Official website for the television anime The IDOLM@STER Million Live! franchise revealed new visuals and an October 8 television premiere date for the anime on Friday.
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The anime will premiere on TV Tokyo and five other affiliates on Sunday, October 8 at 10am (October 7 at 9pm EDT), on BS11 on October 9, on BS NTV on the 12th October and on AT-X on October 13. The anime will have a special with the cast and producer Wakako Hazama that will air before the anime on October 1. The special will explain the setting and characters. characters in anime.
The anime is currently screening in theaters in Japan. The anime series is being shown in theaters over three three-week runs. The first season will run from August 18 to September 7. The second season will run from September 8 to September 28, and the final season will run from September 29 to October 19.
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Genta Nakamura plays the new idol producer (lower left in the image above) for 765 Production. Kenji Akabane, who played producer 765 Production in the 2011 anime series The IDOLM@STER, returns as main producer (bottom center). Houchu Ohtsuka also returns from the 2011 anime as Junjirō Takagi (top right), the hidden president of 765 Production. Juri Takita returns from the 2011 game and anime as veteran production assistant Kotori Otonashi (top center), while Chika Anzai returns from The IDOLM@STER Million Live! game as newbie production assistant Misaki Aoba (top left).
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The anime will continue the development from the early theater stages of Mirai Kasuga and other idols.
Shinya Watada (Aikatsu Stars!, Gundam Build Divers, Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE) will direct the anime at Hirogumi Inc., and Yoichi Kato (Aikatsu!, Yo-kai Watch) will supervise and write the script. series. Lantis is producing music. Bandai Namco Studio is co-producing the anime, and Bandai Namco Entertainment is planning and producing the anime (and is credited as the original creator).
Shirogumi Inc. produced the video below when Bandai Namco Entertainment announced a television anime adaptation for the third anniversary of The IDOLM@STER Million Live! Stage days in 2020.
Namco Bandai Games has released the original The IDOLM@STER Million Live! game in 2013 as a spin-off to the main game series The IDOLM@STER. The original game features 765 Pro characters from the original series as well as 37 new characters. The game allows players to manage their own idol production company and sharpen their idol’s skills. The game later ended service in March 2018.
Bandai Namco Entertainment has launched a successor to the game called The IDOLM@STER Million Live! Theater Days for iOS and Android devices in June 2017. The stage for the new game is the 765 Pro live theater and takes place in rooms like the theater’s office, lounge, and green room. The game features theater employee Misaki Aoba. In the game, players can communicate more with certain idols by tapping them on the screen. The game’s solo and unit concerts feature rhythm games.
Source: IDOLM@STER Million Live! anime’s website (link 2) (link 3), Mantan Weba>