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>Event/Gacha Dates (Oct 19th): >>543234856 >>543234930

- Previous News: >>543204690

TODAY:
Oct 20th, 7PM JST: Hatsuboshi Gakuen HR #STEP3 China Kuramoto: youtu.be/MI6U0TrImdo nico.ms/lv348888758 >>542598653 >>542599632
Oct 20th to Nov 30th: Shiny Colors Straylight x KaraokeKan: >>540590742 >>542093895

iM@S NEWS ARCHIVE
- Archive of >>543115427: archive.is/rQeW8
>ALLSTARS
- AS Yayoi/Iori Twin Live - Itsumademo Nakayoshi! 2nd/3rd Performance summary: >>543233328
- AS Yayoi/Iori Twin Live - Itsumademo Nakayoshi! 2nd Performance "Hyakunen Saki mo!" setlist: >>543215043
- AS Yayoi/Iori Twin Live - Itsumademo Nakayoshi! 2nd Performance "Hyakunen Saki mo!" stream rip: >>543218134 >>543224628
- AS Yayoi/Iori Twin Live - Itsumademo Nakayoshi! 3rd Performance "Kimi to Ohanashi!" setlist: >>543229168
- AS Yayoi/Iori Twin Live - Itsumademo Nakayoshi! 3rd Performance "Kimi to Ohanashi!" stream rip: >>543232808 >>543239871
- AS Yayoi/Iori Twin Live - Itsumademo Nakayoshi! gacha: >>543278759 >>543231449 >>543244638
- AS Yayoi/Iori Twin Live - Itsumademo Nakayoshi! BD in July: >>543229564
- AS Makoto/Yukiho Twin Live - Half Moon BD announced: >>543229695
- SFP x 765pro 3rd Edition collab (Oct 19th to Nov 30th): >>543232246 >>543233094 >>543233663 >>543239258 >>543241614
- TD Yayoi voicemail (Oct 18th): >>543276483
- TD Iori voicemail (Oct 19th): >>543276597
- Chihaya x Isetan Mitsukoshi osechi promo (Oct 19th): >>543234143
>Million Live
- ML CARDFOLIO trading cards vol.2 promo (Oct 19th): >>543221249
- ML Reika and Kaori's VAs on ASMR Bonfire Radio (Oct 19th): >>543227039
- ML 12thLIVE photos (part 9): >>543232534

iM@S NEWS ARCHIVE
>Gakuen
- GK Hatsuboshi Gakuen HR #STEP3 China Kuramoto promo (Oct 19th): >>543232373
- GK Rinami 1st/2nd/3rd singles promo (Oct 19th): >>543233191
- Chibigurumi Temari Teatime: >>543211967 >>543230149
>876pro
- VL Cosmo dances "Blink": >>543229270
>Other
- iM@S 20th Anniversary x Chikusei Hanabi Festival 2025 photos: >>543219438 >>543250668
>Fancomics
- SC Tenka the Tactician fancomic TL: >>543249413
- SC Haruki Smeargle fancomic (part 1) TS: >>543252959 >>543253194 >>543253450 >>543253747 >>543254003 >>543254213 >>543254549 >>543254869 >>543255097 >>543255265 >>543255452 >>543255720 >>543255908 >>543256134 >>543256394 >>543256639 >>543256864

iM@S NEWS ARCHIVE
>876pro
- VL Cosmo dances "Blink": >>543229270
>Gakuen
- GK Hatsuboshi Gakuen HR #STEP3 China Kuramoto promo (Oct 19th): >>543232373
- GK Rinami 1st/2nd/3rd singles promo (Oct 19th): >>543233191
- Chibigurumi Temari Teatime: >>543211967 >>543230149
>Other
- iM@S 20th Anniversary x Chikusei Hanabi Festival 2025 photos: >>543219438 >>543250668
>Fancomics
- SC Tenka the Tactician fancomic TL: >>543249413
- SC Haruki Smeargle fancomic (part 1) TS: >>543252959 >>543253194 >>543253450 >>543253747 >>543254003 >>543254213 >>543254549 >>543254869 >>543255097 >>543255265 >>543255452 >>543255720 >>543255908 >>543256134 >>543256394 >>543256639 >>543256864

>>543282764
Saving her

Bass!

I hate how expensive this is.

MILF bodied Iori and Yayoi with big tits and asses (Yayoi was given enough calories to achieve this).

>>543283023
Basanui!

>>543283023
Nice pits.

>>543283050
I'm surprised that Karen knows what that is.

>>543283050
did someone say tenka

>>543283050
Please return that to Amana.

Mio is unforgettable.

>>543283425
She can smell when people have masturbated when she's walking around, it is a cursed life.

>>543283761
Bad day to be Anna.

Fine, how about this one

>>543283761
What a useless superpower, what is this, My Hero Academia?

>>543283761
Ume has an abnormally good sense of smell too, hmm...

My idols has an excellent sense of smell but only for bad smells.

My idol can go invisible but only if no one is looking.

Kawaii!

I can smell Temari fart on the other side of the globe.

I can smell Yuika queefs on the other side of the globe.

chieannakoito

Hana my beloved

Misuzu my beloved

The Producer is a pathway to abilities many consider to be unnatural

Imas game made for the U.S. market.

>>543285940
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jU2QKJfOQk

>>543285940
Ai Love Hamburger

this girl is fine as af

Handheld Aiko-chan

>>543286530
Fight on, little one.

>>543286801
Cute!

>>543286530
Idol spats.

>>543286530
I'm weak to Momoko.

