What's a good entry point for The Idolm@ster?


I know that _The Idolm@ster_ started out as a raising simulator/rhythm arcade
game in Japan, but there is also a bunch of
[anime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Idolmaster_media#Anime) and
[print
media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Idolmaster_media#Print_media)
of it.

Is there a game/anime/manga in English in one form or another (either dubbed
or subbed for anime, or officially translated/localized for everything else)
which would be a good entry point into the series?




How about [the official YouTube
channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe3uJZIjfYwNNR0S6W3GvEA)? You can
watch promotional videos and radio programs for free; original, Million,
Cinderella, Shiny, and SideM are all treated. Anime and specials are
distributed depending on the time.

Since these are YouTube, most content has auto-generated subtitles; which are
somewhat inaccurate, but automatic machine translation is possible. (If you
choose English or ’英語’.)

[![Screenshot of an Idolmaster video on YouTube with Closed Caption setting
opened and set to Auto-
English](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jt9Tz.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jt9Tz.jpg)

Of course, these are legal content operated by copyright holders.

