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The Idolm@ster Shiny Colors Anime Gets 2nd Season
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
"THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 6th LIVE TOUR Come and Unite! Brilliant Bloom" concert announced on Sunday that The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors anime will get a second season. The new 12-episode season will premiere on television in fall, after screening in cinemas starting on July 5.
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Before the television premiere of the second season in fall, it will screen in theaters in Japan as three films. The first film will run from July 5 to July 25, the second film from August 23 to September 12, and the third film from September 20 to October 10.
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The second film opened in Japan on November 24 and ran until December 14. The third film ran from January 5 through January 25. The films played in 75 theaters in 47 prefectures throughout Japan.
Mankyū (Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Theater, The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague) directs the anime at Polygon Pictures. Yoichi Kato (The IDOLM@STER Million Live!, Aikatsu!) supervises and writes the series scripts. "Tsubasa Gravity" is the anime's opening theme song.
Bandai Namco Entertainment's The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors browser game launched in April 2018. In the free-to-play game (with in-game purchases), players train idols and compete against other producers/players online in live concert performances. In addition to the game itself, the project spawned concert events, goods, CDs, and radio programs.
Bandai Namco Entertainment revealed the The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors: Song for Prism smartphone game last April.
Sources: Idolm@ster's YouTube channel, Comic Natalie
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