According to the voice actor group "Wake Up, Girls!" "The announcement was issued that the group will be officially dissolved in March 2019. Although it is announced that the project itself will not end and related voice actor activities will be carried out in the future, the clear-eyed people are still clear: as a love of the dew combination is not able to continue to operate, disband to find a way to live
From its birth to the present, the idol group WUG has been in an awkward position of "unpopularity", stumbling all the way, and now it is really "cool". Sadly: it never caught fire. The background setting of the project seems to predict the end of WUG: 7 young girls struggling to survive in the current era of the idol Sengoku era.
Wake Up，Girls！ What kind of project is it?
Originally a work in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 in the Tohoku region, the seven idol voice actors who starred were all selected from a draft jointly organized by 81 Produce and avex, and formed a group on April 1, 2013.
Let's compare horizontally, the popular idol group Levelive is a project in 2010, "Idol Master" was first adapted from the game, and became well known after the animation in 2011. WUG is in the same era as LL and Idol Guru.
The plot of the love jittery type of animation has a "template", and the background of WUG's story is: In order to save green Leaves, a weak and weak firm that is on the verge of closure, 7 young girls are in danger and are ordered to set up an idol group. The story of LL is all familiar to us: insufficient student resources, in order to save the school. The story of the idol master is: to save the withered 765 office.
How similar the plots are, they are all inspirational stories of the adversity efforts of teenage idols and the rebirth of Nirvana.
Some fans believe that WUG is not hot because of insufficient planning funds, but the problem is that the initial LL does not have much money. Some people also feel that the wug people are not cute enough, but the standing painting in the early days of LL planning is also very simple, and the painting style is changed later. The idol master's hanging eye painting style is far from LL, is it not still on fire?
Similar plot routines, and LL's "live-action voice actor + animation image" publicity method, have more than 2 seasons of animation to help, why is the gap between WUG and peers so large?
Wind critics of the murdered animation: lost at the starting line
Do otaku remember: the first season of the 2014 WUG anime? At that time, the animation supervisor was Hiroshi Yamamoto, who was full of controversy and black material. Kuan someone does not want to honestly make an "inspirational story", he wants to "make God a hand, let the audience recognize the reality."
In the animation, the 7 girls of WUG, the interpersonal relationship is not harmonious, and even under pressure, frequent infighting and confrontation, their debut is also very realistic, live no one to watch, flyers can not be sent, have to go to the bar to go to the cave, and even bullied by the middle-aged uncle, forcing them to perform "edge wiping" performances. The unspoken rules of the animation hint at the entertainment industry can be seen everywhere, telling you how dark society is.
As a result, after the animation began, the plot exploded, and there was an uproar in the housing circle, and it was obvious that the audience did not want to see such a thing.
Friends sauce is not a glass heart, will idols have infighting? I believe. The entertainment industry is very deep, I believe. But the question is: this animation is full of "negative energy", how do you let the audience like these girls? Is the plot of "revealing reality" too much suitable for the script of an anime beauty girl idol?
When I heard the news of the violent death of WUG animation, Yu sauce felt cold in my heart: the debut animation of those girls was smeared black, and it was estimated that it would be difficult to turn over.
Ill-fated planning
Wug, who has struggled all the way, even without the support of a large number of fans, but this persistence and tenacity are really inspiring. Let's comb through the timeline.
In 2014, following the death of the TV version of the animation, fans were surprised to find that the BD version did not repair the scene where the painting collapsed, allegedly because of insufficient funds.
In 2015, the theatrical version of Wake Up, Girls! "Shadow of Youth" was dismal at the box office
WUG announced the cessation of activities. Yes, you read that right, WUG stopped once a few years ago. At that time, the official issued a farewell wallpaper, and there were 7 girls' parting declarations. Soon after, the project was restarted, and the farewell page was deleted.
In August 2017, the mobile game Wake up! Girls Puzzle Angels was discontinued on the grounds that "career choices and the need for concentration" were stopped. The game, which was announced two years ago and has not been published for a long time, is completely gone.
On August 22, 2017, WUG invited BiliBili World to Shanghai for a half-hour live performance. You sauce wants to say: each of the real members of the little sister, the appearance is quite high, the performance clothes are very cute, the live is very exciting, but not many people pay attention? Sorry for them...
October 2017 new edition, Wake Up, Girls! The new chapter anime was broadcast, and Yamamoto was completely excluded from the project. The new character design (the actual painting style can not be looked at directly), the 3D performance, the new supervision and rearrangement of the plot, quite a sense of last-ditch, unfortunately there is no rise in heat.
WUG came to an end, and the fans did not wait for the moment when they "soared", but the little sisters personally let us understand the difficulty and tears of being an idol. Tenacious persistence to this day, this in itself is a "miracle".