Did a brainfart: I forgot that Mikan Ehime and Risa Ebata are the one and the same woman.
The screenshots are far different from the initial character sketches. Detailed backgrounds are, undoubtedly, becoming Satelite's trademark.
OBTW, the Idolm@ster games and [AKB1/48 Idol to koi shitara] PSP dating sim are developed by Namco Bandai, which means, given that there are some franchise crossovers of late (Street Fighter and Tekken, for example), I'll not be surprised if there comes an IM@S vs. AKB0048 game down the road.
I want someone to
hit on this spin-off manga into English.
Also, the official site gets a splash-page update:
Finally...