>>543287236
she's weak to buttstuff

>>543285940
Just make them horses

I love my loli wife

>>543286530
That's an 11-year-old

>>543287407
Kissin' dem cheeks

>>543287889
Her breasts are larger than Chihaya's so I can't help but be skeptical of that

The influence my idol has on my life is significant and very funny.

>>543287407
I don't believe that.

happy sunday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bI5yO0DbB0

>>543287889
>>543288160
>>543287898
>>543288061
she's very professional

>>543288061
Chihaya still has time to get breast implants.

>>543289134
Nice background

momoko riding

>>543289619
This has to stop...

>>543289997
Iorin then I'm done with the MLF angle

>>543289619
MOMMY WIFE!!!

>>543290297
No, you promised to do Madoka.

I was thinking about getting the 30ms asahi, but none of the kits with ecchi ouftis are available

>>543289105
WTF

>>543289134
haru...

Do you like this outfit?

>>543289619
I'm not posting it here because I don't like to pollute these threads with slop but I unironically have gained something of a fetish for an older Yayoi via AI and I always recommend having her hair down when you do it

>>543290664
What country are in in? Gundam USA has the blue swimsuit option available.

>>543290459
Asahi is a mynx

>>543292610
Pettin'

i love Nono Morikubo!

>>543290489
I thought you wanted gyaru not MILF, I can do either

>>543293561
Both!

>Takatsuki Yayoi & Minase Iori twin live "Itsumademo Nakayoshi!" / 高槻やよい・水瀬伊織 twin live “いつまでもなかよし!
>えがおだね!
https://youtu.be/CXJovcHoOMo

>ねんさきも!
https://youtu.be/QOgJekZLfoU

>きみとおはなし!
https://youtu.be/tw9_oiZsy1E

Enjoy

>>543290459
She really is the casual sex idol

>>543294812

Just like that dream I had about her where I saw her having sex with two people at one with each hold filled.

>>543294943
It's easy to see how Asahi would fall into doing enkou

now that i think about it, is there a new version of this chart?

>>543296196
Follow this guy, he makes them
https://x.com/imas_TAG

>>543293910
Fine

>>543291864
I'll make a little care package for you and catbox it. (That said the ''''pollution'''' angle makes little sense when we rarely hit image limit)

>>543295175
I used Rinze so much yesterday that I lost the count.

>>543297608
That anon has more sense than you. The fact that you think this is about image limit says a lot.

Moogtoberfest?

>>543297793
What is it about?

>>543298451
*SNIFF* x5

There is nothing wrong with an idol being a huge slut as long as all involved parties and partners consent.

>>543298247
Disgusting fetishes

>>543299149
I see none of those.

>>543297793
Image limit is always important because a certain someone will go in a multi thread meltdown if you dare to post many images in a row.

>>543299190
I agree with him desu. None of those gens posted recently have been any good. It's all just gross to look at.

>>543299729
TUBES

>>543299849
You, probably. And then you'll blame someone else for it.

>>543299980
Yup. There's been good sloppers in the past but this guy is fucking disgusting.

>>543300194
I agree his shit looks bad but it seems others here like it enough to request their own idol in his slop style.

>>543299729
>>543300414
The things I would do...

>>543300587
Elaborate

fundoshi fun

Speaking of AI...
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/136481701

I want to get Anna and Yuriko addicted to old school runescape

>>543296196
I miss having a live/event every week even if it fucked me up because i barely got any sleep

>>543301246
Don't do that

>>543301246
I'll play FFXI with Roco instead.

I don't want to produce Wonder Scale for an entire week...

I'll play baby with Haru and Momoka instead

>>543301619
Then do it once and play whoever else is in the scoring event?

>>543301704
Butt slaps

>>543301619
Oh yes you do

Threesome with Kogane and Hana

>>543301835
This but Luca and Nichika

>>543301835
This but with Asahi and Kaho

>>543301835
This but Yuika and Mamimi

>>543301835
You can't just go around fucking hicks like that. Especially when they are legal!
You should be trying to fuck underaged girls instead, like any decent man would.

>>543301835
This but Rinze and Chiyoko

I have recently started finding myself being sexually aroused by Kinoshita Hinata

>>543302401
That's bad, man, she's like one of the purest ML there are.

>>543302390
This but just Choco.

>>543302401
How do you feel about https://kemono.cr/fanbox/user/1545742/post/10554215 ?

>>543302792
That makes it better

>>543302401
For me it started when they gave her this outfit a few years ago

>>543303324
>>543303519
Heso prpr

>>543282481 (OP)
Did Yayoi ever realise that Iori only loves her for her money?

>>543301835
This but Haruki instead of Kogane

>>543303804
What money?

>>543301835
This but with Hana and her boyfriend

https://www.pixiv.net/artworks/136465684

Stop pushing the button ahhhh

>>543302902
I wouldn't think it's her first time pleasuring a man

>>543303519
For me it started when I saw her in the Idol Sex Night lineup.

>>543304130
Huh?

Cute mochi

>>543304130
No shitposting, please.

Daily reminder that Temari is the newfag tourist bait idol

Kotone's stinky, sweaty body!

>>543304917
You spelled Hiro really wrong

>>543295768
But she's only 14...

Chart anon????

>>543304917
>>543305073
Literally every Gaku is a newfag tourist bait idol except for maybe Sumika and Lipyan

>>543304440
I love the outfit from that event

>>543305672
There's nothing wrong with that. The only bad thing is how kotone seems to attract only the worst ones.

>>543294258
Thanks. This is one of those lives that just kind of happened, feels kind of empty. Hope their Ps liked it at least.

>>543304371
>tropical Shiz
Slut.
>gyaru Tamaki
Pure.

Konomi Sex Night soon...

I love Hijiri, my mochi wife

>>543306104
And the glasses will stay ON.

