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The Idom@ster SideM Wake Atte Mini! Spinoff Manga Ends
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The March issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine published the 23rd and final chapter on Saturday of Sumeragi and Bandai Namco Entertainment's The Idolm@ster SideM Wake Atte Mini! spinoff manga. The manga's second compiled volume will ship on March 22. Sumeragi posted an image on Twitter on Saturday to commemorate the ending.
Sumeragi lanched the manga in 2016, and Kadokawa published the first volume on March 22. The manga features the characters from The Idolm@ster SideM franchise in super-deformed form.
The main The Idolm@ster SideM game launched in July 2014, and is available for iOS and Android devices, as well as on Mobage and ChromeApps. The game has more than 1 million downloads. Like other The IDOLM@STER games, SideM is built on the concept of "idols you can produce." The app focuses on the male idols at the agency 315 Production (pronounced "Saikō Production" or "Ultimate Production"). Another app, The Idolm@ster SideM Live On St@ge, launched in 2017.
Katō ended The Idolm@ster SideM Dramatic Stage manga in Dengeki Maoh in June 2017. Kadokawa shipped the manga's third and final compiled book volume in August. Katō then launched The Idolm@ster SideM Struggle Heart manga in Dengeki Maoh on October 27.
The game's 13-episode anime adaptation premiered on October 7. A prologue special about the three Jupiter idol unit members aired on September 30. Crunchyroll streamed both anime as they aired.
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