'The iDOLM@STER Million Live!' Unveils Main Cast, Additional Staff, Fall 2023 Premiere
The official website of the The iDOLM@STER Million Live! television anime unveiled the main cast, additional staff, a teaser promo, and a key visual (pictured) on Saturday. The anime is set to broadcast in October, and a three-part theatrical pre-screening is scheduled to begin in Japan on August 18.Cast
Mirai Kasuga: Haruka Yamazaki (Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue.)
Shizuka Mogami: Azusa Tadokoro (BanG Dream!)
Tsubasa Ibuki: Machico (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby)
Emily Stewart: Yuu Kahara (Nar Doma)
Tamaki Oogami: Eri Inagawa (Show By Rock!!)
Reika Kitakami: Emi Hirayama (Kakuchou Shoujo-kei Trinary)
Shiho Kitazawa: Sora Amamiya (Kanojo, Okarishimasu)
Hinata Kinoshita: Nao Tamura (Hug tto! Precure)
Umi Kousaka: Reina Ueda (Chainsaw Man)
Kaori Sakuramori: Arisa Kouri (Shine Post)
Minako Satake: Eri Oozeki (Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2)
Karen Shinomiya: Yui Kondou (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby)
Elena Shimabara: Asuka Kakumoto (Isshuukan Friends.)
Julia: Aimi Terakawa (BanG Dream!)
Tsumugi Shiraishi: Saki Minami (Rifle Is Beautiful)
Momoko Suou: Keiko Watanabe (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby)
Sayoko Takayama: Yuri Komagata (Mikakunin de Shinkoukei)
Kotoha Tanaka: Risa Taneda (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso)
Tomoka Tenkuubashi: Kotori Koiwai (Non Non Biyori)
Matsuri Tokugawa: Ayaka Suwa (Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!)
Megumi Tokoro: Yukiyo Fujii (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal Season III)
Fuuka Toyokawa: Rie Suegara (Kami no Tou)
Iku Nakatani: Akari Harashima (Fantasista Doll)
Subaru Nagayoshi: Yuka Saitou (Persona 5 the Animation)
Yuriko Nanao: Miku Itou (BanG Dream!)
Chizuru Nikaidou: Kanako Nomura (Mouretsu Pirates)
Akane Nonohara: Saki Ogasawara (Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season)
Serika Hakozaki: Momo Asakura (Idoly Pride)
Konomi Baba: Minami Takahashi (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon)
Noriko Fukuda: Nana Hamasaki (Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2)
Ayumu Maihama: Megumi Toda (New Game!)
Mizuki Makabe: Rika Abe (Azur Lane)
Arisa Matsuda: Rie Murakawa (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu)
Miya Miyao: Choucho Kiritani (Sorette♡Dakara ne!)
Anna Mochizuki: Shiina Natsukawa (Idoly Pride)
Rio Momose: Rikako Yamaguchi (Bakuon!!)
Kana Yabuki: Ibuki Kido (Aikatsu Friends!)
Nao Yokoyama: Yui Watanabe (PriPara)
Roco Handa: Atsuki Nakamura (Sansha Sanyou)
Staff
CG Director: Daisuke Shioya
Animation Character Design: Tetsuya Ishii (Revisions animation director), Kahori Tsuta (Night Head 2041 animation director)
Concept Art: Masato Hakuta (Etotama art director), Nami Ogata (Kill la Kill background art), Ryuuji Hida
Art, Design: Natsumi Sakamoto (Kiniro no Corda: Blue♪Sky art director)
Art Board: Bic Studio
Color Design: Hikaru Takigawa, Miyuki Satou (Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?)
Director of Photography: Kentarou Oda
Editing: Akari Saitou (Akebi-chan no Sailor-fuku)
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta (Wake Up, Girls!)
Music: Lantis
Cooperation: Bandai Namco Studios
Shinya Watada (Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise) is directing the anime at Shirogumi. Youichi Katou is handling the series composition and penning the script.
