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The Idolm@ster SideM Growing Stars Smartphone Game Ends Service
posted on by Alex Mateo
A livestreamed video for the The Idolm@ster SideM Growing Stars smartphone game announced on Tuesday that the game will end service on July 31 at 1:59 p.m. JST. Sales of in-game Star Gem currency will halt on June 30.
The game inspired a stage play in June 2022.
The Idolm@ster SideM smartphone game ended service on January 5.
The game launched in 2014. Like other games in The IDOLM@STER franchise, SideM is built on the concept of "idols you can produce." The app focuses on the male idols at the agency 315 Production (pronounced "Saikō Production" or "Ultimate Production"). The Idolm@ster SideM Live on St@ge! smartphone game launched in 2017, but it began winding down service in January 2021.
The first game's anime adaptation premiered in October 2017, after a prologue special about the three Jupiter idol unit members aired in September 2017. Crunchyroll streamed both anime as they aired.
Sumeragi launched the The Idolm@ster SideM Wake Atte Mini! manga in 2016 and ended it in January 2018. Sumeragi's The Idolm@ster SideM Wake Atte Mini! Returns sequel manga then launched in Dengeki Maoh in September 2018 and ended in January 2019. The sequel manga's one compiled volume shipped in March 2019, and bundled an anime episode. The first manga inspired a 12-episode television anime series of shorts that premiered in October 2018. Crunchyroll streamed the show as it aired.
Source: The IDOLM@STER franchise's YouTube channel via Hachima Kikо̄
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