The anime and manga video game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls

August 17 2021

The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls (アイドルマスターシンデレラガールズ, Aidorumasutā Shinderera Gāruzu , officially stylized as THE iDOLM @ STER CINDERELLA GIRLS ) is a free playable Japanese simulation video game co-developed by Cygames and Bandai Namco Studios for the Mobage social network platform for mobile phones. It was first released on November 28, 2011 for phones and compatibility was extended to iOS and Android devices on December 16, 2011. The game is based on the franchise of The Idolmaster and features a cast of new characters. In September 2015, a music video game developed by Cygames titled The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage is been released on Google Play Store and Apple Store in Japan.

The story of Cinderella girls follows the career of a producer tasked with guiding and training potential pop idols to stardom. Its gameplay follows a digital trading card game format in which each idol is represented as a card, which the player can use to form a unit of idols to train in lessons, undertake jobs and compete against opponents. Cinderella girls it moved on to other media. An adaptation of the anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures aired in Japan between January 10 and October 17, 2015 and was broadcast simultaneously by Daisuki. It was followed by a short 3 minute chibi life insight anime series produced by Gathering which has been running since 2017. Various manga series, three manga anthology series, two Internet radio talk shows with series voice actresses, singles and song albums of pictures and concerts have also been produced live .

The video game and series take place at the 346 Pro talent agency, where a producer is bringing a group of idols to stardom in what is known as "The Cinderella Project". The anime follows three of these girls, Rin Shibuya, Uzuki Shimamura and Mio Honda, along with their fellow idols, as they become part of the Cinderella Project.

How to play

Cinderella girls is a video game by simulation of social network game based on The Idolmasterg. Like its predecessors The Idolmaster e The Idolmaster 2 , the player takes on the role of a talent producer tasked with forming potential pop idols on their path to stardom. Idols are represented in the game as trading cards divided into three categories: cute, cool and passion. The player starts by choosing one of the three categories and will then receive an idol belonging to the category. Each idol has different stat points that affect gameplay: attack, defense, cost, and affection rate; each idol is also designated as one of three rarities: normal, rare, or S rare, each of which also has a “plus” variant.

There are several activities that the player can bring their idols to participate in, such as work, live battles and lessons. Jobs are jobs that the producer and idols can do in different regions of Japan. During a job, the player earns money in the game and fans, receives new idols or costumes, ^[5] and it can also increase an idol's affection rate. As the work progresses, the player also earns experience points and increases your own manufacturer level. The amount of progress the player can make at any given time is limited by the amount of stamina he has, which is depleted during work. To continue working after the stamina is completely depleted, the player must wait for the stamina gauge to recharge over time or use in-game items. The amount of stamina the player has is determined by their producer level, but it can also be increased by awarding bonus points earned. After completing a series of jobs in an area, the player and idols are occasionally challenged by a rival computer-controlled idol. To finish working in the area, the player must compete against this opponent with the idol he has chosen as the leader. By defeating the rival idol, the player receives the corresponding idol card or game items.

Live Battle is an asynchronous multiplayer game mode where the player can compete against other players on the Mobage platform. To start live battles against other players, the player must first assemble an idol unit to attack. The player can add a maximum of five idols to their unit, but only the first idols are played during the battle whose cumulative costs are equal to or less than the player's attack cost limit. Like stamina, the player's cost allowance is determined by his producer level, but can also be increased by awarding additional points. If the player has a cost remaining in the unit, the additional idols whose cost can bridge the gap are played as secondary members. To win the battle live, the player must obtain a higher score, determined by the attack, defense and total abilities of the idol units, than the opponent. By defeating his opponent, the player earns additional fans and money,^[5] Similarly, the player can assemble a defense unit, which is limited by the player's total defense cost. For both units, the player can add the same idol character to the unit more than once, but the same idol card is only allowed once.

To increase an idol's ability to attack and defend, the player can have it participate in lessons. To participate in a lesson, the player must first choose up to ten other idols as classmates, which will then be removed from the player's roster in exchange for the leveling, attack and defense of the idol participating in the lesson. The player can also increase an idol's attack and defense by increasing its affection rate to the maximum. Finally, the player can choose to participate in the training and combine two identical idols to get his "plus" variant.