The television anime is based on the Million Live! spin-off series of Bandai Namco Entertainment's The iDOLM@STER multimedia franchise, which began as an arcade game in 2005.
Teaser PV
Official site: https://millionlive-anime.idolmaster-official.jp/
Official Twitter: @imasml_765PRO
Source: animate Times
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rsc-pl said:
Every major Idolmaster game had 3D character models. And I was referring to your argument about how people won't hate this adaptation because Million Live was a 3D game. Forgive me if I sounded rude, I had no such intention.
[font="\"Segoe UI\", \"San Francisco\", Ubuntu, \"Fira Sans\", Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"]All of these games still have a 2D VN element. At least CG and SC. Theater has always used animation to its fullest, so I don't think most people will complain.[/font]
RobertBobert said:
Don't take my words out of context so rudely. Obviously I was talking about all game animation, not just CGI music videos. And if your answer is four or five times the length of my short comment, then you are doing something wrong.
Don't take my words out of context so rudely. Obviously I was talking about all game animation, not just CGI music videos. And if your answer is four or five times the length of my short comment, then you are doing something wrong.
Every major Idolmaster game had 3D character models. And I was referring to your argument about how people won't hate this adaptation because Million Live was a 3D game. Forgive me if I sounded rude, I had no such intention.
Jan 17, 2023 3:23 PM by RobertBobert
rsc-pl said:
1st Idolmaster is definitely the best idol anime that I've ever watched.
But 3DCG? No, thanks. I'll pass on it. What a shame.
Franchise as big as Idolmaster should get proper anime adaptation instead of half assed 3D shit. I'd be fine if only the performances were done in 3D (but I still prefer something as beautiful as Shine Post was and I'd take something like this over 3D shit any time). But full 3D? It's way too jarring for me to watch it. Especially since the animation is almost as bad as in any 3d anime. Just look how stiff and slow-motion like it looks. Of course, I realize that some people can be fine with something like this. But for me it's unwatchable. What's even more amusing is that the animation in the mobile game (which this adaptation is based on) looks way better and more lively than everything showed on the anime PV. Which is happening all over again. Nier Automata is the same. 3D animation done on in game engine looked way better than shitty 3D anime adaptation.
excuse me for my lack of knowledge, im still relatively new to the franchise. But isn't this anime adapting the ML social game that precedes Theater Days? afaik that one didn't have 3D animation. And imo id still give this anime a chance since it at least looks better than average. Animation might even be better during the lives like bandori
1st Idolmaster is definitely the best idol anime that I've ever watched.
But 3DCG? No, thanks. I'll pass on it. What a shame.
RobertBobert said:
People won't hate you because this part of the franchise is itself a full 3D game. The rest depends on the studio, Bandori and D4DJ are adapted by the same studio, part of the shares of which are owned by Bushiroad.
Every Idolmaster game was a full 3D game. What kind of argument is this? People won't hate you because this part of the franchise is itself a full 3D game. The rest depends on the studio, Bandori and D4DJ are adapted by the same studio, part of the shares of which are owned by Bushiroad.
Franchise as big as Idolmaster should get proper anime adaptation instead of half assed 3D shit. I'd be fine if only the performances were done in 3D (but I still prefer something as beautiful as Shine Post was and I'd take something like this over 3D shit any time). But full 3D? It's way too jarring for me to watch it. Especially since the animation is almost as bad as in any 3d anime. Just look how stiff and slow-motion like it looks. Of course, I realize that some people can be fine with something like this. But for me it's unwatchable. What's even more amusing is that the animation in the mobile game (which this adaptation is based on) looks way better and more lively than everything showed on the anime PV. Which is happening all over again. Nier Automata is the same. 3D animation done on in game engine looked way better than shitty 3D anime adaptation.
Jan 16, 2023 12:24 PM by Boazanian
RobertBobert said:
rsc-pl said:
1st Idolmaster is definitely the best idol anime that I've ever watched.
