The iDOLM@STER: SideM (mobage)

[Maka]

How long was the concert? There's not a ton of songs so I wondered about that. Back when ML was newer they padded their setlist with cover songs but I can't see SideM doing Kyun Vampire Girl lol

[Clear Blue]

How long was the concert? There's not a ton of songs so I wondered about that. Back when ML was newer they padded their setlist with cover songs but I can't see SideM doing Kyun Vampire Girl lol

Hm...I suppose about an hour and a half. In between songs, there were segments of them appearing at different parts of the stage and around the audience speaking their quotes in character and revealing of the new idol candidates and speaking to the audience.

Most of us were expecting Jupiter singing "Alice or Guilty" and "Koi wo Hajimeyou", however it seems like it was only limited to 315Pro songs only. Guess they really want to cut all ties from 961Pro.

[Nagi]

Guess they really want to cut all ties from 961Pro.

Well, that's sad. I really liked Alice or Guilty. :/

[ChocoCats]

Song previews for FRAME is here!

And tracklist~

01. 勇敢なるキミへ (Yuukan Naru Kimi e/To the Brave You)
Lyricist: Erica Masaki　Composer & Arranger: Takeshi Masuda
02. Drama part 1 ～FRAME～
03. MISSION is ピースフル！ (MISSION is Peaceful!)
Lyricist: Erica Masaki　Composer & Arranger: Takeshi Isozaki
04. Drama part 2 ～FRAME & Sai～
05. DRIVE A LIVE (FRAME ver.)
Lyricist/Composer: BNSI (Kanako Kakino)　Arranger: Shunsuke Takizawa [TRYTONELABO]

[Clear Blue]

The New Idol Discovery Project Results are in!


I didn't expect this. (Where's Shinobu?)

[ChocoCats]

The New Idol Discovery Project Results are in!

I didn't expect this. (Where's Shinobu?)

Probably disappeared off somewhere lol

Surprising results indeed. Didn't see Sora and Chris (actually one of my top favorites) winning the top 3. Amehiko was pretty obvious.

Also, another nico stream coming up next Friday, two days after Sai's and FRAME's CD release!

January 29, 9.30PM JST
Hosts: DRAMATIC STARS
Guests: Chiba Shouya (Hayato), Nakajima Yoshiki (Jiro), others

[Clear Blue]

Oh man! A lot of news has happened and this post needs to get updated.

Ok, starting with this one.

Before the announcement of the Nico Livestream after Sai and Frame's CD release.
There was a leak about SideM's new CD release which looks like this...


After the livestream, it was 100% confirmed that the next CD releases will be Shinsoku Ikkon & Cafe Parade.


Shinsoku Ikkon:
Suzaku - Masuyama Takeaki (益山武明)
Genbu - Fukamachi Toshinari (深町寿成)

Cafe Parade:
Kamiya - Karino Shou (狩野翔)
Asselin - Furukawa Makoto (古川慎) [a.k.a ONE PAWWWWWNNNNNCH Man]
Soichiro - Amasaki Kouhei (天﨑滉平)
Makio - Kodama Takuya (児玉卓也)
Saki - Kobayashi Daiki (小林大紀)

Voice samples for the two units right here!

Next, a collaboration cafe to promote SideM's upcoming CD. (Touma and Haruna are gonna be in it, too.)

Lastly and recently, SideM Collaberated with Yamanashi to create these really nice looking goods.

[Kimiko]

Oh man! A lot of news has happened and this post needs to get updated.

Ok, starting with this one.

Before the announcement of the Nico Livestream after Sai and Frame's CD release.
There was a leak about SideM's new CD release which looks like this...


After the livestream, it was 100% confirmed that the next CD releases will be Shinsoku Ikkon & Cafe Parade.


Shinsoku Ikkon:
Suzaku - Masuyama Takeaki (益山武明)
Genbu - Fukamachi Toshinari (深町寿成)

Cafe Parade:
Kamiya - Karino Shou (狩野翔)
Asselin - Furukawa Makoto (古川慎) [a.k.a ONE PAWWWWWNNNNNCH Man]
Soichiro - Amasaki Kouhei (天﨑滉平)
Makio - Kodama Takuya (児玉卓也)
Saki - Kobayashi Daiki (小林大紀)

Voice samples for the two units right here!

Next, a collaboration cafe to promote SideM's upcoming CD. (Touma and Haruna are gonna be in it, too.)

Lastly and recently, SideM Collaberated with Yamanashi to create these really nice looking goods.

finally cafe parade! I have been waiting for my little saki xD

[Nayre]

Asselin - Furukawa Makoto (古川慎) [a.k.a ONE PAWWWWWNNNNNCH Man]

I now have an incentive to finally watch that show lol.

finally cafe parade! I have been waiting for my little saki xD

Haha! I'm really curious about his VA, I'd like to hear a trap singer in im@s lol.

Speaking of traps, I always wondered, but are they still using Ryo's old VA for SideM also or what?

