Anime Review: Uta No Prince Sama Maji Lov 1000%

We open up with Tokiya walking past Haruka and looking at her with that mad look on his face as usual.  A little bit later we see Haruka playing with the black cat when we see Shou dropping from a tree behind her.  He scares her and ask her to keep it a secret from everyone.

The next day Haruka learns from Otoya that Ryuga-sensei the homeroom teacher from Class S is starring in a movie.  Haruka also finds that Shou is a big fan of Ryuga sensei and is about to tell Shou about the movie.  Natsuki corners the two of them and finds out that Shou suffers from acrophobia.  His friends (Haruka, Ren, Otoya, Masato, Natsuki and Tomochika) try to cure him of his phobia so he can try out for Ryuga-sensei's movie "The Prince of Precipes".  But this only scares him even more!

We see Tokiya walking up the path to the grocery store when Haruka comes out the door.  They kind of look at each other surprised and then have a brief conversation.  Then Haruka brushes by him and he looks back and stares at her.

Suddenly the school principle pops out of nowhere again and says he can find out why he's scared of heights.  He proceeds to hypnotize Shou and we find out that Natsuki chased him up a tall tower and Shou almost falls off it when they were 5 years old.

At the end Shou has decided to give up when Natsuki dresses him up in a cute dress (he actually looks cute in it) when Hyuga-sensei happens to jog by and says, "Shou is exactly who he was looking forward to playing his sister".

Anime Review: Uta Prince No Sama: Maji Love 1000% Episode 2

We open up with Haruka coming upon her idol Hayato late at night on the school grounds.  He says he's Ichinose Tokiya and not to compare him to Hayato.  The headmaster magically leaps in and announces that he's Ichinose Hayato's younger twin brother.

Later while in class we are shown how the first term will be conducted.  The class is composed of people that desire to be an idol or desire to compose for them.  They are to get to know one another and to work together but at the end of the term they are going to be officially paired up with someone to help them carry forward onto their journey to produce excellent work and graduation.  The number one rule is no dating and not to fall in love.

Haruka is paired with Ittoki and he really wants to do very well for her (you can tell he has a crush on her) and she doesn't want to embarrass him.  During class she is called to play the piano but her fingers wouldn't move and everyone thinks she can't read music because she was taught by her grandmother instead of professionally.  Some of her classmates are wondering how she got in and if she had a hidden connection.

We learn some of Haruka's background and it shows she does have hidden talents but hasn't shined through yet.

Anime Review: Uta Prince No Sama: Maji Love 1000% Episode 1

We open up with all the idols singing and dancing on stage.  The dancing, song and outfits are really cheesy but fun and upbeat!  I was singing along to the song.

Haruka desperately wants to attend Saotome Academy so that she can become a composer for her favorite pop idols. When she’s late to the entrance exam she almost never gets her chance until two beautiful bishounen Otoya and Ren appear and come to her rescue. Ren vouches for her saying Haruka was late because she was helping a little girl with finding her umbrella.  The guards get a phone call from the head master and they say they are making an exception and allowing Haruka to take the exam.

After becoming a full time student, Saotome and her best friend Shibuya begin to meet the very beautiful pop idol wannabes that become her friends and make up her world which includes the serious Masato, the fun loving Otoya, flirtatious Ren, cheerful and energetic Shou, Natsuki who loves cute things and brooding  Ichinose who looks an awful lot like her favorite idol.

During lunch in the cafeteria Haruka trips and Shou grabs and saves her lunch card.  She thanks him and Ren comes along and says, "he has an eye on her already" and teases Shou by calling him short stuff.  They exchange words when Masato arrives and banters with Ren.  Then they have lunch, etc.

Near the end of the episode Haruka is in her room when a black cat steals her underwear and runs out the window.  She follows it to a gazebo where she sees Hayato and tells him she's a fan of his.  He stands up and says, "he's Ichinose Hayato's younger brother and not to confuse him with his brother".  You can tell he resents his older brother.

The episode ends with the opening song for the rest of the episodes.  You see Haruka interacting with all the idols.  I really enjoy this song and it's sung by one of my favorite anime voice actors.

I really enjoyed the background music and the personalities of all the main and secondary characters.  I do have my favorite idols.

5/5