Development and publication

The videogame The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls was developed by Cygames for the Mobage social networking platform for mobile phones. It was first announced on October 14, 2011 with the working title " Idolmaster Social Game, ”and pre-registration for the game opened to the public on November 16, 2011. It was first released on November 28. , 2011 for Japanese feature phones, and compatibility was extended to Android and iOS devices as a web application on December 16, 2011. To commemorate the game's third anniversary, native applications for Android and iOS were released on November 17, respectively. and on November 25, 2014. The version for the Google Chrome App browser was also released on October 28, 2015. The video game was later released in South Korea for the Daum Mobage platform as an application for Android devices on December 2, 2014, and featured a new idol character exclusive to the version. The Korean language version of the game was closed on March 14, 2016.

In May 2012, the Consumer Affairs Agency ruled that the use of the "complete gacha" (コンプガチャ, konpu gacha ) in games on social networks violated Japanese law, and announced that it would send a request to DeNA and other social game platforms for its removal. Cinderella Girls is was cited as an example of a game that used tactics. The mechanism was later removed from the game, following separate announcements from DeNA and Bandai Namco that the companies would cease its use in their social games.

The manga

Cinderella girls has received several manga adaptations since the start of the service. A manga a Kuma-Jet's five-cartoon comic, titled Cinderella Girls Gekijo (シンデレラガールズ劇場), began its serialization in the video game Cinderella girls in March 2012. The comics were collected in multiple volumes tankōbon published by ASCII Media Works with its first volume published on January 27, 2015; its eleventh volume was published on September 26, 2019.

The first adaptation of the manga series, titled The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls New Generations (アイドルマスターシンデレラガールズニュージェネレーションズ), was illustrated by Namo and focuses on the characters Uzuki Shimamura, Rin Shibuya and Mio Honda. It was serialized in Square Enix's shonen manga magazine Gangan joker between its October 2012 and November 2013 issues. The chapters were subsequently collected in two volumes tankōbon published on April 25 and November 25, 2013. A second manga series, entitled The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Rockin 'Girl (アイドルマスターシンデレラガールズロッキングガール), was illustrated by Hamachon and centered on the characters Riina Tada, Kanako Mimura and Rika Jōgasaki. The manga was serialized in Square Enix's manga seinen magazine Monthly Big Gangan between his October 2012 and April 2017 problems with frequent hiatus, and the first tankōbon volume was released on April 25, 2013.

A manga adaptation of four comic strips, titled The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Ensemble! (アイドルマスターシンデレラガールズあんさんぶる!) And illustrated by Sadoru Chiba and written by Haruki Kashiba for the manga magazine seinen Young gangan , was serialized in the magazine's 22nd issue for 2012 to its 6th issue for 2016. Three tankōbon volumes were published by Square Enix between 25 November 2013 and 25 April 2016. This was followed by two adaptations four panel manga by Saya Kiyoshi for Big gangan , Entitled The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Idol of the Day (アイドルマスターシンデレラガールズ本日のアイドルさん, Aidorumasutā Shinderera Gāruzu: Honjitsu no Aidoru-san ) is Honjitsu no Dereradi-san (本日のデレラジさん, Honjitsu no Dereraji-san ); the latter series follows the characters featured in the Internet radio show of the same name. The two series were serialized on Big gangan between the twelfth volume of 2012 and the eighth volume of 2013, and have been collected in a tankōbonvolume released November 25, 2013. Another series of comics for four cartoons , entitled The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Dereradisan , was illustrated by Ajiichi for the manga site Gangan Online . The series also follows the characters from the Internet radio show and began serialization on the website on September 12, 2013.

Cinderella girls it has also inspired several manga anthology series illustrated by a multitude of different artists. The first manga anthology, entitled The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Shuffle !! , was regularly serialized on Gangan Online between August 2 and November 8, 2012, and was subsequently serialized irregularly. Its first volume was published on April 25, 2013. A six-volume anthological series, entitled The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Comic Anthology , was published by Ichijinsha. between October 25, 2012 and October 31, 2013. The series devoted two volumes to each category of images in the game: Cute, Cool and Passion, and the second anthology of each category was also provided in bundle with a dramatic CD written by Tatsuya Takahashi.

