Phantom of the Idol Anime Reveals Trailer, Additional Cast, Theme Songs, July 1 Premiere

Vampire · May 26, 2022

The official website for the television anime of Hijiki Isoflavone's Phantom of the Idol (Kami Kuzu Idol) manga revealed on Wednesday a promotional video, visual, additional cast, theme songs, and July 1 premiere. The video previews the opening theme song "Let's ZING!" by the ZINGS idol unit, composed of cast members Fumiya Imai (Yuuya) and Shun Horie (Kazuki).

The newly announced cast includes (pictured above from left to right):

Takuma Terashima as Hikaru Setōchi

Takuya Satō as Chihiro Misaki

Tatsuyuki Kobayashi as Akira Uchihama

Haruki Ishiya as Yukinari Nada

Yōhei Azakami as Homare Hakata

ZINGS will perform the ending theme song "Kimikira." Both theme songs will launch on July 27.

The previously announced cast includes:

Fumiya Imai as Yuuya Niyodo

Nao Tōyama as Asahi Mogami

Shun Horie as Kazuki Yoshino

Eri Kitamura as Hitomi Shinano

Hitomi Ueda as Kasenjiki

Yō Taichi as Tsugiko

Manaka Iwami as Shigutaro

Sho Hayami as Narrator

Kodansha Comics has licensed the manga, and it describes the story:

Yuuya, one half of the boy pop duo ZINGS, may be the laziest performer in the Japanese music industry. His partner is out there giving 110% every night (and, thankfully, he's quite popular), but Yuuya's half-assed, sloppy dancing, and his frankly hostile attitude toward the audience, has the fans hating him and his agent looking for any excuse to cut him loose. The career of a pop idol just isn't the path of easy leisure and adulation Yuuya expected…

After a particularly lifeless concert appearance, Yuuya meets a girl backstage. She's dressed to the nines in a colorful outfit, she's full of vim and vigor, and all she wants from life is to perform. There's just one problem: She's been dead for a year. This is the ghost of Asahi Mogami, the beloved singer whose time on the stage was tragically cut short, unless… If ghosts are real, is spirit possession really that much of a stretch?