LIST IDOLS/ Rhythm games
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Band Yorouze:
http://www.banyaro.net/music/
OSIRIS:
Vocal. Kyo Takara (CV: Masanori Kobayashi)
Guitar. Ray Cephart (CV: Natsuki Hanae)
Bass. Makoto Kurusu (CV: Yuuma Uchida)
Drum. Shin Koganei (CV: Yuuichiro Umehara)
Fairy April:
Vocal. Asahi Ohtori (CV: Shouta Aoi)
Guitar. Kazuma Nanase (CV: Kaito Ishikawa)
Bass. Yoshimune Tokuda (CV: Shouma Yamamoto)
Drum. Misato Todo (CV: Yuusuke Kobayashi)
BLAST:
Vocal. Yamato Shinosuki (CV: Youji Ikuta)
Guitar. Sosuke Maki (CV: Toshiki Masuda)
Bass. Tsubasa Saeki (CV: Daiki Yamashita)
Drum. Teppei Shirayuki (CV: Haruki Ishiya)
THE iDOLM@STER: SideM
http://side-m.idolmaster.jp
CAST:
Terashima Takuma
Umehara Yuuichirou
Uchida Yuuma
ETC.
Jupiter
Dramatics Stars
F-LAGS
Altessimo
W
Shinsoku Ikkon
Frame
Sai
Beit
Mofumofuen
The kogadou
S.E.M.
Cafe Parade
High x Joker
Legenders
Ensemble Stars:
http://stars.happyelements.co.jp/unit/
Knights
UNDEAD
Eve
Fine
RYUSEITAI
Trickstar
Valkyrie
Ra✽bits
AKATSUKI
Switch
2wink
MaM
Dead Man's
Knights Killers
Adam
CAST:
Tetsuya Kakihara as Subaru Akehoshi
Showtaro Morikubo as Makoto Yuuki
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Hokuto Hidaka
Yuki Kaji as Mao Isara
Ayumu Murase as Tori Himemiya
Koutaro Hashimoto as Yuzuru Fushimi
Midorikawa Hikaru as Eichi Tenshouin
Takuya Eguchi as Wataru Hibiki
Wataru Hatano as Adonis Otogari
Yuki Ono as Koga Oogami
Kei Hosogai as Kaoru Hakaze
Toshiki Masuda as Rei Sakuma
Reio Tsuchida as Tsukasa Suou
Ryo Kitamura as Arashi Narukami
Daiki Yamashita as Ritsu Sakuma
Masami Ito as Izumi Sena
Shintaro Asanuma as Leo Tsukinaga
Yoshiki Nakajima as Tetora Nagumo
Anjyu Nitta as Shinobu Sengoku
Takumi Watanabe as Midori Takamine
Yuichi Jose as Chiaki Morisawa
Koutaro Nishiyama as Kanata Shinkai
Tomoya Kosaka as Hajime Shino
Shunya Hiruma as Tomoya Mashiro
Jyunya Ikeda as Mitsuru Tenma
Yuki Yonai as Nazuna Nito
Soma Saito as Yuta Aoi and Hinata Aoi
Keisuke Kaminaga as Souma Kanzaki
Yuichiro Umehara as Keito Hasumi
Shinichiro Kamio as Kuro Kiryu
Tomoyasu Hishiba as Jin Sagami
Wataru Komada as Akiomi Kunugi
FORBIDDEN☆STAR:
http://rejetweb.jp/fbstar/unit/xyz.php
Epicurean:
Takuya Eguchi
Toshiki Masuda
Nobunaga Shimazaki
SUZUKI YUTO
Syrup:
Hiro Shimono
Yuki Kaji
Black Berry:
Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Yuma Uchida
Nojima Kenji
NISHIYAMA KOUTAROU
XYZ:
Tamaru Atsuhi
Aisaka Ryota
Natsuki Hanae
IDOL DTI
cast:
Yashiro Taku as Hinose Akari
Hatanaka Tasuku as Kugane Mikoto
Narumi Kazuki as Aizaki Kaito
Hamano Daiki as Fukamura Shion
Hanae Natsuki as Sakurashiranami Kouki
Koyasu Takehito as Houshou Hisuimaru
Character songs/Cds/Game/Anime
Diabolik Lovers:
http://dialover.net/cd/?series=charasong
Yumeiro Cast:
http://ycast.sega-net.com/cast.html
Yumecast
Genesis
Starmyu:
http://hstar-mu.com/cd/musicalsong.html
S+H:
http://6plush.net/contents/cd.php
Tokimeki Restaurant:
http://www.prince-rep.com/discography/308.html
X.I.P.
