Puchimas! Petit Idolmaster

Puchimas! Petit Idolmaster
Cover of Puchimas! Petit Idolmaster volume 1 featuring Ritsuko Akizuki and the Puchidols Chihya and Haruka-san
ぷちます! -PETIT IDOLM@STER-
Genre	Comedy, Slice of life
Manga
Written by	Akane
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Dengeki Maoh
Original run	September 2008 – ongoing
Volumes	5
Original video animation
Directed by	Mankyū
Studio	Gathering
Released	October 27, 2012
Original net animation
Directed by	Mankyū
Studio	Gathering
Licensed by	NA Funimation
Released	January 1, 2013 – March 29, 2013
Episodes	64
Original video animation
Takatsuki Gold Densetsu Special!! Haruka-san Matsuri
Directed by	Mankyū
Studio	Gathering
Released	March 27, 2013 – May 29, 2013
Episodes	6
Original net animation
Puchimas!! Petit Petit Idolmaster
Directed by	Mankyū
Studio	Gathering
Released	April 2014 – scheduled

Puchimas! Petit Idolmaster (ぷちます! -PETIT IDOLM@STER-, Puchimasu! Puchitto Aidorumasutā) is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Akane, based on Namco Bandai Games' The Idolmaster franchise. The series revolves around the daily lives of the idols of 765 Production as they are joined by miniaturized versions of themselves known as Puchidols. The manga began serialization in the September 2008 issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Maoh magazine. A 64-episode original net animation (ONA) series by Gathering was streamed online between January and March 2013, and a second season will begin streaming in April 2014.

Plot

The daily lives of the idols and staff of the talent agency 765 Production are changed when the idols meet minituarized versions of themselves known as Puchidols (ぷちどる, Puchidoru, lit. petit idol), each with their own unique personalities.

Media

Manga

Puchimas! Petit Idolmaster is a four-panel comic strip manga series written and illustrated by Akane. It started serialization in the September 2008 issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Maoh magazine. The first tankōbon volume was published on November 27, 2009, and five volumes have been released as of March 27, 2013.^[1][2]

Anime

A 64-episode original net animation (ONA) adaptation began streaming on Animate.tv and Niconico every weekday between January 1 and March 29, 2013. Funimation began simulcasting the series on January 14, 2013.^[3] The episodes were released on three Blu-ray Disc (BD) and DVD compilation volumes between March 27 and May 29, 2013. A second season will begin streaming on Niconico in April 2014.^[4] An original video animation (OVA) episode was bundled with Dengeki Maoh on October 27, 2012.^[5] Another OVA, titled Takatsuki Gold Legend Special!! Haruka-san Festival (高槻ゴールド伝説すぺしゃる!! はるかさん祭り, Takatsuki Gōrudo Densetsu Supesharu!! Haruka-san Matsuri), was released consisting of six episodes; three bundled with the limited edition of the fifth manga volume released on March 27, 2013,^[6] and three included in each BD/DVD volume of the series.

The opening theme is "La♪La♪La♪ Wonderland" (ら♪ら♪ら♪わんだぁらんど, Ra♪Ra♪Ra♪ Wandārando).^[7] The main ending theme for episodes 1-23 is "Thank You Yesterdays" (あ・り・が・と・YESTERDAYS, A-ri-ga-to YESTERDAYS) by Haruka (Eriko Nakamura), Makoto (Hiromi Hirata), Miki (Akiko Hasegawa) and Ritsuko (Naomi Wakabayashi), the ending theme for episodes 24-43 is "Today With Me" by Chihaya (Asami Imai), Yukiho (Azumi Asakura), Hibiki (Manami Numakura), Ami and Mami (Asami Shimoda), and the ending theme for episodes 44-63 is "Maybe Tomorrow" by Yayoi (Mayako Nigo), Takane (Yumi Hara), Azusa (Chiaki Takahashi) and Iori (Rie Kugimiya), and the ending theme for episodes 64 and OVA is "La♪La♪La♪Wonderland" by 765PRO ALLSTARS featuring Puchidol.

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