The Idolmaster: Starlit Season New Song and Stage Rules Introduced
As promised in 2020,
The Idolmaster: Starlit Season live performance footage debuted for the first time. The game was shown off by
The Idolmaster series General Producer Yozo Sakagami and
Starlit Season Producer Hayato Kutaragi on the second “Starlit Report” livestream event. The team also took the opportunity to debut a new song from
Starlit Season, titled “SESSION!,” performed in a music video by the idols of Project LUMINOUS. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]
The new song was performed by Haruka Amami, Makoto Kikuchi, Iori Minase, and Hibiki Ganaha from the original
Idolmaster games, while the
The Idolmaster Developers Talk About the Series’ Humble Beginnings
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The Idolmaster Executive Producer Yozo Sakagami and Brand & Event Manager Kei Umeki talked about the series’ humble beginnings in a special interview.
The feature is part of Bandai Namco’s Asobi Motto video interview series. It includes Japanese and English subtitles. Check it out below:
Asobi Motto Special
The Idolmaster series interview video
The interview took place during the Asobistore Expo on October 16-18, 2020. The creators started by sharing their thoughts about the series’ 15th anniversary. Since
The Idolmaster debuted a long time ago, Executive Producer Sakagami expected some people to have forgotten about the series. However, he was pleasantly surprised to see the reception from all of the “Producers” (players) for the anniversary.
Bandai Namco will hold the second Starlit Report
The Idolmaster: Starlit Season stream on January 17, 2020, at 7pm JST (2am PT/5am ET). As promised during the previous stream, the company will show actual in-game footage of live performance scenes for the first time. [Thanks, Famitsu!]
The Idolmaster series General Producer Yozo Sakagami and
Starlit Season Producer Hayato Kutaragi will be present to host the stream and deliver new information about the upcoming console game. This new stream will have an entirely different cast of voice actresses appearing as guests:
Manami Numakura (Hibiki Ganaha from
The Idolmaster)
The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls)