Gekidol

A 2021 Sci-Fi Anime, Gekidol (also known as Gekidol: Actidol Project) is an anime about acting. And cute girls. And a cute robot girl. And a giant gaping hole right in the middle of Tokyo.

Seria Morino is a japanese high-school girl which, after watching a hologram-enhanced theater show, begins to dream of being an actress. When having a discussion about this with her friend Makoto Higuchi over this, a woman called Kaoru Sakakibara recruits her to join her acting troupe, the Alice In Theater. Seira accept this, and shows herself to be remarkably good at it. And so, she joins the troupe at the end of Episode 1.

But this show isn't all about a girl's journey to become a good at actress. There is a gaping hole right in the middle of Tokyo, something appeared five years ago and killed many people. The Alice In Theather also features, aside of human actresses, Doll, a robotic girl which is able to act. As the story goes on, the secret behind the hole, Seira's past, and Doll's existence are slowly revealed.

Animated by Hoods Entertainment, which famously did the anime adaptation of Seikon no Qwaser. Directed by Shigeru Ueda, which directed some episodes of Qwaser, but most famously animated episode 286 of the Bleach anime. Licensed by Funimation.


 * Accidental Kiss: Seria and Airi kiss each other when the first falls of the steps of a bus in Episode 4.
 * Bowdlerise: The Funanimation ending is much more tamer than the japanese releases' ending, showing scenes of the girls singing and acting instead of an naked Seria and, by the second part of the series, a naked Doll.
 * Chekov's Gun: In Episode 3, more than one character notices how Seira is good at imitating how other people act. By Episode 5, it is revealed she and her twin sister swapped places more than once, and Seira was perfectly able to imitate her behaviour.
 * Combat Tentacles:.
 * Fan Disservice:.
 * Fanservice Extra: A very busty prostitute is seen image-only in a poster of a brothel in Episode 1.
 * Girlish Pigtails: Several girls have pigtails but the one which we know most about is Megumin which indeed has a girlish personality.
 * Male Gaze: This anime is in real love with the girl's rears, specially Seira, which is shown from a low-angle during the opening.
 * Ms. Fanservice: Aside of Male Gaze, Seira is also shown naked at the ending animation of the first six episodes.
 * Older Than They Look: In-universe, Airi doesn't realize Manami is older than her.
 * Polar Opposite Twins: As shown by flashbacks by Episode 4, Alice and Seria were like this as kids, with Alice being more communicative and cheery while Seria more shy and reserved. As result of this, their parents clearly favored Alice over the latter.
 * Princess Curls: Higuchi's hair is styled with ringlets and she casually mentions not being a big burden to her to buy SMT tickets, which are said to be very expensive.
 * Rei Ayanami Expy: The doll is pale, thin, has light-blue short hair like Rei, has otherwordly origins, speaks on a emotionless tone when not acting but eventually grows more emotional, and has a strong connection to Takezaki, the producer of the Alice In Theather
 * Shameless Fanservice Girl: Airi didn't have problem with being a gravure model and exposing her breasts for photos.
 * Slut Shaming: Airi went through this as shown by her flashbbacks in episode 3, with people talking badly of her behind her back for her carreer as junior idol, and this discrimination pushed in hr becoming a theather actrss instead.
 * Survivor Guilt: Seira is shown to have this by Episode 5 over her parents and sister dying, though the reasons seem deeper than it seems at surface:.