If you think AKB0048 name is similar to a Japanese idol group named AKB48 which means you are right. This anime really made a name for AKB48 and make it an excitinganimated series. Not just in name but idol seiyuu or voice in the anime series was alsocharged by some members of AKB48's own
Synopsis 1:
In the beginning of the 21st century, a world war breaks out over interplanetary travel tech. The environment is pretty much destroyed so mankind leaves Earth and starts Star Calendar 00. Entertainment and songs become heavily regulated and eventually banned due to their power to move people, but a brave idol group puts on guerrilla performances in the name of a famous act from earlier times that sang to Earth's bitter end, AKB48. The illegal revival group's name is... AKB0048 (source from MyAnimeList.Net)
Synopsis 2:
This anime tells where in the early 21st century world wars took place and solve a lot of human civilization, the destruction of the environment on Earth and make people forget to leave Earth and go to start Calendar star called 00 (zero zero). The whole entertainmentand music on Earth to be highly regulated, they forbid people to have that kind of entertainment because of their power to move the population so that the Earth became an empty planet. But the idol group called "AKB0048" performing daring guerrilla to revive the beautiful Earth.
Amina Satō (AKB48 Team B) as Yuuka Ichijō (14 y.o.)
Sawako Hata (SKE48 Team KII) as Suzuko Kanzaki (14 y.o.)
Sumire Satō (AKB48 Team B) as Mimori Kishida (17 y.o.)
Haruka Ishida (AKB48 Team B) as Kanata Shinonome (15 y.o.)
Kumi Yagami (SKE48 Team S) as Sonata Shinonome (10 y.o.)
Mayu Watanabe (AKB48 Team B) as Chieri Sono (13 y.o.)
Karen Iwata (AKB48 Trainee) as Nagisa Motomiya (13 y.o.)
Mao Mita (NMB48 Team M) as Makoto Yokomizo (16 y.o.)
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