>>543306104
Blowing a raspberry on her little tummy.

>>543306173
Wait a minute, that artist...

>>543306104
Getting wasted at home is a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

>>543301619
take the sensepill and use her solo2

Next, bring your attention to this screen...

>>543305672
Mao isn't a bait as well since her retarded hair cut deters secondaries.

>>543306475
Whorse

>>543305859
Kotone just attracts the most people and gets the most shilling. She's more the face of Gakuen than Saki is.

>>543306942
Will the lecture involve time machines?

>>543301619
CM China is logic so wonder scale is banned for the event.

>>543304917
>>543305073
>>543305672
>bringing in new producers is le bad i just want this franchise to vanish

>>543307242
>>543307332

>>543307242
The small peek is better.

>>543307217
Yes

I'm predicting Temari for the other girl on the step 3 event.

>>543307454
>can't risk bruising your idol
>only options are to let her beat you up or grapple her into a submission hold instead of doing karate
Hmmm

>>543308062
likely to be Hiro again

>>543306846
Getting drunk with my idol before we've accepted our feelings and getting just a little too close is almost as intoxicating as the alcohol itself.

>>543299980
>>543300194
>>543300414
I see plenty of things posted here that don't meet my approval but I don't whine about it like a faggot.

Asahi sloppa

>>543309318
Barely looks like her

>>543309207
It's fine. This MILF checkpoint isn't as clean as the other checkpoints I've used. I just mentioned I was playing around with it and the requests came in so here we are.

>>543310120
MOMMY BITCH WIFE!!

https://x.com/0808Antony/status/1979828413507731730
Tony got his nuis.

>>543309207
This very post is you whining about posts you don't like

>>543310120
Comfy anon can you do Rinze in this body type?

>>543311038
more like hiv nuis lm@o

>>543304371
I liked the first one better

>>543311131
I'm chastising people for doing that

>>543307454
I know muay thai, I can fuck her up

https://arca.live/b/mltd/151098579
Iori and Yayoi teaching the SCs their place

>>543311038
Ponytail Shoma nui is kind of cute

Need an Ume welfare already

>>543309318
>>543309541
Asahi is like this

>>543282861
>>543295892
>>543307454
>>543312706
Thank you for posting Mao.

>>543312208
Welfares are only for girls with 2nd singles.

>>543308204
>>543311835

>>543310264
And the gyaru

>>543311247
Done for the day

>>543313879
What's going on here...

>>543291728
No replies...

>>543314080
I need a wife like Alice.

>>543312293
Sexy JC

>>543314357
I like it, but I like Lilja showing her butt more.

>>543314357
Nothing personel bro. Not enough people care about Lilja. You should hope her step 3 fixes her popularity.

>>543314940
Cute nerd butto.

>>543291728
I think its cute. I really like the gradient and all the stars are cute too

>the latest QULIA on nyaa is the 7th
Lads, I need my morgana, where is it

>>543314357
I spent 100 rolls on her Solo2 without getting that funny nazi outfit so I have somewhat mixed feeling about it.

>>543314058
Thank you so much. Sorry to bother you with these requests.

>>543314403
A bitchy little 12yo?

>>543314403
>>543315394
I think there's a book about that.

>>543315230
It's not a nazi outfit, you need to learn what Taisho Roman is.

>>543315634
The Taisho Roman SM set isn't present on the portal probably because of the controversy that inevitably arises with it. Sucks because it's legitimately a cool style.

>>543314357
My favorite one.

___ sisters

>>543282918
That's a little gay, isn't it?

>>543304917
your era is over

>>543316735
This is a top 1% acrylic display, very creative

>>543316735
Spiral...

>>543315931
Asahi is a bad influence on Kaho

>>543315821
it is on the portal but it's hidden >>511699819

>>543304917
I am reminded of this
https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/thread/540470964/#q540510815
https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/thread/540470964/#q540510946
https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/thread/540470964/#q540511332
https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/thread/540470964/#q540511442
https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/thread/540470964/#q540511645

ogey

>>543285940
Watch the Umamusume Anime and play the Game. It's the closest you will get to Im@s. It has a lot of the same VA's, similar music, and basically the co-creator was involved with getting the project off the ground.

>>543317152
I don't give a shit about horses fuck off back to your general if you want to talk about them. The only good horse is the one on my sandwich.

https://x.com/teraratte/status/1979757812768239750
So, any other im@s itasha out there in this event?

>>543317152
quick guess
>SMp
or
>CGp

>>543317152
I mean it's a game for actual retards that requires no skill(you can be last in a race and then retry it and get first place) so that's close to being for the US market I guess.

Silence Shizuka

>>543317705
But enough about Gakumas

That doesn't happen in GK

Silence sub grade 7 midwit

Welcome to /@/
Here we respond to trolls

If you don't want people to respond to trolls then make posts that warrants discussion, simple as.

>>543292250
oh, I'll check it out

I'll get a jar of slime cleaner stuff too

Sex appeal?

troll that love to show how stupid and obvious their post are

Hinata > Kana > Moogy
I really like Hinata's solo. Her hick accent sounds pleasant when she doesn't talk slow, and she's very genki in the shouting parts.

Ok
Asobinotes>Columbia>Lantis

>>543319224
Lametis deserves suffering for not allowing Covers

>>543319224
Lantis at least uploaded full versions.

>>543319224
>game ver
>not last

>>543317591
Looks like Kotoha so MLp

>>543319224
It's Lantis > Asobinotes > Columbia if anything
Columbia is carried hard by the AS and early CG discography, the amount of good songs they've put out since COVID is probably countable on one hand

At least will have full columbia versions soon (tm)

>>543319426
What covers did GK do? Kotone Go My Way?

>>543318986
None, Marriage appeal however...

I love these silly sluts

>>543317705
Imagine talking about skill in an idol general

>>543319956
what's with the censored outfits

I think the reason they waited for China's Step 3 literally the day before is because feels like they don't have much to announce. Most likely, anything interesting would be necessary in next months Step 3 or for the half Anniv stream.

Honestly, it's possible we won't even get that and just do the Halloween Rerun tomorrow for a week then do China at the end of the month maybe?

>>543319476
>>543319508
Remove that in the equation, let's talk about quality. What are Lantis releases that matches up to AS classics?

>>543319985
Rhythm games are purely skill based so yes?

>>543320057
That would be insanely retarded since we haven't had any meaningful content for a month now. The entire Gamushara event was a nothing burger, the commus were mild except for a few P bait moments from Temari. They need to build momentum towards Tsubame not kill it.

>>543320165
UNION

>>543319224
Doesn't upload full CDs
Doesn't upload solo version CDs
Doesn't upload full size ver.

>>543320235
I mean, that's for you but it's more like a return to form from last month which had
a lot of new types of events. It was also nice that Kotone shook up the meta somewhat. Gameplay wise, GK was interesting this month but story-wise I think events have almost always been their weakest

Also, it's China. This shit was dead from the start.

>>543320202
Im@s rythm games are piss easy compared to actual games like proseka

>>543320165
Hanazakari Weekend and Moon Night are probably the closest things to Lantis classics
When you're going off of how much staying power the songs have there's basically no branch that even comes close to the AS lineup but Columbia also has so much bloat and so many god awful business decisions that it's hard to put them over anyone

>>543320941
Play the real chunithim then of a clone instead.

>>543320941
Show me your Shower of Light AS

>>543320691
Yeah GK's event stories are always their weakest link you won't hear any arguments from me there. It's nice that Kotone managed to shake things up despite being sense but I doubt it was interesting to most of the playerbase since only a handful of people care about contests.

>Also, it's China. This shit was dead from the start.
People said the same thing about Sumika yet she managed to have the best step 3 so far and gained new fans from it. If anything Sumika's step 3 shows us that GK knows how to fix shit NIA routes and build up from there.

Halloween is approaching, beware of skeletons.

>>543321438
How do I feel about Hiro's butt being bonier than Miss Suzu's?

Komino on new console game ?

>>543322485
the console game team is the same as the td team, isn't it?

>>543322485
>>543322602
This is the new ML game from the leak.

>>543322485
https://x.com/kitagima134/status/1973228875648999737

source
https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/ir/library/integratedreports.html

Maybe I should just try to get a job at scamco, wonder if they're taking in mid level devs

>>543322756
which leak again i forget ?
it's feels like some many different leak coming out i dont know which one is the closest one being true

I heard you guys talking shit about China NIA 3, so I guess it's time to leak some shit to build up the hype. Kanae gets her own voice and sprite.

>>543323183
SEX

>>543323183
Shares the same VA as Rinha, too

>>543323261
There's no credit in the leak.

>>543323183
SEX WITH MAIDS

>>543323183
Inb4 Kanae steals the step 3 spotlight like Shiori did last time.

She HATES (you).

>>543323183
I knew it. Tsubame also had her first appearance around this time last year.

>>543319956
Professional meat flute players

>>543323675
SEX WITH ANGRY MAIDS LOOKING AT ME LIKE I WAS WALKING GARBAGE. I am sorry, I just really fucking love maids.

I will laugh if China manages to progress her relationship with P before Rinami.

Rinami
https://arca.live/b/gakumasu/151069982?p=1

>>543323675
>Her face after she knows I impregnated China

HOT

Ai bros, pls... Hana-sama beating the piss out of Amana...

>>543323702
they love choking on cockmeat

>>543323135
The Chinese leak the one that was almost 100% accurate but with different dates.

The Chinese leak is funnysad in hindsight because the leaked internal presentation said that they were planning to make SC the new flagship with the combo of SfP plus anime and we know how that ended up...

>>543324248
GK was the branch scamco needed but didnt deserve

>>543324248
I guarantee you other bamco franchises would look even worse if we could see their presentations, or the japanese gaming industry as a whole

>>543324248
It really shows how much delusion is up there in the upper management of the company.

>>543324248
Imagine if we lived in a world where GK flopped alongside SFP and our only hope is with Mr. Kojima fixing his shit. It would be the darkest age this franchise has ever seen.

How do they decide which GK side-characters get sprites and voices? The chibidomo have designs but no voices, names or sprite, and Shiori is just a name and text boxes.

>>543322954
元「学園アイドルマスター」メインプロデューサー
株式会社バンダイナムコエンターテインメント
AE事業部 765プロダクションプロデュース2課

Former "School Idolmaster" Main Producer
Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
AE Division, 765 Productions, Production Section 2
Manager

Komino has become the whole imas franchise manager

KANAE FOR GK 3RD ANNIVERSARY
WE LOVE MAIDS

>>543315083
https://nyaa.si/view/2027380

>>543324583
>AE Division
What does AE stand for?

>>543324583
>Komino has become the whole imas franchise manager
That's not what that says though?

>>543324248
how old those Chinese leak btw ?
the reason i ask is because bamco undergoing big reshuffle of their staff and it most likely the reason for some change on the leak

>>543324583
Does that mean he out ranks Takayama?

>>543324803
who is the .50 ae deagle brand deagle of idols?

>>543324887
Even Wakachiko outranks Takayama, since she's the one in charge of the franchise as a whole after GamiP.

>>543324858
The leak is just 2 years old but the document is way older. The main meat of the leak was that Scamco was planning a Chinese IMAS spin-off that didn't pan out.

