Idolmaster: Xenoglossia

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Idolmaster: Xenoglossia
アイドルマスター XENOGLOSSIA (Aidorumasutā: XENOGLOSSIA)
Genre	Mecha, Science Fiction
TV anime
Directed by	Tatsuyuki Nagai
Studio	Sunrise
Network	Kansai TV
Original run	April 2007 –
No. of episodes

Idolmaster: Xenoglossia (アイドルマスター XENOGLOSSIA, Aidorumasutā: XENOGLOSSIA^?) is a TV anime series by Sunrise, based on the Bandai Namco game series, The Idolmaster. It is set to premiere in Japan from April 2007 on Kansai TV and various other UHF television stations. The series will also be aired across the internet on the Japanese website @nifty.

Numerous of the Sunrise staff working on Xenoglossia have also previously worked on My-HiME and My-Otome.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

1 Story
2 Cast
3 Staff
4 Theme music
5 Manga
6 External links

[edit] Story

The show centers around mecha and reimagines the ten prospective idols as fighter pilots of those robots, eight of them also posing as students. The large robots in this case are called iDOLS and their pilots are called Idolmasters.

[edit] Cast

Haruka Amami (天海春香, Amami Hakura^?): Yūka Iguchi
Yukiho Hagiwara (萩原雪歩, Hagiwara Yukiho^?): Yui Horie
Iori Minase (水瀬伊織, Minase Iori^?): Yukari Tamura
Yayoi Takatsuki (高槻やよい, Takatsuki Yayoi^?): Ami Koshimizu
Makoto Kikuchi (菊地真, Kikuchi Makoto^?): Eri Kitamura
Ritsuko Akizuki (秋月律子, Akizuki Ritsuko^?): Mai Nakahara
Azusa Miura (三浦あずさ, Miura Azusa^?): Tomo Sakurai
Chihaya Kisaragi (如月千早, Kisaragi Chihaya^?): Kaori Shimizu
Ami Futami (双海亜美, Futami Ami^?): Kaori Nazuka
Mami Futami (双海真美, Futami Mami^?): Momoko Saitō
Rifa (リファ, Rifa^?): Yukana
Naze Munakata (宗方名瀬, Munakata Naze^?): Mamiko Noto
Naraba Daidō (大道楢馬, Daidō Naraba^?): Daisuke Ono
Sorewa Suzuki (鈴木空羽, Suzuki Sorewa^?): Mikako Takahashi
Chikako Minamoto (源千佳子, Minamoto Chikako^?): Naomi Shindō
Hotaru Yasuhara (安原蛍, Yasuhara Hotaru^?): Ryōka Yuzuki
Hibiki Saku (朔響, Saku Hibiki^?): Takuma Takewaka
Karasu (カラス, Karasu^?): Akira Ishida
Joseph Shingetsu (ジョセフ・真月, Josefu Shingetsu^?): Kazuhiro Nakata

[edit] Staff

Original Concept: Bandai Namco Games (The Idolmaster)
Planning: Sunrise
Original Work: Hajime Yatate
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
Series Composition: Jukki Hanada
Character Design: Hiroshi Takeuchi (Studio Live)
Mechanical Design (iDOL): Junichi Akutsu (Bee Craft)
Guest Mechanical Design: Hiroyuki Ōkawa
Set Design: Tomoyuki Aoki
Art Director: Toshiyuki Tokuda (Studio Easter)
Colour Design: Sayoko Yokoyama
Photography Director: Hidekatsu Ōishi (Anime Film)
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki (Seki Editing)
Music: Tsuneyoshi Saitō
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka (Rakuonsha)
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
Sound Effects: Mitsuru Kageyama (Fizz Sound Creation)
Music Producer: Shunji Inoue (Lantis)
Music Production: Lantis
Music Coordination: Sunrise Music Publishing
Producers: Naotake Furusato (Sunrise), Toyota Todoroki (Bandai Visual)
Production: Sunrise, Bandai Visual
Producer: Naotake Furusato (Sunrise)
Music: Tsuneyoshi Saito
Music production: Lantis
Production: Sunrise, Bandai Visual
Copyright: (C)2007 SUNRISE INC.・Bandai Visual

[edit] Theme music

Opening theme

Binetsu S.O.S!!

Vocal: Miyuki Hashimoto

Ending theme

Yūkyū no Tabibito: ~Dear boy (悠久の旅人～Dear boy^?)

Vocal: Snow*
Lyrics: Saori Kodama
Composition and arrangement: Hiroyuki Maezawa

[edit] Manga

The anime was also later adapted into a manga series, which has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace magazine's vol. 012 since February 26, 2007.