(L+CR) iDOLM@STER the anime (and spin-offs)

[Hiroi Sekai]

Originally Posted by shinku no kage

One of these days iM@S is going to finish off blakstealth...('w')

...and I can't wait

You bastard, how could you say tha-



Oh wait. Anyways, I think it's too late, regardless. Shall we bury the poor man now, or later?

[jdennis007]

I did see a release of Puchimas! Petit Idol theme song out.

[MrTerrorist]

Wait. Can this be true?

Is The Idolmaster Going International?

Idolmaster Shiny Festa Trademarks Registered In The U.S. Too

Namco Bandai Registers "Idolm@ster Shiny Festa" Trademark in U.S.
Trademark for PSP rhythm game also registered in Europe

Are you ready? No wait. Are you LADY?

[Julio C]

That's old news, that usually means nothing and there is no way in hell that any of the games will be localize. They just want to secure their trademarks names outside of Japan.

I wouldn't get my hopes up for any localization at all.

[blakstealth]

Originally Posted by shinku no kage

One of these days iM@S is going to finish off blakstealth...('w')

...and I can't wait til next month:
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aw mah gawd, how can you say that-

awww maaahhhh gawwdddd so adorable~

@Julio C: b'aww

[Flower]

Originally Posted by papermario13689

You bastard, how could you say tha-



Oh wait. Anyways, I think it's too late, regardless. Shall we bury the poor man now, or later?

Last I checked!

Hmm?

What?



Anyhoo, a little more OT, I honestly don't know whether or no to think the puchim@s designs to be odd, cute or offensive somehow. They are just ... weird to me I guess - no less in animated form than when I came across them in the manga.... :\

[shinku no kage]

I say that we should consider ourselves lucky that CR got ahold of the TV series to begin with. If we're lucky we'll eventually see DVD/BD releases...which I'd like to think is quite probable if XENOGLOSSIA is out.

The games? No chance, or rather, do we even want to see an oversea release? C'mon, iM@S dubbed in English? *shudders at the thought* IF by chance some company decides to attempt something like this then I pray that they'll leave the option of switching to the original JP tracks. Let's be realistic, they're not going to just translate the dialogue text and put the game out there with JP voices.

...well, maybe if they did...a trial DL version to see how it fairs??? C'mon, take advantage of the PSN, XboxLive. How 'bout it BandaiNamco?

...now moving on to talking about the upcoming Puchim@su anime.

Personally I find the puchidols to be just ADORABLE. Still waiting on the plush dolls BandaiNamco, GET ON IT. Seriously, that should've been idea #1 for Puchim@su merchandise.

I really enjoy the manga, even pre-ordered vol.5 with the bonus anime DVD already. I really like the gap between the puchidols' design and the other characters. The other characters are fairly "realistic" (on and off) in the manga, which adds to the comedic effect. The producer's head is a giant "P" and yet...it works.

The character designs of the anime is...questionable, or should I say "too cute"(?) in my opinion. Seriously, the anime looks like a fan made flash animation. Not saying it's bad but it's not exactly what I was expecting either. Ritsuko kicking in P's face(?) isn't as amusing as it is in the manga.

[Hiroi Sekai]

I just deeply shuddered at the possible mispronunciations in an iM@S dub. Deeply, deeply shuddered. In a beautiful world, NISA would just transpose the script to English and offer a choice between the two languages, but BanNam does their own translations, usually with a dub.

Though to be fair, Tales of Vesperia had an alright dub. That is although Rita sounds like she's 21.

[shinku no kage]

Originally Posted by papermario13689

I just deeply shuddered at the possible mispronunciations in an iM@S dub. Deeply, deeply shuddered. In a beautiful world, NISA would just transpose the script to English and offer a choice between the two languages, but BanNam does their own translations, usually with a dub.

Though to be fair, Tales of Vesperia had an alright dub. That is although Rita sounds like she's 21.

Well there was that rare instance with the first .hack series. Bandai actually left the JP voices, those were good times. Then my happiness was taken from me when they released the GU series with dubbed voices. Why cant they all be like NISA and give us the choice? Especially since the media is BD based now, should have more then enough memory to support both tracks.

...Rita...sounds like what-!!? I have never been so glad that I bought the JP version, even at full price, even if it was right before they announced the "THE BEST" version. orz

...and getting back on iM@S, I forgot to mention they announced the third line up the Cinderella Girls CDs.