But 3DCG? No, thanks. I'll pass on it. What a shame.
Every Idolmaster game was a full 3D game. What kind of argument is this?
Franchise as big as Idolmaster should get proper anime adaptation instead of half assed 3D shit. I'd be fine if only the performances were done in 3D (but I still prefer something as beautiful as Shine Post was and I'd take something like this over 3D shit any time). But full 3D? It's way too jarring for me to watch it. Especially since the animation is almost as bad as in any 3d anime. Just look how stiff and slow-motion like it looks. Of course, I realize that some people can be fine with something like this. But for me it's unwatchable. What's even more amusing is that the animation in the mobile game (which this adaptation is based on) looks way better and more lively than everything showed on the anime PV. Which is happening all over again. Nier Automata is the same. 3D animation done on in game engine looked way better than shitty 3D anime adaptation.
Don't take my words out of context so rudely. Obviously I was talking about all game animation, not just CGI music videos. And if your answer is four or five times the length of my short comment, then you are doing something wrong.1st Idolmaster is definitely the best idol anime that I've ever watched.
But 3DCG? No, thanks. I'll pass on it. What a shame.
Every Idolmaster game was a full 3D game. What kind of argument is this?
Franchise as big as Idolmaster should get proper anime adaptation instead of half assed 3D shit. I'd be fine if only the performances were done in 3D (but I still prefer something as beautiful as Shine Post was and I'd take something like this over 3D shit any time). But full 3D? It's way too jarring for me to watch it. Especially since the animation is almost as bad as in any 3d anime. Just look how stiff and slow-motion like it looks. Of course, I realize that some people can be fine with something like this. But for me it's unwatchable. What's even more amusing is that the animation in the mobile game (which this adaptation is based on) looks way better and more lively than everything showed on the anime PV. Which is happening all over again. Nier Automata is the same. 3D animation done on in game engine looked way better than shitty 3D anime adaptation.
Every major Idolmaster game had 3D character models. And I was referring to your argument about how people won't hate this adaptation because Million Live was a 3D game. Forgive me if I sounded rude, I had no such intention.
Jan 16, 2023 8:49 AM by rsc-pl
rsc-pl said:
1st Idolmaster is definitely the best idol anime that I've ever watched.
But 3DCG? No, thanks. I'll pass on it. What a shame.
Franchise as big as Idolmaster should get proper anime adaptation instead of half assed 3D shit. I'd be fine if only the performances were done in 3D (but I still prefer something as beautiful as Shine Post was and I'd take something like this over 3D shit any time). But full 3D? It's way too jarring for me to watch it. Especially since the animation is almost as bad as in any 3d anime. Just look how stiff and slow-motion like it looks. Of course, I realize that some people can be fine with something like this. But for me it's unwatchable. What's even more amusing is that the animation in the mobile game (which this adaptation is based on) looks way better and more lively than everything showed on the anime PV. Which is happening all over again. Nier Automata is the same. 3D animation done on in game engine looked way better than shitty 3D anime adaptation.
Don't take my words out of context so rudely. Obviously I was talking about all game animation, not just CGI music videos. And if your answer is four or five times the length of my short comment, then you are doing something wrong.
1st Idolmaster is definitely the best idol anime that I've ever watched.
But 3DCG? No, thanks. I'll pass on it. What a shame.
RobertBobert said:
People won't hate you because this part of the franchise is itself a full 3D game. The rest depends on the studio, Bandori and D4DJ are adapted by the same studio, part of the shares of which are owned by Bushiroad.
Every Idolmaster game was a full 3D game. What kind of argument is this? People won't hate you because this part of the franchise is itself a full 3D game. The rest depends on the studio, Bandori and D4DJ are adapted by the same studio, part of the shares of which are owned by Bushiroad.
