Bandai Namco Announces Spring Release for School-Based Gakuen Idolm@ster Game App
The The IDOLM@STER franchise has made public on a recent live stream that they are launching a fresh game application called Gakuen Idolm@ster(Academy Idolm@ster). Aimed for launching this spring, the game will be available on both iOS and Android platforms. Moreover, also on Tuesday, the official pre-registration for the game has commenced. In conjunction with these announcements, a debut promotional video for the new game was released on the live stream, which presented the cast, staff and a glance at three of the game’s featured idols.
In this game, the player assumes the role of a producer who is responsible for training and promoting potential idol artists from Hatsuboshi Gakuen, an idol training institution. The game has an array of nine in-game idols to be produced by the player:
The game will gradually provide information about the cast and idols as time progresses. As of the live stream, three cast members and related idols were unveiled:
Additional cast members for the game comprise:
Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. has a large role in the production of this game.
Contributors to the development of the new game are:
- Scenario Unit: Tsukasa Fushimi, Yū Shimizu, Kazuki Amamiya
- Character Concept Designing: Aki Minamino, Hechima
- Game Development: QualiArts
- Music Labeling: ASOBINOTES
- Music Direction: Yūta Azuma,
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The franchise recently released the TV anime based on The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors browser game. The first season of 12 episodes was screened in theaters as a trilogy. Each film has a dedicated running space in Japan, starting from October 27 till January 25. The season will air as a TV series in the upcoming month of April. Afterward, a second season will take over during the autumn, exhibiting as three film instalments in theaters across Japan.
Sources: The IDOLM@STER series livestream, Gakuen Idolmaster game’s X/Twitter account
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