History Anime / TheIdolmasterSideM

** The Producer's design is based on the producer that appears in the original game's [[https://sidem.miraheze.org/wiki/Magazines Magazine comics]].

* TheCameo: Haruka makes a brief appearance in ''Episode of Jupiter''. The piano rendition of "READY!!" from her series even played during her conversation with Jupiter.

* TheCameo: Haruka makes a brief appearance in ''Episode of Jupiter''. The piano rendition of "READY!!" from her series even played during their conversation.

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Unlike 765, who were established but struggling in their early days, and 346, who's a well known ''media conglomerate'', 315 is a relatively new company that even started operations yet by the time they recruit their first two groups.

** Yuusuke and Kyousuke are shown on a sports magazine Tendou reads in episode 1.

* TheCameo: Haruka makes a brief appearance in ''Episode of Jupiter''. A piano rendition of "READY!!" even played during their conversation.

* TheCameo: Haruka makes a brief appearance in ''Episode of Jupiter''.
* CallForward: Judging by the uniform, Saitou tries recruiting Touma in the same brand of convenience store Kyoji worked at.

* MythologyGag: The setup of the venue shown in the first episode is taken from the first live Stage for this branch of the franchise.

* UnrevealAngle: True to their game counterparts, the camera always finds clever ways to hide the top half of Saitou and the Producer's faces.

''The iDOLM@STER: [=SideM=]'' is the sixth adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheIdolMaster'' video games. Like its predecesor ''[[Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls Cinderella Girls]]'', this series adapts one of the mobile game spinoffs -- in this case, the [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys all-male]] training game ''[[VideoGame/TheIdolmasterSideM SideM]]''. Taking place in the same universe as the main series and ''Cinderella Girls'', the story follows new hires Teru Tendou, Tsubasa Kashiwagi, and Kaoru Sakuraba as they start their idol careers at the fledgling 315 Production under a boisterous executive and a habitually late but enthusiastic producer.

''The iDOLM@STER: [=SideM=]'' is the sixth adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' video games. Like its predecesor ''[[Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls Cinderella Girls]]'', this series adapts one of the mobile game spinoffs -- in this case, the [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys all-male]] training game ''[[VideoGame/TheIdolmasterSideM SideM]]''. Taking place in the same universe as the main series and ''Cinderella Girls'', the story follows new hires Teru Tendou, Tsubasa Kashiwagi, and Kaoru Sakuraba as they start their idol careers at the fledgling 315 Production under a boisterous executive and a habitually late but enthusiastic producer.

** A [[https://i.imgur.com/FTTzwmk.jpg poster]] of the ''Dearly Stars'' idols can be found behind Haruka.

** The music journalist that interviewed the 765 and 346 idols has a talk session with Jupiter. He also seems to be a drinking buddy of Saitou.

* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Jupiter learns the hard way that Saitou never gives up on his targets.

* CallForward: Judging by the uniform, Saitou tries recruiting Touma in the same brand of convenience store Kyoji Takajo worked at.

** The old interviewer from ''Cinderella Girls'' has a talk session with Jupiter.

* TheCameo: Haruka bumps into Jupiter while they're leaving a studio.

A prologue special titled ''Episode of Jupiter'' premiered on September 30, 2017 a week ahead of the show's official start. It starts Touma, Hokuto, and Shouta during their time after leaving 961 Production.

** Judging by the uniform, Saitou tries recruiting Touma in the same brand of convenience store Kyoji Takajo worked at.

''The iDOLM@STER: [=SideM=]'' is the sixth adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' video games. Like its predecesor ''[[Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls Cinderella Girls]]'', this series adapts one of the mobile game spinoffs -- in this case, the [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys all-male]] training game ''[[VideoGame/TheIdolmasterSideM SideM]]''. It follows new hires Teru Tendou, Tsubasa Kashiwagi, and Kaoru Sakuraba as they start their idol careers at the fledgling 315 Production under a boisterous executive and a habitually late but enthusiastic producer.

* POVSequel: ''Episode of Jupiter'' happens during the time frame of the main series movie. There's even a shot-for-shot remake of Jupiter and Haruka's conversation before 765 has their big concert.

''The iDOLM@STER: [=SideM=]'' is the sixth adaptation of VideoGame/TheIdolmaster. This series adapts the mobile game [[VideoGame/TheIdolmasterSideM SideM]], focusing on the all-male idol company of 315 Production.

The anime aired on October 7, 2017 as part of the Fall 2017 lineup.