Line #52 Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:The classic story of [[BoyMeetsGirl Giant Robot Meets Girl]].]]
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4	In 2007, Creator/{{Sunrise}} adapted popular video game ''VideoGame/TheIdolMaster'' into [[TheAnimeOfTheGame an anime]]. This being Sunrise, they didn't exactly take the expected path, deciding to transplant the characters into an {{Elseworld}} RealRobot series.
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6	In the world of ''Xenoglossia'', the moon was destroyed over a century ago by an event known as "Lost Artemis". Because of this, fragments of the moon occasionally fall to Earth and must be destroyed before they can cause serious damage. While most countries use missiles to deal with these "Drops", Japan is bound by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Non-Nuclear_Principles Three Non-Nuclear Principles]] and must instead resort to empathetic HumongousMecha codenamed "[=iDOLs=]".
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8	Haruka Amami is an aspiring IdolSinger who moves to Tokyo following a successful audition, only to end up FallingIntoTheCockpit of one of these [=iDOLs=]. She then discovers that the audition was a front for a secret task force called Mondenkind, who were searching for compatible [=iDOL=] pilots: an [[TitleDrop iDOL-Master]], ''per se''.
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10	While it may seem like the standard fare mecha series at first, it's intertwined with drama from the relationships between the pilots and the mecha.
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12	Has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in July 2012, marking ''Franchise/TheIdolMaster'' franchise's first official US release.
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14	For the second anime adaptation of ''[=THE iDOLM@STER=]'', which is faithful to the original source, see [[Anime/TheIdolmaster here]].
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17	!'''This series provides examples of:'''
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19	* ActionGirl: There's quite a few of these, but Azusa of all people takes the cake, being the one that doesn't need a giant robot to kick ass.
20	* AdaptationDyeJob: A few of the girls.
21	* AdaptationalCurves: Chihaya (From 72cm to 87cm), Yukiho (80 to 88, making her the bustiest member of the show's cast) and Yayoi (From 72 to 87, going hand in hand with her being two years older than her game counterpart). Inverted for Azusa, who was downsized from 91cm gamewise to a more modest 86 cm.
22	* AllJustADream: Discussed. In the last episode, one of the characters jokes that the Earth was actually destroyed more than a century ago and they're living in a dream. Obviously, no one is amused.
23	* AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler:Ami, when Haruka first meets her. She gets better with Haruka's help, and later finds out her sister wasn't dead after all.]]
24	* BadassAdorable: Makoto retains this quality from her game incarnation. Haruka gains a bit of this quality as well and Iori steps up to it later on. [[spoiler:Yukiho is also revealed to be one.]]
25	* BadassInANiceSuit: Joseph Shingetsu, as revealed during the retaking of Mondenkind Japan by the iDOL Team, wherein he uses GoodOldFisticuffs to take out soldiers wearing body armor and helmets... ''with his bare freakin' hands''.
26	* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Subverted. Yukiho notes this is happening to her and fights back against the trope. And wins, as she completely goes through with her duties as TheMole, and it isn't until after everything's completely over with that she (presumably) goes back to being friends with Haruka and the others.]]
27	* BeachEpisode: Episode 8, where the girls get to rest at the beach and even bring the robots with them.
28	* BetweenMyLegs: Iori in episode 3.
29	%%* BlandNameProduct
30	* BoardToDeath: [[spoiler:The Grand Lodge Cats council get smashed by an Epimetheus in the penultimate episode.]]
31	* BondCreatures: The iDOLs.
32	%%* BridgeBunnies
33	* ClingyJealousGirl: [[spoiler:Chihaya, Imber's old pilot, wants to be "one" with him. In later episodes, she goes full on {{Yandere}}]]
34	* TheDandy: Joseph Shingetsu, director of Mondenkind Japan's iDOL team.
35	* DeathFromAbove: There is the ever-present threat of falling space rocks.
36	* {{Elseworld}}: This anime is an original story that has no relationship with the main ''VideoGame/TheIdolMaster'' universe besides sharing the same main cast.
37	* EmpathicWeapon: The iDOLs themselves sync with a pilot (or two, in the case of Nebula), and their performance depends on how "compatible" they are with each other. However, the pilot has to maintain a relationship with the mecha. Should the pilot treat the iDOL irresponsibly, the iDOL will drop in performance, its trust in the pilot diminished. [[spoiler:The iDOLs are even capable of rejecting an irresponsible or untrustworthy pilot.]] We are later shown that the iDoLs are even capable of acting on their own, from small movements to [[spoiler:punching another mech in the face to even an old debt.]]
38	* EnfantTerrible: R.I.F.F.A., [[spoiler:especially with the reveal that there's a whole army of her late in the series and that they seem to ''love'' smashing people's heads in with [[GirlWithPsychoWeapon axes]].]]
39	* EvilIsPetty: The reason why Karasu is TheManBehindTheMan for Turiavita and is responsible for no small amount of misery during the show's run? [[spoiler:The Grand Lodge Cats kicked his father out of the group some time before the series began, thus denying Karasu himself the chance to become a member.]]