Franchise as big as Idolmaster should get proper anime adaptation instead of half assed 3D shit. I'd be fine if only the performances were done in 3D (but I still prefer something as beautiful as Shine Post was and I'd take something like this over 3D shit any time). But full 3D? It's way too jarring for me to watch it. Especially since the animation is almost as bad as in any 3d anime. Just look how stiff and slow-motion like it looks. Of course, I realize that some people can be fine with something like this. But for me it's unwatchable. What's even more amusing is that the animation in the mobile game (which this adaptation is based on) looks way better and more lively than everything showed on the anime PV. Which is happening all over again. Nier Automata is the same. 3D animation done on in game engine looked way better than shitty 3D anime adaptation.
Jan 16, 2023 8:19 AM by RobertBobert
1st Idolmaster is definitely the best idol anime that I've ever watched.
But 3DCG? No, thanks. I'll pass on it. What a shame.
Franchise as big as Idolmaster should get proper anime adaptation instead of half assed 3D shit. I'd be fine if only the performances were done in 3D (but I still prefer something as beautiful as Shine Post was and I'd take something like this over 3D shit any time). But full 3D? It's way too jarring for me to watch it. Especially since the animation is almost as bad as in any 3d anime. Just look how stiff and slow-motion like it looks. Of course, I realize that some people can be fine with something like this. But for me it's unwatchable. What's even more amusing is that the animation in the mobile game (which this adaptation is based on) looks way better and more lively than everything showed on the anime PV. Which is happening all over again. Nier Automata is the same. 3D animation done on in game engine looked way better than shitty 3D anime adaptation.
But 3DCG? No, thanks. I'll pass on it. What a shame.
RobertBobert said:
People won't hate you because this part of the franchise is itself a full 3D game. The rest depends on the studio, Bandori and D4DJ are adapted by the same studio, part of the shares of which are owned by Bushiroad.
Every Idolmaster game was a full 3D game. What kind of argument is this? People won't hate you because this part of the franchise is itself a full 3D game. The rest depends on the studio, Bandori and D4DJ are adapted by the same studio, part of the shares of which are owned by Bushiroad.
Franchise as big as Idolmaster should get proper anime adaptation instead of half assed 3D shit. I'd be fine if only the performances were done in 3D (but I still prefer something as beautiful as Shine Post was and I'd take something like this over 3D shit any time). But full 3D? It's way too jarring for me to watch it. Especially since the animation is almost as bad as in any 3d anime. Just look how stiff and slow-motion like it looks. Of course, I realize that some people can be fine with something like this. But for me it's unwatchable. What's even more amusing is that the animation in the mobile game (which this adaptation is based on) looks way better and more lively than everything showed on the anime PV. Which is happening all over again. Nier Automata is the same. 3D animation done on in game engine looked way better than shitty 3D anime adaptation.
Jan 15, 2023 11:59 PM by rsc-pl
Nachtwandler_21 said:
The main thing is to do it, and not argue on the Internet about whether they can.
RobertBobert said:
People won't hate you because this part of the franchise is itself a full 3D game. The rest depends on the studio, Bandori and D4DJ are adapted by the same studio, part of the shares of which are owned by Bushiroad.
Shirogumy can make as good CGI as Sanzigen. Of course, Orange is the best in industry but I will say these two are second best.People won't hate you because this part of the franchise is itself a full 3D game. The rest depends on the studio, Bandori and D4DJ are adapted by the same studio, part of the shares of which are owned by Bushiroad.
Jan 15, 2023 5:23 AM by RobertBobert
RobertBobert said:
Shirogumi can make as good CGI as Sanzigen. Of course, Orange is the best in industry but I will say these two are second best.
Nachtwandler_21 said:
People will hate me for this but tt's good they are doing this adaptation in full CGI. Because one of the main selling points of any musical animes are peformances and they are way easier to make in 3DCGI (and so you can make way more of them and not just sparce ones like in forementioned Cinderella Girls). And as Bang Dream and D4DJ shown, it looks way less junky if the show itself is also in 3DCGI.