3Majestic
Dear vocalist:
Dearv1 Dearvo2 Dearvo3
Zenryoku :http://rejetweb.jp/zenryoku/schedule.php
Boyfriend kari: https://lp.boykira.qualiarts.game/goods/?cat=music
Yume100: http://www.yume-100.com/goods/cd.html
A3:Act! Addict! Actors!
https://www.a3-liber.jp/music
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Ensemble Stars Review: Pretty idols, pretty cards. There’s no going back.
Ensemble Stars (あんさんぶるスターズ!) is a Japanese card collecting mobile game made by Happy Elements. The goal of the game is very simple: collect the cards of your favourite characters through events and gachas. As the only producer student at Yumenosaki Private Academy, you try to complete lessons by choosing the right responses and unlock stories that reveal the humorous and dramatic relationships between each idol unit and members.
I started playing Ensemble Stars in late December 2016 because a friend recommended it to me. I didn’t know much about the game except two characters’ names (Adonis and Izumi). It was an idol game with no rhythm game aspect, and they did a crossover with Yume100 (which I played). Other than that, I was going in blindly; I didn’t even know how to play properly. But right now, I can confidently say that this game really changed my life. I’m not sure if it is for the better… but it greatly increased my addiction for mobile games.
Main gameplay: 4/5 ♥♥♥♥♡
The gameplay for Ensemble Stars is simple, straightforward, and very addictive. Although it is only available in Japanese, it is quite easy to navigate through when you get the hang of it. You train the characters by tapping on the coloured squares to collect gems, which increase their skills: Dance (red), Vocals (blue), and Performance (yellow). Each lesson and event have different missions you need to complete. For example, you may need to get ‘High Luck’ throughout the lesson, collect a hundred of each coloured gem, or get a double ‘Fever’. After you accomplish each mission and unlock each story, you win a diamond.
As I mentioned before, you must choose responses to complete lessons and events. None of the answers are right or wrong, they just trigger a different reaction from the character (image above). So, if Adonis says, “So transfer student and the others in the middle of training... I am too. I like music. I find singing very fun. What about transfer student?” You can either reply or “singing by myself is…” or “I like music too.” Depending on which you choose, the Adonis will either respond positively and raise your ‘fever’ or give you a small red gem. Or he will respond negatively and lower your luck. The outcome is random, which can be frustrating but the challenge makes it fun. I usually pick randomly since I can’t read Japanese very well, but I still feel accomplished when I get a 100% complete. Although, these responses aren’t critical in unlocking the stories, they are important when completing lesson missions and collecting gems. With the gems, you can complete the idol road to bloom characters to make them stronger, and collect special outfits and background images (image below).
Sadly, Ensemble Stars is only available via the Japanese app store and Google play store. However, if you are really dedicated, there are many tutorials on signing up for a Japanese iTunes account or downloading a separate Android Game Platform that provides easy access to many popular Asian games. I would recommend looking at Ensemble Stars! Wiki since they also provide other tutorials for beginners and offer basic information about each character, idol unit, and event/gacha details and translations. Enstars Tumblr is also a great place to find helpful tutorials, beautiful fan art, and information on events, updates, and notifications. I use to really struggle with completing the beginner lessons since I couldn’t read what the missions were or where to press to get a reward. So, these tutorials and other people in the Ensemble Stars community really helped me feel welcome and understand the best and most effective way to play and have fun.
However, once I started understanding how to play, I became obsessed. It’s no surprise that the game is free to play and has in-game currency. By now, it’s also not surprising that I have no self-control and spent even more money on Ensemble Stars than I did on Yume100 and Mystic Messenger… combined. I’ve spent a little over $1,300 on in-game purchases and official merchandise and visual books… trust me, I am not proud. Most of my money went to gachas, which I explained before are randomized, lottery-like functions that are in most Japanese mobile games.
(This card ruined my life…I’ll never forgive you Koga…just kidding I still love you)
Most recently, the five star gacha card was Koga (my favourite character) and I tried so hard to get him (above image). I just kept buying more and more diamonds until I could at least get one copy of him… but sadly he didn’t show up at all. I think I spent $300 on that one gacha alone. I pulled a ten character gacha fifteen times and still he didn’t show up! Now, I feel forever haunted by that card and that I will never get it. But, for now, I really hope that next time it doesn’t happen again.
Overall, the gameplay for Ensemble Stars is quite simple and straightforward. Other aspects of the game include special events and gachas, revival events, and Lives. Luckily, there are plenty of tutorials and helpful people in the community on Twitter, Tumblr, and Reddit that can explain those in detail and give fantastic advice. I think the only bad thing about this game is the special events and gachas because they can be difficult, especially if your cards aren’t high ranking or strong enough. However, that doesn’t make the game less fun, just a bit frustrating and nerve wracking. I don’t regret any purchases I made… yet. I just really hope my luck is better in future events and gachas.
