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BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
Well the show is moving along I guess. The amazingly lavish office is kind of hilarious in comparison with the previous series.

There wasn't nearly as much stiff-faced Kuzuki P this episode. Which is a shame because that joke is never going to get old.

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Yosuke
Dec 21, 2006

Emperor of Steel
Yeah, not enough TakeP but I did like just....seeing the sheer differences between 346Pro and 765Pro.

I guess we know where all the mobacoin money went.

Pitch
Jun 16, 2005

しらんけど
You could never fit 200 idols into the 765 office.

Polsy
Mar 23, 2007

I'm assuming the idols who appeared but didn't say anything don't have VAs in the game either, considering the others got to say one, or if they were lucky even two lines.

Pitch
Jun 16, 2005

しらんけど

Polsy posted:

I'm assuming the idols who appeared but didn't say anything don't have VAs in the game either, considering the others got to say one, or if they were lucky even two lines.
That's mostly true. Previously, characters only got an official voice actress when they got popular enough for a real CD release. Out of 200 idols only 35 of them were voiced until now, which for obvious reasons includes the entire main cast and most of the other girls popular enough to be recurring characters*. But actually Chie and Haruna, who briefly appeared the "Blue Napoleon" unit seen in this episode, didn't have voice actresses until now either. So either the anime staff are filling things out with some unknown actresses or those two already have CDs in the pipeline.

*For some reason Sakurai Momoka doesn't have a CD or a known voice actress, but appears in all the promotional material as one of the recurring supporting characters.



Edit: on the topic of voice actresses it's also worth noting that one of the few idols with a really notable voice actress is Kanzaki Ranko, voiced by famous chuunibyou specialist Uchida Maaya



And in a coincidental runner-up, Anastasia is voiced by the fluent-in-Russian Uesaka Sumire, known for playing Girls und Panzer's Nonna and... Dekomori Sanae.

Pitch fucked around with this message at 12:32 on Jan 17, 2015

.Clash
Apr 10, 2009

Pitch posted:

Edit: on the topic of voice actresses it's also worth noting that one of the few idols with a really notable voice actress is Kanzaki Ranko, voiced by famous chuunibyou specialist Uchida Maaya

Man. I have really had enough of her lately. Not that I don't like her but ugh. Maybe its just chuu2 ptsd.

Polsy
Mar 23, 2007

Pitch posted:

And in a coincidental runner-up, Anastasia is voiced by the fluent-in-Russian Uesaka Sumire, known for playing Girls und Panzer's Nonna and... Dekomori Sanae.

She's the Russian girl in Girl Friend (Beta) too, good niche

Command Ant
Aug 9, 2010

I can make you
worth your weight
in gold!


They paired the shortest one and the tallest one together. Are they going to be the Master Blaster of idols?

cisneros
Apr 18, 2006

Space Bat posted:

Is there a black idol?

Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



Command Ant posted:



They paired the shortest one and the tallest one together. Are they going to be the Master Blaster of idols?

The OP says as much and I trust it.

book
Nov 29, 2014

Xelkelvos posted:

Do you mean the main trio?

Yep. With the im@s trio, they were all 3 distinct personalities, while Mio and Uzuki seem pretty similar and Rin is just zzz. We'll see how it goes though.

Lucy Heartfilia
May 31, 2012


MJP posted:

At least you know that nothing is worse than Miki

PotU posted:

absolutely

Miki is the best and I'm gonna cut anyone who disagrees.

Paracelsus
Apr 6, 2009

bless this post ~kya

Lucy Heartfilia posted:

Miki is the best and I'm gonna cut anyone who disagrees.
All other 765 idols are literally subordinate to Ritsuko.

Pitch
Jun 16, 2005

しらんけど

Command Ant posted:

They paired the shortest one and the tallest one together. Are they going to be the Master Blaster of idols?

Pitch posted:


Moroboshi Kirari: More than six feet tall. Carries Futaba Anzu around in a sort of Master-Blaster configuration.

Original joke please do not steal.

Happiness
Oct 10, 2004

.Clash posted:

Man. I have really had enough of her lately. Not that I don't like her but ugh. Maybe its just chuu2 ptsd.



the curtain represents your negative thoughts

Yosuke
Dec 21, 2006

Emperor of Steel

Paracelsus posted:

All other 765 idols are literally subordinate to Ritsuko.

Definitely hard to top the idol whose VA is routinely referred to as God by everyone, staff and fans alike.