Of course the very first IM@S managed to do it pretty good with 2D and Love Live manages to combin 2D and 3D pretty good but in most of cases animation team just o not have this amount of production resources.
People won't hate you because this part of the franchise is itself a full 3D game. The rest depends on the studio, Bandori and D4DJ are adapted by the same studio, part of the shares of which are owned by Bushiroad.People will hate me for this but tt's good they are doing this adaptation in full CGI. Because one of the main selling points of any musical animes are peformances and they are way easier to make in 3DCGI (and so you can make way more of them and not just sparce ones like in forementioned Cinderella Girls). And as Bang Dream and D4DJ shown, it looks way less junky if the show itself is also in 3DCGI.
Of course the very first IM@S managed to do it pretty good with 2D and Love Live manages to combin 2D and 3D pretty good but in most of cases animation team just o not have this amount of production resources.
Jan 15, 2023 4:48 AM by Nachtwandler_21
That took a long time but I'm glad they are making it. So looking forawrd to it
Jan 14, 2023 10:36 PM by RedChrome
Nachtwandler_21 said:
People will hate me for this but tt's good they are doing this adaptation in full CGI. Because one of the main selling points of any musical animes are peformances and they are way easier to make in 3DCGI (and so you can make way more of them and not just sparce ones like in forementioned Cinderella Girls). And as Bang Dream and D4DJ shown, it looks way less junky if the show itself is also in 3DCGI.
Of course the very first IM@S managed to do it pretty good with 2D and Love Live manages to combin 2D and 3D pretty good but in most of cases animation team just o not have this amount of production resources.
People won't hate you because this part of the franchise is itself a full 3D game. The rest depends on the studio, Bandori and D4DJ are adapted by the same studio, part of the shares of which are owned by Bushiroad.
People will hate me for this but tt's good they are doing this adaptation in full CGI. Because one of the main selling points of any musical animes are peformances and they are way easier to make in 3DCGI (and so you can make way more of them and not just sparce ones like in forementioned Cinderella Girls). And as Bang Dream and D4DJ shown, it looks way less junky if the show itself is also in 3DCGI.
Of course the very first IM@S managed to do it pretty good with 2D and Love Live manages to combin 2D and 3D pretty good but in most of cases animation team just o not have this amount of production resources.
Jan 14, 2023 8:50 PM by RobertBobert
People will hate me for this but it's good they are doing this adaptation in full CGI. Because one of the main selling points of any musical animes are peformances and they are way easier to make in 3DCGI (and so you can make way more of them and not just sparce ones like in forementioned Cinderella Girls). And as Bang Dream and D4DJ shown, it looks way less junky if the show itself is also in 3DCGI.
Of course the very first IM@S managed to do it pretty good with 2D and Love Live manages to combine 2D and 3D pretty good but in most of cases animation team just does not have this amount of production resources.
Of course the very first IM@S managed to do it pretty good with 2D and Love Live manages to combine 2D and 3D pretty good but in most of cases animation team just does not have this amount of production resources.
Jan 14, 2023 3:01 PM by Nachtwandler_21
I would love it if they air it at the same time as Bleach. Anyway, given the experience we have with CG (192 idols), with too many characters were there and not enough development, I still back ML to deliver.
From the trailer, I can understand many of the content it will air, mostly will come from the original manga. Here praying it will have many arcs base on other manga too, it’s not likely to be that way. 13 idols in there are main characters in 4 mangas remember that.
From the trailer, I can understand many of the content it will air, mostly will come from the original manga. Here praying it will have many arcs base on other manga too, it’s not likely to be that way. 13 idols in there are main characters in 4 mangas remember that.
Jan 14, 2023 2:56 PM by 28012001
Hoppy said:
Well, I think these are typical consequences for adapting a game with such a huge cast. I'm still a little frustrated that both Azur Lane anime only showed the most meme and mainstream girls.