>>543324858
>>543324998
It's pre-covid. So we're way past the point of divergence.

>>543324837
correct me if im wrong but from this table what i get is 765 production is handling the whole imas frenchise

https://x.com/gkmas_official/status/1980106704055324836
China is getting Evan Call for composer (Frieren) and Oomori Syoko returns as lyricist

>>543325163
He's the new Uma Musume traitor guy and Wakachiko is the current Orange Man.

Now I want to see the timeline where the 12 fps anime was a success. GK discussions would probably be non existent here.

>>543325163
that's always been the case, gamiP was running the whole thing and then wakachiko replaced him.

>>543325163
Yes but he's not in charge of the whole thing, your post even said
>Production Section 2

>>543324583
Also koji becoming the General Manager

>>543325206
He's also orchestrated Union apparently.

https://twitter.com/imassc_prism/status/1980106710674215199
A bunch of people are saying Mamimi but the hair makes me think of Sakuya. Though the chest isn't as big.

>>543325421
>but to every region
liar...

>>543323854
getting teen pregnant isn't very rippa na aidoru

>>543325492
sakuya's skin is darker

>>543325206
>Evan Call
This man made me cry a lot with songs like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDrz6_0-NEQ

>redditren
Yeah it's a no from me dawg

>>543324998
>>543325137
if it really before covid then it's mostly likely got effected by the reconstruction

>>543323183
>>543323675
My P senses are tingling

>>543325504
the japanese are too autistic with permissions and reliance on foreign partners telling them what to do, see Blue Protocol
even the leak™ mentioned 英語圏 specifically so it's not like they're lying but they're just too stubborn to do anything about it, I think a recent Komino interview (post GK release) also has him saying he has no solutions for people not wanting a delayed server?

>>543325729
As an old story, I can say that at some point there were plans to make an ML anime by the original A1/Cloverworks team that died out due to scheduling conflicts with Babylonia and Darling in the Franxx.

>>543325504
evey region = asia

>>543325816
Something like that. Komino basically said its too much of a pain to manage a global version so he'd rather not

>>543326023
Seems more like specifically China judging by your pic

>>543326109
Yet Chinese/Korean companies seem to do it effortlessly. Must be the classic Japan skill issue along with being an indie company.

>>543325816
After Uma becoming so successful in the west, is a delayed server really that big of a deal? They are YEARS behind.

Sumika
https://litter.catbox.moe/qfyepsfg76u3i02z.png

Kinda funny.

>>543326307
Japan needed to stare down the barrel of a literal cannon to start trading with the rest of the world.

>>543326552
Two cute girls

>>543326490
Uma global was a lightning in a bottle type of success no one expected it to go mainstream not even Cygays themselves. I doubt GK can replicate that. However GK is the best branch to go west since the game is very streamer friendly due to it being a StS clone.

Kanae's VA: https://x.com/abe_sayaka88
It's a no name new VA that literally debuted this year, so I'll just say she's confirmed to eventually become an idol like Rinba and Yuu.

>>543326552
Why didn’t you mention Lilja too?

>>543326746
Kanae being a nobody is good news for us Rinha deniers

>>543326746
That is fresh as hell. Even Rinha had a few years in her. Feels more like a side character which we do have like Kunio.

>>543326913
Nope, it adds to the pattern. After Tsubame you have to be silly to not notice.

>>543324583
i hope google Ai doesn't hallucinating

>>543326848
Didn't want anyone to get the wrong idea

>>543326913
nigga kanae's va being a nobody only increases her chances of becoming the next playable idol

>>543327047
nigga you cant be this delusional

>>543326490
Uma and FGO only got lucky as opposed to all the other shit that EoS'd
it should also be way worse for Asia as a whole when much of the potential playerbase is used to playing on JP and no one cares if it got localized like the KR or TW versions of ML
imagine if you're stuck with launch SC when everyone's drawing doujins of the post-launch units

I'm convinced now, they're saving Temari/Saki Step 3s for last (of the original 9) so they can introduce Rinha's 3D model.

14 logic runs left to do.

>>543327137
then why would they even hire a fresh new va with no roles when they could literally reuse i Ris again?

>>543326921
Remind me who the hell is Kunio? I forgot about him.

>>543327313
The school principal, Sena's grandfather. How do you forget him when he's voiced by Big Boss.

When they show she has actual 2D sprites, it's going to be super over.

>>543327137
Let the Rinbabros have this

https://arca.live/b/mltds/151040316

Damn, magical girls are crazy these days.

>>543327251
Rinba won't be relevant to Saki's other than a few lines of dialogue but she really does need her 3D model for people to take her seriously in Temari's step 3 since she's set up to be the main rival. It's the only route where she returns to Hatsuboshi so that's the best place to build Rinba hype.

>>543327424
Anon??????????
>>543323675
>>543323183

Happyba "Niseleb"

>>543327379
Oh... As a Sylvestar fan I nicknamed him as Gato in my mind so I forgot about his original name.

>>543327564
No

Squishy Peach
https://kemono.cr/fanbox/user/15564520/post/10732087

>>543325206
Yeah it's gonna be Amazing Grace but idol

>>543327621
You misunderstand...2D sprites is practically a death sentence. That just means no 3D possibly ever. They didn't even bother with that with Tsubame.

Prove me wrong, Rinhags

https://idolmaster-official.jp/news/01_17094

Get your Moacting on again starting 10/27. This time around, there's no lottery to participate so anyone can join and save the planet.

Now there's acrylics of their full body art.

>>543326023
West sis ?

>>543327961
Oh I expected Peachy not this...

