THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls U149 (anime)

THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls U149
Anime details
Title:	アイドルマスターシンデレラガールズ U149; THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls U149
Studio:	Cygames Pictures
Release Date:	April 5th, 2023

THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls U149 is an upcoming anime series loosely based on the manga of the same name, first announced during the second day of the THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 10th ANNIVERSARY M@GICAL WONDERLAND TOUR!!! concert on April 3rd, 2022. Like the manga's premise, the main characters are the idols under 12 years old & 149cm and their short Producer.

Introduction

One afternoon.
Arisu, who was on summer vacation, was in a room of a certain talent agency.
There, she met eight girls of different grades and personalities.
The name of the room is "Third Entertainment Division".
In this dusty little room, the little girls (under 149cm) dream.
This is where their story as idols will begin.

And then, a producer who looks like a prince shows up!
…But it was a short young man who had just become a producer.

A new producer who only has a motivation and the girls who are just starting out.
They wonder why their job is so difficult, and worry, and the next day they smile and climb the stairs hand in hand.
Will Arisu and the other girls be able to go to the stage of their dreams?
A new story born from "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS".

"──Hey, what do you want to be when you grow up!?"

Episode List

No.	Title	Original air date	Songs
01	What Is It About My Face That I Can't Even See In The Mirror? (Japanese: 鏡でも見ることができない自分の顔って、なに？, Kagami Demo Miru Koto ga Dekinai Jibun no Kao tte, Nani?)	April 5th, 2023
It was a sweltering summer day. At a certain major talent agency, an executive meeting was being held to discuss a newly launched idol project. The decision was made to have a newbie producer in charge of the "Third Entertainment Division" created for the project. At the same time, Arisu Tachibana, who had been selected as a member of the Third Entertainment Division, was unable to properly tell her parents about it and thus unable to get them to sign the consent form. Arisu was alone with her thoughts, but then an idea popped up in her head…

Song Appearances

Shine In The Sky☆ (Opening theme)

Confirmed List of Characters

Based on the teaser first shown during the second day of THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS LIKE4LIVE #cg_ootd concert, September 4th, 2022, the following confirmed idols are also the initial lineup from Chapter 01 of the manga - "Third Entertainment Division 01". The Producer (voiced by Yuuki Yonai) is confirmed through his shadows in the Key Visual.

Idols

Cute		Cool

Momoka Sakurai	Koharu Koga	Arisu Tachibana	Haru Yuuki	Chie Sasaki

Passion

Miria Akagi	Risa Matoba	Kaoru Ryuzaki	Nina Ichihara

Staff

Original Concept: Bandai Namco Entertainment (バンダイナムコエンタータインメント)
Original Character Design: Kyouno (廾之)
Director: Manabu Okamoto (岡本学)
Assistant Director: Hiroyuki Takashima (高嶋宏之)
Script/Series Composition: Oki Murayama (村山沖)
Animation Character Design: Norie Igawa (井川典恵)
Concept Art: Kin'ichi Ookubo (大久保錦一)
Design Works: Takeshi Noda (野田猛), Keiko Odasaki (小田崎恵子), Noriko Nakamoto (中村倫子), Takahiro Watabe (渡部尭皓), Michiko Makita (槙田路子)
Art Design: Yoshihiro Sono (曽野由大), Takeyuki Takahashi (高橋武之), Kazushige Kanehira (金平和茂)
Art Director: Kazuhiro Inoue (井上一宏)
Color Design: Makiko Doi (土居真紀子)
3DCG Director: Hiromitsu Ishikawa (石川寛貢), Masamune Sakaki (榊正宗)
Cinematographer: Yoshihiro Sekiya (関谷能弘)
Editing: Akinori Mishima (三嶋章紀)
Sound Director: Manabu Okamoto (岡本学)
Music: Nippon Columbia (日本コロムビア)
Animation Production: Cygames Pictures