The Idolmaster Shiny Colors | |
アイドルマスター シャイニーカラーズ (Aidorumasutā Shainī Karāzu) | |
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Game | |
Developer | Bandai Namco Nexus |
Publisher | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
Genre | Life simulation[1] |
Platform | Browser, iOS, Android |
Released |
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Manga | |
Written by | Akira Shinozaki |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Magazine | Comic Newtype |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | July 23, 2019 – August 26, 2022 |
Volumes | 5 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Mankyū |
Written by | Yoichi Kato |
Music by | Yasuhiro Misawa |
Studio | Polygon Pictures |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | TV Tokyo, BS11, AT-X, BS Nittele |
Original run | April 6, 2024 – present |
Episodes | 24 |
The Idolmaster Shiny Colors[a] is a Japanese life simulation video game developed by Bandai Namco Nexus and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. A spin-off of The Idolmaster franchise, it started as a browser game that launched in April 2018, and was later released as a mobile game for iOS and Android in March 2019. A manga adaptation was serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Newtype website from July 2019 to August 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Polygon Pictures premiered in April 2024. A second season is also set to premiere in Q4 2024.
See also: List of The Idolmaster characters § 283 Production |
The series follows the female idols and the producer and staff of 283 Production (283プロダクション, Tsubasa Purodakushon) and their activities as idols, including concerts, events, and stage productions. There are a total of 25 idols in 283 Pro as of the 3rd anniversary update, grouped into seven units. Each of these units comes with a unique gameplay trait, for example illumination STARS uses two stats for their appeal strength instead of just one.
The browser game, which uses HTML5, was announced during a presentation in February 2018.[3] It launched on the browser game platform Enza on April 24, 2018, reaching over 800,000 pre-registrations ahead of its release.[4] A mobile game version was released on iOS and Android on March 13, 2019.[5]
A new mobile game for iOS and Android, titled The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Song for Prism,[b] was announced in April 2023. A demo version was released to testers from May 19–23.[6] The game was released on November 14, 2023.[7]
The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Habataki Radio Station, an Internet radio show featuring voice actors from the game, premiered on Bandai Namco's Asobi Store service on June 14, 2018.[8] Bonus content, titled Habataki After Radio Station (originally Kyūkeishitsu), are released for premium members of the service.[8][9]
A four-panel manga series by Gimmy began serialization on the game's website and Twitter account in February 2018.[10] It is published in print under the title The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Shinymas Everyday!.[11]
A manga adaptation by Akira Shinozaki was serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Newtype website from July 23, 2019,[12][13] to August 26, 2022.[14] It has been collected into five tankōbon volumes, published from March 2020 to December 2022.[15][16]
A third manga series by Hiroki Ohara, titled The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Coherent Light, began serialization on Comic Newtype on September 26, 2023, and focuses on the idol unit Straylight.[17]
The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Jimuteki Shinography, a fourth series by Gūtarō Yorude that focuses on character Hazuki Nanakusa, began serialization on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry service on October 21, 2023.[18][19]
An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 19, 2023.[20] It is produced by Polygon Pictures and directed by Mankyū , with Yoichi Kato writing the scripts, and Takeshi Iwata serving as assistant director, as well as CG director along with Susumu Sugai. Ryōhei Fukushi is designing the characters for animation, and Yasuhiro Misawa is composing the music.[21][22] The 12-episode series was screened in Japan in three parts; the first on October 27, 2023; the second on November 24, 2023; and the third on January 5, 2024.[23] It later premiered on TV Tokyo on April 6, 2024.[c] The opening theme song is titled "Tsubasa Gravity".[23] Crunchyroll licensed the series.[25]
A 12-episode second season was announced during "The Idolmaster Shiny Colors 6th Live Tour Come and Unite! Brilliant Bloom" concert on March 3, 2023. Like the first season, it will be screened in Japan as three films which will premiere on July 5, August 23, and September 20, 2024. It will later air on television in Q4 2024.[26]
No. | Title | Directed by [27] | Written by [27] | Storyboarded by [27] | Original air date | |
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1 | "A Single Feather in the Sky for One" | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | April 5, 2024 | |
