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Back Street Girls: Gokudolls
Synopsis: After failing a crucial mission, yakuza Kentarou, Ryou and Kazuhiko face a drastic choice between organ donation or undergoing sex reassignment surgery in Thailand and becoming pop idols. Transformed into Airi, Chika and Mari after intense and painful training, the three ex-criminals form the rookie idol group The Goku Dolls. Despite undergoing a rigorous feminization process, their yakuza souls remain alive, which worries their boss, who turns to renowned manager Mandarin Kinoshita. Now under pressure to stand out in the music industry, the new idols must balance their conflicting identities as they struggle to win the recognition and approval of their tyrannical boss.
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- Trailer/OP
- Curiosities
- Characters
- Summary
- FAQ
- Meaning
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Anime Names
- Anime Name: Back Street Girls: Gokudolls
- Anime Name in Japanese: Back Street Girls -ゴクドルズ
- Anime Name in English: Back Street Girls: Gokudols
- Other names: Back Street Girls: Washira Idol Hajimemashita., Gokudols
Production information
- Producers: Toei Video, Kodansha
- Licensors: None found, add some
- Studios: J.C.Staff
Anime Information
- Type: 24 min. per ep.
- Episodes: 10
- Date: Jul 4, 2018 a Sep 5, 2018
- Genres: Comedy, Ecchi
- Subjects: Gag Humor, Magical Sex Shift, Crime Organized, Workplace
- Target: Seinen
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Anime Reviews
- Rating: 6.97
- Popularity: 157,371
Video Trailer/Opening
Curiosities
- "Back Street Girls: Gokudolls" is an anime series based on the manga written by Jasmine Gyuh.
- The plot revolves around three Yakuza members who, after a failure, are forced to undergo gender reassignment surgery and become a group of female idols.
- The anime was released in 2018 and is known for its black humor and satire on Japan's idol industry.
- The series explores the contrast and clash between the characters' past identities as gangsters and their new lives as idols.
- Along with the anime, "Back Street Girls: Gokudolls" also had a live-action film adaptation, released in 2019.
Main Characters
- Tachibana Mari: Leader of the Gokudolls group, formerly a member of the yakuza.
- Yamamoto Airi: Member of Gokudolls, with kickboxing skills.
- Sugihara Chika: Member of Gokudolls, usually the most impulsive.
- Inugane Kimanjirou: Yakuza boss who turned men into idols.
- Rina
- Kinoshita Mandarin: Manager of the Gokudolls group, initially inexperienced.
- Yamakoshi Oil Shock
- Mizoguchi Karin
- Nakamura Yui
- Oguroda Tooru
Summary and events
- Kentarou, Ryou and Kazuhiko, members of a yakuza gang, fail a mission and are confronted by their boss with a brutal choice: have their organs sold or undergo sex reassignment surgery to become pop idols.
- After a year of hard training, the three reappear as Airi, Chika and Mari, forming the amateur idol group The Goku Dolls.
- Even after being brainwashed into acting as female idols, the ex-yakuza still retain their tough personalities.
- The yakuza boss, dissatisfied with the situation, hires the legendary businessman Mandarin Kinoshita, known for never failing an idol group.
- Under Kinoshita's management, the Goku Dolls must work to perfect their idol skills and achieve the success expected by their boss.
- The series shows the comic struggle of the protagonists to balance their past and present identities as they seek to make a name for themselves in the world of idols.
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Meaning of Back Street Girls: Gokudolls
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Back Street Girls -ゴクドルズ
- バック - Costas, rear
- ストリート - Street, path
- ガールズ - Girls
- ゴク - Extreme, very (goku)
- ドルズ - Idols
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