History Trivia / TheIdolmaster

* KillerApp: The first game and ''Live for You!'', for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 in Japan at least.

** As of November 2012, ''The Idolm@ster SP Perfect Sun'' is fully playable in English, and as of February 2024, after a long gap and a change of translators, so is ''Wandering Star''. Chihaya's route from Missing Moon is also released.The people at [=TLWiki=] are continuing to work on the other two PSP game routes.

** As of November 2012, ''The Idolm@ster SP Perfect Sun'' is fully playable in English, and as of February 2023, after a long gap and a change of translators, so is ''Wandering Star''. Chihaya's route from Missing Moon is also released.The people at [=TLWiki=] are continuing to work on the other two PSP game routes.

** As of November 2012, ''The Idolm@ster SP Perfect Sun'' is fully playable in English. Chihaya's route from Missing Moon is also released with Iori and Yukiho from Wandering Star. The people at [=TLWiki=] are continuing to work on the other two PSP game routes.

** As of June 8th, 2021, ''The Idolm@ster: One for All'' main story is fully playable in English. The DLC is currently being worked on, with only Hibiki's fully translated at this time. IM@S OFA Translation Project is currently working on the rest of the DLC for the game.

*** Julia, Momoko Suou and Reika Kitakami were going to be included into the main cast and act as the [[ReplacementGoldfish Replacement Goldfishes]] for Ritsuko, Iori and Azusa due to [[RealLifeWritesThePlot real-life circumstances]]. All three got recorded versions of the main theme song ''The world is all one!!''. The former two even got finished character models, bedrooms, and several recorded commus, whilst the latter never went beyond a PS3 save icon graphic.
*** Reika was originally from Hong Kong. ''Little Match Girl'' was originally intended to be her ImageSong before being repurposed as a preorder bonus for the Xbox 360 release, and later a standard song in the PS3 release.

* TheWikiRule: [[https://project-imas.wiki/Main_Page Project iM@S Wiki]].

** ''Mujin Gattai Kisaragi'' from the 2011 anime received a voice novel for Bandai Namco's [=VoiNov=] mobile app, which was later converted into a print novel, and is featured in an event in VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega.

** Iori will sometimes cry out "Urusai urusai urusai!" [[labelnote:translation]]"Shut up, shut up, shut up!"[[/labelnote]] That's Shana from ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana's'' catchphrase, which is commonly quoted by other characters of the same general archetype. ''Especially'' if they [[Creator/RieKugimiya share the same voice actor]] - which in this case they do.

** Iori will sometimes cry out "Urusai urusai urusai!" [[labelnote:translation]]"Shut up, shut up, shut up!"[[/labelnote]] That's Shana from ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana's'' catchphrase, which is commonly quoted by other characters of [[ShanaClone the same general archetype]]. ''Especially'' if they [[Creator/RieKugimiya share the same voice actor]] - which in this case they do.

* BadExportForYou: The American release of the Shiny Festa games are practically oozing with this trope. For starters, the original release price was $55, which may be acceptable if you were importing the original PSP versions, but compared to other iOS games or even American releases of standard handheld games, it's a steep asking price (especially for those wanting to buy all three versions, which would total to $165). On top of this, the games themselves were badly localized, featuring song names that were left untranslated unless they were already Romanized, [[TooLongDidntDub jokes that make absolutely no sense in English]], dialogue text that goes beyond the confines of the dialogue box, and several obvious typos such as "[[MemeticMutation Hoobies]]" instead of "Hobbies". And as of March 2016, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes the games are no longer available on the iOS App Store]]. Fortunately, this is averted a Year later with the Cinderella Girls-based VirtualReality Game.

* TheDanza: Reporter Yoshizawa has [[https://i.imgur.com/gob4712.jpg Mitsuaki]] as his first name, given a [[FreezeFrameBonus flash-by]] appearance of his name on a business card in the ''[=SideM=]'' anime.[[note]]He's voiced by Mitsuaki Hoshino[[/note]].

* RelationshipVoiceActor: In the [[Manga/PetitIdolmaster Puchimas anime]], LightNovel/ToraDora stars Creator/JunjiMajima and Creator/RieKugimiya voice The Producer and Iori, respectively. However, this is the first time Junji has voiced someone in the franchise, while Rie has voiced her character since its inception.
** Rikka Takanashi, Shinka Nibutani, Kumin Tsuyuri, and Sanae Dekomori from ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' share voice actresses Creator/MaayaUchida, Chinatsu Akasaki, Creator/AzumiAsakura, and Creator/SumireUesaka, respectively, with Ranko Kanzaki, Akane Hino, Yukiho Hagiwara, and Anastasia.
** [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/02/07-1/the-idolmster-franchise-now-has-100-idols-with-voices With more than 100 voice actors throughout the whole franchise]], especially with the ladies between the various games participating together in lives, it's become much more possible to encounter this for most recent anime.
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The reason why Ryuuguu Komachi was created in ''iM@S2'' was because Creator/RieKugimiya and Creator/ChiakiTakahashi were unable to record for most of the game. It was to prevent Iori Minase and Azusa Miura from being [[DemotedToExtra completely written out of the story]].
* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]] - Ami and Mami are both voiced by Creator/AsamiShimoda.

* TheOtherDarrin: From ''iM@S2'' onward, Yukiho's original seiyuu, Creator/YurikaOchiai, was replaced by Azumi Asakura.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reason why Ryuuguu Komachi was created in ''iM@S2'' was because Creator/RieKugimiya and Creator/ChiakiTakahashi were unable to record for most of the game. It was to prevent Iori Minase and Azusa Miura from being [[DemotedToExtra completely written out of the story]].

* TheWikiRule: [[https://www.project-imas.com/wiki/Main_Page Project iM@S Wiki]].

** Iori will sometimes cry out "Urusai urusai urusai!" [[labelnote:translation]]"Shut up, shut up, shut up!"[[/labelnote]] That's Shana from LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana's catchphrase, which is commonly quoted by other characters of [[ShanaClone the same general archetype]]. ''Especially'' if they [[Creator/RieKugimiya share the same voice actor]] - which in this case they do.

* DuelingShows: The anime aired in the same season with the first couple seasons of ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrincesama''. Moreover:

* DuelingShows: The anime aired in the same season with the first couple seasons of ''VisualNovel/UtanoPrinceSama''. Moreover:

* DuelingShows: The anime aired in the same season with the first couple seasons of ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrinceSama''. Moreover:

* CrossdressingVoices: Ryo Akizuki being a case of RecursiveCrossdressing Voices. Averted everywhere else in ''[=SideM=]'' though, even [[TokenMiniMoe Mofumofuen]].

* FanNickname:
** "Broducer" for the anime version of the Producer.
** Ozaki gets [[Manga/{{Gintama}} Madao]], in her case meaning "good-for-nothing Ozaki" (まるでダメな尾崎 '''Ma'''ru de '''Da'''me na '''O'''zaki).