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MAGES' 'B-Project' Fictional Male Idol Project Gets Game Adaptation

Performer T.M. Revolution announced during the "B-PROJECT 1stSTAGE2016" event on Saturday that MAGES' "B-PROJECT," the fictional male idol project featuring character designs by Devils and Realist creator Utako Yukihiro, will get a video game adaptation. The announcement did not note a title, platform, or release date for the game.

T.M. Revolution (Soul Eater, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed theme songs) is producing the overall project, and composer/writer Chiyomaru Shikura (Robotics;Notes) is the original creator in charge of project planning. Both have posted on Twitter about the recent game announcement.

The project so far features four fictional idol groups. The cast includes:

The members of the duo Kitakore are, from left to right:

• Daisuke Kishio as Ryūji Korekuni
• Daisuke Ono as Tomohisa Kitakado

Their first CD, "Koiseyo Otome" launched last November from 5pb. Label.

The members of the three-man unit Thrive are, from left to right:

• Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Gōshi Kaneshiro
• Natsuki Hanae as Yūta Ashū
• Kazuki Katou as Kento Aizome

Their first CD, "dreaming time" launched last November from 5pb. Label.

The members of the five-man group MooNs are, from left to right:

• Yūto Uemura as Kazuna Masunaga
• Tetsuya Kakihara as Momotaro Onzai
• Showtaro Morikubo as Hikaru Osari
• Genki Okawa as Tatsuhiro Nome
• Toshiki Masuda as Mikado Sekimura

Their first CD, "Glory Upper" launched last November from 5pb. Label.

The members of the four-man group Killer King are, from left to right:

• Kōtarō Nishiyama as Yuzuki Teramitsu
• Taku Yashiro as Haruhi Teramitsu
• Shōya Chiba as Akane Fudō
• Takuya Eguchi as Miroku Shingari

Their first CD, "Kira Kira Smile" will launch on March 23 from 5pb. Label.

The website describes B-PROJECT as a cross-media project, and teases the possibility of anime, games, and apps in addition to the music.

MAGES previously streamed a promotional video last September:

Source: Nijimen, Comic Natalie