The Idolmaster Shiny Colors

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The Idolmaster Shiny Colors
アイドルマスター シャイニーカラーズ
(Aidorumasutā Shainī Karāzu)
Game
DeveloperBandai Namco Nexus
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment
GenreLife simulation[1]
PlatformBrowser, iOS, Android
Released
  • Browser
  • April 24, 2018
  • iOS, Android
  • March 13, 2019
Manga
Written byAkira Shinozaki
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineComic Newtype
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 23, 2019 – August 26, 2022
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed byMankyū [ja]
Written byYoichi Kato [ja]
Music byYasuhiro Misawa [ja]
StudioPolygon Pictures
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTV Tokyo, BS11, AT-X, BS Nittele
Original run April 6, 2024 – present
Episodes24
icon Anime and manga portal

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.

Overview[edit]

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.

Development and release[edit]

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]

Related media[edit]

Radio show[edit]

The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Habataki Radio Station, an Internet radio show featuring voice actors from the game, premiered on Bandai Namco's Asobi Store [ja] 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]

Manga[edit]

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]

Anime[edit]

An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 19, 2023.[20] It is produced by Polygon Pictures and directed by Mankyū [ja], with Yoichi Kato [ja] 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 [ja] 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]

Episodes[edit]

No.TitleDirected by [27]Written by [27]Storyboarded by [27]Original air date
1"A Single Feather in the Sky for One"
TBATBATBAApril 5, 2024 (2024-04-05)
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"
TBATBATBAApril 12, 2024 (2024-04-12)
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"
TBATBATBAApril 19, 2024 (2024-04-19)
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".

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Japanese: アイドルマスター シャイニーカラーズ, Hepburn: Aidorumasutā Shainī Karāzu, stylized as THE iDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS
  2. ^ Japanese: アイドルマスター シャイニーカラーズ Song for Prism, Hepburn: Aidorumasutā Shainī Karāzu Songu fō Purizumu, stylized as THE iDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism
  3. ^ TV Tokyo lists the series premiere at 25:28 JST on April 5, 2024, which is effectively 1:28 a.m. on April 6.[24]

References[edit]

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  27. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference story was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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