[MetalPredat0r]

I now have an incentive to finally watch that show lol.

Haha! I'm really curious about his VA, I'd like to hear a trap singer in im@s lol.

Speaking of traps, I always wondered, but are they still using Ryo's old VA for SideM also or what?

Ryo doesn't have a voice in SideM yet. Only time will tell.

[Kimiko]

I guess ryo will keep his voice actress, cause she has a very great voice range. she voiced males with deeper voices some times in animes, like sasha in seikon no qwaser (yes I am a girl and I watched and enjoyed it... calll me hentai xD)

[Clear Blue]

As you may obviously know, Ishihara, one of the general directors of idolmaster left Bandai Namco.

I took the time to do a little research about him, what I found was rather intriguing. It's true that Ishihara was only scenario writer for iM@S2. But there was a lot more than that...

Everyone may assume that SideM is simply a branch from the iM@S series, and Ishinara is in charge of the Main iM@S series, Cinderella Girls and Million Live. It's like he has no tie-ins with SideM. But, that's where you're wrong.

Recall back to the very beginning, the very starting point of SideM...When iM@S2 was introduced to the new male idol unit - Jupiter.

"THE iDOLM@STER" series has always been marketed toward men. From the original iM@S arcade, XBOX360 and PSP, it has rather good results. But when it went to iM@S2, when they decided that a part of the characters were unproducible and included a new male idol unit into the mix. It caused caused a gigantic uproar amongst the fans. And thus, dubbed the very incident, the '9.18 Incident' by the fans.

This very decision was made by none other than, Akihiro Ishihara himself.

"Anyway, it wasn't a secret that I was hated for this. I should have taken into account the atmosphere we created before we "kidnapped" some of the idols. This misuse of information and the accidental reversal of the meaning makes me feel guilty."

It was said the rival unit that was originally going to be in iM@S2 was supposed to be the characters from Million Live (At the time Million Live wasn't announced yet); Julia, Momoko Suou, and Reika Kitakami.

However, Ishihara thought that the male players wouldn't feel the sense of rivalry against a female rival unit. Therefore, he decided to use male characters.

Although Jupiter plays an antagonist role in iM@S2, the character setting was very complete. After the game and official radio broadcasts, fans began to acknowledge Jupiter. Their fanbase increased and with that released their first CD, 3 manga releases based on them, until 5 years later under the title 'SideM' held their first live.

The path may be long, but without Ishihara's decision. Jupiter wouldn't exist, SideM wouldn't even be a thing.

Source: THE IDOLM＠STER SideM 中文資訊站

[mariokirby]

This very decision was made by none other than, Akihiro Ishihara himself.
but without Ishihara's decision. Jupiter wouldn't exist,

Thank you for sharing this information with us. 

I didn’t get into Im@s until a few weeks after Im@2 Xbox 360 came out (so about 6 months after 9/18).  I really liked Jupiter when I saw them.  They were cool, talented guys.  (I recognize that the producer is like a generic visual novel protagonist, so kind of a lame character.  So, it was awesome, at least for me, to have some cool guys in a game like this).  Besides, they redeem themselves when they quit 961, and when they physically stopped Kuroi from ruining Chihaya’s concert any further in the anime.

They may have moved on to Side M.  But, on the inside I feel they’re still a part of the 765 universe kind of like Leon from OFA. 

SideM wouldn't even be a thing.[/i]

Hmm…I was thinking because of things like Uta no Prince-sama that companies wanted to grab a share of the male idol market. 

[MetalPredat0r]

Very interesting insight.

I also didn't know about Julia, Reika, and Momoko being the "original Project Jupiter" for iM@S 2. I knew the latter two were planned, but I wasn't sure to what extent.

[Clear Blue]

Thank you for sharing this information with us. 

I didn’t get into Im@s until a few weeks after Im@2 Xbox 360 came out (so about 6 months after 9/18).  I really liked Jupiter when I saw them.  They were cool, talented guys.  (I recognize that the producer is like a generic visual novel protagonist, so kind of a lame character.  So, it was awesome, at least for me, to have some cool guys in a game like this).  Besides, they redeem themselves when they quit 961, and when they physically stopped Kuroi from ruining Chihaya’s concert any further in the anime.

They may have moved on to Side M.  But, on the inside I feel they’re still a part of the 765 universe kind of like Leon from OFA. 

You're welcome.

Jupiter never had a part in Kuroi's dirty schemes, they only wanted a fair battle. You can also see them make an appearance in Shiny Festa (Honey Sound/Harmonic Score).

I wonder if they'll ever continue with Leon as rival now...Hmm...

Hmm…I was thinking because of things like Uta no Prince-sama that companies wanted to grab a share of the male idol market.

UtaPri has always been a major Otome/male idol producing game brand in Japan. Ever since SideM started, I've began to notice other male idol games like; iDOLISH7, Ai☆chu and Ensemble Stars! start arising from the surface. I don't know when it started, though it's gotten a lot more apparent over time.