The Idolmaster Million Live!

The Idolmaster Million Live (アイドルマスター ミリオンライブ！, Aidorumasutā Mirion Raibu!, officially stylized as THE iDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE!) is a Japanese multimedia spin-off series of The Idolmaster, starting with the game of the same name. The series follows a new group of idols working alongside the idols of 765 Productions with a producer at the 765 Theater Agency.

The Idolmaster Million Live!
CD cover art featuring idols from Million Live from left to right: Shizuka, Mirai, and Tsubasa.
アイドルマスター ミリオンライブ！
(Aidorumasutā Mirion Raibu!)
GenreIdol[1]
Game
DeveloperBandai Namco Entertainment
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment
GenreSimulation, Social network game
PlatformGREE (iOS, Android, PC)
Released
  • JP: February 27, 2013
Game
The Idolmaster Million Live! Theater Days!
DeveloperBandai Namco Entertainment
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment
GenreSimulation, Rhythm Game, Social network game
PlatformiOS, Android
Released
  • JP: June 29, 2017
Anime television series
Directed byMasashi Ishihama
Written byYouichi Katou
StudioShirogumi

The original game is a Japanese idol raising simulation video game developed and managed by Bandai Namco Entertainment released on the GREE social network platform February 27, 2013[2] for Android and iOS platforms and for feature phones. A rhythm game titled Idolmaster Million Live! Theater Days was released on June 29, 2017. The original game ended service on March 18, 2018,[3] leaving Theater Days as the main game centered on Million Live.

Overview
See also: List of The Idolmaster characters § Million Live!

Million Live! introduces 37 idols, working alongside the 13 idols of 765 Production; Theater Days adds two more idols and a secretary.[4] Compared to other spin-offs in the Idolmaster series, the new idols work with and interact with the idols of 765. The general design and much of the visual elements are done by A-1 Pictures, the same animation studio responsible for animating several of the Idolmaster anime series.[2]

Gameplay

GREE game

The game is a free-to-play idol raising simulator in which the player, as the producer, trains idols and sends them to work in various locations while also making the idols 765 Production Theater bigger.[2] The idols are obtained through collecting cards ranked by rarity and divided into three categories, Vocal, Dance, and Visual, with a fourth category, Ex, reserved for special cards. Leveling up the cards makes the idols stronger, with the higher rarities being able to reach higher levels.

The feature phone version was discontinued on February 2, 2016; a desktop client was released within the same month.[5] The GREE game was shut down on March 19, 2018.[3]

Theater Days

A second game titled Idolmaster Million Live! Theater Days was released June 29, 2017 for Android and iOS platforms. It is a rhythm game and simulation game, with 3D models, periodically released story missions, and multiple choice 'communication' events with the idols in the vein of the original Idolmaster games.[6]

Many of the cards from the original game are reused in Theater Days.

Media

Animations

Seven of the idols from Million Live are featured in the anime film The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future!.[7]

Special animation videos for Million Live have been created as anniversary celebrations. The first animation, a video featuring Mirai Kasuga, was created for the first anniversary and streamed in-game.[8] A 10-minute animation was created for its fourth anniversary.[9] Both were animated by A-1 Pictures.

TV Anime

A planned anime adaptation for Million Live! was announced during the Theater Days 3rd anniversary livestream.[10] It will be animated by Shirogumi, directed by Shinya Watada, and with series composition and script by Youichi Katou.[11]

Comics

Aside from comics available alongside the games themselves, Million Live! has several published manga.

A manga titled Idolm@ster Million Live! was published in Monthly Shonen Sunday from August 2014 to October 2016, created by author Yuki Monji and Bandai Namco Entertainment.[12] The collected volume editions came with original CDs.

Music

Million Live has image songs published by Lantis[13] (later a label for Bandai Namco's Bandai Namco Arts).

The music was integrated into the gameplay of Theater Days.[6]

Sales of the CDs and concert Blu-rays had surpassed a combined one million units by 2017;[1] the CD The@ter Generation 01 Brand New Theater! received a Gold certification from the RIAJ.[13]

gollark: They're probably worth more as hatchlinngs.
gollark: Punch yourself in the face whenever you catch it without needing it. Soon you will stop.
gollark: Stop catching BSAs then?
gollark: https://dragcave.net/view/HDgfG grew up!
gollark: Without TJ09hax, anyway.

References
  1. Komatsu, Mikikazu (June 2, 2017). ""The Idolm@ster Million Live!" Franchise Has Shipped One Million CDs/Blu-rays". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  2. Saeki, Kenji (February 27, 2013). "GREE「アイドルマスター ミリオンライブ！」サービス開始！". GAME Watch (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 20, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  3. Mr. Qoo (January 15, 2018). "[Qoo News] THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! Comes to an End on 19th March!". QooApp. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  4. Liong, Jessica (June 2, 2017). "New Idols Debut in Idolm@ster Million Live! Theater Days". ComicsVerse. Archived from the original on March 1, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  5. "バンダイナムコ、フィーチャーフォン版『アイドルマスター ミリオンライブ！』のサービスを16年2月に終了 PC版を16年初旬にリリースする予定". Social Game Info (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  6. Romano, Sal (April 30, 2017). "The Idolmaster: Million Live Theater Days first details, second trailer". Gematsu. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  7. Nelkin, Sarah (November 2, 2013). "Million Live Idols Appear in The IDOLM@STER Movie Promo". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  8. Loo, Egan (March 9, 2014). "The Idolm@ster Million Live's Animated Anniversary Video Posted". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  9. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 12, 2017). "Idolm@ster Million Live! Celebrates 4th Anniversary in New Anime Video, Game". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  10. "『アイドルマスター ミリオンライブ！』テレビアニメプロジェクトが始動！". Famitsu. July 4, 2020. Archived from the original on July 4, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  11. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 4, 2020). "The IDOLM@STER Million Live! Game Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  12. "アイドルマスター ミリオンライブ！". ゲッサンWEB (in Japanese). Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  13. Komatsu, Mikikazu (August 14, 2017). ""The Idolm@ster Million The@ter Generation 01" Certificated as "Gold Disc" in Japan". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
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