>>543328102
>They didn't even bother with that with Tsubame.
Yes they did you fucking retard. Tsubame was a sprite when she first showed up in support cards.

The rori gfs

>>543327724
But it's not her birthday for another 10 hours?

Rinha's first support card appearance would be her feat of stopping the lightning. It would earn her the nickname "The Thunder God of Hatsuboshi".

Where are the Iori SFP Webbums?

>>543328161
How often do collabs get to rerun like this? I wonder if I can set it up with my Blackship address even if I'd be doing it overseas.

Professor Moogy too powerful

A bet a lot of people didn't bother switching the attack style to steal from the top though.

>>543328846
Before expanding, I saw this initially as Ami taking the strawberry from Chizuru's foot.

https://x.com/imasml_theater/status/1980106711072682283

Rio wonders if she can increase her evil charismatic draw by showing more of her cleavage or making her skirt shorter.

>>543328793
Wouldn't matter, Fairy Mystical too strong. We got this.

>>543324756
based

>>543328482
I only have Yayoi.

>>543328793
As we learned from the first BOT event where Mystical won by a significant amount (when they would want to balance with Breaker for the type-based division), a lot of people don't bother reading instructions.

Big Expassions

next enza SSR

Imagine losing the narrative on your game so hard that for your 2nd Anniversary a big draw is that two idols from a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GAME are being added.
Takayama, fix yo shit dawg.

>>543324583
>>543324986
>>543325421
>>543326973
765 Productions is just one of Bamco's IP management units. They did a restructure a few years back and said "haha what if we name it like it is in iM@S".
Komino 100% got a promotion after Gakumas but he's just in charge of part of 765 Productions, not everything iM@S. Koji's position isn't even new, he's held that position for literal years now: https://funfare.bandainamcoent.co.jp/12399/
There's never been a full GamiP replacement.

Silly boys.

>China's Step 3 is the best so far
wtf

>>543329967
HOT

>>543330010
imagine having no opinion on your own that you have to steal someone's tweet
https://x.com/Rennouji/status/1979857773837053994

>>543329967
>gets a Halloween SSR two years in a row
Huh?
Also I'm assuming this is another limited.

Chinas new song is so good it has the two best AS solo songs combined for its name.

>>543329952
Yeah!

>>543329952
I want to stay respectful, but goddamn she looks so breedable.

can't you see that what you are doing here is a crime?

>>543330315
In a row is new, though two themed pSSR has happened before (ex; double Kogane/Chiyuki swimsuits).
Also she had one last year?

>>543327961
>animated
Nice.

https://x.com/imasml_765PRO/status/1979479748905668887

Message from Reika's VA about her new solo Irodori.

>>543330319
It doesn't have Aoi Tori and Tonari ni... in the name though?

https://x.com/imasml_765PRO/status/1979897733868814784

Message from Kaori's VA about her new solo Enjoy&Feel.

>>543330437
>>543330409

>>543330494
Sex with my Osananajiwife

>>543330271
Operacuck only knows how to stalk people on Twitter, he can't actually form opinions of his own
Please understand

>>543329952
Where is this from?

>>543330526
I'm pretty sure, almost exactly one year ago.

Which composer will they bring over for Sena next month?

>>543330725
Shiny Colors Song for Prism

https://x.com/choucho0115/status/1980118355215601761

Boogie Ladies

>>543330725
Summer Night Paradise. It's an alternate animation that plays if the center idol doesn't have her own themed swimsuit equipped. Pic related is the animation that would normally play.

>>543330895
Creepy Nuts

>>543330985
>filename
I quite agree

>>543329952
>Editor Note: Yayoi got FUCKED later that night

>>543330262
>chiex.jpg
Chie X looks very different to standard Chie.

>>543331007
That's Rinha...is what I would say but her VA actually listens to music as a hobby I wonder if they asked her for advice so it could be anything.

>>543331318
Why is she listening to a song called Retarded?

sex

>>543330985
I didn't know SFP players made webms other SHiiS hip shake.webm and Kaho runway.webm

>>543331471
wdym we had like hundreds of bikini webms posted here

>>543331402
Somewhere, someone sang this with Rinhas voice

https://youtu.be/D7bPV2rnamQ?si=dyHiH7mBhWMUMwJZ

>>543331471
Now you know

>>543331573
God, this is trash. As expected of Japanese rap.

>>543289134
>no anti-AI filters or watermarks
*Chigyuu turning into a Huuli Hoarder from Deep Rock Galactic noises*

Koito can beat any GK in an idol fight.

>>543331694
>As expected of rap
Fixed that for you. Only good rap is pop rap where it's inserted into pop songs compared to the "real rap" with no rhyme or reason.

>>543331927
>Only good rap is pop rap
Lol. no.

>>543323675
Is this GK's official bitch wife?

>>543331471
>>543331553
Funny enough I don't make Kaho ones at all. Though Shhis is always easy to use.

There is no such thing as good rap, it's all trash.

China Step 3 is easily the best Step 3 so far and Kanae has a lot much characterization, she's a history nerd and goes on a loooooooooong detour about Romance of the 3 Kingdoms. Have a sample of her voice: https://vocaroo.com/17Z85BYVMEh9

How the fuck are you supposed to clear songs on Expert in SFP? And there's another difficulty after that one? WTF?

>>543332131
nah

Cool Tachibana

>>543331927
>the "real rap" with no rhyme
You have no idea what rhyme even is, do you?

>>543332274
Just play more, but you'll eventually get roadblocked around lv 26/27

>>543332218
I mean it's standard anime voice. You could tell me that was Asari and Id believe it.

I'm more interested if she knows that China (the cute) is the same as China (the country). Surely, her being into RoTK instead of Sengoku is to make the obvious pun that she loves China.

