Songs, talks, and lots of fun! Report on "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS" Producers' Appreciation Festival

"THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS COLOMBIA CD Oricon Weekly Ranking Top 10 Total Over 100 Titles Commemoration" Producer Appreciation Event was held on June 16, 2019 at Shinkiba Studio Coast.

As the title says, this event was held to commemorate that the number of "THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS" related CDs released by Nippon Columbia that made it to the Oricon Top 10 exceeded 100 titles. Now "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS" and "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT STAGE (DELESTE)" are the top runners of smartphone games, and their rapid progress has been marked by "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 001" released in April, 2012 It is no exaggeration to say that its rapid rise began with the release of "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 001 Rin Shibuya" to "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 005 Rika Jougasaki," all of which reached the Oricon Best 10 and dominated the Oricon Ranking in April 2012.

The event was held to celebrate the 100th title in this record-breaking streak. First, from Saturday to Sunday, many mini-events were held at various locations in Akihabara as part of the "Producer Appreciation Fest in Akihabara," in which a total of 19 "Cinderella Girls" voice actors participated. The "Producer Appreciation Festival" was held as the closing event of the festival, and the voice cast was represented by Ruriko Aoki playing the role of Riina Tada, Chiyori Sakurazaki playing the role of Koume Shirasaka, Yuka Ohtsubo playing the role of Kanako Mimura, Yuuki Takada playing the role of Yoshino Yoda, Rika Tachibana playing the role of Sae Kobayakawa, Atsumi Tanesaki playing the role of Kyoko Igarashi Mitsuna Nagashima playing Haruna Kamijo, Sayuri Hara playing Mio Honda, and Rei Matsuzaki playing Kirari Moroboshi.

The well-known composer of iM@S, AJURIKA, performed DJ time before the show started, and the cast members appeared on stage. The individual costumes reproduced from each idol's card costumes were "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 6thLIVE MERRY-GO-ROUNDOME! The costumes were worn during the tour and other events, and it was a great pleasure to see the individual costumes of the idols at the Thanksgiving event.

In the opening speech, Matsuzaki Rei decided to greet the audience with "Konnichiwa☆", and Takada Yuuki and Tachibana Rika made the audience laugh with the difference between their calm and gentle characters and their true colors. While the audience was trying to come up with a variety of stories, Chiyori Sakurazaki greeted the audience with the usual "I couldn't come up with anything ......" and was greeted with a big "Cute! The audience cheered loudly, which was typical of the "Cinderella Girls.

In the talk part, they talked about their memories of the songs they had sung so far under the title of "Cinderella Moment". The first song "Please! Cinderella", episodes from the recording of the first song "Cinderella" and the first event, "M@GIC☆", a memorable live song from the second half of the "Cinderella Girls" anime, and even the more recent "Sakura no Kaze".

In the "Akihabara Thanks Festival Report" corner, the cast members who participated in each event reported on the "Akihabara Thanks Festival" held this past weekend in Akihabara. The following are the titles of the mini-events introduced and the contents of their reports.

Yuka Ohtsubo Presents Fluffy Pancake Party

We made pancakes according to the theme of the event, such as heart-shaped pancakes," said Otsubo. The theme was to make Sakura-shaped pancakes, and there was an injustice of writing the word "Sakura" in chocolate pen.

Eri Suzuki's Miracle Psychic Show!

Eri Suzuki, aka Mr. Eric, performed a psychic show at the event. On the Shinkiba stage, Hara-san demonstrated the "Sayu Kick," in which a rope becomes a snake as hard as a stick.

Rika Tachibana and Rutin's Tea Party

Rika Tachibana and Lu Ting had a tea ceremony. (Tachibana)

Sasui Matsuda's Mushroom Show

Rika Tachibana and Ru Ting's tea party "It was an event where we mostly sautéed mushrooms. It was very delicious.

Chiyori Sakurazaki's Hyakumonogatari Challenge

It started out as a story about listening to a not-so-scary story in a scary atmosphere, but it turned out to be scarier than I imagined" (Takada) "It was a fun (and scary) ...... mysterious event" (Sakurazaki)

■I wonder what this fragrance of Kotomi Aihara is.

Aoki: "An event where we wore white coats, were blindfolded, smelled the fragrance, and talked about emo. Then we mixed the fragrance. I'm glad our Kotomins seemed to be having fun.

Here are Mitsuna Nagashima's so-so glasses!

The dress code was glasses, so I asked Ms. Kashiwatani (of Nippon Columbia) to wear glasses for me," said Nagashima. At Shin-Kiba, Ms. Tanezaki and Ms. Hara wore the flamboyant glasses that Ms. Nagashima had brought with her, adding to the excitement of the event.

Atsumi Tanesaki's Cinderella Kitchen

The audience and performers cheered loudly at the cuteness of Natsumi Haruse in the photo. Atsumi Tanesaki said, "They said anko (red bean paste) and salt are good ingredients for onigiri, so I put anko (red bean paste) and salmon in mine, but it didn't work out."

■Teach me, IMAJO-san! Guitar lesson by Ruriko Aoki

Guitarist IMAJO gave Ms. Aoki a live guitar lesson. Aoki showed the results of the lesson at Shin-Kiba, nervously strumming the chorus of "Jet to the Future. I feel like I've finished today's work because I was able to play the guitar," Aoki said.

Hiromi Igarashi and Rei Matsuzaki's Sloppy Game Tournament

I've been playing games," said Aoki. We played "Taiko no Tatsujin" (Master of the Drum). At the beginning of the event, Igarashi-chan told us that she got her driver's license for the first time" (Matsuzaki).

After the talk part, Mr. Hara gave a speech at the end of the Nico Nico Live broadcast, and he closed the event. Looking back to the early days when they had only one song and had to be creative to hold events, he said, "The live performances are getting bigger and bigger, but I think the nostalgia of 'THE iDOLM@STER' is that it has this kind of relaxed atmosphere. I hope we can continue to have fun with it! When she confirmed that the Nico Nico Live broadcast had finished, she said evilly, "I'm sure the survey (on the Nico Nico Live broadcast) is going to explode because of my moving speech," to which the audience and the stage gave a big ovation.

The second half of the event was the long-awaited live performance. The second half of the event was the long-awaited live performance part! Cinderella", "Atashi Ponkatsu Android", a song with cute attribute in the early stage, "Message", a song from the single CD released after the result of the 3rd Cinderella Girl General Election, "Star! and "Love∞Destiny", a song from "Dereste", the history of "Cinderella Girls" was traced in chronological order.

Then, as an unexpected surprise, DJ time was held by Chiyori Sakurazaki, who enjoys DJing, and AJURIKA, who was in charge of DJing before the show started. Both of them were excellent. Ms. Sakurazaki, with her cute smile, encouraged the audience, while AJURIKA skillfully connected the setlist, which included songs she had written herself. The cast members appeared on the main stage while AJURIKA played "Sayonara Andromeda" and "Sun♡Flower" in the DJ booth, surprising the audience with a live performance that could only happen at a live show.

For the last part of the live performance, Aoki sang "always" and then "EVERMORE," saying, "I would like to sing this song as a token of my gratitude. The performance by all nine members was reminiscent of last year's series of dome live performances. The last part of the live was closed with Hara-san leading the audience with the words "It's always going to be iM@S, iM@S! The event was very satisfying for the audience, especially since the DJ time during the event and the OP were very exciting.