The newly formed idol agency 283 Production begins hiring new idols under the direction of the Producer, who organizes them into the groups L'Antica, ALSTROEMERIA, and Houkago Climax Girls. 283 Productions president Tsutomu Amai instructs the Producer to have all of the idols ready for the upcoming Wonder Idol Nova Grand Prix (WING) event. However, two of their idols, Meguru Hachimiya and Hiori Kazano, are yet to be assigned to a unit. While wondering how to organize Meguru and Hiori into a unit, the Producer comes across Mano Sakuragi in a park and is impressed with her singing voice. He offers to recruit her into 283 Production, and while she initially refuses, Mano is intrigued by the Producer's promise to show her a "new world" and she ultimately accepts. The Producer introduces Mano to Meguru and Hiori and organizes into 283 Pro's fourth unit, illumination STARS. He then informs them they only have 3 months to prepare for WING. | ||||||
2 | "The Flames Called Song" | TBA | TBA | TBA | April 12, 2024 | |
Kogane Tsukioka suggests to her fellow members of L'Antica: Mamimi Tanaka, Sakuya Shirase, Yuika Mitsumine, and Kiriko Yūkoku that they should make a music video to show off what L'Antica is. The Producer lets them know that he has managed to secure the award winning director Katsuhiro Takamiya to work on their music video, but they need to come up with an idea of what it will be about. Meanwhile, the Houkago Climax Girls try to promote themselves by endorsing a local business that sells horse meat sausages while ALSTROEMERIA take publicity photos. L'Antica decides to make their music video, titled "Babel City Grace", tell a story about girls trying to understand each other through song. While Takamiya is tough on them at first, his directing style is able to draw out their acting talent. However, their biggest challenge is to film the final scene outside a castle, but a storm suddenly hits. Not content to let filming end prematurely, Kogane convinces L'Antica to perform outside in spite of the bad weather. The filming ends up being a success, and the Producer concludes that L'Antica's "color" is "Igniting fires with songs". | ||||||
3 | "Hopes for the Future" | TBA | TBA | TBA | April 19, 2024 | |
The Producer meets the members of ALSTROEMERIA, twin sisters Amana and Tenka Osaki and Chiyuki Kuwayama, and advises them to focus on a specific vision for their group to move forward. Meanwhile, L'Antica's music video becomes a big hit, earning the group many new fans and firing them up for their upcoming performance at WING. That night, Amana, Tenka, and Chiyuki reflect on what exactly their hopes for the future are. The next day, illumination STARS continues their training a, Mano is inspired to work harder to follow Hiori and Meguru's examples. The Producer then assigns ALSTROEMERIA to host the Spring Flower Festival, the members agree they all to focus on becoming better idols. As the Houkago Climax Girls continue to try to promote themselves by running a lottery booth, ALSTROEMERIA takes the stage at the Spring Flower Festival. However, as they host the events, they notice a young brother and sister in the audience not getting along. Amana decides to intervene and helps the siblings make up. Tenka makes the observation that the siblings' smiles were like blooming flowers, which inspires Amana to make ALSTROEMERIA's focus on "making smiles bloom". | ||||||
4 | "Real Heroes!" | TBA | TBA | TBA | April 26, 2024 | |
The Producer announces to the Houkago Climax Girls, consisting of Kaho Komiya, Chiyoko Sonoda, Juri Saijō, Rinze Morino, and Natsuha Arisugawa, that they will be performing in a hero show. Kaho is excited, believing that they will be performing for her favorite hero group Justice V until the Producer clarifies that the show will be with a local hero group called Pastel Nice, instead. Meanwhile, ALSTROEMERIA begins hosting their own livestream show while L'Antica continues promoting their music video. illumination STARS continues their training, with Hiori recommending that Mano practice by herself she notices Mano struggling to keep up in the dance choreography. On the day of the hero show, the Houkago Climax Girls are shocked to learn that due to a scheduling error, Pastel Nice are actually at a different event and cannot attend. The girls suggest that they take Pastel Nice's place and stage their own hero instead, which the Producer and the show staff agree to. The hero shows proves to be a huge success, with the girls performing their signature song "Yumesaki After school". Afterwards, the girls declare that they will befriend everybody in the world on their way to become the top idols. | ||||||
5 | "Our Very Own Formation" | TBA | TBA | TBA | May 3, 2024 | |
As the Houkago Climax Girls, ALSTROEMERIA, and L'Antica continue promoting themselves, the Producer informs illumination STARS that their debut concert will be occurring in one month. While Mano and Meguru are excited, Hiori begins to feel anxiety as she fears that she isn't good enough yet, and is falling behind Mano and Meguru as their skills improve. This causes her to push herself in her training, which causes the Producer to grow concerned about her. He arranges for all three girls to train together again, where Hiori finally admits her fears of Mano and Meguru hating her, as well as not being good enough to keep up with them. Mano and Meguru forgive Hiori and promise that all three of them will become idols. illumination STARS then spend the next month training and preparing for their debut concert, but they still are unable to completely perfect their formation by the eve of the debut concert. The girls then go the park, where they reflect on and talk about their desire to become idols, inspiring each other to continue. On the day of the festival, the girls decide to go ahead with their formation and perform their debut song "Hikari no destination" which proves to be a huge success. |