thinking that the only way to get rid of it is to train himself, he devotes h
  9. S01E09ARP Backstage Pass S01E09Read Your MindMarch 23, 2020 10.0Shinji and Reiji have teamed up to form "Super R RARE". The two rebel against each other, and even have separate lessons, unable to improve
  10. S01E10ARP Backstage Pass S01E10A'LIVEMarch 30, 2020 10.0The four people had different positions, backgrounds, and ways of thinking. ARP members have accumulated a lot of experience in live perform
  11. S01E11ARP Backstage Pass S01E11ParadiseJuly 13, 2020 10.0The guys from ARP are supposed to organize a concert themselves in the summer. But first they have to get the choreography for their new son

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Cast

Wataru KomadaWataru KomadaHaruomi Matsumoto (voice)Daisuke NamikawaDaisuke NamikawaEiji Kanou (voice)Kazuhiko InoueKazuhiko InoueRijichou (voice)Takuya EguchiTakuya EguchiRijichou no Hisho (voice)

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