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Weekly Nicom@s Roundup: Be My Baby Edition

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Well unsurprisingly it’s been almost 3 months since the last one of these which means it’s probably a good time to take weekly out of the title. (^p^)

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Recapping Idolm@ster Seiyuu Solo Debuts

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It’s becoming more and more common today for seiyuu to venture into the world of solo musical careers not unlike that of traditional idols. In the past year there have been an incredible amount of seiyuu who have announced their own solo debuts and unsurprisingly many of them are also idolm@ster seiyuu. These solo careers aren’t technically related to idolm@ster but are still often supported by the established fans from the idolm@ster fanbase. Since we’re all DDs (daredemo daisuki “I like anyone”) here anyway I wanted to take a minute to list the recent im@s seiyuu who have debuted recently. I’ve been a supporter and fan of Mingosu and Eriko’s solo music the past few years myself and have found it to be a truly rewarding experience watching them perform both in and outside of idolm@ster. With so many young and cute seiyuu getting solo debuts lately it no longer really surprises me whenever another solo debut is announced anymore but I still get excited and can’t wait to see what’ll be in store for them in the upcoming future. So if you’re a fan of young and cute girls, bad news but prepare those wallets now. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

 

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If You’re Listening to an Idolm@ster Song, Try This One – 01 Gift

Yo! Welcome to a brand new series of posts on HPT I’ll be starting entitled ‘If You’re Listening to an Idolm@ster Song, Try This One‘ where I select a song from im@s and provide a sample for you to listen to along with a brief write-up about it. If we combine all of the im@s songs throughout each series including covers then im@s has contributed to well over 1000 songs by this point. Since it can be quite a feat to find and listen to all of them, I wanted to create this series in order to bring some attention to the lesser known songs of im@s. I would also like to talk about some of the famous or influential songs in im@s history too so please look forward to it. ✌

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Bought Platinum Stars? Please Send Us Your Unused Codes!

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If you’re like me, you’ve been seeing all the Ps on twitter and social media enjoying themselves with early copies and downloads of Platinum Stars while you spam refresh on your EMS tracking page wondering if yours has left Tokyo yet (●`ε´●)

Post Update – Example screenshot of serial code for physical edition posted below

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Better Know a Producer #22 : Setsuna

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Hello and welcome to LAST entry in our Better Know a Producer series.  We’ve been doing this for almost a year and a half now and  as of this post have covered 22 different Producers from different parts of the world. I hope you’ve been enjoying reading these as much as I have and after this I’ll be looking into the possibility of a new interview series for other Producers who have yet to be featured on this website.

But without any further ado the last P to be interviewed is a great friend of mine SetsunaP who is also a Haruka Producer from about the same era when I got into im@s. Since then I’ve seen him fall into Love Live, Cinderella Girls, Million Live, basically everything so you could say he’s a DD. The very first night I stayed in Japan was actually at his place while he still lived in Japan so I have a lot of fun memories hanging out with Sets during those times.

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Better Know a Producer #21 : MatchaP

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Two of these posts in a row?! Don’t worry we’ll be slowing content to normal soon enough. Today we have MatchaP, an American born Chihaya P who currently resides in glorious nippon. Matcha is a great example of how chance encounters can lead to lasting friendships; Matcha himself having been picked up by HPT at a Mingosu live concert when they noticed that he wasn’t Japanese (that’s how desperate we are to make friends). Matcha’s like a big brother to me, and I slept on his couch when I was in Japan for Nakamuland. When you think of Matcha it’s simultaneous with Uesaka Sumire aka Sumipe, and he himself is probably recognized by Sumipe by now with all the eventing he’s done. спасибо!

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Better Know a Producer #20: ToastCrust

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This series is still alive! It is! I’ve actually known Toast since before I was very deep into idolm@ster, in fact I likely wasn’t aware he was also a fan back then. It’s actually also thanks to him that I bought all of the G4U editions of the idolm@ster anime BDs back in 2012, since I saw him buy one of the volumes on Twitter. I then figured, hey I can do that too right? RIP $1000+

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Reminder Nico Nico Chokaigi is tomorrow!

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A quick reminder that Nico Nico Chokaigi, a two-day event revolving around Nico Nico Douga, is right around the corner. Here’s a look at the schedule concerning idolm@ster once more with stream links.

 

Stage Schedules (All times are in JST)

4/29

11:00 「THREE STARS!!!ステージ~描いてみた~ 」
THREE STARS!!! Stage ~Let’s Draw~
Performers: Shimoda Asami, Yamamoto Nozomi, Machico

13:00~「SideMライブビューイングステージ~応援してみた~」
SideM Live Viewing Stage ~Let’s Support~
Performers: Takatsuka Tomohito, Nagatsuka Takuma, Balletta Yutaka

15:00~「プラチナスターズステージ~紹介してみた~ 」
15:00 Platinum Stars Stage ~Let’s Introduce~
Performers: Hasegawa Akiko, Nigo Mayako, Shimoda Asami, Wakabayashi Naomi, Sakagami Youzo, Kutaragi Hayato

16:30~「SideMステージ~絆をたしかめてみた~」
SideM Stage ~Let’s Confirm Our Bonds~
Performers: Nakamura Shuugo, Uchida Yuuma, Yashiro Taku, Takatsuka Tomohito, Nagatsuka Takuma, Balletta Yutaka

4/30

11:00~「シンデレラガールズステージ~リズムにノッてみた~」
Cinderella Girls Stage ~Let’s Get Into The Rhythm~
Performers: Oohashi Ayaka, Fukuhara Ayaka, Matsuzaki Rei, Oozora “Taiko no Tatsujin” Naomi

13:00~「ミリオンライブ!ステージ~レポートしてみた~」
Million Live! Stage ~Let’s Report~
Performers: Yamazaki Haruka, Tadokoro Azusa, Machico, Fujii Yukiyo

15:00~「デレラジ&ミリラジ~赤青で混ぜてみた~」
Dereraji & Miliraji ~Let’s Mix Red and Blue~
Performers: Oohashi Ayaka, Fukuhara Ayaka, Yamazaki Haruka, Tadokoro Azusa

 

Cho-Ongakusai (Live Concert feat. sideM)

http://live.nicovideo.jp/gate/lv258909511
http://www.chokaigi.jp/2016/booth/choongakusai.html

 

For a guide to watching Nico Chokaigi from your home check out one of the earlier posts written for last year. It also seems Lawson will be promoting Platinum Stars at their booth…

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