The Idolmaster 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 ...

'' is a 2015

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series based on the

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of the same name as part of

Bandai Namco Entertainment is a Japanese multinational video game video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Entertainment America and Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe, are respectively headquartered in ...

The Idolmaster is a Japanese media franchise that began in 2005 with a raising simulation and rhythm video game series created by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The series primarily centers on the career of a producer who works with a group of p ...

'' franchise. The series follows a group of rookie idols as they are recruited by 346 Production's Cinderella Project and aspire to become top idols. The anime is produced by

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and directed by Noriko Takao. Takao and writer Tatsuya Takahashi share supervision duty for the series screenplay, and Yūsuke Matsuo based the character designs on designs provided by illustrator Annin Dōfu; the music was composed by

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of Monaca. The series aired in two separate seasons, alternating between reruns of the first ''

'' anime series. The first half aired on BS11 via

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and nine other local independent terrestrial stations between January 10 and April 11, 2015 and was simulcast by Daisuki. The second half aired from July 17 to October 17, 2015. The opening theme for the first season is "Star!!" by Cinderella Project (

Ayaka Ōhashi is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She is affiliated with the talent agency HoriPro International. As a singer, she is signed under Lantis. Originally a child actress, she appeared in many commercials, dramas, NHK Educat ...

Ayaka Fukuhara is a Japanese voice actress from Kagoshima Prefecture affiliated with the agency Across Entertainment. After aspiring to become a voice actress early in life, she made her acting debut in 2012 as the character Rin Shibuya in ''The Idolmaster C ...

, Sayuri Hara,

Tomoyo Kurosawa is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Chichibu, Saitama. Her major voice acting roles include ''Yuki Yuna is a Hero'' as Itsuki Inubozaki, ''Arknights'' as Amiya, ''Sound! Euphonium'' as Kumiko Ōmae, Rebecca in '' Cyberpunk: Edger ...

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Maaya Uchida is a Japanese voice actress and singer who works for I'm Enterprise. She won the Best Rookie Actress Award at the 8th Seiyu Awards. She is best known for her roles such as Rikka Takanashi in ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'', Ranko Kanzaki i ...

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Ruriko Aoki is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Atomic Monkey. She voiced Riina Tada in ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls'', for which she received a top-ten charting single. She also voiced Ranra in ''The World Is Still Beautiful'', Yucho La in ''Id ...

Aya Suzaki is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actress and narrator affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She is widely known for her work, such as Tamako Kitashirakawa in ''Tamako Market''. Biography Suzaki is good at singing, and lists soft tennis and s ...

Hiromi Igarashi is a Japanese voice actress from Sapporo, Hokkaido. She is affiliated with Mausu Promotion. Her major roles are Anzu Futaba in the Japanese idol franchise ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls''; Hina Takanashi, the youngest daughter in ''Listen to ...

Natsumi Takamori is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Pro-Fit. Some of her major roles are Mei Misaki in '' Another'', Miku Maekawa in ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls'', Nikka Edvardine Katajainen in '' Brave Witches'', Ellery Himeyuri in ''Tantei Ope ...

Yuka Ōtsubo is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Chiba Prefecture affiliated with Early Wing. In 2014, she started her career as a singer by joining the band SmileY inc. with Vocaloid musician Yuuyu-P. She also did the voice of Vocaloid character Azu ...

, and

Rei Matsuzaki is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Mausu Promotion. She is best known for voicing Kanon Mizushiro in ''Jewelpet Sunshine'', Kirari Moroboshi in ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls'', Nagahide Niwa in '' The Ambition of Oda Nobuna'', and ...

). The second season's opening theme is "Shine!!" by Cinderella Project. An anime adaptation of Kuma-Jet's ''Cinderella Girls Theater'' spin-off manga, produced by Gathering and directed by Mankyū, was announced on November 28, 2016, as part of the game's 5th anniversary via a 3-minute short film distributed online and premiered its first season which ran from April 4 to June 27, 2017. The series has since been renewed for three more seasons, with the second season premiering on October 3, 2017, the third running from July 3 to September 25, 2018 and the fourth, titled ''Climax Season'', from April 2 to June 25, 2019.

''Cinderella Girls'' episode list

''Theater'' episode list

TV series

Web series

Blu-ray specials

Notes

References

External links

''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls'' official website

''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater'' official website
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