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The Idolm@ster Shiny Colors Anime Reveals Key Visual
posted on by Anita Tai
The television anime based on Bandai Namco Entertainment's The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors browser game revealed on Saturday a new key visual. It also reaffirmed that it will debut on television in April.
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The anime will air on TV Tokyo, BS11 and BS Nippon TV.
Before the television premiere, the 12-episode anime is screening in theaters as three films. The first film ran in Japan from October 27 through November 16, and earned 40,284,350 yen (about US$268,100) in its opening weekend.
The second film opened in Japan on November 24 and ran until December 14. The third film is running from January 5 through January 25. The films will play in 75 theaters in 47 prefectures throughout Japan.
Mankyū (Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Theater, The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague) is directing the anime at Polygon Pictures. Yoichi Kato (The IDOLM@STER Million Live!, Aikatsu!) is supervising and writing the series scripts. "Tsubasa Gravity" is the anime's opening theme song.
Bandai Namco Entertainment's The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors browser game launched in April 2018. In the free-to-play game (with in-game purchases), players train idols and compete against other producers/players online in live concert performances. In addition to the game itself, the project spawned concert events, goods, CDs, and radio programs.
Bandai Namco Entertainment revealed the The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors: Song for Prism smartphone game in April.
Source: Comic Natalie
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