-Kohinata Miho (Tsuda Minami)
-Tada Riina (Aoki Ruriko) <- not sure if the VA's name is accurate.
-Totoki Airi (Harada Hitomi)
-Kawashima Mizuki (Touyama Nao)
-Honda Mio (Hara Sayuri)

[Hiroi Sekai]

Originally Posted by shinku no kage

...Rita...sounds like what-!!? I have never been so glad that I bought the JP version, even at full price, even if it was right before they announced the "THE BEST" version. orz

Yeah, she sounds way older. I miss cute but cheeky Rita in the Japanese version; now she's just cheeky.

-Kawashima Mizuki (Touyama Nao)

Oh god, please don't squander this! Touyama Nao for the damn win.

[Kimidori]

Originally Posted by shinku no kage

Let's be realistic, they're not going to just translate the dialogue text and put the game out there with JP voices.

Fate/Extra, a pretty recent game, Aksys just translate the dialogue text and put the game out there with JP voices.

[Hiroi Sekai]

Oh, I didn't even comment on the upcoming Puchimas series. It's just me personally, but I'm not a fan of the art style/character designs. The whole thing just feels overly childish at first glance, meaning it'd stick in what I considered the weaker parts of the iDOLM@STER anime itself. I certainly hope I'm proved wrong.

Another sign I didn't particular like was the recent opening song they released. Once again it's just me, but it sounded way too hyper and over-the-top, and it lost my interest as a track quickly. My concern is that as an opening, it would generally describe the atmosphere of the series.

Dunno, can't say anything yet since it's not even released. We'll see.

[blakstealth]

Harada...Hitomi? Harada fuckin Hitomi?! HOLY MOLY

[Azuma Denton]

What?? They even managed to get Nao Toyama into Cinderella Girls??
Wow...

[EroKing]

blakstealth still alive?

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These should finish him off

[shinku no kage]

Yeah, looks like they're not pulling any punches on getting VAs for the Cinderella Girls characters...and imagine, they've only done 15 characters so far. The CG Anthology mangas are quite entertaining too.

...oh, and I forgot to mention that the 12/2012 issue of Dengeki Maoh came with a special DVD with Puchimasu ep.0 and a talk featuring Wakabayashi Naomi, Numakura Manami, Nigo Mayako, and Imai Asami. (that's Ritsuko, Hibiki, Yayoi, and Chihaya's VAs for those of you that don't know their names off the top of your head)

Spoiler for summary of the content of the DVD:

The episode itself wasn't anything too special, just a five minute episode introducing all the characters.

The VA talk was quite entertaining and also a bit informing on the show. Looks like starting 1/1/2013 they will be releasing an episode each day, Mon~Fri, on Animate TV and on NicoNico. Each episode averages at about two minutes. The VAs also discussed what they like about the puchidols that they vocie and which puchidol, aside from the one they voice, is their favorite.

Wakabayashi - Yayo
Numakura - Makochi
Nigo - Makochi
Imai - Afu

Also played a game in which they each drew a card with an emotion written on it and they had to act it out as the puchidol they voiced. The staff scores them and the loser had to go through a punishment game. The results were...

Wakabayashi - 85
Numakura - 75
Nigo - 95
Imai - 91 -> 72

...the smart fans should have already figured out that Imai's score was Azusa's bust size reduced to Chihaya's. LOL. This happened because Nigo commented on Wakabayashi's score being close to Ritsuko's bust size and when the conversation went in that direction Imai fell into depression.

So as the loser Imai had to drink a "special" drink made by the other three. The three used ingredients that they chose based on their characters' image color.

Wakabayashi = Ritsuko = Green = Spinach
Nigo = Yayoi = Orange = Orange
Imai = Chihaya = Blue = Blueberries
Numakura = Hibiki = Cerulean/Light Blue = ...yeah, nothing in that color so the staff preapred a Goya since Hibiki is from Okinawa

...the result was...

Just in case you guys wanted to look for this and watch it yourselves

*looks at TheEroKing's post*

...that...nearly finsihed...me off...orz

[Dextro]

Btw in case anyone's interested: Producer-san is up for an exhibition match on the ISL.

[Julio C]

I'm probably not going to watch the Puchimasu series since I'm not into spin-offs at all, and from the looks of it, it's not my style of anime.

[blakstealth]

The contents of that dvd sound pretty entertaining.

/slightly jealous

[Azuma Denton]

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