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

[Hiroi Sekai]

Mobage? You mean...the Android and iOS developer for games?! I want it.

A little info on how the game runs here, and I'm mostly liking everything involved thus far.

As for the character roster, there's literally going to be over 100 idols. Sounds like you pick a staple set of personalities and produce one of the idols from there. You'll be challenging other idols directly, and winning will gain you fans and um...the costume of the defeated. Why am I picturing it being forced off the loser? >.>

Anyways, some of the new characters shown are giving off some heavy vibes for me.

Seitokai Yakuindomo?
Amagami SS?

But man, look at some of these cuties, I know who I'm producing first after the regulars.

[blakstealth]

How can there be no Haruka, Chihaya, and Miki if they're shown right there? lol

and Rin looks pimpin.

[Hiroi Sekai]

Yeah, I derped and read the article wrong. *facepalm*

ShupI'mstillhalfasleepanddeprivedofim@s

[blakstealth]

That wasn't towards you lol. But wait a sec..

Cinderella Girls will be host to over 100 idols, mostly original with the exception of idols like Haruka, Miki and Chihaya.

WHAT IS THIS

[Hiroi Sekai]

Yeah, that's how I read it the first time. It means there will be a ton of new idols (originals), which excludes existing characters like Haruka, Miki and Chihaya. Everyone's coming to the party, don't worry.

[Metaneo]

Originally Posted by blakstealth

That wasn't towards you lol. But wait a sec..



WHAT IS THIS

It just means that all 100 of the girls will be original, except Haruka, Chihaya, and Miki, not that it means you wont be able to produce them if that was what u were thinking.

Edit: and it looks like someone beat me by a few seconds

[blakstealth]

ohhhhh

gosh darn it. such weird wording.

[djmaca]

Originally Posted by papermario13689

As for the character roster, there's literally going to be over 100 idols. Sounds like you pick a staple set of personalities and produce one of the idols from there. You'll be challenging other idols directly, and winning will gain you fans and um...the costume of the defeated. Why am I picturing it being forced off the loser? >.>

So it's like Pokemon X Tamagochi X iDolM@Ster?

LOLZ

I hope there's a NA release and a DSi/3DS port too.

[Hiroi Sekai]

Originally Posted by djmaca

So it's like Pokemon X Tamagochi X iDolM@Ster?

LOLZ

I hope there's a NA release and a DSi/3DS port too.

Well, you don't personally feed them, throw coloured balls at them and spray all sorts of odd elixirs and potions on them, but yeah, there's a good amount of similarities as well, now that I think about it.

An NA release in itself seems almost impossible as no iM@S game has made it overseas as of yet. As for other mediums, that depends on just how well this one does. Me personally, I don't think enough people will "buy" the game to warrant such a deal.

[MeisterBabylon]

Over 100 girls?! I shall stop calling AKB48 too big now.

(Where do they get 100+ voices...)

[djmaca]

Originally Posted by MeisterBabylon

Over 100 girls?! I shall stop calling AKB48 too big now.

(Where do they get 100+ voices...)

Vocalroid... Or hire the entire female seiyuu population.

It's like a seiyuu tournament. Lucky would be the newbie seiyuu who voices an idol that will be a hit for the gamers: she's gonna rank up faster than shit it takes usually.

[Hiroi Sekai]

Originally Posted by djmaca

Vocalroid... Or hire the entire female seiyuu population.

It's like a seiyuu tournament. Lucky would be the newbie seiyuu who voices an idol that will be a hit for the gamers: she's gonna rank up faster than shit it takes usually.

No no no, keep those damn VOCALOIDS out of my humanized iM@S characters. Vocaloids are their own separate world, and I can't stand hearing them mixed in with regular seiyuu. On their own, Vocaloids are pretty nice and have some fantastic songs, but once that robotic sound is mixed in with regular human voices, it upsets the balance way too much for me, at least. To be exact though, Vocaloid voices are created from original voices as well, like GUMI from Nakajima Megumi for example. No matter what, it appears like they're going to have to hire voices.

And it's Japan, they won't have to go far to find 100 fantastic voices.

[Shadow5YA]

I don't think they need 100 different seiyuu. Some of them could do more than one role if they have the range for it.

But are Haruka, Chihaya, and Miki the only returning idols? I see Yayoi, Ritsuko, and Iori as well. Also, are there still going to be character models, or is it just going to be a card game?

[Hiroi Sekai]

Originally Posted by Shadow5YA

I don't think they need 100 different seiyuu. Some of them could do more than one role if they have the range for it.

Mm, that's certainly a great point. I wouldn't mind that in the slightest, just...no copy/paste voices, please.

[Azuma Denton]

Well, i doubt there will be load of voices for this mobage...
So they can give it to unexperienced seiyuu or seiyuu in training...

And no VOCALOID. VOCALOID maybe has been tested for singing, but hasnt been tested for seiyuu... After all, BRS is not voiced by Miku herself, but by Kana~chan...

Btw, oot...

[Shadow5YA]

BRS isn't a Vocaloid anyway.

[djmaca]

Originally Posted by Shadow5YA

BRS isn't a Vocaloid anyway.

The original song is though. But yeah, Kuroi Mato isn't vocalroid. It's Kana Hanazawa.

[MeisterBabylon]

Here's to a whole new era of 80+ young seiyuu given a chance! It's like a REAL idol production company now! Think of all those anime from them!!

[blakstealth]

The series will never be over.

I'm okay with that.

[djmaca]

Originally Posted by MeisterBabylon

Here's to a whole new era of 80+ young seiyuu given a chance! It's like a REAL idol production company now! Think of all those anime from them!!

Cheers! I hope Makoto's back too. Out of all the idols I find Makoto, after Haruka, the best. I got all their songs but I mostly kept Haruka and Makoto on all my players.