Games

Music

Uta no Prince-sama has seen the release of multiple CD releases, with Broccoli handling the music for the games and King Records handling the music for the anime. All songs in the franchise are produced by Elements Garden.

"Fly to the Future" by Quartet Night and "Ultra Blast" by STARISH sold over 11,000 physical copies within its first week and were both some of the top-selling anime singles of 2018.^[6] "Fly to the Future", "Ultra Blast", and "God's S.T.A.R." were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.^[7]

Stage plays

Uta no Prince-sama has also inspired a series of stage plays, with the characters playing roles in a stage production and select characters appearing in certain plays. Music of the stage productions were later released onto CD. The first series, titled Gekidan Shining (劇団シャイニング), featured the stage plays Masquerade Mirage,^[8] Tenka Muteki no Shinobu Michi,^[9] and Joker Trap^[10][11][12] from 2013 to 2014.^[13]

The second series, titled Theatre Shining (シアターシャイニング), featured the stage plays Bloody Shadows,^[14] Pirates of the Frontier,^[15] and Everybuddy!^[16]

The third series, titled Shining Masterpiece Show, was screened at Gallery AaMo in Tokyo from February 23 to April 15, 2018, with each of the three stage plays rotating every month.^[17] The plays featured were Lost Alice,^[18] Trois: Ken to Kizuna no Monogatari,^[19] and Lycoris no Mori.^[20]

Anime

The March 2011 issue of Newtype magazine announced that an anime television adaptation franchise would air during the summer. Titled Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000%, the series was produced by A-1 Pictures, with Yuu Kou directing the series, Tomoko Konparu supervising the scripts, and Mitsue Mori adapting the game's original character designs.^[21] The anime series began its broadcast run on Tokyo MX, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV on July 2, 2011 (July 3, 2011, at 12:00 AM). The video streaming service Niconico simulcasted the series to audiences in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.^[22]

The second season premiered on April 4, 2013, under the title Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 2000% (うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪マジLOVE2000％) on TV Aichi. The first season was released on January 7, 2014, on DVD/Blu-ray subtitled-only format.^[23]

A third season began airing on April 4, 2015, under the title Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Revolutions (うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪マジLOVEレボリューションズ).^[24] On June 27, 2015, following the broadcast of the last episode of the third season, the ending message revealed that a fourth season had been confirmed.^[25][26]

The fourth season, titled Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Legend Star, began airing on October 2, 2016.^[27][28] Sentai Filmworks has licensed the first and second seasons for a release in 2014,^[29][30] and has also licensed the third and fourth seasons.^[31][32] Muse Communication has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and streamed it on Muse Asia YouTube channel.^[33]

Films

During the Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Live 6th Stage event, the staff announced that an anime concert film titled Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Kingdom has been green-lit.^[34][35] Uta no Prince-Sama: Maji Love Kingdom is produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Tomoka Nagaoka, with Takeshi Furuta serving as chief director. The rest of the main staff and cast from the anime series are returning to reprise their roles. The film was released in theaters on June 14, 2019.^[36] The film grossed ¥1.72 billion at box office upon its release.^[37] An English subtitled version was screened at Anime Expo 2019.

It was announced on March 27, 2021, that the a new anime concert film, Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love ST☆RISH Tours, has been green-lit, and premiered on September 2, 2022.^[38] A-1 Pictures is returning to produce the concert film, with Chika Nagaoka serving as the director, Maki Fujioka designing the characters, and Elements Garden composing the music.^[39][40]

Manga

Uta no Prince-sama was adapted into several manga series. The first two manga adaptations, Uta no Prince-sama and Uta no Prince-sama Debut, were illustrated by Utako Yukihiro and serialized in Sylph. The gag comic, Uta no Prince-sama PP was illustrated by Kotoko Ichi and serialized in Comic B's Log. Alongside of that, several manga anthologies were also released with contributing fan artists.

Games

Uta no Prince-sama Repeat was awarded the Best Consumer Game by Dengeki Girl's Style for the Otome Game Awards 2011, while Uta no Prince-sama: Sweet Serenade was ranked #7 in the same category. Syo Kurusu won Best Character, while Tokiya Ichinose ranked #3 and Masato Hijirikawa as #9 in the same category.^[46]

Over 1 million users downloaded Uta no Prince-sama Shining Live upon the first week of its release.^[47]

Anime

Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network praised Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000%, the anime's first season, for its music and fluid animation, while citing its weaknesses in the "ridiculous" plot points, poor choice in color, Haruka's character design, and that the characters never "evolve beyond their types."^[48] Bamboo Dong from Anime News Network called the series "entertaining", but felt the character designs made the characters look more like adults instead of high school students and that adapting from the original video game resulted in the "archetypal" characters having "jerky" character development.^[49] The voice actors for STARISH won the award for Best Musical Performance at the 6th Seiyu Awards, while Mamoru Miyano won the award for Best Actor in Supporting Roles.^[50]

Regarding the series' fourth season, Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Legend Star, Silverman praised the music and character development, but felt that the show became oversaturated with "too many characters", as well as the plot and animation going "downhill."^[51] Uta no Prince-sama has also been linked to the Odagiri effect, as seen in the later anime series where Haruka's role has been increasingly diminished in favor of the relationships between the male characters.^[52]