Software:The Idolmaster Shiny Colors

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Short description: Simulation video game by Bandai Namco
The Idolmaster Shiny Colors
アイドルマスター シャイニーカラーズ
(Aidorumasutā Shainī Karāzu)
Game
DeveloperBandai Namco Nexus
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment
GenreLife simulation[1]
PlatformBrowser, iOS, Android
Released
  • Browser
  • April 24, 2018
  • iOS, Android
  • March 13, 2019
Manga
Written byAkira Shinozaki
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineComic Newtype
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 23, 2019August 26, 2022
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed byMankyū (ja)
Written byYoichi Kato (screenwriter) (ja)
Music byLantis
StudioPolygon Pictures
Original networkTV Tokyo, BS11, BS NTV
Original run April 2024 scheduled
Episodes12

The Idolmaster Shiny Colors[lower-alpha 1] is a Japanese life simulation video game developed by Bandai Namco Nexus and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. A spin-off of The Idolmaster franchise, it started as a browser game that launched in April 2018, and was later released as a mobile game for iOS and Android in March 2019. A manga adaptation was serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Newtype website from July 2019 to August 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Polygon Pictures is set to premiere in April 2024.

Development and release

The browser game, which uses HTML5, was announced during a presentation in February 2018.[2] It launched on the browser game platform Enza on April 24, 2018, reaching over 800,000 pre-registrations ahead of its release.[3] A mobile game version was released on iOS and Android on March 13, 2019.[4]

A new mobile game for iOS and Android, titled The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Song for Prism,[lower-alpha 2] was announced in April 2023. A demo version was released to testers from May 19–23.[5] The game was released on November 14, 2023.[6]

Related media

Radio show

The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Habataki Radio Station, an Internet radio show featuring voice actors from the game, premiered on Bandai Namco's Asobi Store (ja) service on June 14, 2018.[7] Bonus content, titled Habataki After Radio Station (originally Kyūkeishitsu), are released for premium members of the service.[7][8]

Manga

A four-panel manga series by Gimmy began serialization on the game's website and Twitter account in February 2018.[9] It is published in print under the title The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Shinymas Everyday!.[10]

A manga adaptation by Akira Shinozaki was serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Newtype website from July 23, 2019,[11][12] to August 26, 2022.[13] It has been collected into five tankōbon volumes, published from March 2020 to December 2022.[14][15]

A third manga series by Hiroki Ohara, titled The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Coherent Light, began serialization on Comic Newtype on September 26, 2023, and focuses on the idol unit Straylight.[16]

The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Jimuteki Shinography, a fourth series by Gūtarō Yorude that focuses on character Hazuki Nanakusa, began serialization on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry service on October 21, 2023.[17][18]

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 19, 2023. It is produced by Polygon Pictures and directed by Mankyū (ja), with Yoichi Kato (screenwriter) (ja) writing the scripts, and Takeshi Iwata serving as assistant director, as well as CG director along with Susumu Sugai. Ryōhei Fukushi is designing the characters for animation, and Lantis is composing the music.[19] The 12-episode series was screened in Japan in three parts; the first on October 27, 2023; the second on November 24, 2023; and the third on January 5, 2024.[20] It will later premiere on TV Tokyo and other networks in April 2024.[21][22] The opening theme song is titled "Tsubasa Gravity".[20]

Notes

  1. Japanese: アイドルマスター シャイニーカラーズ Hepburn: Aidorumasutā Shainī Karāzu, stylized as THE iDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS
  2. Japanese: アイドルマスター シャイニーカラーズ Song for Prism Hepburn: Aidorumasutā Shainī Karāzu Songu fō Purizumu, stylized as THE iDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism

References

  1. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). March 13, 2019. https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1552454939. 
  2. Romano, Sal (February 7, 2018). "The Idolmaster: Shiny Colors announced for PC browser". https://www.gematsu.com/2018/02/idolmaster-shiny-colors-announced-pc-browser. 
  3. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). April 24, 2018. https://www.4gamer.net/games/381/G038176/20180424015/. 
  4. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). March 13, 2019. https://www.4gamer.net/games/381/G038176/20190313096/. 
  5. (in ja)Famitsu. April 29, 2023. https://www.famitsu.com/news/202304/29301469.html. Retrieved July 22, 2023. 
  6. Mateo, Alex (November 9, 2023). "The Idolm@ster Shiny Colors: Song for Prism Smartphone Game Launches on November 14". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-09/the-idolm@ster-shiny-colors-song-for-prism-smartphone-game-launches-on-november-14/.204287. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). June 12, 2018. https://idolmaster.jp/blog/?p=44425. 
  8. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). April 7, 2020. https://idolmaster.jp/blog/?p=80810. 
  9. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). February 7, 2018. https://www.4gamer.net/games/381/G038176/20180207058/. 
  10. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Natasha, Inc.. April 26, 2021. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/426106. 
  11. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Kadokawa Shoten. July 23, 2019. https://comic.webnewtype.com/info/63/. 
  12. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Natasha, Inc.. July 24, 2019. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/341014. 
  13. アイドルマスター シャイニーカラーズ公式 [@imassc_official] (August 26, 2022). "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). https://twitter.com/imassc_official/status/1562988445999706112. 
  14. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Natasha, Inc.. March 10, 2020. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/370332. 
  15. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Natasha, Inc.. December 26, 2022. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/505915. 
  16. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Natasha, Inc.. September 26, 2023. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/542553. 
  17. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). July 22, 2023. https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2287784/full/. 
  18. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). September 11, 2023. https://idolmaster-official.jp/news/01_9447. 
  19. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). March 19, 2023. https://dengekionline.com/articles/177718/. 
  20. 20.0 20.1 Luster, Joseph (July 22, 2023). "THE iDOLM@STER Shiny Colors Anime Trailer Arrives Along with Theme Song Reveal". https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2023/7/22/the-idolmaster-shiny-colors-anime-trailer-theme-song. 
  21. Loo, Egan (March 19, 2023). "The Idolm@ster Shiny Colors Game Gets TV Anime With Theatrical Screenings This October". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-19/the-idolm@ster-shiny-colors-game-gets-tv-anime-with-theatrical-screenings-this-october/.196144. 
  22. (in ja)Famitsu. January 6, 2024. https://www.famitsu.com/news/202401/06330355.html. Retrieved January 6, 2024. 

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