Characters: 5/5 ♥♥♥♥♥
There are a total of thirty-nine male characters in Ensemble Stars, including teachers, who each have unique personalities and qualities that make them loveable and relatable. As I began playing and getting to know the characters more, I started to feel emotionally attached to some of them based on their appearance and profiles alone. Like Shinobu (the right photo above), he is like a little brother who cries a lot but works hard to become a hero and a ninja. He is quite silly and weird but I think he is extremely precious because of his innocence and smile. At first, I didn’t like some of the characters because I thought they were annoying or not my cup-of-tea. But after getting to know them, I realized that they were quite cute and just a bit eccentric. I can’t hate any of the characters, they’re all so sweet.
Like any mobile game, I am immediately drawn to the artwork and characters. The artwork for Ensemble Stars is really cute but still shows a lot of details. The style is clean and simple but still very pretty. Since the cards are ranked by number of stars, the four-star and five-star cards have the most detail especially after blooming. You can tell the difference even in terms of how dynamic the poses are and accessories they’re wearing (photos below).
(Left: Unbloomed card, Right: Bloomed card)
Besides the design, I love the characters’ unique personalities and voices. Each voice actor brings a unique sound that matches the character’s personality and is easily recognizable. Many of the voice actors are famous in other mobile games or animes such as Eguchi Takuya (Hibiki Wataru), Kaji Yuki (Isara Mao), and Hosoya Yoshimasa (Hokuto Hidaka). As for my favourites, most of them have deeper voices that are smooth and comforting or have medium/higher voices that are more bubbly and happy. Kakihara Tetsuya (Akehoshi Subaru), Oosuka Jun (Kagehira Mika), and Nitta Anjyu (Sengoku Shinobu) have cute and energetic voices. The characters are also usually very cheerful and want to get along with everyone. Within the fandom, it is popular to call certain characters your “son” because you feel like a proud mom watching them grow up. It’s quite odd but that’s generally how I feel with these characters. When I listen to these voices, I feel more encouraged to smile and not worry about troublesome things in my life.
In contrast, Hatano Wataru (Otogari Adonis) and Kamio Shinichiro (Kiryu Kuro) have lower romantic voices. I feel warm and comforted listening to their calm and husky voices. If I was scared or stressed, I think their voices would reassure me that things were going to be okay. Similarly, Ono Yuki (Oogami Koga) and Hosogai Kei (Hakaze Kaoru) can have relatively low soothing voices when they speak seriously. But due to their personalities Koga usually speaks with a very rough and informal tone, while Kaoru speaks with a flirtatious and mischievous tone. I like these voices because of the range the voice actors have. Although, I really like when Koga speaks like a delinquent, his voice changes to a shyer voice when he’s embarrassed. While Kaoru is the opposite. His voice is normally light and silvery, but when he speaks slowly in a lower romantic tone it makes me feel a bit embarrassed.
Although Ensemble Stars doesn’t have a lot of fully voiced story chapters in the game, they do have character voice clips and idol unit songs. The unit songs are very well produced and catchy. Each suit the style of music that each idol group represents: punk rock, traditional Japanese, cute pop, etc. My favourite songs are: Knight’s “Fight for Judge” and “Silent Oath”, UNDEAD’s “DESTRUCTION ROAD” and “Melody in the Dark”, and Akatsuki’s “百花繚乱、紅月夜 (Wild Blooming Flowers, Crimson Coloured Moon’s Night)” and “花燈の恋文 (Love Letter of the Brilliance of Cherry Blossoms).” I like listening to these songs when I do design work to keep me motivated and awake.
Story: 4/5 ♥♥♥♥♡
The overall story for Ensemble Stars is quite complicated and dramatic. As the player, you are a transfer student so you do not know much about the history and rivalry with each idol unit and members. The game heavily relies on the story and continues to build it through events and gachas. Usually, relationships between characters, backstories, or explanations slowly reveal themselves in event and gacha stories. For example, recently a new character named Madara entered the game. Since he is new and the only solo idol, his event explained his past relationship with some of the members of Ryuuseitai. Although the event didn’t explain too much about the other characters’ backstories like fans were hoping for, it did reveal some facts that we could debate and speculate about within the fandom. As I mentioned before, the Ensemble Stars! Wiki provides all the translations of the main, sub story, and past events and gachas. I haven’t read all the translations yet since there are quite a lot, but I’m sure when I do, I will create an even stronger emotional connection towards the characters I love.
Overall: 4.33/5 ♥♥♥♥♡
Ensemble Stars is an easy, fun, and addicting game that has easily become my newest obsession. The artwork is amazing, the characters are interesting and the storyline is worth reading. Although, it can be difficult to collect gems and cards since it is all based on luck and how often you play, I would still recommend it to beginners if they want a challenge and are determined enough to get their favourite character’s cards. Again, I don’t regret starting this game or throwing my money at it because it is an experience and an adventure I’m willing to make sacrifices for. I’ve created such a strong emotional connection with the characters that I wouldn’t want to just stop and throw it away.
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