Age-focused manga series based on the game have since been released: The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls U149 , a web manga written and drawn by Kyono and published by Cygames' Cycomics division that focuses on a 9-year-old cast of idols. at 12 (Miria Akagi, Arisu Tachibana, Risa Matoba, Koharu Koga, Nina Ichihara, Kaoru Ryuzaki and Haru Yuuki) and their producer and began serialization on October 15, 2016; And The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls After20 , written and illustrated by Han Nigō and also published by Cycomics which focuses on a cast 20 and older (Miyu Mifune, Kaede Takagaki, Mizuki Kawashima, Shino Hiiragi and Sanae Katagiri) as they eat food and drink beers, and began the serialization on December 23, 2017

The anime

The first anime adaptation of Cinderella Girls is was the music video for the song “Onegai! Cinderella ". The music video was produced to commemorate the game's second anniversary and was streamed in-game on November 28, 2013. The music video was later included on the Blu-ray and DVD. The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Animation First set , published on November 5, 2014.

An adaptation of the anime television series was first announced at the concert "The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls 1st Live Wonderful Magic !!" on April 5, 2014. The anime was produced by animation studio A-1 Pictures and directed by Noriko Takao, who, with writer Tatsuya Takahashi, shared the oversight task for the series' script, and Yūsuke Matsuo based character design based on design provided by illustrator Annin Dōfu; the music was composed by Hidekazu Tanaka from Monaca. The series aired in Japan on BS11 via satellite, Tokyo MX and nine other local independent ground stations between January 10 and April 11, 2015 and was broadcast simultaneously on Daisuki. The series aired over two seasons, with the second season airing between July 17 and October 17, 2015. An original video animation episode shipped with the ninth volume of the DVD and Blu-ray compilation on February 25. 2016. The opening theme is "Star !!" by the Cinderella Project, a group composed of Uzuki Shimamura (Ayaka Ōhashi), Rin Shibuya (Ayaka Fukuhara), Mio Honda (Sayuri Hara), Miria Akagi (Tomoyo Kurosawa), Anastasia (Sumire Uesaka), Chieri Ogata (Naomi Ōzora), Ranko Kanzaki (Maaya Uchida), Rika Jōgasaki (Nozomi Yamamoto), Riina Tada (Ruriko Aoki), Minami Nitta (Aya Suzaki), Anzu Futaba (Hiromi Igarashi), Miku Maekawa (Natsumi Takamori), Kanako Mimura (Yuka Ōtsuboroo) and Kirari (Rei Matsuzaki).

An anime adaptation of the spin-off manga Cinderella Girls Theater by Kuma-Jet, produced by Gathering and directed by Mankyū, was announced on November 28, 2016 as part of the game's fifth anniversary via a 3-minute short film released online and premiered with its first season which aired from April 4 to June 27, 2017. The series was then renewed for another three seasons, with the second season premiering on October 3, 2017, the third consecutive from July 3 to September 25, 2018 and the fourth, entitled Climax Season , from April 2 to June 25, 2019. In February 2020, a new anime spun off from , entitledExtra Stage is has been announced and will be streamed exclusively in mobile games Cinderella girls e Starlight Stage . Extra Internship is scheduled for 48 episodes and Manky will return to direct the series. ^[54] This time around, production went from Gathering to Zero-G.

On November 10, 2019, a 6-minute computer animation promotional short film, titled Spin off! , was announced at the concert “The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls 7th Live Tour Special 3chord Funky Dancing!”. The short was directed by Naoki Yoshibe and produced by Orange in collaboration with Amazon Prime Video, Cygames, karaoke equipment manufacturer Daiichi Kosho Company and Nissin Foods. The theme song of the short film is “Oumuamua ni Kōun o” by Shiki Ichinose (Kotomi Aihara), Shin Sato (Yumiri Hanamori), Risa Matoba (Hana Tamegai), Nao Kamiya (Eriko Matsui).) And Chitose Kurosaki (Kaoru Sakura). It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on the same day as its announcement. The short marks the eighth anniversary of the franchise. The full movie was released on YouTube on December 8, 2019 by Bandai Namco Entertainment.