{"rewrite":{"id":"r_9dbd1d1f41b344cb252c6546","clusterId":"c_ad6eafbd56dd5c4633734a02","slug":"kimi-to-idol-precure-rerun-starts-october-21-on-tokyo-mx","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Kimi to Idol Precure Rerun Starts October 21 on TOKYO MX","summary":"TOKYO MX will begin airing Kimi to Idol Precure, the 22nd Precure installment, on October 21 in the Wednesday 19:30 slot previously held by Wonderful Precure. The series uses idols as its motif, names the protagonist's transformed form Cure Idol, and is composed by Yoichi Kato, who worked on the idol anime Aikatsu!. It emphasizes character relationships and daily life over story mysteries.","whyItMatters":"The rerun pairs two idol shows in the same season, since Aikatsu! has just started an encore broadcast on TV Tokyo, and both share a series composer and an audience.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Wednesday 19:30 slot on TOKYO MX passes from Wonderful Precure to Kimi to Idol Precure, which runs to 19:57 and is expected to carry all 49 episodes. The motif is idols, and the transformed protagonist is named Cure Idol. The series gives more weight to character relationships and everyday scenes than to the mystery of its plot, a balance the piece calls strong even among the franchise\u0026#39;s entries.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Yoichi Kato, who composed Aikatsu!, handles series composition on Kimi to Idol Precure, so the idol premise carries weight from someone who knows the genre rather than a costume the franchise is trying on.","twitterPost":"Yoichi Kato, who composed Aikatsu!, is handling series composition on Kimi to Idol Precure, an idol anime built by someone who knows the genre.","threadsPost":"Kimi to Idol Precure puts an idol anime veteran in charge of its idol story: Yoichi Kato, who composed Aikatsu!, is doing series composition. The rerun gives TOKYO MX viewers a second look at a Precure built on character relationships and daily life rather than story mysteries.","newsletterBlurb":"TOKYO MX starts its rerun of Kimi to Idol Precure on October 21, Wednesdays 19:30 to 19:57, in the slot Wonderful Precure held. The idol-themed series names its protagonist Cure Idol and is composed by Yoichi Kato, who worked on Aikatsu!. That show is also in encore broadcast now, which makes a side-by-side comparison easy.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261021t\",\"title\":\"\\\"Kimi to Idol Precure♪\\\" rerun starts October 21 on TOKYO MX. The theme is \\\"idols,\\\" the protagonist's name is straightforwardly \\\"Cure Idol,\\\" and series composition is by Yoichi Kato of \\\"Aikatsu!\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4483,"outputTokens":634,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792565528,"createdAt":"2026-10-21T06:46:49.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-21T06:51:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T06:51:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ad6eafbd56dd5c4633734a02","canonicalTitle":"『キミとアイドルプリキュア♪』再放送が10月21日よりTOKYO MXでスタート。「アイドル」が題材で主人公の名前もド直球に“キュアアイドル”、シリーズ構成は『アイカツ！』の加藤陽一氏","representativeArticleId":"a_62cb5e24a380fb87ab2b2e52","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Kimi to Idol Precure♪\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Yoichi Kato\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-21T04:56:20.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-21T04:56:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T06:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261021t","title":"『キミとアイドルプリキュア♪』再放送が10月21日よりTOKYO MXでスタート。「アイドル」が題材で主人公の名前もド直球に“キュアアイドル”、シリーズ構成は『アイカツ！』の加藤陽一氏"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Kimi to Idol Precure♪"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Yoichi Kato"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}