The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls

The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
Promotional image of the anime featuring (from left to right): Rin Shibuya, Uzuki Shimamura and Mio Honda
アイドルマスター シンデレラガールズ
(Aidorumasutā Shinderera Gāruzu)
GenreIdol[1]
Created byBandai Namco Entertainment
Game
DeveloperCygames
Bandai Namco Studios
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment
GenreSimulation, Social network game
PlatformMobage (iOS, Android, Google Chrome)
Released
  • JP: November 28, 2011
Anime television series
Directed byNoriko Takao
Written byNoriko Takao
Tatsuya Takahashi
Chikai Nagai
Gō Zappa
Yuniko Ayana
Michihiro Tsuchiya
Music byHidekazu Tanaka (Monaca)
StudioA-1 Pictures
Original networkTokyo MX, Chiba TV, Gunma TV, Gifu Broadcasting System, KBS Kyoto, BS11, Sun TV, Mie TV, TV Saitama, Tochigi TV, TV Kanagawa, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting
English network
Original run January 10, 2015 October 17, 2015
Episodes25 + OVA
Anime television series
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater
Directed byMankyū
Written byMankyū
StudioGathering
Original networkTokyo MX, BS11, Saga TV
Original run April 4, 2017 June 25, 2019
Episodes52
Original net animation
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Spin-off!
Directed byNaoki Yoshibe
StudioOrange
Licensed byAmazon Prime Video
ReleasedNovember 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)
Runtime6 minutes
Original net animation
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater Extra Stage
Directed byMankyū
Written byMankyū
StudioZero-G
Released March 24, 2020 April 13, 2021
Episodes48
Video game
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The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls (アイドルマスター シンデレラガールズ, Aidorumasutā Shinderera Gāruzu, officially stylized as THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS) is a Japanese free-to-play simulation video game co-developed by Cygames and Bandai Namco Studios for the Mobage social network platform for mobile phones. It was first released on November 28, 2011, for feature phones, and compatibility was extended to iOS and Android devices on December 16, 2011. The game is based on The Idolmaster franchise, and features a cast of new idol characters. In September 2015, a music video game developed by Cygames titled The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage was released on the Google Play Store[2] and Apple Store[3] in Japan. The original game ended service on March 30, 2023, and was succeeded by its spinoff game and adaptations.[4]

The story in Cinderella Girls follows the career of a producer in charge of leading and training prospective pop idols to stardom. Its gameplay follows a digital collectible card game format in which each idol is represented as a card, which the player may use to form a unit of idols to train in lessons, take to jobs, and compete against opponents. Cinderella Girls has made transitions to other media. An anime television series adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures aired in Japan between January 10 and October 17, 2015, and was simulcast by Daisuki. It was followed by a 3-minute short chibi slice of life anime series produced by Gathering that has been running since 2017.[5] Various manga series, three sets of manga anthologies, two Internet radio talk shows featuring the series' voice actresses, image song singles and albums, and live concerts have also been produced.

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  2. ^ "【新作】『アイドルマスターシンデレラガールズ スターライトステージ』Android版配信 ※画像追加 [ファミ通app]" (in Japanese). Famitsu. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  3. ^ "【新作】『アイドルマスターシンデレラガールズ スターライトステージ』iOS版いよいよ配信! [ファミ通app]" (in Japanese). Famitsu. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  4. ^ "「アイドルマスター シンデレラガールズ」がサービス終了へ Twitterでは「モバマス」トレンド入り" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  5. ^ Jennifer Sherman (28 November 2016). "The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Celebrates 5th Anniversary With Gekijō Anime Short". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.