A new key visual has been revealed for the upcoming The Idolmaster Million Live! OVA, which is titled The Idolmaster Million Live! ~Itsuka, Mannaka de~. A release date for the OVA has not yet been announced.
The OVA’s key visual was unveiled during a live stream celebrating the eighth anniversary of The Idolmaster Million Live! Theater Days mobile game on June 30, 2025, which was released on Android and iOS on June 29, 2017. The visual’s exact unveiling in the video can be seen here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SxImXAkSV0
Shinya Watada (Gundam Build Divers, The Idolmaster Million Live! “Seven Count” supervisor) is returning to direct the OVA after working on the TV series, with Yoichi Kato (Duel Masters LOST Tsuioku no Suisho) writing the scripts again as well. Shirogumi is in charge of the animation production, as it did with the TV anime series.
The Idolmaster Million Live! anime series aired in Japan on October 8, 2023 and ended with 12 episodes on December 24, 2023. Crunchyroll would later stream the series worldwide, outside Japan.
The series was initially released as a three-part preview film series, with the first part being screened in Japanese theaters from August 18, 2023 to September 7, 2023, the second part from September 8, 2023 to September 28, 2023, and the third part from September 29, 2023 to October 19, 2023.
Meanwhile, the main voice cast for The Idolmaster Million Live! features an expansive cast of voice actresses, some of which included:
- • Haruka Yamazaki as Mirai Kasuga
- • Azusa Tadokoro as Shizuka Mogami
- • Machico as Tsubasa Ibuki
- • Yu Kahara as Emily Stewart
- • Eri Inagawa as Tamaki Ogami
- • Emi Hirayama as Reika Kitakami
- • Sora Amamiya as Shiho Kitazawa
- • Nao Tamura as Hinata Kinoshita
Bandai Namco Entertainment’s The Idolmaster (stylized as THE iDOLM@STER) multimedia franchise started in 2005 with an arcade game that was later ported to the Xbox 360 in 2007. It has spawned multiple games and anime, with the latter including series like 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: U149. The most recent spinoff anime series, The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, aired for 24 episodes from April 2024 to December 2024.
Sources: The Idolmaster Million Live! Official Anime Website, Official Twitter, Crunchyroll News
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