The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Anime Discussion

[OniZetto]

I recently finished the season myself- it was an enjoyable ride.

The ending had nice connections to the beginning, with Rin and Mio's brief chats with Producer.

Also, all the easter eggs are great! Did anyone else notice the little sign in the ending of episode eleven with all of the 765's original idols signatures on it?
I thought that this meant the summer training camp was the same place that 765 used in the idolm@ster movie.

Made me feel kind of good inside....

Although it was small, it's placed in a quite obvious spot

The balcony where Minami talked with Mio and everyone else at night, was exactly the place Haruka spoken her mind to Akabane-P.

Also, I can feel that we're very likely to have a second part! That last episode has a lot of foreshadowing scenes Karen and Nao were at the concert, will they join the project? Who's the woman sitting in the dark office?

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I feel happy that I decided to watch both iM@S anime. I'd regret for life if I missed Cinderella Project. XD

[MetalPredat0r]

Also, I can feel that we're very likely to have a second part!

Second cour was confirmed the very moment Episode 13 ended. July 17th is I think when it airs, so it's not too far away now.

[OniZetto]

Second cour was confirmed the very moment Episode 13 ended. July 17th is I think when it airs, so it's not too far away now.

Now that's something to expect!!

[Maka]

I'm amused at how all of Minami's non-cover songs sound like they're from a mecha series, lol.

[Nayre]

Regarding the end skit, the result was rather unexpected, yet humorously fair. Now, I'm undoubtedly the only person who really wanted to see the bungee jump carry out like this. Yes, I'm that hopelessly masochistic.

LOL.  I laughed way too hard at this.  So mean. XD

Prolly wouldn't want friends like that though. x. x


Just got around to reading through posts in this thread.  Was interesting comparing the episode responses of im@s fans to the anime fans on MAL forums(which was my only source for viewer feedback back when this was still airing).  A lot of them there were new to the series who seemed like they didn't even watch the 2011 anime.  It was amusing(and kinda sad) seeing all these "Producer is best girl" comments and Producer x Rin shippers.  There was also a ton of backlash in response to Mio's melodrama(which I honestly felt was warranted).  Rin and Anya received the most love.  But overall, there was just so much hate lol. 

This quote from one of the users pretty much sums up my feelings thus far:

There's also a major conflict missing from the story. I hate to keep making comparisons to the 2011 Idolmaster, but in that story, the whole thing was "765Pro trying to claw its way to the top with sheer talent". Right now, that sort of overarching draw is missing from CG and it needs something to get people to stay with it. I went into the 2011 anime with little knowledge of the franchise as a whole but it convinced me to stay and enjoy the adventure. I'm not saying CG needs to be accessible to people who have no idea what Idolmaster is, but it should have something to convince people who may want to try it to stick around.

Actually this one really hits it home:

As a big fan of the original iDOLM@STER who’s seen the original series and the movie twice and planning on a third time, you should’ve seen my face when they announced another season. It was still iDOLM@STER, even if only tangentially, and iDOLM@STER holds a special place in my heart. But this… this was just never quite what I wanted it to be. I couldn’t find the passion in it that drew me in to the original so quickly

I really really want to enjoy this as much as I did the original, so here's hoping the 2nd cour will turn things around.

[Vas]

Now, I ain't speaking for all MAL users, but generally a lot of their reactions and thoughts on niche anime (such as iM@S) are typically misled due to a lack of understanding of source material. That, and typically askew. I tend to stay away from there ;P But seriously though, I think that guy's missing a point. Sure, 346 is a big production company, but the specific girls in the Cinderella Project aren't exactly "there" yet in the anime. And the argument that there hasn't been a major conflict yet either is kinda off seeing as how things didn't start getting "conflicting" in the 2011 anime until around the half-way point (which is where we're at)

Edit:Ninja'd lol. But yeah, that second quote you posted. It hits home indeed. Yes, I love iM@S myself more than most other things as well, and was excited to hear about the CG anime too, but while I'm loving it so far, it's just not the same...Still great imo, but again, not the same.

[Nayre]

HNNNNGGG Rin, why you do this to me... Aww Ranko, you little cutie... and Min--Mami?! W-What are you doing here?! 

[MetalPredat0r]

I feel like the only one who doesn't mind when a main cast completely changes as long as the new cast can fit well with the original cast.

I guess this hasn't hit me as hard because I knew for a long time that Cinderella Girls was gonna get an anime and I knew about these characters beforehand thanks to multiple hours of research. (No life. XP!) But I can definitely see where some people are coming from. Some people are only in it for the anime and plenty of people knew nothing about CG until this anime aired.

HNNNNGGG Rin, why you do this to me... Aww Ranko, you little cutie... and Min--Mami?! W-What are you doing here?! 

Minami..... Mami.... Oh god, I never caught that! XD!
(If you don't get it, remove the "in" from Minami's name.)

