#Shiny Colors Anime Has A New Trailer and Visual

The upcoming The Idolmaster: Shiny Colors anime has received a second key visual and a main trailer for its theatrical pre-screening in Japan.

The 3DCG anime will be pre-screened in three parts, with the respective premiere dates being October 27, November 24, and January 5, 2024. A spring 2024 premiere is targeted for the TV broadcast.

The Idolmaster: Shiny Colors is inspired by the game of the same name, which was released on the enza website in 2018 and on Android and iOS in 2019. In the game, the player takes on the role of a new producer at 283 Production who is put in charge of various idols.

The anime will feature the idols from the illumination STARS, L’Antica, Houkago Climax Girls, ALSTROEMERIA, and Straylight units. Other characters include 283 Production staff member Hazuki Nanakusa (Hibiku Yamamura) and 283 president Tsutomu Amai (Kenjirou Tsuda).

Polygon Pictures is producing the show while Lantis is credited with the music. The staff includes:

• Director: Mankyuu (The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater)

• Assistant director and CG director: Takeshi Iwata (Levius CG supervisor et al.)

• CG director: Susumu Sagai (Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters co-CG director) 

• Series composer: Youichi Katou (Duel Masters WIN)

• Character designer: Ryouhei Fukushi (Kaina of the Great Snow Sea co-character designer)

The Idolmaster: Shiny Colors is part of Bandai Namco Entertainment’s The Idolmaster (stylized as THE iDOLM@STER) multimedia franchise, which began with a 2005 arcade game that was ported to the Xbox 360 in 2007. Another upcoming CG anime, The Idolmaster Million Live!, is set to premiere in October.

Previous The Idolmaster anime include 2007’s Idolmaster: Xenoglossia, 2011’s The Idolmaster, 2015’s The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, 2017’s The Idolmaster SideM, and Spring 2023’s The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls U149.