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Hakodate!!? They were invading Saint Snow's territory.
Shizuka got a chance to perform with Chihaya. That will be very interesting. tbh, both of the got a lot of similarities.
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Announcement
The collaboration live concert between Love Live! Series and THE IDOLM@STER Series, Ijigen Fes iDOLM@STER ★♥ Love Live! Uta Gassen, will perform next week, on 9 and 10 December, at 17:00JST Tokyo Dome. There will be paid live streaming available in Canada, US, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand. The price for the streaming ticket is 4,500JPY for each day.
With a cast from Aqours, Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Liella, Hasu no sora Jogakuin School Idol Club, THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS, THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE!, THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS
<Love Live! Series>
Aqours (Love Live! Sunshine!!)
Anju Inami (as Chika Takami), Rikako Aida (as Riko Sakurauchi), Nanaka Suwa (as Kanan Matsuura), Arisa Komiya (as Dia Kurosawa), Shuka Saito (as You Watanabe), Aika Kobayashi (as Yoshiko Tsushima), Kanako Takatsuki (as Hanamaru Kunikida), Aina Suzuki (as Mari Ohara), Ai Furihata (as Ruby Kurosawa)
Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
Aguri Onishi (as Ayumu Uehara), Mayu Sagara (as Kasumi Nakasu), Kaori Maeda (as Shizuku Osaka), Miyu Kubota (as Karin Asaka), Natsumi Murakami (as Ai Miyashita), Akari Kito (as Kanata Konoe), Coco Hayashi (as Setsuna Yuki), Maria Sashide (as Emma Verde), Chiemi Tanaka (as Rina Tennoji), Moeka Koizumi (as Shioriko Mifune), Shu Uchida (as Mia Taylor), Akina Homoto (as Lanzhu Zhong)
Hakodate!!? They were invading Saint Snow's territory.
Shizuka got a chance to perform with Chihaya. That will be very interesting. tbh, both of the got a lot of similarities.
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Announcement
The collaboration live concert between Love Live! Series and THE IDOLM@STER Series, Ijigen Fes iDOLM@STER ★♥ Love Live! Uta Gassen, will perform next week, on 9 and 10 December, at 17:00JST Tokyo Dome. There will be paid live streaming available in Canada, US, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand. The price for the streaming ticket is 4,500JPY for each day.
With a cast from Aqours, Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Liella, Hasu no sora Jogakuin School Idol Club, THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS, THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE!, THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS
<Love Live! Series>
Aqours (Love Live! Sunshine!!)
Anju Inami (as Chika Takami), Rikako Aida (as Riko Sakurauchi), Nanaka Suwa (as Kanan Matsuura), Arisa Komiya (as Dia Kurosawa), Shuka Saito (as You Watanabe), Aika Kobayashi (as Yoshiko Tsushima), Kanako Takatsuki (as Hanamaru Kunikida), Aina Suzuki (as Mari Ohara), Ai Furihata (as Ruby Kurosawa)
Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
Aguri Onishi (as Ayumu Uehara), Mayu Sagara (as Kasumi Nakasu), Kaori Maeda (as Shizuku Osaka), Miyu Kubota (as Karin Asaka), Natsumi Murakami (as Ai Miyashita), Akari Kito (as Kanata Konoe), Coco Hayashi (as Setsuna Yuki), Maria Sashide (as Emma Verde), Chiemi Tanaka (as Rina Tennoji), Moeka Koizumi (as Shioriko Mifune), Shu Uchida (as Mia Taylor), Akina Homoto (as Lanzhu Zhong)
wait so we're immediately starting with team 6? ok i guess
a bit weird that team 4 has six people. also roco is the only one with just a single name
its funny because. to be honest well.
i mean uh. they stopped showing us the names of the 39 million girls, but here the original 765 girls.
its a bit funny to see them wearing the same thing though
i do wonder though how much real life idols practice. since
compared to the others, tsubasa definitely appears to have more talent, while the others seem less optimistic about their own performance
although yeah. thats interesting you know
actually, there's five backups dancers but the main idols is 6. isnt there usually more backup dancers than front? shrug
im not 100% sure of course but im assuming ready is one of the older songs from the original 765
its too bad we didnt get to see much, since the episode was basically talking
the original 765, they have their own different and colour outfit, but the 39 million stars all have the same one. welp
i mean i think i/we got fooled a bit, despite what the preview said, while there was a bit of dorama this ep it wasnt quite like full blown dorama
thats a good question i guess, the same idea, if tsubasa is so talented she's never had to use her 100% effort
Anyway we end the episode with a not really cliffhanger, but it seems next ep will be mostly shizuka. lots of girls are showing up in the preview though
I think people mentioned that since this airing in a different timeslot, they've tried to not have too much dorama.
Interestingly i see shiho, serika, anna, and kana and quite a few others all showing up in the preview. curious.
3 more eps to go, which, they could still do a lot. though team 7 and our team 8 havent actually debuted yet, and welp
Maybe its just me being biased, its not like the op song is completely flawless or perfect, but I feel like it just kinda overshadows the other songs.
15 second clip of team 6th's song. ELENAAAA she ate. would've loved a Matsuri episode. or for Hinata to get to do something. 10 seconds of team 7th who are the best team I've ever seen in my life. I'm assuming that's all we'll see of them :''-( like seriously Ayumu Reika Julia on one team c'monnnn. the only idol group at an artist event??
seeing Shizuka and Chihaya meet though.. makes it allll worth it. vocalist queens!!!! it's always a treat hearing either of them sing. their friendship is so.. it makes me cry and Chihaya's about to help Shizuka out with her situation??
Miki Tsubasa always makes me giggle. in every million live media we always get to see Miki just absolutely murder Tsubasa
Haruka Mirai is so wholesome. Peak red/pink center girl power.
This episode was pure, weaponised nostalgia for me. Lots of screentime for the original cast, giving our new cast motivation and insights from their own experience, culminating in an excellently-animated performance of the iconic "READY".
This show as a whole hasn't really worked for me, but at least we get to see the original iDOLM@STER cast again after so many years, and for that alone I am happy it exists.
I love seeing a "passing of the torch" and this episode had it in spades. Even the producer gets a turn. I think this series has hit a good balance with new characters having counterparts from the old series without relying on the old series too much.
Hmm, they're sure are going through the teams fast, lol.
Also... did they skipped Team Fifth?
We saw First,
then Second vs Third
and Fourth previously
but now it starts out at sixth singing at episode start
Where's Fifth? lol
They even mentioned Seventh's getting ready, and last is Eighth... but nothing about Fifth, LOL
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Also, the entire 8th Team is pretty much the "younger gen" mirror of 765Pro ALLSTARS, LOL... almost one-to-one appearance and personality.
And yea, I also miss the ALLSTAR's performances, they were great.
The 8th Team's as background dancers were pretty cute too, lol.
Tho I was thinking the background dancers are usually on a fartherback in stage on top of platform next to the backdrops. But they put the group literally right next to the main group like they're ONE HUGE TEAM.
amlgDec 25, 2023 3:32 PM
Nothing Written Here But Us Anime Bunnies *boing boing boing*
It's interesting and funny how the 8th team has a counterpart with 765Pro idols and meeting each other, like Haruka and Mirai, Chihaya and Shizuku, and Miki and Tsubasa.
Especially, Haruka and Mirai, they're like practically siblings. lol
Also Chihaya and Shizuku's singing voice are so good.
Seeing Haruka and others reminds me of watching idolmaster anime more than 10 years ago. Hard to believe it's been that long. I'd love to watch it again.