That entire audition segment was so fun, such an incredible performance! The girls are now officially part of the label, let’s start the story. Support me and get access to uncut reactions on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DeliveryMat Links: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk-jdc21ujTDJhelc2FoC9A Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/deliverymat Twitter: https://twitter.com/deliverymattv The Idolmaster million live The Idolmaster Million Live! idms
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3:46 – this shot is from the game's card artwork. There are a lot of Easter Eggs long time Producers will notice from this series. Also in regards to Tsubasa being like Miki, yeah she's basically Miki 2.0. Miki doesn't like interacting with Tsubasa (because Tsubasa disturbs her nap time), but still treats her like her protege and often does help kick Tsubasa into action (whenever it involves the Producer).
9:09 – guess you forgot about them from the movie, but they were the first group that pass the first auditions and were the ones that help the OG during their live tour as backup dancers. When Shiho warns Kana from overeating, it's a call back to the drama that happened in the movie. Shiho and Kana have basically became best friends after that incident.
13:07 – The building was the Nakano Sunplaza. It's a place that hosted lots of concert events and it was a special place for Million Live as it was where they held their first concert. The building no longer exist as it was torn down in 2023, so a lot of fans/Producers rushed to get pictures of the building before it disappeared.
15:06 – she's 24. She's basically the oldest idol in 765Pro.
25:49 – the field exist in real life. It's set in Toyosu Park and also a funny joke about it that will be elaborated on in episode 4.
Oh yeah, while you are noting down the names of the new idols, I assume you aren't going to check out their seiyuus so I'll make some notes of them for you.
Nao – Watanabe Yui. She's definitely an Osakan local. Her other notable role is Winning Ticket in Uma Musume and Mikan in Pripara.
Shiho – Amamiya Sora. Everyone's favourite dork. Funny enough, after she got a part in Million Live, she, Natsukawa Shiina and Asakura Momo form an idol unit call TrySail.
Yuriko – Itou Miku. Million Live was her break out role and had quite an illustrious seiyuu career. Her other notable role would be Kokoro from Bang Dream or Kokkoro from Princess Connect.
Anna – Natsukawa Shiina. Part of TrySail and also had another major role in the famous HoneyWorks stories, Mona. Was also Akeno in High School Fleet.
Minako – Oozeki Eri. She doesn't do a lot of anime work, mainly works on games and radio shows.
Kana – Kido Ibuki. The youngest seiyuu that idolm@ster has casted. She was 14 when she landed her role as Kana back in 2013. She was also one of the finalist of the 36th Horipro auditions along with Tadokoro Azusa, machico, and Ohashi Ayaka. Her other notable role would be Mio in Aikatsu Friends.
Serika – Asakura Momo. Cute and also a gourmet, she likes to eat local delicacies whenever she goes on tour for her concerts. Part of TrySail. Her other notable roles would be Iroha in Magia Records and Hina in HoneyWorks stories.
Momoko – Watanabe Keiko. Not a very prolific seiyuu, does mostly radio shows. Her other notable role is Narita Taishin in Uma Musume.
Kotoha – Taneda Risa. Has a lot of roles in anime, was pretty much a rising star until she had to go on hiatus for some sort of throat condition. She was Mash Kyrielight in FGO before she was replaced by Takahashi Rie. She still retained her other servant roles in FGO. She also voices Ai in Zombieland Saga and Yui in Princess Connect.
Umi – Ueda Reina. Another famous seiyuu and her casting roles is just too huge. My favourite roles of hers is Mya-nee in Wataten, Naru in Hanayamata and Lily in Aikatsu Stars to name a few.
Konomi – Takahashi Minami. Another famous seiyuu with a list as long as Ueda Reina. My favourite roles of her is Elf Yamada in Eromanga-sensei, El Condor Pasa in Uma Musume and Lilith in Machikado Mazoku.
I really loved the audition scene in this episode.
Shizuka’s nervousness and anxiety came through so clearly — it was very moving.
At 21:27, the shift in her singing with the lyrics "I am nothing but myself, nothing but potential," followed by her powerful delivery of "a hope that carries a one-of-a-kind sound in the world," was just breathtaking.
I’m already looking forward to your reaction to the next episode!
P.S. With so many characters, I imagine taking notes must be quite the challenge…
(Optional note): This comment was written with the help of machine translation.