RobertBobert said:
Did you dislike that much that the CG adaptation only focused on one unit and three characters?
Yeah as they were not the best choices at all, just bland overall when there are dozens of fun characters to choose from.Did you dislike that much that the CG adaptation only focused on one unit and three characters?
Jan 14, 2023 1:14 PM by RobertBobert
RobertBobert said:
Yeah as they were not the best choices at all, just bland overall when there are dozens of fun characters to choose from.
Hoppy said:
Whole cast? Excellent.
The creators learned their lesson from Cinderella Girls, god that was a disaster.
Did you dislike that much that the CG adaptation only focused on one unit and three characters?Whole cast? Excellent.
The creators learned their lesson from Cinderella Girls, god that was a disaster.
Jan 14, 2023 1:12 PM by Hoppy
Hoppy said:
Whole cast? Excellent.
The creators learned their lesson from Cinderella Girls, god that was a disaster.
Did you dislike that much that the CG adaptation only focused on one unit and three characters?
Whole cast? Excellent.
The creators learned their lesson from Cinderella Girls, god that was a disaster.
Jan 14, 2023 1:10 PM by RobertBobert
Boazanian said:
I just hope Shiny Colors gets some sort of anime as well. maybe after Million Live anime
I agree, for me, IMAS has always been a symbol of perfect and completely professional idol content. Already in April? Damn, it's really soon.RobertBobert said:
I'm not a big fan of this version, but I was about to rewatch the original anime recently, so why not? I hope that the adaptation of the loli manga will also not be long in coming
Any iDOLM@STER content is always good. and I'm pretty sure since U149 is airing in April (and if it's only 1 cour), we're pretty much having at least 1 im@s-related anime airing at a time for the rest of the yearI'm not a big fan of this version, but I was about to rewatch the original anime recently, so why not? I hope that the adaptation of the loli manga will also not be long in coming
I just hope Shiny Colors gets some sort of anime as well. maybe after Million Live anime
I think that Colors anime is already a matter of the near future. Though I didn't think they would choose Theater over them for the next full game adaptation.
Jan 14, 2023 1:09 PM by RobertBobert
Whole cast? Excellent.
The creators learned their lesson from Cinderella Girls, god that was a disaster.
The creators learned their lesson from Cinderella Girls, god that was a disaster.
Jan 14, 2023 1:07 PM by Hoppy
RobertBobert said:
Any iDOLM@STER content is always good. and I'm pretty sure since U149 is airing in April (and if it's only 1 cour), we're pretty much having at least 1 im@s-related anime airing at a time for the rest of the yearBoazanian said:
yup! Gonna be really nice to see the newer idols from the games as well as the OG cast
I'm not a big fan of this version, but I was about to rewatch the original anime recently, so why not? I hope that the adaptation of the loli manga will also not be long in comingyup! Gonna be really nice to see the newer idols from the games as well as the OG cast
I just hope Shiny Colors gets some sort of anime as well. maybe after Million Live anime
Jan 14, 2023 12:29 PM by Boazanian
Boazanian said:
I'm not a big fan of this version, but I was about to rewatch the original anime recently, so why not? I hope that the adaptation of the loli manga will also not be long in coming
RobertBobert said:
Well, if I remember correctly, this part has a cast compilation from others.
yup! Gonna be really nice to see the newer idols from the games as well as the OG castWell, if I remember correctly, this part has a cast compilation from others.
Jan 14, 2023 12:22 PM by RobertBobert
RobertBobert said:
yup! Gonna be really nice to see the newer idols from the games as well as the OG cast
Boazanian said:
the best thing about an ML anime is that I can finally see Subaru animated :)
anyway, can't wait! thank the animators for the early screening.
Well, if I remember correctly, this part has a cast compilation from others.the best thing about an ML anime is that I can finally see Subaru animated :)
anyway, can't wait! thank the animators for the early screening.
Jan 14, 2023 12:19 PM by Boazanian
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