[Maka]

I don't even bother with MAL reviews, even if I'm obsessed with the series. :/ There's so much... Negativity.

also a lot of people forget that Mio is a typical teenager... She's gonna be a little overemotional. If you've ever talked to a 15 year old girl, it's not a completely rational time. But then again I've been a teenage girl before and most people on this thread or on MAL in the IM@S fandom haven't lol

[MetalPredat0r]

I don't even bother with MAL reviews, even if I'm obsessed with the series. :/ There's so much... Negativity.

I stopped with MAL after Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation and ESPECIALLY BlazBlue: Alter Memory. I will admit the latter was legitimately terrible, but holy crap sometimes it seemed like they were REALLY trying too hard to find flaws that it ended up being nitpicking and dodging the things that are actually wrong with it. (Talking about how Tsubaki shouldn't be bribing a man when the real issue is that nothing is ever explained!)

It doesn't surprise me that it's probably full of a ton of people that have little to no idea what iM@S is. I get that any anime can be someone's first, but still.

But then again, can't really trust a place that's abbreviated with the same spelling as the Spanish word for "bad". 

[Eab1990]

http://youtu.be/817JhWOOYms
Preview of the new(ish) songs!

Mika and Miho harmonize shockingly well :0

>Mio's Kazeiro Melody

No. Just... goddammit, no.

[OniZetto]

I don't even bother with MAL reviews, even if I'm obsessed with the series. :/ There's so much... Negativity.

also a lot of people forget that Mio is a typical teenager... She's gonna be a little overemotional. If you've ever talked to a 15 year old girl, it's not a completely rational time. But then again I've been a teenage girl before and most people on this thread or on MAL in the IM@S fandom haven't lol

I don't even know what is MAL

Anyways...

Even if Mio is just a teenage girl, her reaction towards the debut concert was not only overemotional, that's what I used to call 'rage quit' when I still play MMORPG few years ago - it was naive, making trouble out of nothing. And Rin blamed producer first, then followed her step without thinking, their reactions were horribly wrong. But thanks to Uzuki (still charming even if she caught the flu, what a wonderful girl ), the two finally realized the truth and apologize to the rest of Cinderella Project members for their brief absence.

[Nayre]

I don't even know what is MAL

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For that whole thing with Mio, I think they could have handled it better.  I know she's only 15, but so was Miki and although she was still in the wrong, her reason was more justifiable.  She was given false hopes for like 6 episodes that she could get into RK, only to be shot down after working so hard.  Mio on the other hand, just had really high and unrealistic expectations due to her overinflated ego.  She didn't even bow or thank her friends for coming to support her... Please, just please pass on the leader role to Uzuki already  I think I'm just biased against Mio; I went into the anime already not liking her, then when she pulled that crap on ep 6, I was just like SMH.  I actually felt the same towards Ritsuko in the first one.  I already didn't like her initially, then she forms RK, leaving all our other idols behind in the dust which really upset me.(just imagining how jealous the others all must've been, especially when they were watching their Smoky Thrill debut while trying to be happy for their fellow idols, was painful)  Though it did give them a goal to strive for and made their journey more endearing, it still took me a long time to get over it and to actually start liking Ritsuko.  Prolly gonna be the same with Mio as well.  Eh, blame the anime lol.

[Maka]

I actually was meh on Mio until the anime, lol.

Also I like her as leader. I think it was unexpected. When Haruka was made the leader in the movie, it was like... Who else would they make leader? But having the main girl as a side member gives it an entirely different dynamic.

I'm a little curious as to why Mio is so hated when Miku did the same thing, with slightly different circumstances... mio quit being an idol after a crappy performance, miku went on strike and barricaded herself in the cafe after other idols got work when she didn't. Is it because Mio got less time to redeem herself? Or it because Miku's situation was played off as more of a joke and took like 5 minutes to resolve? The world may never know...

Your mileage may vary, though.

[MetalPredat0r]

I'm a little curious as to why Mio is so hated when Miku did the same thing, with slightly different circumstances... mio quit being an idol after a crappy performance, miku went on strike and barricaded herself in the cafe after other idols got work when she didn't. Is it because Mio got less time to redeem herself? Or it because Miku's situation was played off as more of a joke and took like 5 minutes to resolve? The world may never know...

Your mileage may vary, though.

It's mainly because Miku's situation was still in-tone for the show as a whole and was resolved rather quickly. Mio, on the other hand, took over an episode to go through and she caused the tone of the episode (Uzuki aside) to go for a darker, more depressing turn with grayed skies, washed out colors, and just about everyone not cracking a smile until the very end. Mio's drama took up a whole episode and brought along a ton of melodrama whereas Miku took about 5-10 minutes and was still rather light in tone, even if the situation is still sorta serious.

I think that after previous attempts (I'm looking at you, iM@S Movie.....), people are sick of the melodrama.