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The Idolm@ster Franchise Streams Concept Movie by Director Atsushi Nishigori, Cloverworks, Khara
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The official movie for the franchise on Wednesday. The video features the franchise's 2021 image song "Voyager."
Japan Animator Expo) was the visual director.
The project assembles 15 idols from the five different sub-franchises of The IDOLM@STER franchise. The franchise's 16th anniversary was on July 26. The concept movie was announced during the franchise's live-streamed 16th Anniversary Party!!!!! event on July 25.
The IDOLM@STER franchise began as an arcade game in 2005, with the player tasked with producing idols in a fledgling idol company, managing practice schedules, concerts, CD releases, and time off. The game was first ported to the Xbox 360 in 2007, and had a sequel game in 2011, which finalized the first 13 characters of the franchise. Later spinoffs include The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors, a mobile game and the most recent entirely new entry in the franchise, with new female idols and a return to gameplay features from the first two games.
The first anime adaptation for the franchise was 2007's Idolmaster: Xenoglossia, a spinoff anime adaptation.
Sources: The IDOLM@STER franchise's YouTube channel, Comic Natalie
