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The IDOLM@STER Million Live! Theater Days Gets New Video, Manga Adaptation
posted on by Karen Ressler
Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming a music video for its The IDOLM@STER Million Live! Theater Days smartphone game on Thursday. The video features Tsubasa Ibuki's solo song "Koi no Lesson Shokyū-hen" (Elementary Level Love Lesson) from the game.
In addition, Ichijinsha's Febri magazine announced on Monday that the game is inspiring a manga titled The IDOLM@STER Million Live! Theater Days Brand New Song. A prologue ran in the magazine's 42nd issue on Monday, and the series will start in the 43rd issue in August. Manga artist ima is drawing the series.
The stage for the new game is a 765 Pro live theater, and it takes place in rooms such as the theater's office, waiting room, and greenroom. The game features the theater clerk character Misaki Aoba. In the game, players can communicate more with certain idols by touching them on screen. The game's solo and unit concerts feature rhythm games.
The game will launch in Japan this year. It has surpassed 1 million pre-registered users.
Namco Bandai Games released the original The IDOLM@STER Million Live! smartphone game in February 2013 as a spinoff of The IDOLM@STER game series. The game features the 765 Pro characters of the original series, as well as 37 new characters. The game allows players to manage their own idol production company, and raise their idols' skills.
