I hope you guys liked Puchim@s, because we’re in for something similar!
Earlier today, a live event to celebrate the fourth anniversary for The Idolm@ster SideM was streamed on NicoNico. During the show, it was announced that the Idom@ster SideM Wake Atte Mini! manga will receive an anime TV series. An official website was opened for the project, as well as details on the show’s crew and theme songs, a key visual, and a trailer.
We break the details down below.
Trailer
The minute-long promo features a narrator explaining the show’s main concept, as the video cycles through a series of character visuals.
Visual
A horizontal and vertical version of the key visual were revealed. Both feature a smattering of chibi-styled character visuals, posing against a white, star-spangled background.
Horizontal
Vertical
Staff
Mankyū (PUCHIM@S, Fist of the North Star: Strawberry Flavor) will pull double duty as director and series composition for The Idolm@ster SideM Wake Atte Mini! at Zero-G. Sao Tamado (Mobile Suit Gundam-san, Puchim@s) will provide character designs for the project.
Other confirmed crew members include:
- Chief Animation Director: Kazuhiko Yokota
- Director of Photography: Kosuke Tanaka
- Art Setting: Hiroyuki Ochi
- Art Director: Yuuya Kusumoto
- Editor: Shun Tokuda
- Color Design: Haruko Nobori
- Music: EFFY
- Music Production: Lantis
- Music Director: Takatoshi Hamano
- Original Character Design: Sumeragi
Cast
Fifty cast members were confirmed for the project, all of whom will reprise their roles from the original smartphone game:
- Kaito Ishikawa as Producer
- Teru Tendō: Shugo Nakamura (DRAMATIC STARS)
- Tsubasa Kashiwagi: Taku Yashiro (DRAMATIC STARS)
- Kaoru Sakuraba: Yūma Uchida (DRAMATIC STARS)
- Tōma Amagase: Takuma Terashima (Jupiter)
- Shōta Mitarai: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Jupiter)
- Hokuto Ijūin: Daichi Kanbara (Jupiter)
- Rei Kagura: Yuusuke Nagano (Altessimo)
- Kei Tsuzuki: Shun’ichi Toki (Altessimo)
- Kyōji Takajō: Yuichiro Umehara (Beit)
- Pierre: Shun Horie (Beit)
- Minori Watanabe: Tomohito Takatsuka (Beit)
- Yūsuke Aoi: Takeru Kikuchi (W)
- Kyōsuke Aoi: Yoshitaka Yamaya (W)
- Hideo Akuno: Kentaro Kumagai (FRAME)
- Ryu Kimura: Kento Hama (FRAME)
- Seiji Shingen: Takuya Masumoto (FRAME)
- Kirio Nekoyanagi: Daiki Yamashita (Aya)
- Shoma Hanamura: Yutaka Balletta (Aya)
- Kuro Kiyosumi: Yuya Nakada (Aya)
- Natsuki Sakaki: Hiroshi Watanabe (High x Joker)
- Shiki Iseya: Sho Nogami (High×Joker)
- Hayato Akiyama: Shōya Chiba (High×Joker)
- Jun Fuyumi: Takuma Nagatsuka (High×Joker)
- Haruna Wakazato: Yusuke Shirai(High×Joker)
- Suzaku Akai: Takeaki Masuyama (Shinsoku Ikkon)
- Genbu Kurono: Toshinari Fukamachi (Shinsoku Ikkon)
- Yukihiro Kamiya: Shou Karino (Cafe Parade)
- Soichiro Shinonome: Kouhei Amasaki (Cafe Parade)
- Asselin BB II: Makoto Furukawa (Cafe Parade)
- Makio Uzuki: Takuya Kodama (Cafe Parade)
- Saki Mizushima: Daiki Kobayashi (Cafe Parade)
- Nao Okamura: Shougo Yano (Mofumofuen)
- Shiro Tachibana: Keisuke Furuhata (Mofumofuen)
- Kanon Himeno: Ayumu Murase (Mofumofuen)
- Michio Hazama: Kento Itou (S.E.M)
- Rui Maita: Junya Enoki (S.E.M)
- Jiro Yamashita: Yoshiki Nakajima (S.E.M)
- Takeru Taiga: Junta Terashima (THE Kogadou)
- Ren Kizaki: Shouhei Komatsu (THE Kogadou)
- Michiru Enjoji: Daiki Hamano (THE Kogadou)
- Ryo Akizuki: Yuko Sanpei (F-LAGS)
- Daigo Kabuto: Takehiro Urao (F-LAGS)
- Kazuki Tsukumo: Tatsuya Tokutake (F-LAGS)
- Amehiko Kuzunoha: Jun Kasama (Legenders)
- Sora Kitamura: Fumiyoshi Shioya (Legenders)
- Chris Koron: Wataru Komada (Legenders)
- Ken Yamamura: Kengo Kawanishi
- Takashi Saito: Fumihiko Tashiki
Theme Songs
Three ending themes will be produced for the show. Each will be performed by one of the major idol types: Intelligent, Mental, and Physical. All three songs will get CD singles, which will hit stores on the following dates:
- Physical: 11/14/2018
- Mental: 12/5/2018
- Intelligent: 12/19/2018
Premiere
The Idom@ster SideM Wake Atte Mini! will hit Japanese TV on October 9. BS11 and Tokyo MX will both carry the show.
The IdolM@ster SideM is based on Bandai Namco’s mobile game of the same name. The game, which launched in 2014, has seen more than one million downloads since its release.
Sources: Ota-suke, Comic Natalie