Pitch
Jun 16, 2005

しらんけど
Happy Earth-Birthday, Shijou Takane

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
I was actually expecting something to go wrong and for them to totally flop, but I guess if they messed up this early in their career there'd really be no reason for them to stay employed.

I laughed every time the producer's lazily drawn :geno: popped up. The contrast between him and everything else around him is still hilarious.

Not gonna lie, the brief glimpse into how a backstage crew operates was way more interesting than anything else in the episode. Is that actually accurate?

.Clash
Apr 10, 2009
Yea those under-stage lifts are real things. I'm going to assume they usually don't try to launch performers into orbit with them though.

graybook
Oct 10, 2011

pinya~
Catching up on the show, on episode 6 currently.

Anzu is the best because of all her smuggery and insistence on doing only as much as she needs to.
The Miku-Rika-Miria trio is kinda fun with their self-appointment as the rivals of the main trio.

Lucy Heartfilia
May 31, 2012


Anzu is a poo poo. Also the best.

graybook
Oct 10, 2011

pinya~
Smug life.


BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
I got super bored with the show and dropped it after like episode 4 or so, but watched 7 (which was actually a neat finish to all the drama they had going) on a whim and liked it. 8 and 9 have been significantly more bubbly too.

I'm not really sure why they decided to frontload the drama this time instead of getting people to like the characters first, but eh.

Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



I like that the producer consistently ranks as the most popular character.

Lucy Heartfilia
May 31, 2012


Cao Ni Ma posted:

I like that the producer consistently ranks as the most popular character.

Moe through helplessness.

His chuuni translation guide was pretty good.

Polsy
Mar 23, 2007

Episode 7 just gave me flashbacks to the movie, like I hadn't already seen enough of quitter idols lying on their beds while it continually rains outside

Cialis Railman
Apr 20, 2007

Polsy posted:

Episode 7 just gave me flashbacks to the movie, like I hadn't already seen enough of quitter idols lying on their beds while it continually rains outside

The best part about eps 6 and 7 is that all that poo poo could've been avoided if the producer had just sat everyone down and said "hey, just fyi, new talent isn't going to get the massive crowds established performers get, also we're doing this in a loving mall so you tell me how big this is going to get"

But nope he decided to trust that a teenage girl wouldn't be a moron and so his unit almost imploded. Dude's pretty bad at his job!

Lucy Heartfilia
May 31, 2012


Cialis Railman posted:

Dude's pretty bad at his job!

Moe through helplessness.

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
Well I mean the point of episode 7 was to establish that the producer couldn't just be a faceless guy in the back doing all the hard work unnoticed, he actually had to communicate too.

PotU
Jul 5, 2009

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
i love these idols, all of them

Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

I only love Mimura Kanako

PotU
Jul 5, 2009

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
i felt bad but now i watched some idols and i feel good

there is safety and comfort in idols

PotU
Jul 5, 2009

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
there is also safety and comfort in mimura kanakos huge lumps of fat and i respect that

graybook
Oct 10, 2011

pinya~
she is a++ would bake cookies with

Just watched 10 earlier and interesting that Kirari finally broke her speech gimmick, though in an understandable moment.

Also, we've had New Generations, Love Laika, Ranko solo, Candy Island, and Dekoration, which just leaves Riina and Miku to get their debut!
...finally, for Miku. Unless Riina gets a solo debut and Miku has to wait another episode.

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
What I'm wondering is how they're going to make the names work out so everything spells CINDERELLA.

Candy
Island
New Generations
Dekoration
???
Rosenburg
Engel
Love
Laika
???

Still can't tell if it's supposed to be CINGDERELLA as in "Sing", but that would own.

Yosuke
Dec 21, 2006

Emperor of Steel

BlitzBlast posted:

Candy
Island
New Generations
DEkoration
Rosenburg
Engel
Love
Laika
Asterisk

Fixed. it's already been figured out.

.Clash
Apr 10, 2009
Was that the end? Well, okay then I guess.

http://www27113u.sakura.ne.jp/kirarin/ also, here is a thing.

.Clash fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Apr 12, 2015

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

It's a split season, the second doesn't start til the summer.

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
All in all, the show got a lot better once the initial drama ended.

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aers
Feb 15, 2012

Its a split season even though it was originally meant to be continuous because the production team hosed up so hard that this is now the biggest production disaster of the decade, beating out previous winner Attack on Titan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQkeHwYKOAk

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