The official Twitter account of the IDOLiSH7 franchise has just revealed on Saturday the official title of the franchise’s upcoming second season! According to the tweet, the title is officially IDOLiSH7 Second Beat!. The second season is slated for an April 2020 premiere.

In addition to the IDOLiSH7 and TRIGGER groups, the franchise’s official website also confirmed that the Re:vale duo is set to appear in the second season as well. Re:vale previously appeared in the IDOLiSH7 Vibrato net anime.

A previously-released teaser visual features Re:vale members Momose Sunohara and Yukito Orikasa.

The main staff for the second season was also announced, with most of the staff from the first season returning to reprise their roles. The series will still be produced and animated by studio TROYCA (Bloom into You), with director Makoto Bessho (Armitage: Dual Matrix) returning to helm the second season. The script will still be supervised by Ayumi Sekine (Fate/Grand Order: First Order), with Arina Tanemura (author of the Full Moon O Sagashite manga) returning as original character designer and Ei Aoki (Fate/Zero) still as the series supervisor.

IDOLiSH7 is a multimedia franchise which started out as a rhythm game in Android and iOS developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment, with Lantis credited for the music. After several manga adaptations and novelizations, the franchise was adapted into an anime series by TROYCA, with the first season airing from January to May 2018. The series’ plot is described by Crunchyroll as such:

”A group of aspiring idols gather at Takanashi Productions and are entrusted with the company’s future. The seven men who have just met represent a variety of totally different personalities. However, they each have their own charm and possess unknown potential as idols. Forming a group, they take their first step together as “IDOLiSH7.” Their brilliantly shining dancing forms onstage eventually begin captivating the hearts of the people. In the glorious but sometimes harsh world of idols, they aim for the top with dreams in their hearts!”

Source: Anime News Network