>>543332346
Sluts

>>543332274
>expert
Try starting with easy songs such as Alstro or Noctchill songs. L'Antica and Cometik songs on Expert can be as hard as some Master difficulty songs.

>>543332462
A whole bunch of the story is a parody of RoTK and they even made the obvious joke of Hiro being China's Zhuge Liang.

>>543331927
Educate yourself by listening to early Eminem and Tupac.

>>543332590
I don't care about any of that. I just need to know if Komino named her China, very well knowing she'd have the same English spelling as the country China.

I'm sure they're having a laugh but surely they HAD to have known.

I'm rappin' with a High Jack.

>>543332696
you forgot biggie

>>543332274
git gud

>>543332462
>You could tell me that was Asari and Id believe it
You must be deft. I bet you watch dubs.

>>543332274
I cleared Black Reverie on expert after a couple weeks of playing. No rhythm game experience.

>>543331782
As expected of a professional idol.

>>543332590
His name is Koumei you uncultured nanban.

>jslop fans shitting on rap
Alright, that’s enough internet for me today.

>>543332891
Anime girl mode is a thing. That's why there's such thing as a "natural voice" when you hear them talk about it even in singing. Occasionally you get rare ones like especially high ones or low ones but outside of that it's just whatever.

Like I wouldn't be able to describe Uzuki, Mirai, Haruka differently besides saying one is deeper/higher pitched than the other

>>543332448
>>543332525
>>543332871
>>543332906
Guess I'll keep at it, I can full combo Hard songs somewhat easily, I'll try to full combo more of them and just git gudder.
I still haven't managed to All Perfect anything though, though I did manage to All Great like 3 songs.

>>543332497
Yukimi-chan is not a slut

>>543333174
It's a fact that rap is trash, man. J-Pop is good yes.

>>543333298
bad take

>>543333225
Oh right, completely forgot that Expert isn't even the top diff... but yeah if you think Experts are bullshit, Masters are quite literally a level above, that is where it becomes understandable to not be able to FC all of them instantly

Groping underaged idol breasts.

>>543333225
>I still haven't managed to All Perfect anything though, though I did manage to All Great like 3 songs.
All Perfect is genuinely hard. I have a few All Greats and Master clears/FCs but no All Perfect yet. Enabling Focus or 2D mode helps.

Saki STEP3 will be composed by someone who work for SM or JYP

>>543333237
Why didn't you defend Chie?

>>543334013
Her step 3 song is all about building a Doon as a reference to her sister's song rolling riceball.

Chie is a strong girl and can take bants.

>>543328793
>>543329460
Maybe you should be prompted to pick a style. As it stands Ps who choose autovote on a type don't even see the style selection screen and so it defaults to the first.

I'm not a model expert so I'd need an actual artist to explain why I feel like this but man I really do think the SfP models might be the best 765 models they've ever done
>Faces are much more capable of varying expressions than the StSn/MR model
>Eyes are shorter and softer
>Eyebrows appear above hair, harsher shadows, and outlines help make the model look moreso like it were a 2D drawing
>Head shape is slimmer, feels less chunky and potato-faced
>Nose shadows/shines make the face feel less flat, blush shadows look more natural
>Hair shape is much more exaggerated, tufts are much higher and twintails are longer
>Hair texture is more defined, likely using baked lighting whereas the StSn/MR model is just trying to let UE do everything
It's not a fair 1-to-1 comparison because the MR models are designed to seem like they could exist in a real space while SfP is very much a video game but my eyes definitely like looking at the right more.

I know Gakumas massively stole SfP's thunder but looking at screenshots of it make it almost feel like an in-between the two styles, not having nose shadows/shines and strict outlines like MR but also having slimmer faces, more expressions, and more baked hair textures like SfP. I know people use Gakumas as the king of iM@S right now but you still get some weird lumpy faces at certain angles in there so I'm not really sure if I prefer SfP or it but they're both pretty nice looking. They need to put Haruka in there so I can get another comparison

月曜がついったら~

>>543334876
Gakumas appeal isn't its 3D model it's the characters, their development and their songs. So it's a weird point of comparison by using GK's model.

>>543334876
the mr models are literally the carbon copies of PS4 models if not the exact same ones (PS, StS and StSn). they're limited in expressions because they were made with the console game in mind, of course they look outdated next to SfP (brand new mobile game) or even valiv (their models were made specifically for your usual vtubing business)

while we're at it i also want to say that Iori's SfP model is really pretty

>>543335248
The models were very explicitly designed to be an appealing point to the extent that the poly count for the models was literally considered a selling point for the game by Komino

>>543331094
Is this real

>>543334876
>>543335441
Different styles, also GK uses IP engine, and while it can look jarring with all the filters, the proportions are better compared to limbs from SfP, the shadow/reflection achieve a more natural effect in GK, while in SfP they have to force cleavage shadows. It's okay if you prefer SfP models over GK, but I really wish they could make them look less like sticks.

>>543334876
TLDR

>>543335795
Stick-like in terms of the limbs or in general? Compared to something like TD everyone in SfP looks curvy but I don't look at Rinami enough to see how jiggly Gaku can really get

>>543334876
It's mostly a difference in design philosophy. The MR models have decided to only use soft shadows for reasons not known, and the general materials used for it have very plasticky properties, you can see it in the hair the most. SFP uses more familiar looking hard shadows and is styled accordingly.

I just hope they bring their actual A game to OathOne, I couldn't bear watching someone's interpretation of a kigu of her.

>>543335858
GK models bad

>>543334876
>sovl
>soulless
Peak AS design/style is PS/StS

The only thing that bothers me with the SfP models is that everyone has the same body type outside of the bust size modifier.