40	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Makoto undergoes one following rejection by Nebula halfway through the series' run when she believes that Azusa doesn't care about her.]]
41	* GeniusBruiser: Joseph Shingetsu is a man of intelligence and refined taste who enjoys brewing coffee and collecting laquerware... He's also a master of GoodOldFisticuffs, as revealed during the retaking of Mondenkind Japan.
42	* GiantRobotHandsSaveLives: In this case, fully justified. It's not the hand itself that saves the falling girl, but the power of the robot to manipulate gravity with that hand.
43	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Makoto returns to the fold during the assault on Turiavita in the penultimate episode, having sorted out her issues with Azusa right before the latter's death.]]
44	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Nubilum makes his in episode 25, protecting Yukiho and Haruka from Vulturius. Imber and the other remaining iDOLs follow in the finale to save the world from Aulyn.]]
45	* HonorBeforeReason: In order to deal with the threat of falling rocks from the sky, every other country in the world had equipped themselves with tactical missiles. However, Japan, in order to honor the post-war agreement, decided not to use said missiles, and instead sends girls in giant robots to go up into orbit and ''punch'' the rocks into dust.
46	* HotBlooded: This show's take on Iori.
47	* HumongousMecha: The iDOLs, [[spoiler:and the knockoff Epimetheus units mass produced by Turiavita]].
48	* IdolSinger:
49	** Sort of. Musical terminology is used in conjunction with the mecha to remind viewers of the roots of the series.
50	** Yayoi is an idol before the series even starts (as well as Ami Futami, though she isn't introduced until later on in the series), and Haruka eventually becomes one [[spoiler:due to trying to cheer Imber up and actually being scouted in the process. She still has this job at the end of the series.]]
51	* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Sure, Idols only accept girls as pilots, but this doesn't explain why Mondenkind Japan has only two named male characters across the entire organization, given the other jobs people can hold there are not gender-restricted.
52	* InNameOnly: The show has very, very little in common with the videogame it is based off of.
53	* KillSat: Vulturius. [[spoiler:It's a failsafe prepared by the Grand Lodge Cats council in order to eliminate all of the iDOLs before they can awaken Aulyn.]]
54	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Karasu and Lo-Wu in episode 24. Chihaya, Azusa, R.I.F.F.A. (all of them), TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness and Nubilum in episode 25. Nebula, Hiems, Tempestas and Imber in the finale.]]
55	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Yayoi thinks Haruka is just going to school and doing club activities. [[spoiler:Until the last episodes where Haruka sends her a letter telling her the truth.]]
56	* MarsNeedsWomen: Who says girls and giant mecha can't fall in love?
57	* TheMole: [[spoiler:Yukiho infiltrated Mondenkind on orders from Chihaya to help her get Imber back. Saku on the other hand is working for the Grand Lodge Cats to disrupt both Mondenkind Japan and Turiavita.]]
58	* NotQuiteDead: Two-thirds of the way through, we find out that [[spoiler:Mami was alive, held inside Tempestas the whole time.]]
59	* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Hibiki Saku, an advisor from Mondenkind central command who generally acts weaselly and comes up with increasingly sneaky ways of trying to screw over the iDOL team. [[spoiler:This is because he's actually a HiddenAgendaVillain working for the Grand Lodge Cats.]]
60	* OlderThanTheyLook: Because of the experiments made on their bodies, [[spoiler:Chihaya and Azusa]] are actually 48 and 51 years old respectively despite looking very young.
61	* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Haruka discusses her new job with Yayoi, and her "classmate" who she spends a lot of time with. Yayoi, not knowing said classmate is actually a giant robot, is surprised when Haruka says that her boyfriend let her "ride him".
62	* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler:Azusa is revealed to have had a relationship of this sort with her adopted father, Kaien Lo-Wu.]]
63	* PolarOppositeTwins: [[spoiler:The Futami twins, as revealed when Mami returns in the later half of the show. Ami is gentle and reserved while Mami is a GenkiGirl.]]
64	* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Futami Mami, Ami's twin sister, although she turns out to be NotQuiteDead.]]
65	* PuppetKing: Teru Lo-Wu is nominally the head of Turiavita, and most of its members appear to be aligned with the group out of loyalty to her. [[spoiler:However, she's actually catatonic for most of the series and Karasuma is the one pulling the strings.]]
66	* RecycledWithAGimmick: An adaptation of a rhythm game/dating sim... with giant robots.
67	* ThemeNaming: The iDOLs are named after lunar maria.
68	* TookALevelInBadass: Iori started the series as a ButtMonkey. By the endgame she's made the FoeTossingCharge her personal specialty and kicks seven flavors of ass. To the point where her former rival Makoto acknowledges her skills as an equal.
69	* {{Tykebomb}}: R.I.F.F.A., [[spoiler:and all of her many, MANY clones]].
70	* WomanScorned: Chihaya '''really''' didn't take Imber's rejection well.

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