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Gakuen Idolm@ster Game Reveals May 16 Launch, Opening Animation
posted on by Anita Tai
The staff for the Gakuen Idolm@ster (Academy Idolm@ster) game app revealed its May 16 release date as well as its opening animation sequence on Wednesday.
In the game, the player is a producer that hone and produce idol talents from the Hatsuboshi Gakuen idol training school. The game has nine idols that players can produce:
The game's cast includes (from left to right):
- Miya Minato as Sumika Shiun
- Ito Mao as China Kuramoto
- Reina Kawamura as Hiro Shinosawa
- Nao Ojika as Temari Tsukimura
- Aoi Nagatsuki as Saki Hanami
- Hikaru Iida as Kotone Fujita
- Yuri Usui as Rinami Himesaki
- Kana Hanaiwa as Lilja Katsuragi
- Tsumugi Nanase as Mao Arimura
Additional cast members include:
- Akio Ōtsuka as Kunio Jūō, the school headmaster
- Aoi Koga as Asari Neo, a teacher from the Producer Department
- Ayane Matsuda as Ume Hanami
- Non Harusaki as Misuzu Hataya
- Mashiro Hitaka as Sena Juo
Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. is producing the game for iOS and Android devices.
The game's staff members include:
- Scenario team: Tsukasa Fushimi, Yū Shimizu, Kazuki Amamiya
- Character Draft: Aki Minamino, Hechima
- Developer: QualiArts
- Music Label: ASOBINOTES
- Composers: Yūta Azuma, Shu Kanematsu, Giga, Takafumi Satō, Tomoya Tabuchi, Nayutalien, Hakushi Hasegawa, HoneyWorks, Sasuke Haraguchi, Minami, Moe Shop, Shō Watanabe
The latest anime in the franchise is the television anime based on Bandai Namco Entertainment's The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors browser game. The first 12-episode season screened in theaters as three films. The first film ran in Japan from October 27 through November 16. The second film opened in Japan on November 24 and ran until December 14. The third film ran from January 5 through January 25. The season will then air as a TV series in April. The second season will air in autumn after screening as three films in theaters in Japan. The first film will run from July 5 to July 25, the second film from August 23 to September 12, and the third film from September 20 to October 10.
Sources: Idolmaster's YouTube channel, Gakuen Idolmaster's Twitter account via Otakomu
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