The MR lightning improved a lot since the start, I started finding them acceptable around Expo and they were pretty decent in the recent live.

Funny how Azusa and the Tokachis will end up benefiting the most from this though.

>>543336552
>Sideface image
You mean Imas 2.

>>543336407
I've always thought that because of the nature of MR lives (trying to sell you the idea that idols exist in a real life space) that they intentionally do some things like the softer lighting in order to make it more "realistic". I just don't think it ends up working with a lot of the materials they use and also the fact that these models weren't really designed to be used in a realistic space. The actual outfits looked pretty much perfectly fine to me because unlike the character models, the outfits actually WERE built for the ground up to be used in this more realistic setting.
>>543336552
If you unironically believe this you are the first person I've ever met to hold this opinion. I'm not hating, I'm just kind of surprised.

Real peak AS models were im@s 2. If you disagree then you are blind.

>>543336631
Expo had the benefit of them being allowed to show what the audience sees instead of the weird 3D environments they insist using for xR lives which is just unnecessary.

Did Expo use StSn/Tours models for the ML live? I know they did for CG and had new models for Shin, Kanade, etc.

>>543336942
truke

>>543337002
Yeah, they were even using the Starlit outfits. And the camera sucked because the only closeup option they did was an extreme closeup of the head that tracked whenever they moved.

https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm45303716

Everything is good as long as Takane's body is respected.

why is anna such a cumbun?

>>543336048
Stick like in general, it doesn't help the initial animations being rough, it's like they were puppets and their joints were sticking out, I do admit the movements have gotten better in new MVs but the rough animations are still there in the commus. It's also a thing of me not liking how SC makes everyone look like 30% upper body and the rest being legs. I wish they would've taken more liberties on the artstyle to fix the shortcomings from the L2D sprites from SC.

TLDR: Please give me a fatter Choco, Takayama.

>>543337235
I'm surprised this hasn't been taken down

>>543336983
It 100% creates some weird visual dissonance but I can't hate the stages themselves. Like come on look at this shit and tell me you can't hear it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD8xjO3Gv7E

I remember thinking we'd get all these new idols seen at Expo fast-tracked into Tours by now because they already made them. Then it turns out they made them in a way that they couldn't easily reuse the foundation that was already made.

Haha

>>543337332
Nobody uses or cares about Nicovideo anymore.

Also if they cared enough they'd sell a BD of the events, only va-liv seems to be taking advantage of that.

Modders do what Toursdon't.

I'm still wondering how they're going to handle the unit-based branches in Tours. We'll get our answer if the next SM in is/isn't Jiro or Rui I guess.

You aren't thinking about Misuzu enough.

Imagine for the branch main song medley at the start of MOIW we get Chupa instead of Rat A Tat or Crossing. The nonAS/ML Ps that didn't get tickets for the ML section of the expo will be so confused when chupa appears on screen.

>>543337315
I don't think you'll ever get a fatter Choco. There's no thigh or waist slider. It's just height/head/bust/hand/arm. And all the idols have the same arm/hands as it only changes the length and not the actual thickness of them.

>>543337315
>I wish they would've taken more liberties on the artstyle to fix the shortcomings from the L2D sprites from SC.
I want you to elaborate here, not because I disagree but just because I want to hear what you have to say because it sounds interesting. I know SfP has had some jank animations but I've never heard many criticisms regarding the actual spine stuff in SC other than it being repetitive

sexy sticks

>>543337369
I thought that Tours would be able to get all the characters from StSn within 1~2 years. Almost a year has passed and the only idol from StSn announced to be added is Iori.

I guess they're trying to economize Tours (get as much profit with as low investment as possible). It doesn't even have its own original song unlike PL and StSn.

>>543337982
They voted out Chupa, he's dead now. December will be the start of the Yandere Era.

>>543337315
>I wish they would've taken more liberties on the artstyle to fix the shortcomings from the L2D sprites from SC
SC has the best artstyle in the franchise aside from like, 1st vision and early 2nd vision AS.

>>543337315
*flatter Choco

>>543338186
No... I won't accept this. Yamirabi must die.

someone likes this pair

What should I draw? I won't post it because I suck but you can imagine it.

>>543337874
I'd say which SC gets added first will determine it. If Fuyuko or Madoka gets in, Tours will likely just pick idols who's popular enough even by just themselves.

>>543338229
https://files.catbox.moe/67311e.jpg
The pinnacle of iM@S art

Thinkgen of Misuzu

>>543337894
Miss Suzu creeps me out. I don't want to think about creepy women.

I need a DIAMOND JOKER with the long intro of HP2. That was an incredible build up.

>>543338012
I know that, and that's why I brought the stick issue, while it's common for im@s to use generic models, I don't like how they handled the proportions, Pic related, Choco looks more chubby in SC.

>>543338101
The issue with SC L2D is thier fixed poses, Amana always has to look on the side or Yuika is always in this weird jumping pose, Choco surprisingly got it fine. However, it seems they based a lot on the L2D animations for SfP commus, like try to replicate the L2D style when it doesn't translate well in 3D.

>>543337353
The stages look good but I feel like they only look good if you want to farm screenshots

>>543339340
Worked for Shinkai

[SAD NEWS] Arisu and Fumika got exposed for scamming Japanese artists

>>543338381
They did a thing together not too long ago. Got quite a bit of art.

who would spit-roast hiro with me

15 lims in a row...

Hiro is my wife.

>>543339434
That's it

>>543339782
you can have her

>>543340053
It's a reference to that Japanese artist who drew Arisu x Fumika gag comics

How long until Tomoka's VA does this?

>>543338289
I'm fine with that, especially since loli Choco made me a badman.