The iDOLM@STER Million Live Anime Discussion

[Okayu]

It seems an ML anime was announced at the live, so here's a thread for that.

[liza94]

It seems an ML anime was announced at the live, so here's a thread for that.

I have only one word: Horray!

[Johnrevenge]

OH MY GOD!!!!! Really? That's awesome, I wonder which idols of Million Live will be considered as main characters (I really hope for Matsuri and Karen xddd)

Did they say a date of release? Maybe they'll start the anime on 2016 after winter (crossing fingers )

[Yui]

Oh, cool! More anim@s and more Serika for me! xD

[Kimiko]

hopefully that means, after ML anime there will be an side M anime!

no doubt shizuka will be in it,since she is from the main trio,  but I hope julia will be there too~

[DeviantProtagonist]

Crossing fingers for Kotoha as it'll mean giving lovely Risa Taneda another role~.

Some Sayoko wouldn't be bad, either, courtesy of likewise lovely Yuri Komagata.

[MetalPredat0r]

HOLY SHIT, HYPE!!!!!

I hope they learn their lesson from last time (the movie). I want this to be as good as possible.

Now just gotta wait for that PV.

[ZetaFlare]

To quote Gaius from Fire Emblem Awakening...

"Sweet."

Tsubasa, Serika, and Kana are my favorite ML girls so far. Hope they get some good screen time.

[animagic4u]

PV was amazing. Oh my god.
Some scenes from the cards seem to have been realized in the anime.

For example this scene:


Edit: Oh, after the pv aired...the tag line said something like,
"The future of 765 pro is here"
Edit 2: Btw, the anime crosses over with our all stars. There was a brief scene in the office

[Johnrevenge]

Any link for the PV? Please?

[Saturos]

Any link for the PV? Please?

You're gonna have to wait. For a long while, I think.
Also, since it's Million Live, 765pro is coming back as they were included in the PV shown at the Live.

[MetalPredat0r]

You're gonna have to wait. For a long while, I think.
Also, since it's Million Live, 765pro is coming back as they were included in the PV shown at the Live.

I heard a public release is gonna come at the end of the month.

Anyway, of course the original 765 idols are gonna come back since ML IS 765. However, I feel like the originals won't be the BIG focus, but still show up as recurring characters when they're needed to interact or advance the plot.

[Johnrevenge]

I heard a public release is gonna come at the end of the month.

Anyway, of course the original 765 idols are gonna come back since ML IS 765. However, I feel like the originals won't be the BIG focus, but still show up as recurring characters when they're needed to interact or advance the plot.

Well, I can wait till the end of the month for the PV then xddd.

And yeah I can see the 765 idols acting like mentors or a similar role.

[mariokirby]

Anyway, of course the original 765 idols are gonna come back since ML IS 765. However, I feel like the originals won't be the BIG focus, but still show up as recurring characters when they're needed to interact or advance the plot.

That sounds right.  It's likely going to follow the same formula as the ML manga where the ML characters are the main focus while the 765pro idols make cameo appearances (with a little bit of advice giving in the early chapters but pretty much absent afterwards). 

It's also likely that the ML characters will have their own producer in the anime and not the producer from the 2011 anime (I really hate him.  The CG producer was much cooler.)

So, it seems 765pro is like a minature 346pro with multiple units and producers.  But, that would mean they will likely select a team of ML characters and focus on them kind of like Cinderella Girls Project.  So, a chunk of the ML idols will be left out though they will make appearances again kind of like the CG anime.

[MetalPredat0r]

That sounds right.  It's likely going to follow the same formula as the ML manga where the ML characters are the main focus while the 765pro idols make cameo appearances (with a little bit of advice giving in the early chapters but pretty much absent afterwards). 

It's also likely that the ML characters will have their own producer in the anime and not the producer from the 2011 anime (I really hate him.  The CG producer was much cooler.)

So, it seems 765pro is like a minature 346pro with multiple units and producers.  But, that would mean they will likely select a team of ML characters and focus on them kind of like Cinderella Girls Project.  So, a chunk of the ML idols will be left out though they will make appearances again kind of like the CG anime.

I doubt they'll have a new Producer. If this is gonna occur in the anime universe (which it is), it's probably gonna be the same one from 2011. Might even give some callbacks to the movie. Although having a third (Ritsuko counts) Producer might help what with the fact that there's 50 girls rather than 13.

As much as I don't mind Cinderella Project, I hope that DOESN'T happen for Million Live. Kinda seems unnecessary since ML's cast isn't NEARLY as huge as CG's, so focusing on some sort of idol project wouldn't make sense. There could be a set roster of characters that get more focus (Mirai, Shizuka, Tsubasa, Serika, Anna, and Shiho come to mind) but splitting them into a sort of unit and only focusing on that unit wouldn't feel right, imo.