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INTEREST: The Idolm@ster's Yurina Hase Explains Why She Left Yukiho Role

On the surface it appears like pretty girls singing, smiling, laughing and dancing and sharing a good time with fans like some sort of folk party but the reality is behind pretty much every idol group is some greedy producer, sometimes the same ones like in the case of the 48's and the popular anime idols like u's (Love Live), iDOLM@STER and Star*Anis (Aikatsu) that are basically all produced by a guy named Yasuhi Akimoto or Lantis respectively who basically play the role of puppet master or Impressario and actually handles pretty much every aspect of an idol groups image, lyrics, choreography and generally lives since they're not allowed to break character similar to what it's like in Pro Wrestling or they could risk jeopardizing their careers and the others since everything relies on being idealized.

Alabaster Spectrum wrote:

On the surface it appears like pretty girls singing, smiling, laughing and dancing and sharing a good time with fans like some sort of folk party but the reality is behind pretty much every idol group is some greedy producer, sometimes the same ones like in the case of the 48's and the popular anime idols like u's (Love Live), iDOLM@STER and Star*Anis (Aikatsu) that are basically all produced by a guy named Yasuhi Akimoto or Lantis respectively who basically play the role of puppet master or Impressario and actually handles pretty much every aspect of an idol groups image, lyrics, choreography and generally lives since they're not allowed to break character similar to what it's like in Pro Wrestling or they could risk jeopardizing their careers and the others since everything relies on being idealized.

Do you think that Lantis are in the same category as other Idol group management? Remember that Yoshino Nanjo is one of μ's yet still has a solo career and a still performs as part of fripSide. Lantis made a generous commitment to their artists' fans with the 15th anniversary concerts in several countries and have appeared to be looking out for the best for their artists and the music of anime industry for the long term.

I don't attend the live shows for the idol acts but as far as the members sing well and enjoy themselves I'm happy for them. It's also good to hear artists in their own right that had previously been in an idol group (including Yumi Hara from the original Idolmaster), although maybe the distinction should be made between an idol-only group and a group who are also voice actresses for an anime series.

You should really be concerned about what goes on behind the scenes, there is a lot of corporate tyranny going on in the idol industry and unlike other industries there are real people getting hurt left and right, it's not just a little bribery and a few backroom deals between executives, managers, and other employees, rights of real people and even the Japanese constitution are being violated for profit. They are often gambling with peoples' dreams, happiness, and lives and the results are often abysmal for the idol. There's already been visual proof of the corporate tyranny, there was a picture of Kanna Hashimoto on this site and she was extremely exhausted, sleep deprived, and overworked, like worse than an athlete and even then athletics is supposed to be exhausting, it's exercise, being an idol should not be more exhausting than a sport.